Tenerife Club de Baloncesto was a professional basketball team based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
History Tenerife CB was founded in 1996 after the fusion of some teams of the islands and debuts in LEB Oro in the 1996–97 season, the first of this league.
In the 2002–03 season, Tenerife plays the FIBA Champions' Cup and reaches the second stage. In the same year, Tenerife CB becomes champion of the Copa Príncipe and promotes to Liga ACB, where it plays two seasons before being relegated to LEB Oro.
In summer of 2010, Tenerife CB renounces to its berth in LEB Oro due to financial problems and is relegated to Liga EBA. In the next summer and after reaching the promotion playoffs, Tenerife CB achieved a vacant berth to play in LEB Plata, the Spanish basketball third division.
In 2013, the club was not allowed to play the lowest regional category in the Canary Islands.El Tenerife Baloncesto no jugará en Primera Autonómica ; Marcha Deportiva, 7 October 2013
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitionsEuropean competitions1996–97 2LEB 13th 10–201997–98 2LEB 4th 15–191998–99 2LEB 6th 18–12Copa Príncipe SF1999–00 2LEB 6th 24–16Copa Príncipe RU2000–01 2LEB 11th 12–182001–02 2LEB 4th 25–15Copa Príncipe RU2002–03 2LEB2nd 30–9Copa Príncipe C4 FIBA Champions' Cup 12–42003–04 1Liga ACB 10th 16–182004–05 1Liga ACB17th 8–262005–06 2LEB 13th 15–192006–07 2LEB 14th 14–202007–08 2LEB Oro 3rd 22–172008–09 2LEB Oro 4th 23–142009–10 2LEB Oro 11th 16–182010–11 4Liga EBA 23–92011–12 3LEB Plata 12th 7–172012–13 51ª División 2nd 14–2
Trophies and awards
Trophies Copa Príncipe: (1) 2003 Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (2) 2002, 2005
Individual awards LEB Oro MVP Lawrence Lewis – 2002
Notable players Jorge Racca 1 season: '04-'05 José Ángel Antelo 1 season: '08-'09 Nacho Yáñez 2 seasons: '02-'04 Richi Guillén 1 season: '03-'04 Antwain Barbour 3 seasons: '06-'09 Alpha Bangura 1 season: '05-'06 Gustavo Ayón 1 season: '09-'10 Sitapha Savané 3 seasons: '01-'04 Christian Maråker 1 season: '08-'09 Gimel Lewis 1 season: '07-'08 Ashraf Amaya 1 season: '04 Bernard Hopkins 2 seasons: '03-'05 Chris Alexander 1 season: '07-'08 Kenny Miller 1 season: '02-'03 Lou Roe 1 season: '09-'10 Venson Hamilton 1 season: '02-'03
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