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90th edition of the Spanish Basketball King’s Cup
The 2026 Basketball King’s Cup will be the 90th edition of the Spanish Basketball King’s Cup. It will be managed by the ACB and will be held in Valencia, in the Roig Arena in February 2026.[1]
Unicaja will be the defending champions.
All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2025–26 ACB regular season will qualify to the tournament. If Valencia Basket, host team, finish between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified will enter in the Copa del Rey.
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(H) Hosts; (X) Assured of at least qualification as unseeded team; (Y) Cannot qualify as seeded team, but may still qualify as unseed team
On 11 March 2025, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the Copa del Rey in February 2026.[1] The plot is located between the streets Ángel Villena, Bomber Ramón Duart and Antonio Ferrandis, next to La Fonteta;[2] it was used as a parking lot for the attendants to the former venue and L’Alqueria.[3] The arena is being funded by Juan Roig, who created the company Licampa 1617 S.L. to carry out the project.[4] After a fifty-year concession, the facilities will revert to the municipality.[2] It will host matches for the 2028 European Men’s Handball Championship. The venue has a capacity of 15,600 for basketball fixtures, of 18,600 for 180° concerts and of 20,000 for 360° shows.[5] It also features around 1,300 parking spaces.[2] Building works started on 29 June 2020 and ended on 5 September 2025.[6] In 2020 the arena was expected to open in 2023,[2] but was later delayed to 2025, and it was finally opened on 6 September 2025. It is expected to replace La Fonteta as the main venue of Valencia Basket.[7]
