2024 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto

The 2024 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, also known as Supercopa Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st edition of the Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, an annual basketball competition for clubs in the Spanish basketball league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.

2024 Supercopa Endesa1
Tournament details
CountrySpain
CityMurcia
Venue(s)Palacio de Deportes
Dates21–22 September 2024
Teams4
Defending championsReal Madrid
Final positions
ChampionsUnicaja (1st title)
Runner-upReal Madrid
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Attendance22,200 (7,400 per match)
MVPKameron Taylor (Unicaja)
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1 Sponsored name, referring to Endesa.

Real Madrid was the six-time back-to-back defending champion, which was defeated by Unicaja in a huge win to achieve its first supercup title and its second consecutive title after the Intercontinental Cup triumph seven days ago.[1]

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Qualification

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The tournament featured the winners from the three major competitions (2023–24 Liga Endesa, 2024 Copa del Rey and 2023 Supercopa Endesa), the host team and the remaining highest ranked teams from the 2023–24 Liga Endesa season if vacant berths exist.[2]

Qualified teams

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The following four teams qualified for the tournament.[3]

Team Method of qualification Appearance Last appearance as
Real Madrid Liga Endesa, Copa del Rey and Supercopa Endesa winners 19th 2023 winners
UCAM Murcia Host team and Liga Endesa runners-up 2nd 2023 semifinalists
Unicaja Liga Endesa third place 7th 2023 runners-up
Barça Liga Endesa fourth place 19th 2023 semifinalists

Venue

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On June 27, 2024, ACB selected and announced Murcia to host the supercup in September 2024.[3] The arena holds 7,454 people and was built in 1994. It had a budget of 25 million dollars, and was the most modern arena in Europe the moment it was built. The arena hosted the 1996 Copa del Rey, 1998 All-Star weekend and 2023 Supercopa Endesa.

Murcia
2024 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto (Spain)
Palacio de Deportes
Capacity: 7,454
 

Draw

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The draw was held on 22 August 2024. Real Madrid and UCAM Murcia as league finalists were the seeded teams.[4][5]

Bracket

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Semifinals Final
      
Real Madrid 89
Barça 83
Real Madrid 80
Unicaja 90
UCAM Murcia 78
Unicaja 84

Semifinals

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Real Madrid qualified for their seventh consecutive finals after winning a closely-contested El Clásico. Real Madrid shined especially in the third quarter, while Barça managed to overcome their worst moments of the match supported by Darío Brizuela and Jabari Parker to end up reaching a tight match that fell to Los Blancos with Campazzo great contribution with 18 points, 6 assists and a decisive steal that was key to the win. Edy Tavares and Džanan Musa were in their line from last season and Serge Ibaka left defensive flashes on his return to Real Madrid. Kevin Punter went from more to less in his debut with Barça.[6]

21 September 2024 Real Madrid 89–83 Barça Murcia
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 21–24, 26–19, 22–22
Pts: Campazzo 18
Rebs: Deck 10
Asts: Campazzo 6
PIR: Campazzo 33
Boxscore Pts: Parker 17
Rebs: Metu 6
Asts: Laprovíttola 8
PIR: Parker 17
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Attendance: 7,400
Referees: Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo

Unicaja returned to the final after beating UCAM Murcia. The squad from Murcia competed very well during the first three quarters, even going ahead in the last one, but their problems controlling the rebound and the defensive work of Unicaja were too much for them, which played a very physical and choral match. Kendrick Perry and Dylan Osetkowski with 17 and 19 points, respectively, made the difference along with a providential Melvin Ejim with his points in the last quarter and they faced against Real Madrid in the final in a later edition of the last year final at the same venue.[7]

Before the start of the match, it was pay tribute to the referee Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez in his final match after 25 seasons and more than 800 matches managed.[8][9]

21 September 2024 UCAM Murcia 78–84 Unicaja Murcia
21:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 16–17, 24–23, 17–24
Pts: Håkanson 14
Rebs: Birgander 7
Asts: Ennis 5
PIR: R. Kurucs 16
Boxscore Pts: Osetkowski 19
Rebs: Osetkowski 7
Asts: Perry 7
PIR: Osetkowski 26
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Attendance: 7,400
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Iyán González

Final

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Unicaja was crowned champion of the supercup for the first time in its history by defeating Real Madrid in a huge win. The team coached by Ibon Navarro, that registered the most scored quarter in the history of the supercup finals,[10] was superior for a long time of the match against Real Madrid that was thick in the offensive and was forced to attack the rim in multiple chances due to its incessant fails from the three-point field goal and with issues with the players from the bench. On the other hand, Unicaja, which played more physically, had more organized ideas and rightly took the title to Málaga.[11]

22 September 2024 Real Madrid 80–90 Unicaja Murcia
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–32, 26–17, 18–19, 17–22
Pts: Campazzo 19
Rebs: Tavares 13
Asts: Llull 3
PIR: Tavares 16
Boxscore Pts: Taylor 22
Rebs: Taylor 6
Asts: Taylor 6
PIR: Taylor 29
Arena: Palacio de Deportes
Attendance: 7,400
Referees: Carlos Peruga, Sergio Manuel, Iyán González

Awards

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Pos. Player Team
SG   Kameron Taylor Unicaja

Source: [12]

References

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  1. ^ "Los detalles del campeón Unicaja | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Criterios Supercopa Endesa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 19 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "SC Endesa, en Región de Murcia | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Sorteo Supercopa Endesa, el jueves | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Así fue el sorteo de la SC Endesa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Real Madrid 89 - Barça 83 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  7. ^ "UCAM Murcia 78 - Unicaja 84 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Homenaje a Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Pérez Pérez: Adiós lleno de cariño | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Unicaja, primer cuarto de récord | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ^ "R.Madrid-Unicaja (80-90) | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Scopa Endesa: Taylor, MVP Movistar | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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