MADRID, 23 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Copa de la Reina 2022 is held from this Thursday until Sunday in Valencia, like last year when Spar Girona took the title, now defending an attractive tournament that is open and with the desire for revenge from Perfumerías Avenida and Valencia Basketball.
The appointment of the ‘ko’ picks up again the illusion of eight teams in La Fuente de San Luis, with Catalans, Salamanca and Valencia as the biggest applicants. The Cup begins this Thursday with the quarterfinal clash between Perfumerías Avenida and IDK Euskotren, which will be followed by La Seu – Lointek Gernika Bizkaia.
Perfumerías lost last year in the semi-finals with Girona and, again in Valencia, arrives with the rush of qualifying for the ‘final four’ of the Euroleague precisely against Girona. In addition, the Salamancans have accumulated 13 wins in a row in the League, where IDK Euskotren is fifth in a regular season.
On Friday it will be the turn of Spar Girona – Movistar Estudiantes and Valencia Basket – Casademont Zaragoza in search of the second semifinal. The Madrid team will have the challenge of stopping the offensive torrent of the defending champion, led by Laia Palau.
Meanwhile, the ‘taronja’ team will also seek their option for revenge, after losing the final last year at home. With the tricks, Anna Cruz will play in the Cup again after having done so for the last time in the 12/13 campaign at the hands of Rivas.