2023 Polish Basketball Cup

The 2023 Suzuki Polish Basketball Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski 2023) was the 60th 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]

Polish Basketball Cup
The Globus, venue for the tournament
Season	2022–23
Duration	16–19 February
Games played	7
Teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Garrett Nevels
Finals
Champions	Trefl Sopot (3rd title)
Runners-up	Polski Cukier Start Lublin
Semifinalists	Anwil Włocławek, Spójnia Stargard
← 2022 2024 →

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	Śląsk Wrocław	15	14	1	1333	1171	+162	29	Seeded
2	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wlkp.	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 Wlkp.		80
	Anwil Włocławek		89
						Anwil Włocławek		91
						Trefl Sopot		93
	Śląsk Wrocław		70
	Trefl Sopot		79

Quarterfinals

King Szczecin v Spójnia Stargard

16 February 2023	King Szczecin	87–92	Spójnia Stargard	Lublin
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	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

Polski Cukier Start Lublin v Legia Warszawa

16 February 2023	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	87–86	Legia Warszawa	Lublin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	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

BM Stal Ostrów Wlkp. v Anwil Włocławek

17 February 2023	BM Stal Ostrów Wlkp.	80–89	Anwil Włocławek	Lublin
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–16, 12–23, 21–28
Polsat Sport	Pts: Đurišić 18 Rebs: Đurišić 8 Asts: Perkins 8 PIR: Đurišić 23	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Williams 11 Asts: Łączyński 7 PIR: Williams 28	Arena: Globus Attendance: 400 Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Tomasz Trawicki, Mariusz Nawrocki

Śląsk Wrocław v Trefl Sopot

17 February 2023	Śląsk Wrocław	70–79	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	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

Spójnia Stargard v Polski Cukier Start Lublin

18 February 2023	Spójnia Stargard	86–109	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	Lublin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 25–26, 16–26, 26–30
Polsat Sport	Pts: Mathews 19 Rebs: Clarke 15 Asts: Fortson 5 PIR: Gruszecki 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

Anwil Włocławek v Trefl Sopot

18 February 2023	Anwil Włocławek	91–930(OT)	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–17, 16–20, 16–14, Overtime: 25–27
Polsat Sport	Pts: Moore 15 Rebs: Sanders, Williams 7 Asts: Sanders 6 PIR: Sanders 21	Boxscore	Pts: Nevels 30 Rebs: Nevels 13 Asts: Pluta 6 PIR: Nevels 37	Arena: Globus Attendance: 700 Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Karol Nowak

Finals

Polski Cukier Start Lublin v Trefl Sopot

19 February 2023	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	80–91	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	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 Scoochie Smith 15 6 7 SG 10 Gabe DeVoe 15 2 4 SF 3 Mateusz Dziemba 8 5 1 PF 2 Cleveland Melvin 14 3 5 C 15 Klāvs Čavars 12 5 0 Reserves: PG 0 Kacper Świtacz DNP F 1 Troy Barnies 11 3 0 G 7 Bartłomiej Pelczar 0 0 0 SG 9 Norbert Ziółko DNP SF 12 Sebastian Walda DNP G 17 Wiktor Kępka DNP SF 21 Michał Krasuski 5 2 2 Head coach: Artur Gronek

Start Lublin 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 Cameron Wells 11 3 9 SG 1 Garrett Nevels 27 7 6 SF 23 Michał Kolenda 4 3 1 PF 15 Jarosław Zyskowski 26 4 3 C 41 Ivica Radić 4 9 0 Reserves: SG 0 Jan Malesa DNP G 3 Andrzej Pluta Jr. 0 2 3 F/C 6 Rolands Freimanis 5 5 0 PF 7 Jakub Urbaniak DNP G/F 11 Błażej Kulikowski 0 0 0 G 13 Jean Salumu 8 2 1 C 25 Wesley Gordon 6 2 1 Head coach: Žan Tabak

2023 Polish Basketball Cup Winners
Trefl Sopot (3rd title)

See also

• 2022–23 PLK season