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CB Gran Canaria
Spanish basketball team
Spanish basketball team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dreamland Gran Canaria |
| nickname | Granca |
| logo | CB Gran Canaria logo.svg |
| imagesize | 190px |
| leagues | Liga ACB |
| Champions League | |
| founded | |
| history | Colegio Claret |
| (1963–1985) | |
| Claret Las Palmas | |
| (1985–1988) | |
| C.B. Gran Canaria | |
| (1988–present) | |
| arena | Gran Canaria Arena |
| capacity | 11,500 |
| location | Las Palmas, Spain |
| colors | Yellow, Blue |
| coach | Jaka Lakovič |
| championships | 1 EuroCup |
| 1 Spanish Supercup | |
| retired_numbers | 1 (20) |
| website | Official website |
| h_body | FCD017 |
| h_pattern_b | _blueshoulders |
| h_shorts | FCD017 |
| h_pattern_s | _bluebottom |
| a_body | B03648 |
| a_pattern_b | _goldsides |
| a_shorts | B03648 |
| a_pattern_s | _goldsides |
Champions League (1963–1985) Claret Las Palmas (1985–1988) C.B. Gran Canaria (1988–present)
1 Spanish Supercup Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Spanish Liga ACB and the Champions League. Their home venue is the Gran Canaria Arena.
History
CB Gran Canaria was founded inside Claret School and for many years played under that denomination. Following a successful period in school competitions, a senior team was created and integrated on the Spanish Second Division. The team played in that division until 1984, when the team adopted the decision of having a statute of its own, therefore becoming an independent institution. The new statute was approved on May 22, 1985, and the team became Claret Club de Baloncesto.
The following years, the team moved many times between Liga ACB and 1st Division B. On the 1987–88 season the club changed its name to CB Gran Canaria, paying homage to the place where its social mass came from. On 30 June 1992 the team became a sports public limited company (Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, SAD in Spanish) in order to fulfil with the requirements of the then-new Spanish sports legislation.
After three seasons in the Spanish silver division the team won the first Liga EBA in the 1994–95 season and was promoted to Liga ACB. From that season on, CB Gran Canaria has stayed in the top level of the Spanish basketball. The 2012–13 represents the team's eighteenth consecutive season in Liga ACB.
In April 2015, Gran Canaria played the Eurocup Finals. The team was defeated by BC Khimki in the two legs. Ten months later, the club qualified for the first time to a final of a national trophy. In the 2016 Copa del Rey defeated Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals and Dominion Bilbao Basket in the semifinals, but could not beat Real Madrid in the final, where it lost by 81–85.
On 24 September 2016, Gran Canaria won its first national title after beating FC Barcelona 79–59 in the Final of the 2016 Supercopa played in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
One season later, in June 2018, Gran Canaria qualified for the second time to the league semifinals and also achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever.
In the 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball finals Gran Canaria defeated Türk Telekom, which was played at the Gran Canaria Arena in Las Palmas, to win their first EuroCup title. As winners, Gran Canaria automatically qualified for the 2023–24 EuroLeague. However, Gran Canaria gave up their spot in the league due to financial reasons.
Starting from the 2025–26 season, Gran Canaria decided to compete in the Basketball Champions League, leaving their 7-year journey in EuroCup behind.
Sponsorship naming
Through the years CB Gran Canaria has had several denominations due to its sponsorship:
Logos
File:Kalise Gran Canaria.jpg|Kalise Gran Canaria logo (2007–2009) File:CB Gran Canaria.png|CB Gran Canaria non-commercial logo (until 2014) File:CB Gran Canaria logo.svg|CB Gran Canaria logo (2014–present)
Home arenas
- Centro Insular de Deportes: (until 2014)
- Gran Canaria Arena: (2014–present)
Players
Retired numbers
| CB Gran Canaria}};" | Gran Canaria retired numbers | Gran Canaria}};" | No. | Gran Canaria}};" | Nat. | Gran Canaria}};" | Player | Gran Canaria}};" | Position | Gran Canaria}};" | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | IRE | Jim Moran | SF | 2001–2011 | |||||||
| 11 | USA | Greg Stewart | C | 1996-1992 |
Roster
- Jaka Lakovič
- Víctor García
- Eulis Báez
- Asier Setién | access-date=
Depth chart
Head coaches
- Joaquín Costa: 1985–90
- Manolo Hussein: 1990–92, 1995–2002
- Trifón Poch: 1992–94
- Roberto Orellana: 1994–95
- Salva Maldonado: 2005–09, 2018
- Pedro Martínez: 2002–05, 2009–2014, 2019
- Aíto García Reneses: 2014–2016
- Luis Casimiro: 2016–2018
- Víctor García: 2018–2019
- Fotios Katsikaris: 2019–2020
- Porfirio Fisac: 2020–2022
- Jaka Lakovič: 2022–present
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1963–64 | 3 | 2ª División | 9th | |||||
| 1964–65 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1965–66 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||
| 1966–67 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||
| 1967–68 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1968–69 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||
| 1969–70 | 3 | 2ª División | 5th | |||||
| 1970–71 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||
| 1971–72 | 3 | 2ª División | 3rd | |||||
| 1972–73 | 3 | 2ª División | 3rd | |||||
| 1973–74 | 3 | 2ª División | 5th | |||||
| 1974–75 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1975–76 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1976–77 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1977–78 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||
