Club Baloncesto Illescas, was a Spanish basketball team based in Illescas, Castile-La Mancha.
History The original CB Illescas, founded in 1989, has got the record of six consecutive promotions from the lowest regional division in 2002–03 to LEB Oro,Sports gala of Illescas ABC.es, October 31, 2008 division where the team played in the 2008–09 season.
The club was also famous because in 2006–07 was signed Neil Fingleton, the tallest British-born man with 232 cm.Neil Fingleton causes furor at Illescas with his 232 cm Marca.com October 9, 2006 The British center only played six games with CB Illescas.
In July 2011, Baloncesto Fuenlabrada announced their farm team compete in Liga EBA but out of Illescas.CB Illescas will not play at LEB Plata the next season La Tribuna de Toledo. June 11, 2011. to playing in regional divisions.El Fuenlabrada se desmarca del Illescas, que saldrá en Autonómica La Tribuna de Toledo. July 19, 2011
After that, the town of Illescas decided to create a new team called CB Ilarcuris started to compete in the sixth division (Primera Autonómica), promoting in its first year to the Primera División. After its second season, the senior team did not enter any competition.
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitions2002–03 83ª Autonómica1st 2003–04 72ª Autonómica 21–52004–05 61ª Autonómica1st 27–32005–06 51ª División1st 21–52006–07 4Liga EBA 27–42007–08 3LEB Plata2nd 28–10Copa LEB Plata RU2008–09 2LEB Oro17th 8–262009–10 3LEB Plata 13th 10–202010–11 3LEB Plata 14th 8–20
Notable players Neil Fingleton Gustavo Ayón Bismack Biyombo
References
External links Federación Española de Baloncesto Official CB Illescas page