Club Bàsquet Mallorquí, also known as Bàsquet Mallorca or as Logitravel Mallorca Básquet by sponsorship reasons, 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 based in Inca

Inca, Spain

Inca is a town on the Spanish island of Majorca. The population of the municipality is 25,900 in an area of 58.4 km².There is a junction station Majorca rail network with trains to Palma, the island's capital, to Sa Pobla, and to Manacor....

, Balearic Islands

Balearic Islands

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, Spain

Spain

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.

Bàsquet Mallorca plays in the LEB Oro

Liga Española de Baloncesto

Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league...

 league.

History

Club Bàsquet Mallorquí was founded in 2008 as a merger of two teams from Balearic Islands:

• Club Bàsquet Inca
  CB Inca
  Club Básquet Inca was a professional basketball team based in Inca, Balearic Islands who merged in 2008 with Bàsquet Muro in the new Bàsquet Mallorca. Last season , the team played in LEB Oro.-Season by season:-External links:**...
  
   (former LEB Oro
  Liga Española de Baloncesto
  Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league...
  
   team)
• Club Bàsquet Muro (former LEB Plata
  LEB Plata
  The LEB Plata is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, the second tier in the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, promotes to LEB Oro...
  
   team)

The team started playing in LEB Oro, but in the summer of 2010 they were relegated to LEB Plata because of not submitting all documentation on time. In that 2010–11 season, Mallorca promoted to LEB Oro

Liga Española de Baloncesto

Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.The LEB league...

 after winning the final playoffs to BC Andorra

BC Andorra

Bàsquet Club Andorra, also known as River Andorra, is a basketball club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra which plays in the Spanish basketball league system.The team currently plays in LEB Plata.-Current roster:-Season by season:...

. In the last game, Mallorca won 67–66 after Andreu Matalí failed two free shots with only one second left.

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Mallorca has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• Iberostar
  Iberostar Hotels & Resorts
  Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is a hotel chain based in Spain, specializing in 4 and 5 star hotels...
  
   Mallorca Bàsquet: 2011 (only during LEB Plata
  LEB Plata
  The LEB Plata is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, the second tier in the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, promotes to LEB Oro...
  
   promotion playoffs)
• Logitravel Básquet Mallorca: 2011–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
2008–09	2	LEB Oro	15	–
2009–10 2009–2010 LEB season -Relegation play-out:CB Cornellà is relegated to 2010-11 LEB Plata, but due to financial problems, they will play Liga EBA.-Points:-Rebounds:-Assists:-Efficiency:-MVP week by week:...	2	LEB Oro	12	–
2010–11 2010–2011 LEB Plata season The 2010-11 LEB Plata season is the 11th season of the second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, third division in Spain. It is also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.-Competition format:...	3	LEB Plata LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, the second tier in the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, promotes to LEB Oro...	2	Promoted
2011–12 2011–2012 LEB Oro season The 2011–12 LEB Oro season is the 16th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. It's named too Adecco Oro by sponsorship reasons. The 306-game regular season will begin on Friday, September 23, 2010, and will end on Friday, April 27, 2011. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to...	2	LEB Oro

Roster

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench
C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...	Marques Whippy	José Amador	Miki García
PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...	Shaun Green	Cheikhouna Kane
SF Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...	Joan Cabot
SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...	Levi Knutson	Guillermo Justo
PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...	Carles Bivià	Sergio Alonso

External links

• CB Mallorquí Official Website