Club Balonmano Sagunto was a Spanish women's

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club from

Sagunto Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, cl ...

founded in 1978 which in July, 2012 moved to Valencia and joint

CE Handbol Marítim Club Esportiu Handbol Marítim, also known as Valencia Aicequip, was a Spanish women's handball club from Valencia. In 2012 became the successor of national powerhouse BM Sagunto. The club was disbanded in June 2013 due to large debts inherited ...

to play in División de Honor as Valencia Aicequip.

History

Mar Valencia was founded in 1963 as Sección Femenina's women's handball team in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

(Medina Valencia) before becoming an independent club in 1978 as Íber Valencia. In 1993 it again changed its official name, taking the aforementioned one. It was also known as El Osito L'Eliana and Milar L'Eliana in subsequent years for sponsorship reasons, having moved to

L'Eliana L'Eliana ( es, La Eliana) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community, Spain. Neighborhoods * Casco Antiguo ** Les Casetes ** La Fonda ** Estació * Almassereta * Montesol * Montealegre * MontePilar * To ...

. Íber/Mar dominated the Spanish scene through the 1980s and 1990s, winning a record 20 national leagues in a row between 1979 and 1998 and 19 national cups between 1981 and 2000. In 1997 it became the first Spanish team to win the Champions League by beating

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in the final. The team also reached the Champions' final the following year, but lost it to

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The following years marked the ending of the club's national hegemony but it still enjoyed success in national and internacional grounds. In 2000 Mar won the Cup Winners' Cup over Kuban Krasnodar, and in 2003 it reached its third Champions League final, lost to

Krim Ljubljana Rokometni klub Krim ( en, Krim Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Krim was founded in 1984 and has won the ...

. In 2004 the club moved from L'Eliana to

and changed its name to Balonmano Sagunto, a.k.a. Astroc Sagunto (2004–07) and Parc Sagunto (2007–11) after its sponsors. In 2005 it won its final league to date and in 2006 it reached the Champions League's semifinals. While Sagunto still ranked among Division de Honor top three teams, its only major success in subsequent years was winning the 2008 Spanish Cup (Copa de la Reina) Due to the lack of sponsorship, in July 2012 it moved back to Valencia to join emerging Valencian club

, which became its successor.Mar Valencia transfers its rights to CEH Marítim.
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'', 18/07/12

Names

*1963–1978: Club Medina de Valencia *1978–1992: CB Íber *1992–1994: CB Mar Valencia *1994–1997: Mar El Osito L'Eliana (moved to

) *1997–1998: CB Milar *1998–2003: Mar El Osito L'Eliana *2003–2004: Alucine Alser Sagunto (moved to

) *2004–2007: Astroc Sagunto *2007–2010: Parc Sagunt *2010–2012: Mar Sagunto

Trophies

* División de Honor Femenina (27) **1968, 1969, 1974, 1979 — 1998, 2000 — 2002, 2005 *

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(20) **1981 — 1989, 1991 — 2000, 2008 *

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(4) **1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2005–06 *

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(2) **2008, 2009 * Champions League (1) **1997 * Cup Winners' Cup (1) **2000 * Champions Trophy (1) **1997

Notable players

* Macarena Aguilar *

Bárbara Arenhart Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart (born 4 October 1986) is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for RK Krim and the Brazilian national team. She is openly lesbian. Achievements *Austrian League: **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014 *Austrian Cup: **''W ...

Alexandrina Barbosa Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986) is a handballer who plays as a left back for BM Morvedre. Born in Portugal, she represents the Spain women's national team.Nuria Benzal Nuria Benzal Andaloussi (born 3 April 1985) is a Spanish handball player who most recently played for Üsküdar Bld. SK and formerly was a member of the Spanish women's national team. Benzal was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European W ...

* Svetlana Bogdanova *

Stéphanie Cano Stéphanie Cano (born 1974) is a French handball player who has played for the French national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the French team placed fifth. References 1974 births Living people Sportspe ...

* Elisabet Chávez *

Verónica Cuadrado Verónica Cuadrado Dehesa (born 8 March 1979 in Santander, Cantabria) is a former Spanish handball player who was member of the Spanish women's national team. She was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship ...

Beatriz Fernández Beatriz Fernández Ibáñez (born 19 March 1985) is a former Spanish handball player who was member of the Spanish national team. Fernández played on the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where Spain reached ...

Begoña Fernández Begoña Fernández Molinos (born 22 March 1980 in Vigo) is a former Spanish team handball player. She was member of the Spanish national team. She played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in the Republic of Macedonia, where ...

Ausra Fridrikas Ausra Fridrikas (born lt, Aušra Miklušytė; formerly Ziukiene; 30 April 1967 in Lithuania) is a Lithuanian–Austrian handball player and World champion from 1990. She first played for Soviet Union, later for Lithuania and finally for Austria. ...

Marta Mangué Marta Mangué González (born 23 April 1983) is a Spanish handballer for Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball and the Spanish national team. She was part of the Spanish team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mangué played f ...

* Tatjana Medved * Natalya Morskova * Silvia Navarro * Noelia Oncina * Iva Perica *

Elisabeth Pinedo Elisabeth "Eli" Pinedo Sáenz (born 13 May 1981) is a retired Spanish handball player. She was part of the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team reached the final, after defeating Germany in the ...

* Bojana Radulovics *

Fernanda da Silva Fernanda França da Silva (born 25 September 1989) is a Brazilian female handballer who plays as a left wing for Super Amara Bera Bera and the Brazil women's national handball team, Brazilian national team. Achievements *Austrian League: **''Win ...

Darly de Paula Darly Zoqbi de Paula (born 25 August 1982) is a Brazilian-born Spanish handball goalkeeper for SCM Craiova (women's handball), SCM Craiova and the Spain women's national handball team, Spanish national team. She participated at the 2004 Summer Ol ...

References

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