Baxi Manresa signs a dream season qualifying for its first European final
He will star in the first FIBA final with two ACB teams against Tenerife
The Bilbao Arena will host this Sunday (at 8:00 p.m.) a historic end for Spanish basketball. Baxi Manresa and Lenovo Tenerife meet in the Champions League final. It will be the first FIBA final in which two ACB clubs face each other, a fact that shows the dominance of the competition, whose teams have already won three of the five editions.
“It’s a very nice day for all of us who love Manresa. We’ve qualified for a European final and that’s something nobody expected when the season started”
Pedro Martínez, coach of Baxi Manresa
“Is a very nice day for all of us who love Manresa. We have qualified for a European final and that is something that no one expected when the season began”, assured Pedro Martínez, coach of the team. It is a stage in the history of Baxi Manresa, which will face the club’s first European final.
The Catalans met expectations and reached this final after beating Ludwisburg 55-63 in the semifinals. The Germans, who first They were an affordable rival for the team, they gave their best version and made the 2,000 fans who were in the stands suffer with a very even score.
????A LA FINAAAAL !!
What a team! What a hobby!
Bilbao Arena has been the New Gorge!Team pride! City pride!
Sunday to finish it off !!#SomHiManresa #Manresa@BasquetManresa @gradanimacio @BilbaoArena @BasketballCL pic.twitter.com/ymEhyRAYfQ– Marc Aloy Guard ???? (@marc_aloy) May 6, 2022
The challenge of Baxi Manresa is to put the finishing touch to a bright season. They have played in the Copa del Rey, they have reached the Champions League final and they are sixth in the standings, in the midst of the fight for the play-off. Although to win their first European title they will have to learn from the mistakes of last saturday, when Tenerife won 94-83. Victory in the final would have even more merit considering the current level of Vidorreta’s team and their time in the last FIBA editions.
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It will be the third European final for the Txus Vidorreta players, who were already champions in 2017. The Canarian team arrives at the match after beat Hapoel Holon 71-78 in a meeting also tighter than expected. The FIBA championship is not, however, the only title the Lenovo has lifted. They also keep in their record the Intercontinental Cups of 2017 and 2020.
This final shows that, despite the constant progression of basketball on the continent, the ACB continues to dominate. And it will be the fourth European final made up of Spanish teams. Barça-Estudiantes 1999, Joventut-Girona 2008 and Unicaja-Valencia 2017 precede this Sunday’s match.
