The coincidence in dates of the Seville Half Marathon with the Final Four of the Spanish Cup, the tournament recently created this year by the Spanish Basketball Federation that includes First and Second FEB teams, will make it impossible, unless an unexpected turn of events, for the latter to be held in the capital of Seville. And specifically, in the San Pablo Sports Palacewhere the green and white club plays its games and where, as is already known, this season up to three professional basketball clubs are coexisting. There are also the DOC Gardenstore Sevilla Femenino and the Insolac Caja 87.
He Betiswhich has had an excellent Spanish Cup so far, winning all its matches in the regular phase, has to overcome one more round, the quarterfinals, to reach the Final Four, where the best four will arrive to face each other, for the title, in a single venue. He Alimerka Oviedoin a two-legged tie (December 23 and January 7), will be the last obstacle to overcome for Gonzalo García’s competitive team from Vitoria. At the moment, due to the sporting situation of both teams, the green and white teams are favorites, but as is often said in these cases, the match must be played and begins in Oviedo, being resolved in San Pablo. You should not sell the bear’s skin before hunting it.
If Betis surpassed that limit, they would like to play the Final Four at home, but this will not be possible since the sports calendar of the use of the facility The dates of January 24 and 25, 2025 have been booked since the summer for the Seville Half Marathon Runner’s Fair. An event that is traditionally held in the pavilion and for which the main basketball court is dismantled to place the stands of sports brands and race sponsors. The entire space of the installation between stands is used. La Media, with its 16,000 numbers sold out since September 25, will celebrate one of its most special editions on January 26, marking the 30th anniversary of its birth. According to the organization’s figures, they will be more than 3,000 foreigners that are at the starting line.
Rivals and possible venues
The Final Four of the Spanish Cup, for its part, will be the first to be held in history, since the format is completely new. A way has been sought to give more interest to the cup tournament of the second and third men’s categories of national basketball with a proposal and a model that have not completely convinced professionals. But, in any case, when the final rounds are reached, the desire is to win it and the Betis Basketball he loves her. Other pavilions that could host that Final Four are the Fontes de Sar in Santiago de Compostela, the Pisuerga, the WiZink Center in Madrid (although Real Madrid has home games on January 23 and 26) and the Coliseum in Burgos.
In the other quarterfinal series, Monbús Obradoiro faces Real Valladolid, Cartagena faces Amics Castelló and San Pablo Burgos faces Movistar Estudiantes. Hobbies such as Obradoiro, Estudiantes and San Pablo Burgos would presumably attract many people to the designated venue. And the fact that Betis cannot have San Pablo at its disposal by then affects its uncomfortable situation in the pavilion, according to what is transmitted from the club. In this sense, it handles the possibility of moving to nearby municipalities, with the option of the Dos Hermanas Velodrome as one of the most interesting. For the Primera FEB Final Four for promotion to the Endesa League, in the event that the green and white team had to compete in it, the San Pablo Sports Palace would be available.
