Tenerife CB

Basketball team in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tegueste

Tenerife Baloncesto

Leagues| LEB Plata
Founded| 1996
Dissolved| 2013
Arena| Pabellón Municipal de Santa Cruz
Location| San Cristóbal de La Laguna
1996–2011
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2011–2012
Tegueste
(2012–2013)
Team colors| Navy and white

President| José Miguel Martín
Championships| 1 Copa Príncipe

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Tenerife Club de Baloncesto was a professional basketball team based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

## History

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Tenerife CB was founded in 1996 after the fusion of some teams of the islands and debuts in LEB Oro in the 1996–97 season, the first of this league.

In the 2002–03 season, Tenerife plays the FIBA Champions' Cup and reaches the second stage. In the same year, Tenerife CB becomes champion of the Copa Príncipe and promotes to Liga ACB, where plays two seasons before being relegated to LEB Oro.

In summer of 2010, Tenerife CB renounces to its berth in LEB Oro due to financial problems and is relegated to Liga EBA. In the next summer and after reaching the promotion playoffs, Tenerife CB achieved a vacant berth to play in LEB Plata, the Spanish basketball third division.

In 2013, the club was not allowed to play the lowest regional category in the Canary Islands.[1]

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier  | Division  | Pos.  | W–L | Cup competitions  | European competitions

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1996–97 | 2  | LEB | 13th  | 10–20  |  |
1997–98 | 2  | LEB | 4th  | 15–19  |  |
1998–99 | 2  | LEB | 6th  | 18–12  | Copa Príncipe | SF  |
1999–00 | 2  | LEB | 6th  | 24–16  | Copa Príncipe | RU  |
2000–01 | 2  | LEB | 11th  | 12–18  |  |
2001–02 | 2  | LEB | 4th  | 25–15  | Copa Príncipe | RU  |
2002–03 | 2  | LEB | 2nd  | 30–9  | Copa Príncipe | C  | 4 FIBA Champions' Cup | GS | 12–4
2003–04 | 1  | Liga ACB | 10th  | 16–18  |  |
2004–05 | 1  | Liga ACB | 17th  | 8–26  |  |
2005–06 | 2  | LEB | 13th  | 15–19  |  |
2006–07 | 2  | LEB | 14th  | 14–20  |  |
2007–08 | 2  | LEB Oro | 3rd  | 22–17  |  |
2008–09 | 2  | LEB Oro | 4th  | 23–14  |  |
2009–10 | 2  | LEB Oro | 11th[a] | 16–18  |  |
2010–11 | 4  | Liga EBA | 1st[b] | 23–9  |  |
2011–12 | 3  | LEB Plata | 12th[c] | 7–17  |  |
2012–13  | 5  | 1ª División | 2nd  | 14–2  |  |

1. ^ Resigned to its berth in LEB Oro.
2. ^ Achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB Plata.
3. ^ Resigned to its berth in LEB Plata.

## Trophies and awards

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### Trophies

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* Copa Príncipe: (1)
* 2003
* Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (2)
* 2002, 2005

### Individual awards

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LEB Oro MVP

* Lawrence Lewis – 2002

## Notable players

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* Jorge Racca 1 season: '04-'05
* José Ángel Antelo 1 season: '08-'09
* Nacho Yáñez 2 seasons: '02-'04
* Richi Guillén 1 season: '03-'04
* Antwain Barbour 3 seasons: '06-'09
* Alpha Bangura 1 season: '05-'06
* Gustavo Ayón 1 season: '09-'10
* Sitapha Savané 3 seasons: '01-'04
* Christian Maråker 1 season: '08-'09
* Gimel Lewis 1 season: '07-'08
* Ashraf Amaya 1 season: '04
* Bernard Hopkins 2 seasons: '03-'05
* Chris Alexander 1 season: '07-'08
* Kenny Miller 1 season: '02-'03
* Lou Roe 1 season: '09-'10
* Venson Hamilton 1 season: '02-'03

## References

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1. ^ El Tenerife Baloncesto no jugará en Primera Autonómica Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine; Marcha Deportiva, 7 October 2013 (in Spanish)