Gijón Basket Explained

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Gijón Basket
League:EBA
Founded:2015
Arena:Palacio de Deportes
Capacity:5,058
Location:Gijón, Spain
Colors:White and red
President:Iván Petrovich
Coach:Fran Sánchez
Website:gijonbasket2015.com
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Club Gijón Basket 2015 Corpi, better known as Gijón Basket or Huniko GB2015 for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in Liga EBA, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Gijón Basket was founded in 2015 as a merge of men's basketball club CB Corpi and women's basketball Formabasket.[1] It has the aim to replace Gijón Baloncesto, that was dissolved in 2009, as the main club of the city.

On 8 May 2016, Gijón Basket completed its first competitive season promoting to Liga EBA, fourth tier, after finishing the 2015–16 season as champion of the Asturian group of Primera División. It defeated CB Castrillón in the final by 77–50.[2]

On 9 October 2016, Gijón Basket made its debut in Liga EBA in Vigo, earning a 43–68 win against Seis do Nadal, but finally could not avoid the relegation to Primera División. However, they remained in the league due to the existence of vacant spots.[3]

In their second season in the fourth tier, Gijón Basket performed successfully and qualified to the second stage of the league, where they were eliminated in the semifinals.

Head coaches

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.
2015–165 1ª División1st 22–2
2016–174 Liga EBA9–17
2017–184 Liga EBA22–9
2018–194Liga EBA17–9
2019–204Liga EBA11–9

Individual records

Top performers of Gijón Basket, as of the end of the 2019–20 season.

Most capped players

PlayerClub careerMatchesPoints
1 Carlos Suárez 2017– 77 569
2 Malik Wineglass 2017–2019 53 703
3 Diego Sánchez 2016– 51 508
4 Ángel Moro 2015–2017 49 547
5 Alejandro Rubiera 2016–2017
2019–2020
48 720
6 José Soto 2016–2018 45 208
7 Jorge Escapa 2016–2017
2019–
44 348
Dani González 2015–2017 44 622
Kenny Hatch 2017–2019 44 675
10 Pablo Bretón 2018– 39 209

Top scorers

PlayerClub careerPointsMatchesAverage
1 Alejandro Rubiera 2017–2018
2019–2020
720 48 15.0
2 Malik Wineglass 2017–2019 703 53 13.3
3 Kenny Hatch 2017–2019 675 44 15.3
4 Dani González 2015–2017 622 44 14.1
5 Carlos Suárez 2017– 569 77 7.4
6 Ángel Moro 2015–2017 547 49 11.2
7 Diego Sánchez 2006– 508 51 10.0
8 James Pegues 2017–2018 462 28 16.5
9 Ryan Ejim 2018–2019 450 25 18.0
10 2018–2019 447 22 20.3

Presidents

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nace el Gijón Basket 2015. MVP - Revista del basket. 2 September 2015. 19 December 2015. Spanish.
  2. Web site: El Gijón Basket ya está en Liga EBA. 9 May 2016. 11 May 2016. Spanish. El Comercio.
  3. Web site: El Gijón saldrá en Liga EBA. La Nueva España. 19 July 2017. 11 November 2017. Gijón will join Liga EBA. es.