2023 Polish Basketball Cup
# 2023 Polish Basketball Cup

The 2023 Suzuki Polish Basketball Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski 2023) was the 59th 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.

## 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. 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 | WKS Śląsk Wrocław | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1333 | 1171 | +162 | 29 | Seeded |
| 2 | BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1302 | 1174 | +128 | 26 | Seeded |
| 3 | King Szczecin | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1292 | 1233 | +59 | 25 | Seeded |
| 4 | Trefl Sopot | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1251 | 1211 | +40 | 25 | Unseeded |
| 5 | Legia Warszawa | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1171 | 1141 | +30 | 24 | Unseeded |
| 6 | Anwil Włocławek | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1211 | 1161 | +50 | 23 | Unseeded |
| 7 | Spójnia Stargard | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1229 | 1208 | +21 | 23 | Unseeded |

## Draw

The draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Lublin at Lublin Conference Center.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals 16–17 February | Quarterfinals 16–17 February | Quarterfinals 16–17 February | Semifinals 18 February | Semifinals 18 February | Semifinals 18 February | Final 19 February | Final 19 February | Final 19 February |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| King Szczecin | King Szczecin | 87 | | | | | | |
| Spójnia Stargard | Spójnia Stargard | 92 | | | | | | |
| Spójnia Stargard | Spójnia Stargard | 92 | Spójnia Stargard | Spójnia Stargard | 86 | | | |
| | | | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | 109 | | | |
| Polski Cukier Start Lublin | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | 87 | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | 109 | | | |
| Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | 86 | | | | | | |
| Legia Warszawa | Legia Warszawa | 86 | | | | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | 80 |
| | | | | | | Trefl Sopot | Trefl Sopot | 91 |
| BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 80 | | | | | | | Trefl Sopot | Trefl Sopot | 91 |
| Anwil Włocławek | Anwil Włocławek | 89 | | | | | | |
| Anwil Włocławek | Anwil Włocławek | 89 | Anwil Włocławek | Anwil Włocławek | 91 | | | |
| | | | Trefl Sopot | Trefl Sopot | 93 | | | |
| WKS Śląsk Wrocław | WKS Śląsk Wrocław | 70 | Trefl Sopot | Trefl Sopot | 93 | | | |
| Trefl Sopot | Trefl Sopot | 79 | | | | | | |

## Finals

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Kacper Świtacz | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 1 | Troy Barnies | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| G | 7 | Bartłomiej Pelczar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Norbert Ziółko | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 12 | Sebastian Walda | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 17 | Wiktor Kępka | DNP | DNP | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 0 | Jan Malesa | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 3 | Andrzej Pluta Jr. | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| F/C | 6 | Rolands Freimanis | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Jakub Urbaniak | DNP | DNP | 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)
