In 2024, the Copa del Rey was held in Málaga, once again proving to be a talismanic city for Real Madrid, where the Whites, just like four years ago, reclaimed the title after defeating Barcelona in a thrilling final
In the 2022 ACB, the title went to Real Madrid, who clearly beat a Barcelona team that had the home court factor in its favor (1-3). The Whites dominated throughout the final, won the first game, fought until the last possession in the second and sealed the tie by winning their games in Madrid. The defense, the intensity, but above all the dominance in rebounding, were fundamental to understand the victory, and there the maximum exponent is Edy Tavares, elected MVP
2022 will be remembered for the fact that Russian teams were disqualified because of Russia’s war invasion of Ukraine. A decision that affected the European top competition in sporting terms
In 2022, the King’s Cup was held in Granada, where Barcelona was once again proclaimed champion. The blaugranas, after scoring more than 100 points on average in the quarterfinals and semifinals, had to overcome a very defensive Real Madrid that took the final to a few points
In the 2021 ACB, Barcelona put an end to a long drought in the competition, beating Real Madrid in the final (2-0), in a reduced best-of-three format. The blaugranas were the clear winners in both games against a Real Madrid side that was severely depleted by their injuries and did not give the impression of being able to compete at almost any point in the final. Pau Gasol, who returned to Barcelona after many years in the NBA, won the title 20 years later, Nikola Mirotic, MVP of the tournament
In 2021, the King’s Cup was held in Madrid. A competition marked by the fact that it was played without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the final was played between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The Catalans forged their victory with an impeccable first half, leaving the final practically sealed at the halfway point of the game (73-88). Cory Higgins was voted MVP
In 2020 the Cup was held in Malaga, where the whites, after losing the two previous finals against Barcelona and playing their seventh consecutive final, won the cup again three years later. He did so by beating Unicaja in the final, and also did so clearly, by (95-68). A final distance that broke the record for the greatest difference in a cup final
In the ACB of 2019 Real Madrid was proclaimed champion again after defeating a Barcelona that returned three years later to a final, by (3-1). Madrid did not allow the Catalans to win in the capital in the first two games of the final, and then after losing by one in the third, sealed the title with solvency in the fourth game. Campazzo, with a great performance, was awarded with the MVP
Madrid hosted the 2019 Cup, and lived one of the most southern cup finals in the history of the competition, where the referees, in a final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, chained mistakes, even having the instant-replay to check the last move, to take the final to the limit, with Barcelona as the final champion
In the ACB 2018 Real Madrid dominated the competition again after a year of parenthesis. The whites culminated with a title a great season that really dominated from start to finish. In the final they beat Baskonia, who played a final after eight drought, by a clear (3-1) and after winning two games in Vitoria
Second year of the new Euroleague, with the 16 teams playing and again there was excitement until the final days. With 30 games ahead there were winners and losers, and unlike the first year in this format, the squares to the playoffs were decided to several days for the end
