Bàsquet Manresa Explained

Baxi Manresa
Leagues:Liga ACB
Champions League
History:Manresa Basquetbol Club
(1931–1934)
Unió Manresana de Bàsquet
(1934–1979)
Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet
(1979–1992)
Bàsquet Manresa
(1992–present)
Arena:Nou Congost
Capacity:5,000
Location:Manresa, Spain
Colors:Red, blue, white
President:Josep Maria Herms
Coach:Diego Ocampo
Championships:1 Spanish Championship
1 Spanish Cup
1 LEB Oro championship
Retired Numbers:4 (7, 9, 10, 15)
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Club Bàsquet Manresa S.A.D.,[1] also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League. It home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. In 1998, Bàsquet Manresa won the Spanish Championship in one of the most astonishing and well-known sporting accomplishment in Europe.

Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, Rolando Frazer, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.

History

Bàsquet Manresa was founded in 1931 with the name of Manresa Bàsquetbol Club and merged in 1934 with Club Bàsquet Bages for becoming Unió Manresana de Bàsquet. In 1940, the club wins the Copa Barcelona and integrates in CE Manresa as its basketball section.

In 1968 the club promotes for the first time to the Liga Nacional but is immediately relegated again in its debut season. Two years later, Manresa played again in the top tier and ended the league in the fourth position, thus qualifying for the first time to play the Korać Cup, where it reached the quarterfinals.

In 1979 the club splits from CE Manresa and becomes Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet and grew up until becoming a usual contender in the Liga ACB. With the sponsorship of TDK between 1985 and 2000, the club lived its best years. In 1992, as a professional club and according to the law, Manresa becomes a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changes again its name to Bàsquet Manresa. This name change allowed Manresa EB and its former rival CB Manresa to merge definitively.

In 1996, Manresa wins its first national trophy by defeating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey played in Murcia. Two years later, and after finishing the regular season in the sixth position and without the home-court advantage in any of the playoffs series, Manresa wins the 1997–98 Liga ACB after eliminating Adecco Estudiantes in the quarterfinals and Real Madrid in the semifinals, for winning in Tau Cerámica Baskonia 3–1 in the finals. As in the Copa del Rey won two years ago, Joan Creus became the MVP of the finals. This achievement is nowadays considered on the biggest surprises in Spanish sport ever.[2]

As league champions, Manresa played the EuroLeague, but was eliminated in the group stage. The golden era of the club suddenly ended in 2000, after the relegation to Liga LEB by losing in the do-or-die match against Gijón Baloncesto, that ended 95–91 after an overtime.

Since its relegation, Manresa started to alternate seasons in ACB and LEB, with two league promotions in 2002 and 2007, as LEB champions. In 2012 and 2013, Manresa suffered two relegations in Liga ACB, but remained in the league due to the impossibility of LEB Oro teams to promote. In 2017, after registering the worst season in the top tier since the 1983–84 season, Manresa relegated to LEB Oro. However, the club achieved promotion just in the next season after beating Club Melilla Baloncesto in the final of the playoffs.

Sponsorship naming

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

  • Manresa K'ans 1967–1971
  • Manresa La Casera 1971–1977
  • Icab Manresa 1977–1979
  • Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980
  • Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985
  • Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983
  • Ebro Manresa 1983–1984
  • TDK Manresa 1985–2000
   
  • Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002
  • Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009
  • Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010
  • Assignia Manresa 2010–2012
  • La Bruixa d'Or 2013–2014
  • La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 2014–2015
  • ICL Manresa 2015–2018
  • Baxi Manresa 2018–present

Home arenas

Players

Basketball Hall of Famers

Retired numbers

Bàsquet Manresa retired numbers
NoPlayerPositionTenure
7 1993–01
10 1986–92

Depth chart

Head coaches

Since 1967:

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions
1967–682 2ª División2nd24–5
1968–691 1ª División11th7–16
1969–702 2ª División1st19–3
1970–711 1ª División4th11–1–10Semifinalist
1971–721 1ª División8th9–13QuarterfinalistQF 0–2
1972–731 1ª División7th14–1–15Round of 16
1973–741 1ª División6th13–2–13Quarterfinalist
1974–751 1ª División5th9–3–10Semifinalist
1975–761 1ª División6th13–19
1976–771 1ª División9th8–1–13First round
1977–781 1ª División5th9–1–12Quarterfinalist
1978–791 1ª División7th10–12Round of 16
1979–801 1ª División6th10–12align=left bgcolor=silverRunner-up
1980–811 1ª División8th10–1–15Semifinalist
1981–821 1ª División7th13–13Round of 16
1982–831 1ª División9th10–16Round of 16
1983–841 Liga ACB16th5–23
1984–852 1ª División B3rd17–9
1985–861 Liga ACB10th14–16QF
1986–871 Liga ACB10th14–17bgcolor=silverRU
1987–881 Liga ACB15th17–16QF1–1
1988–891 Liga ACB20th18–22Round of 16
1989–901 Liga ACB22nd17–16Round of 16
1990–911 Liga ACB18th18–20Quarterfinalist
1991–921 Liga ACB13th17–23First round
1992–931 Liga ACB13th16–18Quarterfinalist
1993–941 Liga ACB7th22–12Second round
1994–951 Liga ACB4th23–21Second round6–4
1995–961 Liga ACB4th28–18align=left bgcolor=goldChampion5–5
1996–971 Liga ACB8th19–18Quarterfinalist7–7
1997–981 Liga ACBbgcolor=gold1st30–16Semifinalist5–3
1998–991 Liga ACB11th16–185–11
1999–001 Liga ACB17th11–23
2000–012 LEB3rd26–12bgcolor=silverRU
2001–022 LEB2nd32–1–8SF
2002–031 Liga ACB13th15–19
2003–041 Liga ACB9th16–18Quarterfinalist
2004–051 Liga ACB13th12–22
2005–061 Liga ACB17th12–22
2006–072 LEB1st26–15
2007–081 Liga ACB11th14–20
2008–091 Liga ACB11th14–18
2009–101 Liga ACB12th14–20
2010–111 Liga ACB15th10–24
2011–121 Liga ACB12th15–19
2012–131 Liga ACB18th6–28
2013–141 Liga ACB17th7–27
2014–151Liga ACB16th11–23
2015–161Liga ACB16th10–24
2016–171Liga ACB17th5–27
2017–182 LEB Oro2nd33–14bgcolor=silverRU
2018–191Liga ACB8th17–19
2019–201Liga ACB13th9–147–7
2020–211Liga ACB10th17–19
2021–221Liga ACB7th20–16Quarterfinalistbgcolor=silver align=center12–4
2022–231Liga ACB14th12–228–7
2023–241Liga ACB8th19–17Quarterfinalist

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

Spanish Cup MVP

ACB Rising Star

All-ACB Second Team

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

LEB Oro MVP

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Relación de SAD . . 8 August 2024 . es.
  2. Web site: El TDK conquista la Liga ACB. El País. es. 5 June 1998.

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