2017–18 Copa Catalunya basketball season

The 2017–18 Copa Catalunya season, was the 19th season of Copa Catalunya.

Copa Catalunya
Season	2017–18
Duration	30 September 2017 - 27 May 2018
Teams	28
TV partner(s)	La Xarxa
Regular season
Top seed	Tenea-CB Esparreguera (Group 1) SESE (Group 2)
Season MVP	Rubén Morales
Relegated	Club Natació Sabadell CE Sant Nicolau Sant Quirze Basquet Club AD Torreforta Merchanservis CBS Basquet SAMA Vilanova
Finals
Champions	Tenea-CB Esparreguera
Runners-up	CB Salou
Third place	SESE
Fourth place	FC Martinenc Basquet
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The Final Four was played at the Pavelló Municipal in Salou.^[1] Tenea-CB Esparreguera won the title.^[2]

The All Star Game was played at Pavelló Nord in Sabadell.^[3]

Format

Regular season

28 teams are divided in two groups. The draw was July 28, 2017.^[4]

Final Stage

The Final Stage will be played in play-off ties in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final four.

Relegation PlayOffs

In the relegation playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. The winners remain at Copa Catalunya for the next season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 28 teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season, three relegated from the 2016–17 EBA and nine promoted from the 2016–17 CC 1ªCategoria. On July 17, 2017, CB Cerdanyola Al Dia achieved a vacant on Liga EBA.^[5] On July 17, 2017, CE Sant Nicolau exchanges a place in the Liga EBA with CB Sant Narcís.^[6] On July 18, 2017, CB Cantaires Tortosa achieved a vacant on Liga EBA.^[7] Finally Aracena AEC Collblanc-Torrassa B renounces his place in Copa Catalunya.

Teams relegated from Liga EBA

• CB Cerdanyola Al Dia
• Outletmoto.com-CB Grup Barna
• Basquet Sitges
• Merchanservis CBS

Teams promoted from CC 1ªCategoria

• FC Martinenc Basquet
• Basquet Molins
• CEB Girona Citylift
• Maristes Ademar Badalona
• Lliça d'Amunt
• Vedruna Gracia
• Circol Cotonifici Badalona
• EsportXTothom-Basquet SAMA Vilanova
• Recanvis Gaudi CB Mollet B

Venues and locations

Team	Home city	Arena	Group
AE Badalonès	Badalona	Pavelló La Plana	1
CB Artés	Artés	Pavelló Esportiu d'Artés	1
CB Granollers	Granollers	Pavelló CB Granollers	1
CB Salou	Salou	Pavelló Municipal	1
Club Natació Sabadell	Sabadell	Pavelló Les Naus	1
EsportXTothom-Basquet SAMA Vilanova	Vilanova i la Geltrú	CEM Isaac Galvez	1
FC Martinenc Basquet	Barcelona	Pav. Poliesportiu del Guinardo	1
Lliça d'Amunt	Lliçà d'Amunt	Pav. d'Esports Lliçà d'Amunt	1
Maristes Ademar Badalona	Badalona	Pavelló La Plana	1
Outletmoto.com-CB Grup Barna	Barcelona	Nau Parc Clot	1
Recanvis Gaudí CB Mollet B	Mollet del Valles	Pavelló Municipal Plana Lledo	1
Tenea-CB Esparreguera	Esparreguera	Pavelló Ramon Marti	1
BasquetPiaSabadell	Sabadell	Escola Pia Sabadell	1
Zamar 2000 Ploms Salle Reus	Reus	Pavelló Joan Sorolla	1
AD Torreforta	Tarragona	Casal Riu Clar	2
Bàsquet Molins	Molins de Rei	Pavelló Municipal Molins de Rei	2
Bàsquet Sitges	Sitges	Pavelló Poliesportiu Pins Vens	2
CB Alpicat	Alpicat	Pavelló Antoni Roure d'Alpicat	2
CB Ciutat Vella	Barcelona	CEM Parc de la Ciutadella	2
CB Santa Coloma	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	Pavelló Joan del Moral	2
CE Sant Nicolau	Sabadell	CE Sant Nicolau	2
CEB Girona Citylift	Girona	Pavelló Ramon Sitja	2
Circol Cotonifici Badalona	Badalona	Pavelló La Plana	2
Merchanservis CBS	Sant Feliu de Llobregat	Palau Juan Carlos Navarro	2
Sant Quirze Basquet Club	Sant Quirze del Valles	Poliesportiu Sant Quirze	2
SESE	Barcelona	Pavelló Municipal Virrei Amat	2
UE Sant Cugat	Sant Cugat del Vallés	Pavelló Municipal Sant Cugat	2
Vedruna Gràcia	Barcelona	Poliesportiu Josep Maria de Segarra	2

