Club Baloncesto Illescas, was a Spanish

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team based in

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, 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

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, division where the team played in the 2008–09 season. The club was also famous because in 2006–07 was signed

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, the tallest British-born man with 232 cm. The British center only played six games with CB Illescas. In July 2011,

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announced their farm team compete in

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but out of Illescas. 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

Notable players

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References

External links

Federación Española de Baloncesto

Official CB Illescas page
Defunct basketball teams in Spain Former LEB Oro teams Basketball teams in Castilla–La Mancha Former Liga EBA teams Former LEB Plata teams Basketball teams established in 1989 Basketball teams disestablished in 2011 Illescas, Toledo {{Spain-basketball-team-stub