Club Baloncesto Ciudad de Ponferrada, also known as Cat&Rest Clínica Ponferrada CDP by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Ponferrada, Castilla y León that currently plays in

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

History

CB Ciudad de Ponferrada was founded in 2002 with the aim to replace the former team JT, that ceased in activity. The club started playing in the fifth tier and five years later, achieved their first promotion to

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...

. However, Ciudad de Ponferrada could not remain in the league EBA and was relegated again. After some years between regional and provincial leagues, in 2013 the club failed to promote again in the final stage played in Ponferrada. However, two years later, Ciudad de Ponferrada achieved a vacant berth in the league EBA. On 18 May 2019, Ciudad de Ponferrada achieved promotion to

, tier three after leading the group A-B and finishing unbeaten in the final stage.

Season by season

Notable players

* Alex Laurent

References

External links

Official Page
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