Baloncesto Rivas CDE, commonly known as Rivas Ecópolis due to sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball team based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Community of Madrid.
History Baloncesto Rivas was founded in 1988 as CD Covíbar but the women's basketball team didn't play until 1993.
Rivas first played in the top category in 2004, but it couldn't avoid relegation. However the team was back for the 2007 season and rose into the championship's top places, attaining 3rd (2009, 2010) and 4th (2011) spots. These results earned Rivas qualification for the Euroleague, where it reached the Round of 16 in 2010 and 2011. In 2011 it won the Copa de la Reina, its first national title.
In 2012, Rivas achieved a berth to the Euroleague Women Final Eight at Istanbul, where it finished runner-up after being defeated in the final game by Ros Casares Valencia.
Three years later, in 2015, the club resigns to continue playing in Liga Femenina and came back to the second division. On 17 July 2017, the club decided to dissolve definitively the senior team due to the lack of sponsorship, thus competing only with the youth teams.
Sponsorship naming Rivas Ciudad del Deporte 2000–2002 Rivas Futura 2002–2008 Rivas Ecópolis 2008–2015 Rivas Promete 2015–2016 Rivas Ecópolis 2016–
Season by season
SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa de la ReinaEuropean competitions2000–012 1ª División 2001–022 Liga Femenina 2 2002–032 Liga Femenina 2 2003–041 Liga Femenina14th 2004–052 Liga Femenina 2 2005–062 Liga Femenina 2 2006–071 Liga Femenina9th Quarterfinalist2007–081 Liga Femenina5th Quarterfinalist2008–091 Liga Femenina3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCup 2009–101 Liga Femenina3rd Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague 2010–111 Liga Femenina4thChampion 1 EuroLeague 2011–121 Liga Femenina4th Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague RU2012–131 Liga Femenina2ndChampion 1 EuroLeague 2013–141 Liga Femenina1stRunner-up 1 EuroLeague2014–151 Liga Femenina7th Semifinalist2015–162 Liga Femenina 2 2016–172 Liga Femenina 2
Titles 1 Liga Femenina (2013–14) 2 Copa de la Reina (2011, 2013)
Record in European Competitions Euroleague 2010: Round of 16 2011: Round of 16 2012: Runner-up Eurocup 2009: Round of 32
See also Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
References
External links Official website