The 4 most profitable Spanish golf equipment from final season’s home competitions will conflict in Saudi Arabia within the 2023 Supercopa de Espana (Spanish Tremendous Cup).
The highest two La Liga finishers from 2021/22 Actual Madrid and Barcelona will tackle the 2 2021/22 Copa del Rey finalists Valencia and Actual Betis in a mini four-team event in Riyadh.
Different European leagues characteristic related Tremendous Cup competitions just like the Group Defend in England or the Trophee des Champions in France, however typically they’re one-off matches that kick off the home marketing campaign. The Spanish federation (RFEF) has bucked that development for the previous couple of years, crafting a mid-season event that options 4 groups contesting the trophy.
Three of this yr’s contributors occur to occupy the highest 4 spots within the present La Liga desk, with solely Valencia sitting exterior of that group in eleventh place. Barcelona at the moment lead the standings, with Actual Madrid proper on their heels in second and Actual Betis in fourth.
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Spanish Tremendous Cup 2023 schedule, the way it works
The Supercopa de Espana is the Spanish Tremendous Cup, pitting the 2 most profitable groups from the earlier La Liga season in opposition to the home cup finalists from the identical marketing campaign.
The format for the Supercopa de Espana modified to a four-team competitors in 2019, and the mini-tournament was moved to a impartial location (Saudi Arabia). The Supercopa options the La Liga winners and runners-up from the earlier season, along with each Copa del Rey finalists.
The reigning La Liga champion faces the Copa del Rey runner-up in a single semifinal, and the Copa del Rey winner faces the La Liga runner-up within the different semifinal. The winners of every semi matchup face off within the remaining for the silverware.
It is not the case for 2023, however within the occasion that one or each of the highest finishers in La Liga had additionally reached the Copa del Rey remaining, then the third-place La Liga finisher would have certified, and fourth-place if obligatory.
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2023 Spanish Tremendous Cup groups, fixtures
The matches in 2023 shall be performed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is UTC +3 time zone, that means the time zone is three hours forward of the UK and eight hours forward of Jap Time in North America.
Each semifinals will kick off at 10 pm native time in Riyadh.
There is no such thing as a third-place match contested within the Supercopa de Espana, so each dropping sides from the semifinals will head house after struggling elimination.
| crew | Certified Through |
|---|---|
| Actual Madrid | 2021/22 Champions League |
| Barcelona | 2021/22 La Liga runners-up |
| Actual Betis | 2021/22 Copa del Rey winners |
| Valencia | 2021/22 Copa del Rey runners-up |
semifinals
| date | Time (GMT / ET) | matches |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan. 11, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. | Actual Madrid vs. Valencia |
| Thu, Jan. 12, 2023 | 7:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. | Actual Betis vs. Barcelona |
Remaining
| date | Time (GMT / ET) | matches |
|---|---|---|
| Solar, Jan. 15, 2023 | TBD | Winner SF #1 vs. Winner SF #2 |
Tremendous Cup stay stream, TV channels
The rights-holders for the 2022/23 La Liga season throughout the globe are additionally afforded the chance to broadcast the Supercopa de Espana.
This is the best way to watch all the motion in among the main territories:
| television channel | streaming | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | Optus Sports activities |
| Canada | TSN | TSN app, TSN.ca |
| Hong Kong | NowSports 2 | Now Participant |
| India | — | Voot Choose |
| Malaysia | beIN Sports activities | sooka, beIN Sports activities Join |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports activities | beIN Sports activities Join |
| singapore | beIN Sports activities | StarHub TV+, beIN Sports activities Join |
| UK | La Liga TV, ITV4 | ITVX, Viaplay Sports activities |
| USES | ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Sports activities | fuboTV, ESPN+ |
UK: The Tremendous Cup shall be carried within the UK on LaLiga TV and ITV, with ITV’s streaming platform ITVX obtainable for on-line viewing.
USES: The Supercopa shall be proven on ESPN2, ABC, and ESPN Deportes with these televised matches streaming on fuboTV. ESPN’s streaming service ESPN+ will even carry streams in English and Spanish for subscribers.
Canada: The Tremendous Cup matches can be found in Canada on TSN platforms.
Australia: Followers in Australia can stream each match stay and on demand on Optus Sport.
Why is the Spanish Tremendous Cup performed in Saudi Arabia?
The Spanish federation determined to maneuver the Supercopa de Espana to Saudi Arabia for the 2019/20 event after the Saudi Arabian authorities agreed to pay €30 million for every version of the competitors by means of 2029.
Whereas worthwhile, the choice to maneuver the competitors exterior the nation has not all the time been a well-liked one. In 2022, Athletic Bilbao midfielder Raul Garcia known as it “full nonsense” and claimed that “followers have been forgotten” as a result of “soccer now’s all about creating wealth and discovering sponsors.”
Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales defended the choice, saying, “We took a recreation that was forgotten in the midst of summer season and made it into a global occasion.”
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Spanish Tremendous Cup prize cash
Whereas the prize cash for the Supercopa de Espana doesn’t strategy the sums acquired by contributors within the high European membership competitions, it nonetheless affords the winner an honest payday.
The prize cash for the 2023 version of the Tremendous Cup shall be erratically distributed, which has prompted an uproar. The Spanish federation (RFEF) reportedly can pay pre-determined quantities to every membership that are unequal.
By 2023, Barcelona and Actual Madrid will every obtain €2.8 million, Valencia will earn €1.7 million, and Actual Betis will obtain €750,000. Then, as a part of the competitors, the winner will earn €2 million whereas the runner-up will declare €1 million.
This has reportedly angered each Valencia and Actual Betis. Betis reportedly submitted an inside grievance to the RFEF requesting even distributions based mostly on aggressive steadiness quite than pre-set quantities for every membership. A lawyer for Valencia, in the meantime, spoke out in opposition to the distribution plan.
Final yr there was an equitable mannequin in place, because the competitors paid out €3 million to the winner, whereas the runner-up was handed €2 million and all 4 semifinalists got €800,000.
Listing of Spanish Tremendous Cup all-time champions
Actual Madrid gained the Supercopa de Espana in 2022 for the twelfth time in membership historical past. Los Blancos defeated Barcelona within the semifinals by way of an extra-time winner by Federico Valverde earlier than topping Athletic Bilbao 2-0 within the remaining.
However Barcelona nonetheless have probably the most titles in Tremendous Cup historical past, with 13 trophies.
Spanish Tremendous Cup Champions
| Membership | Titles | most up-to-date |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 13 | 2018 |
| Actual Madrid | 12 | 2021/22 |
| Athletic Membership | 3 | 2020/21 |
| La Coruna sports activities | 3 | 2002 |
| Atletico Madrid | 2 | 2014 |
| Majorca | one | 1998 |
| Actual society | one | 1982 |
| Actual Zaragoza | one | 2004 |
| Seville | one | 2007 |
| Valencia | one | 1999 |