The city of Valencia will host the next two editions of the Basketball King Cupin 2026 and 2027, after the ACB and the Generalitat Valenciana have reached an agreement in this regard. The stage will be the Roig Arena, Pavilion in the final stretch of its construction.
The agreement has been embodied on Tuesday, March 11 at the Palau of the Generalitat Valenciana. Carlos Mazón, president of the Generalitat, and Antonio Martín, president of the ACB, have sealed the agreement and explained the details in an institutional act, in which the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, has also participated.
The competition, Spanish basketball party, will be held in the Valencian capital Between February 19 and 22, 2026and on a date pending confirm in 2027.
The Roig Arena, which will host the Valencia Basket games from next season, will be A very modern monument to the basketball of the businessman owner of Mercadona and one of the pavilions with the greatest capacity in Europe.
More than two decades ago than the city of Turia, despite being the house of one of the most important teams in the country, it did not host the Copera event. It was in the 2003 edition, in which Barcelona was proclaimed champion after defeating Baskonia in the final.
The agreement between the ACB and the Generalitat will also bring the Valencian Community the Endesa minicopa full in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons. The first phase will be held at a community headquarters still to be determined, and the final phase will be in Valencia in parallel to the Copa del Rey.
The arrival of the Copa del Rey to Valencia will also contribute to the reconstruction after the difficult moments lived in recent months, and will rehabilitate damaged clues so that as soon as possible they can continue playing basketball.
“The King Cups are made by hobbies and those, in a city like this, they will not fail and are the ones that will get it an unforgettable event,” said Antonio Martín, president of the clubs, who also stressed that “those desire that people have to come is what makes the cup something magical. If to all the good that the Valencian Community offers you add an installation like the Roig Arena, I am sure that it will be a perfect combination that will change the future of the Cup in the next editions ».
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