Club Bàsquet L'Hospitalet, also known as Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional
basketball
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team based in
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (; es, Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality of Spain, located to the immediate southwest of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is part of the Bar ...
,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
and plays in the
Complex Esportiu L'Hospitalet Nord, in
LEB Plata
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league.
CB L'Hospitalet organises annually the under-18 ''City of L'Hospitalet Tournament'', integrated in the
Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
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.
History
Founded in 1929, CB L'Hospitalet is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Spain. In their first years, the club achieved one
Spanish Cup
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in 1940, became runner-up in the next year and in both seasons, it won two
Catalan championships.
In 1974, CB L'Hospitalet achieved their first promotion ever to the
National League
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, where it played until 1978. In 1983, after promoting again, L'Hospitalet became one of the founding clubs of the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
, but they only played the
first season, as the club finished in the last position.
After several relegations, L'Hospitalet comes back to
Liga EBA
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, third tier in that time, in 1999 and it becomes champion in the 2003–04 season, thus promoting to
LEB 2
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, the new third division later renamed as ''LEB Plata''.
The club achieves the league title in their
debut season in the league, and promoted to
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, where they played three seasons until its relegation in 2008, achieving the qualification to the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB in 2006.
In 2010, L'Hospitalet could not register in LEB Plata due to the inability to meet the financial requirements and was dropped to the
fifth tier, but came back to Liga EBA by achieving a vacant berth in the Group C.
In the
2015–16 season, L'Hospitalet registered a 30–2 record for promoting to LEB Plata, six years after the last time they played.
The club was relegated again to Liga EBA. However, it remained in the league due to the existence of vacant places in it.
Season by season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
*
Spanish Cups: (1)
**1940
*2nd division Championships: (1)
**2ª División: (1) 1974
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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 ...
: (1)
**2005
*
Catalan Championship: (2)
**1940, 1941
Individual awards
LEB Oro MVP
*Thomas Terrell – 2006
LEB Plata MVP
*Thomas Terrell – 2005
Notable players
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José Ángel Antelo
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Joan Creus
Joan "Chichi" Creus Molist (born November 24, 1956) is a Spanish former basketball player who played as point guard.
Professional career
Creus spent his entire 25-year career in Catalonia. He mainly played in Granollers EB, with a two-year per ...
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Xavi Fernández
Xavi Fernández (born 12 February 1968) is a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Roger Grimau
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Edgar San Epifanio
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Thomas Terrell
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Serge Ibaka
Serge Jonás Ibaka Ngobila (; born 18 September 1989) is a Congolese-Spanish professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ibaka was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 24th overa ...
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Chris Copeland
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References
External links
Official CB L'Hospitalet page
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Basketball teams established in 1929
L'Hspitalet
Former LEB Oro teams
Liga EBA teams
Former LEB Plata teams
Former Liga ACB teams
Sport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat