The highest category of Spanish basketball already knows which will be the matches of the competition that will open on the 23/24 calendar.
The Spanish teams already know their competitors in the first national competition; the Endesa Super Cup. It will be held between September 16 and 17, 2023 in the city of Murcia. The UCAM will be received at the Palacio de los Deportes Barcelona, Real Madrid and Unicaja. The crosses were raffled off at a ceremony, held at Palace of San Estebanwhere the teams and their star players were introduced and they talked about the evolution at the sporting level of celebrating something of this magnitude in Murcia.
In this edition of the Super Cup we will have the participation of three Argentine players looking for the possibility of lifting the trophy. The duo composed of Cordovan will return to Real Madrid Facundo Campazzo and Gabriel Deck, which will rejoin a team after passing the perimeter of the NBA and the Red Star. In addition, in Barcelona we will meet again Nicholas Laprovittola. The Catalan team will present a somewhat changed team compared to last season, and they want to be the leading candidate in each of the competitions they will face this 23/24.
UCAM vs Unicaja: Hosts and Kings
Unicaja, last champion of the Copa del Rey, will face UCAM, who will be local in this competition, this will be the second semifinal of the Endesa Super Cup, the rivalry will take place in Saturday, September 16 at 4:30 pm (Argentine time).
The most interesting rivalry of the match was between point guards Dylan Ennis (UCAM player) and Alberto Diaz belongs to Unicaja. These two players met last season, for the European Basketball Champions League. At the time, Ennis was playing for Galatasaray. They both have similar stats, so every time they meet on the pitch, it will be a spectacle.
A Semi Final
The first semifinal and the most important of this Endesa Super Cup is Real Madrid-Barcelona. Both teams shared competitions for the 22/23 season. The Merengue team won the Euroleague, leaving the Catalans in the semifinals, while the blaugranas won the Endesa League against the people of Madrid.
They didn’t have much to show for it, it was a historic classic of Spanish sport and both brought good reinforcements. Facundo Campazzo returned home after a stint in Serbia with Crvena Zvezda and Willy Hernángomez came to Barcelona after stints in the NBA; From the New Orleans Pelicans. Both returned to Europe because they did not star in NBA rotations.
Despite not playing the same position (Campazzo is a point guard and Hernángomez a center), they both know their faces since they met in the 2019 World Cup final and several times in the NBA, including in the debut by Facu. to the Denver Nuggets. It will be a confrontation full of emotions and we will see them in action on Saturday the 16th from 1:30 pm (Argentine time).
The definition
The final will be played on Sunday, September 17 at 4:30 pm (Argentine time) facing the winners of both semifinals, we remember that in this tournament, the duels are one match.
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Source: Tycsports
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