
The first male team of Valencia Basket starts their participation in the Copa del Rei Gran Canària 2025 by facing the host Dreamland Gran Canària in the quarterfinals(Friday 14, 21:30h, Gran Canària Arena, #Vamos) in the match that will close the first round of the tournament. The orange team will have the support of more than 350 fans who will try to make themselves heard among the local fans to help Pedro Martínez’s men try to break their particular curse on a court where they have not won in Liga Endesa since 2016 and where they have suffered ten defeats against this opponent in all competitions, including a loss in the quarterfinals in the previous Copa del Rei edition at this venue. The positive precedent is that the orange team won the Endesa Supercopa in 2017 by defeating the host in the final. This will be the sixth time these two teams meet in the Copa del Rei, with a favorable balance to the orange team, which last season needed extra time to beat the yellow team in the quarterfinals. With the confirmed absences of Ethan Happ and Sergio De Larrea due to injury, the orange team has the uncertainty of how two players who missed matches last week due to health issues, such as Jean Montero (recovering from a viral process) and Stefan Jovic (back), will arrive for this match. To expand the squad, Lucas Marí has extended the Valencia expedition to thirteen for this tournament.
Dreamland Gran Canària will have the home court advantage and the support of their fans in a Copa del Rei to which they qualified on sporting merits despite having their place guaranteed as the host, arriving as the eighth seed from the Liga Endesa. They will face Valencia Basket on a stage where less than two months ago they emerged victorious by 97-94. In regards to that match, they have regained the participation of Shurna and Thomasson and have in Caleb Homesley one of the top scorers in the Liga Endesa. Although they have suffered a serious knee injury to Carlos Alocén, who has recently been replaced by Ziga Samar.
Players share their thoughts on the match
Coach Pedro Martínez pointed out in the pre-match press conference that Dreamland Gran Canària «is a very good team, with players who play basketball very well, with a deep roster, we have played against them and they have been able to beat us. And we know it will be a tough match. In recent weeks, we have not been at our best. Probably our opponents are adapting a bit to our proposal. In the face of this, what we have to do is double down. We want to do things right, and doing things right means doing what we do well even better.»
Forward Xabi López-Arostegui commented that «in the Copa del Rei anything can happen, this is a tournament with many external factors. A very intense atmosphere, home fans. So I believe that the team that is more focused, more prepared, and can remain calm in this situation will have more chances of winning. Dreamland Gran Canària is a very complete team that plays basketball very well, with a great coach. In recent years, they have established themselves at the top of the Eurocup and Liga Endesa, and it is always a team that is hard to beat at home.».
Center Matt Costello believes that the key is «simply matching their energy. When we were here last time, at the start of the match, they had more energy and we were constantly fighting to come back, we managed to do it in the end. We had a chance with Jones to try to win the match, but we have to, from the beginning of the match, match their energy and play with the speed and physical aspect that has brought us success this year»..
Over 350 fans will support the team in Gran Canària
Valencia Basket’s first male team will not be alone in Gran Canària. Over 350 fans of the orange team will be supporting Pedro Martínez’s players in this meeting between the fans who purchased their season pass for the tournament during the general sale and those who bought the tickets that the Club put up for sale. All of them will find an orange space with the presence of our meeting point and attention to the orange fan located in the Fan Zone (Plaza de Stagno, next to the Gàbia Movistar where our 3×3 team will play their matches) and will be available from Thursday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm (also on Sunday during those hours in case of reaching the final of the tournament). This space will serve as a meeting and information point for the fans of our team traveling to Gran Canària, with a store where a good part of Valencia Basket’s merchandise catalog can be found, as well as scarves and commemorative shirts of this edition of the Copa del Rei and the possibility of trying on 3D glasses to see how the interior of the Roig Arena will be.
Sixth Copa del Rei clash against Dreamland Gran Canària
This clash against Dreamland Gran Canària will be the sixth matchup in the historic cup between these two teams, with four Valencia victories and one for the Canaries. The fifth time they meet in the quarterfinals. The first precedent was in the quarterfinals of 2003, in a match that ended with an 81-70 victory for Valencia. The second encounter was in the semifinals of the 2013 edition in which Valencia Basket secured their spot in the final by winning 83-72.
El Dreamland Gran Canària ha estat un rival difícil per al Valencia Basket en les últimes temporades. Els dos últims precedents en quarts de final han caigut del costat taronja, amb victòries per 88-72 en 2017 i 81-89 en la temporada passada. A més, el Valencia Basket ha perdut les últimes nou visites a la pista del Dreamland Gran Canària en la Liga Endesa. Tot i això, l’equip taronja ha tingut èxits en altres competicions com la Supercopa Endesa 2017, on van guanyar al Dreamland Gran Canària.
El Valencia Basket ha participat en 25 edicions de la Copa del Rei, amb 13 eliminacions als quarts de final i 8 ocasions a les semifinals. Han disputat la final en 5 ocasions i van guanyar el títol en 1998. Aquesta serà la seva 26a participació en el torneig, encadenant tretze presències consecutives.
La plantilla del Valencia Basket té molts debutants en la Copa del Rei, amb jugadors com Matt Costello i Brancou Badio que ja tenen experiència en aquest torneig amb altres equips. D’altra banda, jugadors com Nate Reuvers, Amida Brimah, Nate Sestina, Jean Montero i Lucas Marí podrien fer el seu debut en aquesta competició.
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