Club Bàsquet Prat is a
basketball
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team based in
El Prat de Llobregat,
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 ...
(
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
). The team currently plays in league
LEB Oro.
History
Basketball arrived to El Prat de Llobregat in 1932 with the constitution of the ''Esplai Grupo 49'' in the Federation of Young Christians of Catalonia. Basketball continued being played in the parish of Sant Pere i Sant Pau before 1951, when the Club Bàsquet Prat is founded.
The club started playing in the regional leagues until 1962, when the club achieves promotion the Spanish second division for the first time in its history; remaining in the league after their debut season, by winning the relegation playoffs.
In the 1990s the club signs a collaboration agreement with former
EuroLeague winner
Joventut Badalona, becoming its affiliated team and playing with the name of ''CB Prat Joventut''.
In 2003, the club promotes to
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 ...
, third tier, by beating
Colmenar Viejo and
Granollers
Granollers () is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental.
Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from a t ...
in the matches of the Final Eight.
Since its promotion, the club consolidated in LEB Plata until 2014, when it won the
Copa 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 ...
and promoted to
LEB Oro. In its first season, the club was relegated to LEB Plata again, but remained in the league after being reinstated due to the existence of vacant places.
In 2016, CB Prat terminated its collaboration agreement with Joventut Badalona. Two years later, the club qualified for the first time to the playoffs, where they reached the semifinals, being eliminated in the last match of the series by
Club Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as ...
.
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Season by season
Notable players
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Pau Ribas
Pau Ribas Tossas (born 2 March 1987) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at , he primarily plays the shooting guard position. His father, Jordi Ribas, was also a professional bask ...
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Guillem Vives
Guillem Vives Torrent (born 16 June 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior Spain national team. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 "), he plays primarily at the ...
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Henk Norel
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Marko Todorović
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Christian Eyenga
Christian Eyenga Moenge (born June 22, 1989) is a Congolese professional basketball player for Montakit Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. Eyenga was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 30th pick in that year's 2009 NBA draft. When drafted, h ...
Trophies and awards
Trophies
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Copa 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)
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2014
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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 ...
: (1)
**2006
Individual awards
LEB Plata MVP
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Marko Todorović –
2012
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External links
Official website
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Catalan basketball teams
El Prat de Llobregat
LEB Oro teams
Former LEB Plata teams
Former Liga EBA teams