CB Gran Canaria
Dreamland Gran Canaria | |||
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Nickname | Granca | ||
Leagues | Liga ACB EuroCup | ||
Founded | 1963 | ||
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 | ||
Team colors | Yellow, Blue | ||
Head 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
[edit]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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Partido_Basket_Herbalife_Gran_Canaria_-_Unicaja_%28_67-_65%29.jpg/250px-Partido_Basket_Herbalife_Gran_Canaria_-_Unicaja_%28_67-_65%29.jpg)
Through the years CB Gran Canaria has had several denominations due to its sponsorship:
Logos
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Kalise Gran Canaria logo
(2007–2009) -
CB Gran Canaria non-commercial logo
(until 2014) -
CB Gran Canaria logo
(2014–present)
Home arenas
[edit]- Centro Insular de Deportes: (until 2014)
- Gran Canaria Arena: (2014–present)
Players
[edit]Retired numbers
[edit]Gran Canaria retired numbers | ||||
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No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
20 | ![]() |
Jim Moran | SF | 2001–2011 |
11 | ![]() |
Greg Stewart | C | 1996-1992 |
Current roster
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: August 9, 2024 |
Depth chart
[edit]Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Mike Tobey | George Conditt IV * | |
PF | John Shurna | Pierre Pelos | Jakub Urbaniak ‡ |
SF | Nicolás Brussino | Miquel Salvó † | |
SG | Joe Thomasson | Caleb Homesley * | Jovan Kljajić † |
PG | Andrew Albicy | Carlos Alocén † |
Notable players
[edit]Head coaches
[edit]- Joaquín Costa: 1985–90
- Manolo Hussein: 1990–92, 1995–2002
- Trifón Poch: 1992–94
- Roberto Orellana: 1994–95
- Salva Maldonado: 2005–09, 2018
- Pedro Martínez: 2002–05, 2009–2014, 2019
- Aíto García Reneses: 2014–2016
- Luis Casimiro: 2016–2018
- Víctor García: 2018–2019
- Fotios Katsikaris: 2019–2020
- Porfirio Fisac: 2020–2022
- Jaka Lakovič: 2022–present
Season by season
[edit]Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||
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1962–63 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1963–64 | 3 | 2ª División | 9th | |||||||
1964–65 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1965–66 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||||
1966–67 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||||
1967–68 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1968–69 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||||
1969–70 | 3 | 2ª División | 5th | |||||||
1970–71 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||||
1971–72 | 3 | 2ª División | 3rd | |||||||
1972–73 | 3 | 2ª División | 3rd | |||||||
1973–74 | 3 | 2ª División | 5th | |||||||
1974–75 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1975–76 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1976–77 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1977–78 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||||
1978–79 | 3 | 2ª División | 8th | |||||||
1979–80 | 3 | 2ª División | 6th | |||||||
1980–81 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||||
1981–82 | 3 | 2ª División | 10th | |||||||
1982–83 | 3 | 2ª División | 7th | |||||||
1983–84 | 3 | 2ª División | 2nd | |||||||
1984–85 | 2 | 1ª División B | 2nd | 19–7 | ||||||
1985–86 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 8–23 | ||||||
1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 22–12 | ||||||
1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 3rd | 31–16 | ||||||
1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 18th | 20–19 | Round of 16 | |||||
1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 23rd | 15–29 | First round | |||||
1990–91 | 2 | 1ª División | 1st | 31–11 | ||||||
1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 23rd | 14–30 | First round | |||||
1992–93 | 2 | 1ª División | 9th | 20–18 | ||||||
1993–94 | 2 | 1ª División | 5th | 21–14 | ||||||
1994–95 | 2 | Liga EBA | 2nd | 29–10 | ||||||
1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 16–22 | ||||||
1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 17–17 | ||||||
1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 15–19 | ||||||
1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 13–21 | ||||||
1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–18 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 12–22 | 3 Korać Cup | R32 | 1–1 | |||
2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 10–24 | ||||||
2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–16 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 18–20 | 2 ULEB Cup | R16 | 8–4 | |||
2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 20–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | 6–4 | ||
2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 20–17 | Quarterfinalist | 3 FIBA Eurocup | GS | 3–3 | ||
2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 22–16 | Quarterfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | R16 | 5–7 | ||
2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | 2 ULEB Cup | L16 | 10–4 | |||
2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 21–14 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS | 4–4 | ||
2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–19 | Supercopa | SF | 2 Eurocup | QF | 9–5 | |
2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 21–15 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | L16 | 8–6 | ||
2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 13–21 | 2 Eurocup | RS | 4–2 | |||
2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 21–19 | Semifinalist | |||||
2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–14 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 18–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RU | 21–3 | ||
2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 22–15 | Runner-up | Supercopa | SF | 2 Eurocup | SF | 16–6 |
2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 22–13 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | C | 2 EuroCup | QF | 11–5 |
2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 22–18 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | 2 EuroCup | QF | 9–9 |
2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 14–20 | 1 EuroLeague | RS | 8–22 | |||
2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 13–14 | ||||||
2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 18–20 | 2 EuroCup | SF | 14–7 | |||
2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–19 | 2 EuroCup | QF | 13–7 | |||
2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–17 | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | C | 19–3 | ||
2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 20–16 | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | EF | 12–7 |
Trophies and awards
[edit]Trophies
[edit]- Supercopa de España: (1)
- EuroCup Basketball: (1)
- Copa del Rey:
- Runners-up (1): 2016
- 2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: (1) 1991
- Liga EBA: (1) 1995
- Copa Toyota: (7)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
- Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (4)
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Runners-up (4): 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011
- Rome, Italy Invitational Game: (1)
- 2009
Individual awards
[edit]- Jaycee Carroll – 2011
- Kyle Kuric – 2016
- Walter Tavares – 2015
- Alen Omić – 2016
- John Shurna – 2023
- James Augustine – 2010
- Kyle Kuric – 2015
- Kevin Pangos – 2016
Notable players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Berdi Pérez
Roberto Íñiguez
Xavi Rabaseda
Fran Vázquez
Santiago Aldama
Jorge Racca
Brad Newley
Vítor Benite
Carl English
Walter Tavares
Siim-Sander Vene
Sasu Salin
Michael Bramos
Joel Freeland
Kornél Dávid
Vincenzo Esposito
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Jim Moran
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Jay Larrañaga
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Pat Burke
Gal Mekel
Anžejs Pasečņiks
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Bo McCalebb
Kirk Penney
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Sitapha Savané
Willie 'Hutch' Jones
Tom Scheffler
Shaun Vandiver
Albert Burditt
John Morton
Bernard Hopkins
Kenny Miller
Rex Walters
Marcus Goree
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Ime Udoka
Will McDonald
Billy Keys
Kennedy Winston
Harper Williams
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Marcus Norris
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Jackson Vroman
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Nik Caner-Medley
James Augustine
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CJ Wallace
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Jaycee Carroll
Eulis Báez
Notes
[edit]- ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In EuroCup, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of homegrown players.
- ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In EuroCup, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
- ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system. In EuroCup, the team may register under-20 players linked to the youth system.
References
[edit]- ^ "Herbalife Gran Canaria is the Spanish Supercup champion!". EuroCup Basketball. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Gran Canaria to play in EuroLeague for the first time in club history". Eurohoops.net. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- CB Gran Canaria at ACB.com (in Spanish)