Bàsquet Manresa

Assignia Manresa
Leagues	ACB
Founded	1931
History	Manresa Basquetbol Club (1931–1934) Unió Manresana de Bàsquet (1934–1979) Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet (1979–1992) Bàsquet Manresa (1992–Present)
Arena	Pavelló Nou Congost
Location	Manresa, Catalonia
Team colors	Red, Black, White
President	Josep Vives
Head coach	Jaume Ponsarnau
Championships	1 Spanish Championship 1 Spanish Cup 1 LEB Oro Championship
Website	basquetmanresa.com
Home Away

Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., known as Assignia Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain, playing in Liga ACB. The team was founded in 1931. They are currently playing their home games at the Pavelló Nou Congost. The team has won the ACB Championship once, in 1998.

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, 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.

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Manresa has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

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–Present

Team logos

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  Non commercial logo
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  2002–2009

Home arenas

• Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
• Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players of note

See also: Category:Bàsquet Manresa players

Basketball Hall of Famers

• George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996

Retired numbers

• 7 Joan Creus, G, 1993–2001
• 10 Pep Pujolrás, F, 1986–1992

Head coaches

Since 1967: Template:Multicol

• Francesc Casé 1967–1968
• Josep Masseguer 1968–1969
• Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970
• Antoni Serra 1970–1977
• Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978
• Juan Martínez 1978
• J. M. Soler 1978
• Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979
• Joan Basora 1979–1981
• Pere Guiu 1981
• Miguel López Abril 1981
• Jaume Ventura 1981–1984
• Germán González 1984

• Francesc Canellas 1984–1985
• Miquel Bataller 1985
• Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986
• Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988
• Flor Meléndez 1988–1990
• Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005
• Pedro Martínez 1990–1994
• Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001
• Luis Casimiro 1997–1999
• Manel Comas 1999–2000
• Xavier García 2005
• Óscar Quintana 2005–2007
• Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions	RS	PO	Cup	EU	Tot
1967–68	2	2ª División	1	PromotedRunner-up	–	–	15–3	9–2	–	–	24–5
1968–69	1	1ª División	11	Relegated	–	–	7–15	0–1	–	–	7–16
1969–70	2	2ª División	1	Promoted	–	–	19–3	–	–	–	19–3
1970–71	1	1ª División	4	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	11–1–10	–	3–3	–	14–1–13
1971–72	1	1ª División	8	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup quarterfinalist	9–13	–	2–4	0–2	11–19
1972–73	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	14–1–15	–	1–1	–	15–1–16
1973–74	1	1ª División	6	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	13–2–13	–	0–2	–	13–2–15
1974–75	1	1ª División	5	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	9–3–10	–	0–2	–	9–3–12
1975–76	1	1ª División	6	Final stage	–	–	10–12	3–7	–	–	13–19
1976–77	1	1ª División	9	–	–	–	8–1–13	–	3–2	–	11–1–15
1977–78	1	1ª División	5	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	9–1–12	–	5–9	–	14–1–21
1978–79	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	10–12	–	1–1	–	11–13
1979–80	1	1ª División	6	–	Copa del Rey runner-up	–	10–12	–	4–1–1	–	14–1–13
1980–81	1	1ª División	8	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	10–1–15	–	2–4	–	12–1–19
1981–82	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	13–13	–	1–1	–	14–14
1982–83	1	1ª División	9	–	–	–	10–16	–	0–2	–	10–18
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	16	Relegated	–	–	5–23	–	–	–	5–23
1984–85	2	1ª División B	3	Promoted	–	–	17–9	–	–	–	17–9
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa Príncipe quarterfinalist	–	14–14	0–2	1–5	–	15–21
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa Príncipe runner-up	–	13–15	1–2	3–1	–	17–18
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	15	–	Copa Príncipe quarterfinalist	Korać Cup Second Round	15–13	2–3	–	1–1	18–17
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	20	Relegation playoffs	–	–	15–21	3–1	–	–	18–22
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	22	Relegation playoffs	–	–	15–13	2–3	2–1–1	–	19–1–17
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	18	Relegation playoffs	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	15–19	3–1	6–1	–	24–21
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13	Round of 16	–	–	15–19	2–4	1–1	–	18–24
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	13	Round of 16	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	15–16	1–2	4–3	–	20–21
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–	19–9	3–3	2–2	–	24–14
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Korać Cup Group Stage	21–17	2–4	–	–	23–21
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey champion	Korać Cup Group Stage	24–14	4–4	3–0	5–5	36–23
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Saporta Cup Round of 16	19–15	0–3	0–1	7–7	26–26
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Korać Cup Round of 32	21–13	9–3	1–1	5–3	36–20
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	Euroleague Group Stage	16–18	–	–	3–7	19–25
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	17	Relegated	–	–	11–23	–	–	–	11–23
2000–01	2	LEB	3	Semifinalist	Copa Príncipe runner-up	–	22–8	4–4	1–1	–	27–13
2001–02	2	LEB	2	Promoted	Copa Príncipe semifinalist	–	26–4	6–1–4	0–1	–	32–1–9
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	13	–	–	–	15–19	–	–	–	15–19
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	9	–	–	–	16–18	–	–	–	16–18
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	13	–	–	–	12–22	–	–	–	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	17	Relegated	–	–	12–22	–	–	–	12–22
2006–07	2	LEB	1	Promoted	–	–	19–15	7–0	–	–	26–15
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	–	14–20	–	–	–	14–20
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	–	14–18	–	–	–	14–18
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	12	–	–	–	14–20	–	–	–	14–20
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	15	–	–	–	10–24	–	–	–	10–24
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	12	–	–	–	15–19	–	–	–	15–19
2012–13	1	Liga ACB									–

Trophies and awards

Records

• Spanish championships: (1)
  • 1997–1998.
• Spanish cups: (1)
  • 1996.
• 2nd division championships: (1)
  • LEB Oro: (1) 2007
• Catalan basketball leagues: (2)
  • 1997, 1999
• LEB Catalan basketball league (Catalan 2nd Division Cup): (2)
  • 2000, 2001
• Trofeu General Orgaz-Copa Ciutat de Barcelona: (1)
  • 1940

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

• Joan Creus – 1998

Spanish Cup MVP

• Joan Creus – 1996

ACB Rising Star

• Micah Downs – 2012

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

• Nate Higgs – 2000
• Serge Ibaka – 2008

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

• Sergiy Gladyr – 2010

External links

• Bàsquet Manresa Official Website