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CB Canarias
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | La Laguna Tenerife |
| logo | File:Logo of CB 1939 Canarias.png |
| imagesize | 180px |
| leagues | Liga ACB |
| Champions League | |
| founded | |
| () | |
| history | CB Canarias |
| (1939–1994) | |
| CB 1939 Canarias | |
| (1994–present) | |
| arena | Santiago Martín |
| capacity | 5,100 |
| location | La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain |
| colors | Gold, Black |
| president | Aniano Cabrera |
| coach | Txus Vidorreta |
| championships | 2 Champions League |
| 3 Intercontinental Cup | |
| website | Official website |
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Champions League () (1939–1994) CB 1939 Canarias (1994–present)
3 Intercontinental Cup Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top-level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Santiago Martín.
Canarias became a prominent club on the domestic scene during the 2010s, after securing promotion to the Liga ACB in 2014. Under the FIBA system, Canarias won two BCL championships (in 2017 and 2023) as well as three Intercontinental Cups (2017, 2020, 2023).
History
The team was founded in 1994, after the old CB Canarias club, that huge financial problems at that time, merged with other teams of the Spanish island of Tenerife, to create the new Tenerife Canarias club, which only played two seasons in the Liga EBA competition, at the time when that league was the second tier level of Spanish club basketball.
People who were in disagreement with that merger then created the new CB 1939 Canarias club, which inherited the colors and the logo of the club. In 2012, Iberostar Canarias was promoted to Spain's top-tier level Liga ACB competition, after the team won the championship of the LEB Oro. However, the club couldn't actually promote, due to the club's inability to fulfill the requirements needed to join the league that are requested by the league's organizer, the ACB. One month later, on 20 July 2012, CB 1939 Canarias finally achieved the league promotion, after Lucentum Alicante's vacated place in the league was granted to CB 1939 Canarias.
Alejandro Martínez, became the team's head coach in 2003, and he managed to lead the team to multiple league promotions, going up from the LEB Plata (Spanish third tier), to the top-tier level Liga ACB. He resigned from the team's head coaching position in 2015.
Golden era and international championships
In the 2016–17 season, Canarias returned to the European scene after 28 years. On 29 March 2017, Canarias qualified for the 2017 Final Four of FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL), which happened 36 years after the club's first league promotion up to Spain's previous top-level competition, the Liga Nacional, in 1981. The 2017 Champions League Final Four was played at Canaria's home arena, the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín. Canarias won the BCL championship, after beating the Turkish Super League club Banvit in the Final. The championship marked the first major title in the club's history.
On 24 September 2017, Canarias participated in the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, as the defending champions of the Basketball Champions League. The club won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, after beating the defending champions of the FIBA Americas League, the Venezuelan club Guaros de Lara, by a score of 76–71. Three years later, Canarias also won the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, after they defeated the defending champions of the Basketball Champions League, the Italian club Virtus Bologna, by a score of 80–72.
In March 2020, the club stopped the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The following season, the 2020–21 season, was the most successful season in the ACB in the team's history. After finishing third in the regular season, Canarias beat San Pablo Burgos before being eliminated in the semi-finals by Barcelona. In the 2021–22 season, Canarias won their second BCL championship after defeating fellow Spanish team Manresa in the final in Bilbao.
Sponsorship naming
Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known by several names over the years:
- Universidad Canarias Pepsi (1970–1975)
- Caja Rural Canarias (1975–1980)
- Cofisa Canarias (1982–1984)
- Lucky Canarias (1984–1985)
- CajaCanarias (1985–1991)
- AutoLaca Canarias (1995–1996)
- Bodegón Juanito Canarias (1996–1998)
- Canarias Yamaha (1998–1999)
- Ciudad de La Laguna (1999–2001)
- Organización Socas Canarias (2001–2010)
- Isla de Tenerife Canarias (2010–2011)
- Iberostar Canarias (2011–2012)
- Iberostar Tenerife (2013–2021)
- Lenovo Tenerife (2021–2024)
- La Laguna Tenerife (2024–present)
Home arena
CB Canarias 1939 plays its home games at the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín arena, which is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The arena was opened in 1999, and it has a seating capacity of 5,100 people for basketball games. CB Canarias 1939 has used Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín as its home arena, since 2010.
