Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria - Claret, S.A.D. is a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team that plays in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. The team is based in the autonomous community's capital and largest city, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria commonly known as Las Palmas is the political capital, jointly with Santa Cruz, the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 383,308 in 2010. Nearly half of the people of the island...

, Canary Islands

Canary Islands

The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...

. It plays at Centro Insular

Centro Insular de Deportes

Centro Insular de Deportes is an arena in Las Palmas, Spain. It the home arena of the basketball team CB Gran Canaria. The arena holds 4,500 people....

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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 ACB League and First Division B. On the 1987–1988 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

Sociedad Anónima Deportiva

Sociedad anónima deportiva is a special type of public limited company in Spain. The new legal status was introduced in 1990 to improve financial management and transparency in sports clubs. Many Spanish football and basketball clubs add the suffix S.A.D. to the end of their official name, e.g...

, 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 (renamed "EBA League" in 1994) the team won the EBA League in the 1994–1995 season and was promoted to ACB League. From that season on, CB Gran Canaria has stayed in the top level of the Spanish basketball. The 2009–2010 represents the team's fifteenth consecutive season in ACB.

Sponsorship naming

Through the years CB Gran Canaria has had several denominations due to its sponsorship:

Canarias Telecom 1999–2002 Auna Auna Auna was a telecommunications company that emerged from the absorption of AunaCable into Retevisión on October 1, 2002.Auna offered cable services, telephony and ADSL, and became part of Grupo Auna.Auna was later absorbed by the operator ONO in 2005.... /Auna Auna Auna was a telecommunications company that emerged from the absorption of AunaCable into Retevisión on October 1, 2002.Auna offered cable services, telephony and ADSL, and became part of Grupo Auna.Auna was later absorbed by the operator ONO in 2005....  Gran Canaria 2002–2004 Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas 2006–2007 Kalise Gran Canaria 2007–2009 Gran Canaria 2014 2014 FIBA World Championship The 2014 FIBA World Championship will be the 17th tournament of the FIBA World Championship held by Spain.- Host selection :FIBA opened the bidding process on January 10, 2008 and all the letters of intent were submitted on April 30, 2008....  2009–Present

European Competitions

2000-01 Korać Cup Korac Cup The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...  : Lost Second Round

2003-04 ULEB Cup ULEB Cup Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...  : Lost in 1/8 Finals

2004-05 ULEB Cup ULEB Cup Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...  : Lost Group Stage

2005-06 FIBA EuroCup : Lost Group Stage

2006-07 ULEB Cup ULEB Cup Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...  : Lost in 1/8 Finals

2007-08 ULEB Cup ULEB Cup Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...  : Lost in 1/8 Finals

2008-09 ULEB Eurocup : Lost Group Stage

2009-10 ULEB Eurocup : Lost in Quarterfinals

2010-11 ULEB Eurocup : Lost in Last 16

Trophies

• 2nd division championships: (3)
  • 1ª División B: (3) 1985, 1991
  • Liga EBA
    Liga EBA
    Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB.The Liga EBA is constituted by five groups...
    
    : (1) 1995
• Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias
  Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias
  The Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias is a basketball competition between the best teams of the Canary Islands. It's organized by the Government of Canary Islands since 2004. CB 1939 Canarias is the last winner of the Cup.- Performance by club :...
  
  : (4)
  • 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

• Jaycee Carroll
  Jaycee Carroll
  Jaycee Don Carroll is an American professional basketball player. While playing for the Utah State University Aggies, he was best known for his scoring prowess, shooting ability, range, and endurance. He has the 4th highest 3 point field goal percentage, 14th most 3 pointers made, and 52nd most...
  
   – 2011

All-Eurocup Second Team

• James Augustine – 2010

External links

• CB Gran Canaria Official Website