He made his debut as a Copa de la Reina referee in the edition held in Salamanca two decades ago (2002) and this Friday night, the referee Ángel de Lucas has gone down in history as one of the competition’s traditional referees by inaugurating which will be his tenth participation in such a prestigious tournament.
Because in the quarter-final duel between Spar Girona and Movistar Estudiantes, referee Alcarreño crossed the barrier of ten editions over two decades, which means one edition every two seasons. Of these, the last four consecutively, being present in Vitoria, Salamanca and Valencia on both occasions.
In this way, De Lucas has been enriching a record of services that has a total of 15 matches directed over the last few years and that has allowed him to be present in a total of 4 finals: Palma de Mallorca (2004), Arganda del Rey (2012), Torrejón de Ardoz (2014) and Girona (2017).
A historical referee therefore for the competition and thus rounds off a sporting “winner’s record” in which he remains one of the two active referees who has been present in all editions of the LEB Gold League since its creation in the 1996 season. /97.
| THE 10 CUPS OF THE QUEEN OF ÁNGEL DE LUCAS | ||
| COPPER TRAJECTORY | ||
| Edition | Campus | Matches |
| 2022 | Valencia | Rooms |
| 2021 | Valencia | Quarters and semifinals |
| 2020 | Salamanca | Quarters and semifinals |
| 2019 | Victory | Quarters and semifinals |
| 2017 | Girona | semis and finals |
| 2015 | Torrejon | semifinals |
| 2014 | Torrejon | Final |
| 2012 | Arganda of the King | Final |
| 2004 | Palma de Mallorca | quarter and final |
| 2002 | Salamanca | Quarters and semifinals |
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!