It has hosted major sporting events, such as the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup, and the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Players
Current roster
- Txus Vidorreta
- Juan Carlos Rivero
- Nacho Yáñez
- Juan Manuel Gatti | access-date=
Depth chart
Head coaches
- Alejandro Martínez: 2003–2015
- Txus Vidorreta: 2015–2017, 2018–present
- Nenad Marković: 2017
- Fotios Katsikaris: 2017–2018
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB Canarias | |||||||
| 1974–75 | 2 | 2ª División | 2nd | 14–2 | |||
| 1975–76 | 2 | 2ª División | 7th | 12–2–10 | |||
| 1976–77 | 2 | 2ª División | 4th | 16–1–11 | |||
| 1977–78 | 2 | 2ª División | 8th | 14–2–14 | 3 Korać Cup | ||
| 1978–79 | 2 | 1ª División B | 5th | 12–10 | |||
| 1979–80 | 2 | 1ª División B | 6th | 21–1–8 | |||
| 1980–81 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 16–1–9 | |||
| 1981–82 | 1 | 1ª División | 12th | 4–2–20 | Round of 16 | ||
| 1982–83 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 20–1–5 | |||
| 1983–84 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 12–18 | |||
| 1984–85 | 2 | Liga ACB | 15th | 10–18 | |||
| 1985–86 | 2 | 1ª División B | 1st | 24–4 | |||
| 1986–87 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 15–18 | Quarterfinalist | Copa Príncipe | R16 |
| 1987–88 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 15–18 | Quarterfinalist | Copa Príncipe | QF |
| 1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 19th | 12–29 | Round of 16 | 3 Korać Cup | |
| 1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 12–19 | First round | ||
| 1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 24th | 10–26 | Second round | ||
| 1991–92 | 2 | 1ª División | 5th | 22–22 | |||
| 1992–93 | 2 | 1ª División | 5th | 20–20 | |||
| 1993–94 | 2 | 1ª División | 3rd | 27–11 | |||
| CB 1939 Canarias | |||||||
| 1994–95 | 4 | 2ª División | 5th | 5–7 | |||
| 1995–96 | 4 | 2ª División | 3rd | 22–7 | |||
| 1996–97 | 4 | 2ª División | 3rd | 16–6 | |||
| 1997–98 | 4 | 2ª División | 1st | 23–4 | |||
| 1998–99 | 3 | Liga EBA | 4th | 19–11 | |||
| 1999–00 | 3 | Liga EBA | 3rd | 17–9 | |||
| 2000–01 | 4 | Liga EBA | 1st | 24–7 | |||
| 2001–02 | 4 | Liga EBA | 1st | 33–4 | |||
| 2002–03 | 3 | LEB 2 | 10th | 13–17 | |||
| 2003–04 | 3 | LEB 2 | 13th | 11–19 | |||
| 2004–05 | 3 | LEB 2 | 4th | 22–16 | |||
| 2005–06 | 3 | LEB 2 | 14th | 13–21 | |||
| 2006–07 | 3 | LEB 2 | 2nd | 35–8 | Copa LEB 2 | RU | |
| 2007–08 | 2 | LEB Oro | 7th | 17–19 | |||
| 2008–09 | 2 | LEB Oro | 13th | 15–19 | |||
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 5th | 26–16 | |||
| 2010–11 | 2 | LEB Oro | 7th | 20–19 | |||
| 2011–12 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 26–8 | Copa Príncipe | C | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 17–17 | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 14–21 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 16–18 | |||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | |||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–12 | Quarterfinalist | 3 Champions League | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 19–17 | Semifinalist | Intercontinental Cup | C |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 17–17 | Semifinalist | 3 Champions League | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 16–11 | Quarterfinalist | Intercontinental Cup | C |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 30–11 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 22–15 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 24–12 | Runner-up | Intercontinental Cup | C |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 21–15 | Semifinalist | 3 Champions League | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 27–12 | Semifinalist | 3 Champions League | |
| 2025–26 | 1 | Liga ACB | Supercopa | SF |
Honours and awards
Honours
National competitions
LEB Oro
- Champions (1): 2011–12
Copa Príncipe de Asturias:
- Champions (1): 2012 Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias
- Champions (2): 2009, 2011
International competitions
Basketball Champions League
Friendly competitions
- Las Palmas, Spain Invitational Game
- 2018
Individual awards
Liga ACB MVP
- Giorgi Shermadini – 2021
- Marcelo Huertas – 2025
All-Liga ACB First Team
- Giorgi Shermadini – 2020, 2021, 2022
- Marcelo Huertas – 2021, 2022
All-Liga ACB Second Team
- Marcelo Huertas – 2020
- Javier Beirán – 2019
LEB Oro MVP
- Jakim Donaldson – 2009, 2010
- Ricardo Guillén – 2011 All LEB Oro First Team
- Ricardo Guillén – 2011
Notes
References
References
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- [http://cbcanarias.net/noticias/comunicado-del-cb-1939-canarias Comunicado del CB 1939 Canarias] CB 1939 Canarias website. 12 June 2012
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- (2017-09-24). "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". Championsleague.basketball.
- (2020-02-09). "Iberostar Tenerife crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2020 champions".
- [https://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/Deportes/cb-canarias-coronavirus-iberostar-tenerife_1_1029444.html El CB Canarias se detiene por el coronavirus] elDiario.es, 13 March 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020. {{in lang. es
- (2022-05-08). "Lenovo Tenerife crowned champions of Season Six".
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- "Iberostar Tenerife crowned inaugural Basketball Champions League winners".
- (2023-02-12). "Home, sweet home: Lenovo Tenerife win third FIBA Intercontinental Cup in as many Finals".
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