2023 Polish Basketball Cup

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Polish Basketball Cup
Anwil Włocławek, Spójnia Stargard
2022

The 2023 Suzuki Polish Basketball Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski 2023) was the 59th edition of Poland's national cup competition for men basketball teams. It is managed by the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and was held in Lublin, in the Globus.[1]

Qualified teams

The eight participants qualified for the tournament after the first half of the 2022–23 PLK season. The highest-placed three teams joined Start Lublin and would play against the four low-seeded teams in the quarter-finals.[2] As host of the tournament, Start Lublin gained automatic qualification.

Hosts
Polski Cukier Start Lublin Seeded
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Seeding
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 15 14 1 1333 1171 +162 29 Seeded
2 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 15 11 4 1302 1174 +128 26
3 King Szczecin 15 10 5 1292 1233 +59 25
4 Trefl Sopot 15 10 5 1251 1211 +40 25 Unseeded
5 Legia Warszawa 15 9 6 1171 1141 +30 24
6
Anwil Włocławek
15 8 7 1211 1161 +50 23
7 Spójnia Stargard 15 8 7 1229 1208 +21 23
Source: PLK

Draw

The draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Lublin at Lublin Conference Center.[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
16–17 February
Semifinals
18 February
Final
19 February
         
King Szczecin 87
Spójnia Stargard 92
Spójnia Stargard 86
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 109
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 87
Legia Warszawa 86
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 80
Trefl Sopot 91
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 80
Anwil Włocławek
89
Anwil Włocławek
91
Trefl Sopot 93
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 70
Trefl Sopot 79

Quarterfinals

16 February 2023 King Szczecin 87–92 Spójnia Stargard Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1) Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–31, 21–13, 32–28
Polsat Sport
Pts: Cuthbertson 18
Rebs: Cuthbertson 8
Asts: Mazurczak 9
PIR:
Cuthbertson 27
Boxscore Pts: Penava 20
Rebs: Benson 10
Asts: Fortson 9
PIR: Penava 26
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 800
Referees: Marek Maliszewski, Dariusz Zapolski, Maciej Krupiński
16 February 2023 Polski Cukier Start Lublin 87–86 Legia Warszawa Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1) Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 25–20, 24–19, 21–32
Polsat Sport
Pts: Melvin 18
Rebs: Čavars 11
Asts: Smith 10
PIR:
Čavars, Smith 23
Boxscore Pts: Vinales 33
Rebs: Leslie 11
Asts: Vinales 6
PIR: Vinales 29
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 1,215
Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Bartłomiej Kucharski
17 February 2023 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 70–79 Trefl Sopot Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1) Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 23–15, 19–24, 13–16
Polsat Sport
Pts: Martin 13
Rebs: Parakhouski, Ramljak 5
Asts: Martin 4
PIR:
Martin 15
Boxscore Pts: Nevels 30
Rebs: Gordon 11
Asts: Wells 4
PIR: Nevels 33
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 700
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Michał Kuzia

Semifinals

18 February 2023 Spójnia Stargard 86–109 Polski Cukier Start Lublin Lublin
15:00 TRT (UTC +1) Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 25–26, 16–26, 26–30
Polsat Sport 16 Boxscore Pts: Melvin 24
Rebs: Čavars 7
Asts: Smith 15
PIR: Čavars, Melvin
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Bartłomiej Kucharski

Finals

Polski Cukier Start Lublin v Trefl Sopot
19 February 2023 Polski Cukier Start Lublin 80–91 Trefl Sopot Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1) Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–29, 20–23, 15–21
Polsat Sport
Pts: DeVoe, Smith 15
Rebs: Krasuski, Smith 6
Asts: Smith 7
PIR: Melvin
20
Boxscore Pts: Nevels 27
Rebs: Radić 9
Asts: Wells 9
PIR: Nevels 34
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Dariusz Zapolski, Bartłomiej Kucharski


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 11 United States Scoochie Smith 15 6 7
SG 10 United States Gabe DeVoe 15 2 4
SF 3 Poland Mateusz Dziemba 8 5 1
PF
2 United States Cleveland Melvin 14 3 5
C 15 Latvia Klāvs Čavars 12 5 0
Reserves:
PG 0 Poland Kacper Świtacz DNP
F
1 United States Troy Barnies 11 3 0
G
7 Poland Bartłomiej Pelczar 0 0 0
SG 9 Poland Norbert Ziółko DNP
SF 12 Poland Sebastian Walda DNP
G
17 Poland Wiktor Kępka DNP
SF 21 Poland Michał Krasuski 5 2 2
Head coach:
Poland Artur Gronek
Start Lublin jersey
Team colours
Start Lublin
Trefl Sopot jersey
Team colours
Trefl Sopot


Start Lublin Statistics Trefl Sopot
22/33 (66.7%) 2 point field goals 26/42 (61.9%)
9/27 (33.3%) 3 point field goals 10/30 (33.3%)
9/15 (60%) Free throws 9/11 (81.8%)
6 Offensive rebounds 11
26 Defensive rebounds 26
32 Total rebounds 37
19 Assists 24
5 Steals 9
14 Turnovers 7
4 Blocks 3
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 22 United States Cameron Wells 11 3 9
SG 1 United States Garrett Nevels 27 7 6
SF 23 Poland Michał Kolenda 4 3 1
PF
15 Poland Jarosław Zyskowski 26 4 3
C 41 Croatia Ivica Radić 4 9 0
Reserves:
SG 0 Poland Jan Malesa DNP
G
3 Poland Andrzej Pluta Jr. 0 2 3
F/C 6 Latvia Rolands Freimanis 5 5 0
PF
7 Poland Jakub Urbaniak DNP
G/F 11 Poland Błażej Kulikowski 0 0 0
G
13 Belgium Jean Salumu 8 2 1
C 25 United States Wesley Gordon 6 2 1
Head coach:
Croatia Žan Tabak
2023 Polish Basketball Cup Winners
Trefl Sopot
(3rd title)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Znamy pary Suzuki Pucharu Polski". plk.pl (in Polish). January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

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