Club Balonmano Torrevieja was a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club based in

Torrevieja Torrevieja (; ca-valencia, Torrevella ) is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in the southern part of the Valencian Community, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Torrevieja l ...

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

. CB Torrevieja played in the

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 1 ...

until the 2011/2012 season, after which it disbanded due to financial problems.

History

Club Balonmano Torrevieja was founded in 1973 as ''Grupo de Empresas Torrevieja''. The team played in regional divisions until 1888 that achieved promotion to Segunda Nacional. First appearance in Liga ASOBAL came in 2002–03 season playing at overall nine season in Liga ASOBAL until 2012 summer which the club was disbanded due to high debts and economic constraints.El Torrevieja renuncia a Asobal y crea el Club Mare Nostrum
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Season by season

Notable players

Diego Simonet Diego Esteban Simonet (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Ol ...

Dimitrije Pejanović Dimitrije Pejanović (; born 9 July 1974) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Pejanović spent 11 seasons in Spain. He played for four Liga ASOBAL teams, namely Almer� ...

* Nikola Prce * Damir Opalić *

Eduardo Gurbindo Eduardo Gurbindo Martínez (born 8 November 1987) is a Spanish handball player who plays for CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital ...

* Alberto Val *

Tonči Valčić Tonči Valčić (born 9 June 1978) is a Croatian former professional handball player who currently works as an assistant coach of Croatian club RK Zagreb. He was a member of the Croatia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Playing ca ...

Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz Rodrigo Alonso Salinas Muñoz (born 25 February 1989) is a Chilean handball player for Bidasoa Irún and the Chilean national team. He ranked second in the 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship's top goalscorers list. Salinas reached ...

* Birkir Guðmundsson *

Endre Nordli Endre Nordli is a Norwegian handball player. He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1999, and played 11 matches for the national team. He competed at the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship The 1999 World Men's Handball Cha ...

* Eivind Nygaard * Cornel Durău * Jani Čop * Uroš Mandić *

Mirko Stojanović Mirko Stojanović (born 11 June 1939 in Zagreb) is a Croatian retired footballer. In his career, he made four international appearances for the Yugoslav national team. Playing career Club While playing for NK Dinamo Zagreb he won the 1959–60 ...

Magnus Jernemyr Magnus Jernemyr (born 18 July 1976) is a Swedish handballer who last played for GWD Minden and the Swedish national team. In 2012, he was selected as Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founde ...

* Ivan Vukas *

Milan Rašić Milan Rašić ( sr, Милан Рашић born February 2, 1985 in Niš, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian volleyball player. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of ...

* Rene Bach Madsen

Stadium information

*Name:

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*City:

*Capacity: 4,500 *Address: Avda. Monge y Bielsa s/n

References

External links

CB Torrevieja Official Website

city video. From a local resident.
Documentacion para entrenadores de Balonmano

Revista digital de la Liga Asobal
Spanish handball clubs Sports teams in the Valencian Community Handball clubs established in 1973 Handball clubs disestablished in 2012 1973 establishments in Spain 2012 disestablishments in Spain {{handball-club-stub