CB Gran Canaria explained

Dreamland Gran Canaria
Nickname:Granca
Leagues:Liga ACB
EuroCup
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 Spanish Supercup
1 EuroCup
Retired Numbers:1 (20)
Website:Official website
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Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., currently known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. 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.[1]

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.[2]

Sponsorship naming

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

  • Canarias Telecom: 1999–2002
  • Auna Gran Canaria: 2002–04
  • Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas: 2006–07
  • Kalise Gran Canaria: 2007–09
  • Gran Canaria 2014: 2009–12
  • Herbalife Gran Canaria: 2012–2021
  • Dreamland Gran Canaria: 2023–present

Home arenas

(until 2014)

(2014–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Gran Canaria retired numbers
No.PlayerPositionTenure
20 2001–2011
11 1996-1992

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coaches

2002–05, 2009–2014, 2019

2014–2016

2016–2018

2019–2020

2020–2022

2022–present

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions
1962–633 2ª División7th
1963–643 2ª División9th
1964–653 2ª División7th
1965–663 2ª División8th
1966–673 2ª División10th
1967–683 2ª División7th
1968–693 2ª División8th
1969–703 2ª División5th
1970–713 2ª División10th
1971–723 2ª División3rd
1972–733 2ª División3rd
1973–743 2ª División5th
1974–753 2ª División7th
1975–763 2ª División7th
1976–773 2ª División7th
1977–783 2ª División8th
1978–793 2ª División8th
1979–803 2ª División6th
1980–813 2ª División10th
1981–823 2ª División10th
1982–833 2ª División7th
1983–843 2ª División2nd
1984–852 1ª División B2nd19–7
1985–861 Liga ACB15th8–23
1986–872 1ª División B3rd22–12
1987–882 1ª División B3rd31–16
1988–891 Liga ACB18th20–19Round of 16
1989–901 Liga ACB23rd15–29First round
1990–912 1ª División1st31–11
1991–921 Liga ACB23rd14–30First round
1992–932 1ª División9th20–18
1993–942 1ª División5th21–14
1994–952 Liga EBA29–10
1995–961 Liga ACB14th16–22
1996–971 Liga ACB12th17–17
1997–981 Liga ACB10th15–19
1998–991 Liga ACB14th13–21
1999–001 Liga ACB7th19–18Quarterfinalist
2000–011 Liga ACB13th12–221–1
2001–021 Liga ACB16th10–24
2002–031 Liga ACB5th21–16Quarterfinalist
2003–041 Liga ACB7th18–208–4
2004–051 Liga ACB8th20–18Quarterfinalist6–4
2005–061 Liga ACB5th20–17Quarterfinalist3–3
2006–071 Liga ACB6th22–16Quarterfinalist5–7
2007–081 Liga ACB9th16–1810–4
2008–091 Liga ACB6th21–14Quarterfinalist4–4
2009–101 Liga ACB8th17–19SFQF 9–5
2010–111 Liga ACB6th21–15Quarterfinalist8–6
2011–121 Liga ACB14th13–214–2
2012–131 Liga ACB4th21–19Semifinalist
2013–141 Liga ACB5th23–14Quarterfinalist
2014–151Liga ACB8th18–18Quarterfinalistbgcolor=silverRU 21–3
2015–161Liga ACB5th22–15align=left bgcolor=silverRunner-upSFSF 16–6
2016–171Liga ACB7th22–13Quarterfinalistbgcolor=goldCQF 11–5
2017–181Liga ACB4th22–18Semifinalistbgcolor=silverRUQF 9–9
2018–191Liga ACB12th 14–208–22
2019–201Liga ACB11th 13–14
2020–211Liga ACB8th 18–20SF 14–7
2021–221Liga ACB8th 17–19QF 13–7
2022–231Liga ACB7th19–17Quarterfinalistbgcolor=goldC 19–3
2023–241Liga ACB7th20–16QuarterfinalistEF 12–7

Trophies and awards

Trophies

(1) 1995

(7)

(4)

Individual awards

All-ACB Team

Supercup MVP

EuroCup Finals MVP

All-EuroCup First Team

All-EuroCup Second Team

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Herbalife Gran Canaria is the Spanish Supercup champion!. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926191134/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/7aiue5ylssfgkcd8. dead. September 26, 2016. EuroCup Basketball. 24 September 2016. 26 September 2016.
  2. News: Gran Canaria to play in EuroLeague for the first time in club history. 2 June 2018. 2 June 2018. Eurohoops.net.

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