Regular season

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tenea-CB Esparreguera (C, P)	26	26	0	2005	1593	+412	52	Qualification to Final Stage
2	CB Salou (P)	26	21	5	2077	1733	+344	47
3	FC Martinenc Bàsquet (P)	26	18	8	2118	1897	+221	44
4	Zamar 2000 Ploms Salle Reus	26	17	9	1859	1743	+116	43
5	AE Badalonès	26	16	10	2046	1904	+142	42
6	Lliçà d'Amunt	26	13	13	1809	1854	−45	39
7	CB Granollers	26	11	15	1780	1833	−53	37
8	CB Artés	26	11	15	1913	1992	−79	37
9	BasquetPiaSabadell	26	10	16	1838	2010	−172	36
10	Maristes Ademar Badalona (O)	26	10	16	1815	1928	−113	36	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
11	Outletmoto.com-CB Grup Barna (O)	26	9	17	1741	1855	−114	35
12	EsportXTothom-Basquet SAMA Vilanova (R)	26	7	19	1645	1876	−231	33
13	Recanvis Gaudí CB Mollet B (O)	26	7	19	1743	1857	−114	33
14	Club Natació Sabadell (R)	26	6	20	1666	1980	−314	32	Relegation to CC 1ª Categoria

Source: BasquetCatala
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SESE (P)	26	22	4	2068	1753	+315	48	Qualification to Final Stage
2	Bàsquet Molins	26	20	6	2007	1781	+226	46
3	UE Sant Cugat	26	18	8	1959	1788	+171	44
4	CB Alpicat	26	16	10	2012	1872	+140	42
5	CB Santa Coloma	26	16	10	1942	1810	+132	42
6	CB Ciutat Vella	26	12	14	1952	2039	−87	38
7	Circol Cotonifici Badalona	26	12	14	1685	1773	−88	38
8	Bàsquet Sitges	26	12	14	1900	1914	−14	38
9	Vedruna Gràcia	26	12	14	1951	2053	−102	38
10	Sant Quirze Basquet Club (R)	26	11	15	1932	2023	−91	37	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs
11	CEB Girona Citylift (O)	26	11	15	1890	1835	+55	37
12	Merchanservis CBS (R)	26	10	16	1993	2081	−88	36
13	AD Torreforta (R)	26	8	18	1942	2090	−148	34
14	CE Sant Nicolau (R)	26	2	24	1668	2089	−421	28	Relegation to CC 1ª Categoria

Source: BasquetCatala
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Relegation PlayOffs

The first legs were played on 13 May 2018, the second legs on 20 May 2018 and the third legs, if necessary, on 27 May 2018.^[8]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Maristes Ademar Badalona	2-1	AD Torreforta	96-67	80-83	96-73
CEB Girona Citylift	2-1	EsportXTothom-Basquet SAMA Vilanova	63-51	63-78	72-60
Outletmoto.com CB Grup Barna	2-1	Merchanservis CBS	77-68	74-104	83-68
Sant Quirze Basquet Club	0-2	Recanvis Gaudi CB Mollet B	66-72	77-89

Final round

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 13–14 May, and the second legs will be played on 20–21 May 2018.^[9][10]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamar 2000 Ploms Salle Reus	131-155	SESE	64-76	67-79
FC Martinenc Basquet	146-119	Basquet Molins	71-65	75-54
UE Sant Cugat	119-121	CB Salou	67-76	52-45
CB Alpicat	130-170	Tenea-CB Esparreguera	67-95	63-75

Final Four

Games played at Pavelló Municipal in Salou

	Semifinals 26 May				Final 27 May
	FC Martinenc Basquet	46
	Tenea-CB Esparreguera	51
					Tenea-CB Esparreguera	71
					CB Salou	63
	CB Salou	63
	SESE	56
					Third place
					FC Martinenc Basquet	53
					SESE	67

Semifinals

May 26, 2018	FC Martinenc Bàsquet	46–51	Tenea-CB Esparreguera	Salou
18:05	Scoring by quarter: 7-14, 14-12, 11-15, 14-10
La Xarxa	Pts: Perez, Mayor 8 Rebs: Olive 10 Asts: Mayor 5 PIR: Mayor 16	Box Score	Pts: Morales 25 Rebs: Morales 8 Asts: Romero 3 PIR: Morales 21	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Referees: Francesc Xavier Piñol, Gerard Alemany

FC Martinenc Bàsquet v Tenea-CB Esparreguera

May 26, 2018	CB Salou	63–56	SESE	Salou
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 13-7, 20-14, 15-18, 15-17
La Xarxa	Pts: Barksdale 21 Rebs: Galofre 9 Asts: Salido, Claveria 3 PIR: Barksdale 27	Box Score	Pts: Vazquez 14 Rebs: Diaz 10 Asts: Gomez 3 PIR: Vazquez 20	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Referees: Raúl Atienzar, Javier Romero

