MADRID, 22 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Bidaideak Bilbao has won the first wheelchair basketball Copa del Rey in its history by beating ACE Gran Canaria in an unprecedented final at the Carranque sports center in Malaga (72-67).
The Basque team, which reached the final after eliminating the king of Cups, Ilunion, winner 19 times, in the quarter-finals, and Mideba Extremadura, League runner-up, in the semifinals, relied on David Mouriz’s great match, who recorded 25 points and seven triples.
The Canarian team, for its part, reached the decisive match after eliminating the host, Amivel, in the quarterfinals, and the great favorite, Amiab Albacete, champion of the League and Eurocup 1 this year, in the semifinals.
Bidaideak Bilbao ruled in the final until the end of the third quarter with a maximum advantage of twelve points, which allowed the Canarian team to continue with options, which greatly improved their offensive performance in the decisive moment and even leveled the contest with 1 to go. :fifty.
The success of Txema Avendaño in the final moments, with four points in a row, allowed Bidaideak to get back in front and secure a victory that is the first in their history in the Copa del Rey, a competition in which they were runners-up in 2019.
