In 1988 the cup was held in Valladolid, which had an exciting final between Real Madrid and Barcelona, which was only decided after a triple final by Nacho Solozábal (84-83). A shot to remember in the history of the King’s Cup
Madrid led the way almost the entire match, although never with too much of an advantage (42-46). That’s how the final went, with many alternations on the scoreboard, until the last possession was reached with Madrid two up. He had one hand on the cup, but Barcelona had the last possession, and did not waste it. Solozábal scored three times to win.
Epi and Sibilio were Barcelona’s top scorers with 18 points, followed by Solozábal with 15. In Madrid, Alexis, 22 points, Biriukov, 20 and Fernando Martín (19).
Before…
Quarterfinals
Barcelona 84 – Students 79
Valladolid 84 – Huesca 76
Real Madrid 94 – Zaragoza 90
Joventut 107 – Canary Islands 87
Semi-finals
Barcelona 79 – Valladolid 69
Real Madrid 101 – Joventut 99
Barcelona 84
*Solózabal – 15p, 1r, 1a
*Epi – 18p, 4r, 2a
*Jiménez – 10p, 3r, 1br
*McDowell – 6p, 7r, 1t
*Norris – 11p, 3r, 2t
Sibilio – 18p
Trumbo – 6p, 6r, 2br
Real Madrid 83
*Llorente – 7p, 5a, 5r
*Biriukov – 20p, 2br, 1r
*Alexis – 22p, 2r, 2br
*F.Martín – 19p, 7r, 2a
*Branson – 13p, 5r, 1t
Romay – 2p, 2r, 2t
A.Martín – 0p