| 1978–79 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||
| 1979–80 | 3 | 2ª División | 6th | |||||
| 1980–81 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||
| 1981–82 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||
| 1982–83 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||
| 1983–84 | 3 | 2ª División | 2nd | |||||
| 1984–85 | 2 | 1ª División B | 2nd | 19–7 | ||||
| 1985–86 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 8–23 | ||||
| 1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 22–12 | ||||
| 1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 31–16 | ||||
| 1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 18th | 20–19 | Round of 16 | |||
| 1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 23rd | 15–29 | First round | |||
| 1990–91 | 2 | 1ª División | 1st | 31–11 | ||||
| 1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 23rd | 14–30 | First round | |||
| 1992–93 | 2 | 1ª División | 9th | 20–18 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 2 | 1ª División | 5th | 21–14 | ||||
| 1994–95 | 2 | Liga EBA | 2nd | 29–10 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 16–22 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 17–17 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 15–19 | ||||
| 1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 13–21 | ||||
| 1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–18 | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 12–22 | 3 Korać Cup | |||
| 2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 10–24 | ||||
| 2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–16 | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 18–20 | 2 ULEB Cup | |||
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 20–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | ||
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 20–17 | Quarterfinalist | 3 FIBA Eurocup | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 22–16 | Quarterfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | ||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | 2 ULEB Cup | |||
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 21–14 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | ||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–19 | Supercopa | SF | ||
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 21–15 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | ||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 13–21 | 2 Eurocup | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 21–19 | Semifinalist | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–14 | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 18–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 22–15 | Runner-up | Supercopa | SF | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 22–13 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | C | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 22–18 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 14–20 | 1 EuroLeague | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 13–14 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 18–20 | 2 EuroCup | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–19 | 2 EuroCup | |||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–17 | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 20–16 | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–17 | Semifinalist | 2 EuroCup |
Trophies and awards
Domestic competitions
European competitions
Other competitions
- 2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: (1) 1991
- Liga EBA: (1) 1995
- Copa Toyota: (7)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
- Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (4)
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Runners-up (4): 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011
- Rome, Italy Invitational Game: (1)
- 2009
Individual awards
All-ACB Team
- Jaycee Carroll – 2011
Supercup MVP
- Kyle Kuric – 2016
EuroCup Finals MVP
- John Shurna – 2023
All-EuroCup First Team
- Walter Tavares – 2015
- Alen Omić – 2016
- John Shurna – 2023
All-EuroCup Second Team
- James Augustine – 2010
- Kyle Kuric – 2015
- Kevin Pangos – 2016
Notable players
- ESP Berdi Pérez
- ESP Roberto Íñiguez
- ESP Xavi Rabaseda
- ESP Fran Vázquez
- ESP Santiago Aldama
- ARG Jorge Racca
- AUS Brad Newley
- BRA Vítor Benite
- CAN Carl English
- CPV Walter Tavares
- EST Siim-Sander Vene
- FIN Sasu Salin
- GRE Michael Bramos
- GBR Joel Freeland
- HUN Kornél Dávid
- ITA Vincenzo Esposito
- IRE-USA Jim Moran
- IRE-USA Jay Larrañaga
- IRE-USA Pat Burke
- ISR Gal Mekel
- LAT Anžejs Pasečņiks
- MKD-USA Bo McCalebb
- NZL Kirk Penney
- SEN-ESP Sitapha Savané
- USA Willie 'Hutch' Jones
- USA Tom Scheffler
- USA Shaun Vandiver
- USA Albert Burditt
- USA John Morton
- USA Bernard Hopkins
- USA Kenny Miller
- USA Rex Walters
- USA Marcus Goree
- USA-NGA Ime Udoka
- USA Will McDonald
- USA Billy Keys
- USA Kennedy Winston
- USA Harper Williams
- USA-CRO Marcus Norris
- USA-Lebanon Jackson Vroman
- USA-AZE Nik Caner-Medley
- USA James Augustine
- USA-COG CJ Wallace
- USA-AZE Jaycee Carroll
- USA Demonte Harper
- USA Royce O'Neale
- DOM Eulis Báez
Notes
References
References
- (24 September 2016). "Herbalife Gran Canaria is the Spanish Supercup champion!". EuroCup Basketball.
- (2 June 2018). "Gran Canaria to play in EuroLeague for the first time in club history". Eurohoops.net.
- (2023-05-03). "Live Blog: Gran Canaria, Turk Telekom go for EuroCup glory! {{!}} EuroCup".
- "Gran Canaria won't play in the EuroLeague".
- (13 June 2023). "Gran Canaria president explains decision to turn down EuroLeague". Basketnews.
- https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1837476/gran-canaria-officially-moves-to-bcl/
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