CB Salou v SESE

Third place game

May 27, 2018	FC Martinenc Bàsquet	53–67	SESE	Salou
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 11-16, 13-14, 14-24, 15-13
	Pts: Recasens 11 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Domínguez 2 PIR: Recasens 11	Box Score	Pts: López 18 Rebs: López 10 Asts: three players 2 PIR: López 24	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Referees: Eduard Rey, Miquel Fernández Sánchez

FC Martinenc Bàsquet v SESE

Championship game

May 28, 2017	Tenea-CB Esparreguera	71–63	CB Salou	Salou
18:05	Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 17-18, 24-17, 14-16
La Xarxa	Pts: Fontanals 17 Rebs: Romero 6 Asts: Morales 3 PIR: Fontanals 13	Box Score Report	Pts: Barksdale 20 Rebs: Galofre 9 Asts: Santiago 3 PIR: Barksdale 23	Arena: Pavelló Municipal Referees: Xavier Gotsens, Víctor Carreras

Tenea-CB Esparreguera v CB Salou

2017–18 Copa Catalunya champions
Tenea-CB Esparreguera 1st title

Awards

MVP

• Rubén Morales (Tenea-CB Esparreguera)^[11]

All Star Game

The 2018 Copa Catalunya All-star event was held on January 27, 2018 at Pavello Nord in Sabadell.^[12]

The White team won the game 92-70. The MVP of the game was Ruben Morales who scored 22 points along with 4 assists and Marquie Smith won the Slam Dunk Contest.^[13]

Rosters

White Team (Group 1) Pos Player Team Starters G Pau Mayor FC Martinenc F Eric Balaguer AE Badalonès F Alex Pou Lliçà d'Amunt C Ruben Morales Tenea CB Esparreguera C Eloi Galofré CB Salou Reserves G Franc García Maristes Ademar Badalona G Marc Ollé Club Natació Sabadell G Arnau Carreras EsportXTothom SAMA Vilanova F Damià Paez BasquetPiaSabadell F Eduard Boja CB Artés F Jonathan Seidi Recanvis Gaudi CB Mollet B C Marc Subirachs Outletmoto.com CB Grup Barna C Everret Pleasant Zamar 2000 Ploms Salle Reus C Carles Homs CB Granollers C Courtney J.Barksdale CB Salou Head coach: Oscar Navarro (Tenea CB Esparreguera) Head coach: Hugo González (FC Martinenc) Head coach: Jesús Muñiz (CB Salou)

Blue Team (Group 2) Pos Player Team Starters G Alex López CB Santa Coloma F Félix López Bàsquet Molins F Víctor Vinós CB Alpicat C Robert Cosials UE Sant Cugat C José Manuel Coego Merchanservis CBS Reserves G Gonzalo Baltà Sant Quirze BC G David Justicia CEB Girona Citylift G Albert Barquets SESE G Francesc Gotzents Circol Cotonifici Badalona G Jordi Costa CE Sant Nicolau F Sergi Plaza AD Torreforta C Luis E.Gonzalez Vedruna Gràcia C José A. Bernuz CB Ciutat Vella C Seth Goodman Bàsquet Sitges Head coach:Jesús Fernández (Bàsquet Molins) Head coach:Carles Espona (SESE) Head coach:Cesc Sempau (UE Sant Cugat)

Game

February 27, 2018	White Team	92–70	Blue Team	Sabadell
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 30-18, 15-20, 18-19, 29-13
La Xarxa	Pts: Morales 22 Rebs: Pou & Barksdale 7 Asts: Morales 4 PIR: Morales 25	Box Score Report	Pts: López 12 Rebs: Goodman 9 Asts: Baltà & López 3 PIR: Goodman 13	Arena: Pavelló Nord Attendance: 450 Referees: Kilian Martínez Butxaca, Clemente López Martínez, Joan Fanés

White Team v Blue Team

References and notes

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7. "El CB Cantaires Tortosa ya es nuevo equipo de la Liga EBA". diaridetarragona.com (in European Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
8. "Play Out". basquetcatala.cat (in Catalan). May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
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11. "Ja es coneixen els guardonats de la Festa del Bàsquet Català 2018". basquetcatala.cat (in Catalan). June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
12. "Sabadell escenari de l'ALLSTAR 2018 de la Copa Catalunya". basquetcatala.cat (in Catalan). February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
13. "Espectacular inici de l'ALLSTAR 2018 de Copa Catalunya amb una trepidant jornada masculina". basquetcatala.cat (in Catalan). February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.