The Copa de Castilla y León (Castile and León Cup) is a basketball competition between the best teams of Castile and León, organized by the Castile and León Basketball Federation. From 2002 to 2005, the different teams where facing them every round and the final was played always against CB Valladolid, the only team in ACB in that years.
After a try in 2001 with the teams of Liga EBA, the Castile and León Federation decided to improve the tournament including in it all the elite clubs of the autonomous community. The first round was played in a one legged round-robin format by all the Liga EBA teams.[9]
The second edition had a similar format but changing the first round. This was played with a two-legged round robin format by the four Liga EBA teams of the community.[10]
In this edition, the Liga EBA teams played the first round with a double-legged round-robin format. The two first qualified teams played the second round against the two LEB 2 teams.[12]
In summer 2006, the Castile and León Basketball Federation decided to change the format of the competition adopting a Final Four format with the four elite teams of the Community. A Copa Castilla y León EBA was created for the teams of this league. This new competition was played in 2001 as a try of this tournament.
2008 edition was the first one without Liga ACB teams after the relegation of CB Valladolid and Grupo Begar León last season to LEB Oro. Also, CB Valladolid didn't play the final game for the first time of the Copa Castilla y León history, after being defeated by Grupo Begar León in two overtimes.
After beating Ford Burgos by a narrow margin in the semifinals, Palencia Baloncesto qualified for the first time to the final of the Copa Castilla y León. In this game, Blancos de Rueda Valladolid was too much team for them and the team of Liga ACB won by the widest difference in a final since there is Final Four format. American centerMarcus Slaughter was the MVP of the game.
For the first time ever, it will be played at Pabellón Polideportivo Pisuerga in Valladolid. Men's and women's tournament will be played in the same pavilion and in the same weekend.[15]
Palencia Baloncesto achieved its first Cup in its history after beating Liga ACB team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid in a game where Palencia was leading by 26 points in the second quarter and defeating Ford Burgos in the final game, thanks to a great last quarter and to Carles Bravo, who was nominated by second year in a row MVP of the tournament. Bravo nailed 24 points for a rating of 32.
After one year, the Cup came back to its most classical host: Palencia. Due to the financial trouble has CB Valladolid, the Federation of Basketball of Castile and León decided not to include the team of Liga ACB in the tournament.[16]
After the dissolution of CB Valladolid and the resign to compete in professional leagues of Ford Burgos, both cities were represented by the new-creation teams CB Ciudad de Valladolid and CB Miraflores respectively. Palencia and San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos, the sponsorship name of Miraflores, were teams of LEB Oro at the upcoming season while the other two would play in LEB Plata.
The Cup was played on 26 and 27 September in Palencia.[18]
The 2016 edition was played between the two LEB Oro teams (Quesos Cerrato Palencia and San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos, who joined directly the semifinals) and the four LEB Plata teams, that played a previous round in Íscar. Miraflores, with the name of San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos won its first title, the fourth for the city of Burgos.
