Club Esportiu Lleida Llista Blava, also known as ICG Software Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish
rink hockey
Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is the only quad skate team sport in existence where two teams face-off against one another at the same time. Two t ...
club based in
Lleida, in the autonomous community of
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 nort ...
. Founded in 1951, the club currently plays in the
OK Liga
The OK Liga is the Spanish rink hockey league.
History
The league was founded in 1969 as División de Honor as an expansion to all the Spanish territory of the Catalan Championship. Until 1971 teams from outside Catalonia did not join the competit ...
, holding its home games at the Pavelló Onze de Setembre, with capacity of 2,000 seats.
History
Founded on 6 April 1951 with the name Lérida Lista Azul by a group of friends, the club promoted for the first time to the
honour division in 1956. In its first season in it, Lleida ended the league in the fourth position, and would continue playing in the top tier until its relegation in 1960.
In 1993 the team translates its name to
Catalan and changes it to the current ''Lleida Llista Blava''. In 2000, it comes back to the
OK Liga
The OK Liga is the Spanish rink hockey league.
History
The league was founded in 1969 as División de Honor as an expansion to all the Spanish territory of the Catalan Championship. Until 1971 teams from outside Catalonia did not join the competit ...
, in that time called ''División de Honor'' and in 2003 makes its debut in European competition. In its first experience, the club reaches the final of the
CERS Cup, but fails to win it after losing against
Reus Deportiu
Reus Deportiu is a Catalan sports club best known for its professional roller hockey team based in Reus, Catalonia, Spain.
History
CD Reus was founded on 23 November 1909 after the dissolution of Reus Sport Club. On 29 September 1917, the club ...
.
In 2005, Lleida repeated participation, but this time was eliminated by
Hockey Breganze
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Hockey Breganze is a roller hockey team from Breganze
Breganze is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is northeast of Via Romea. During World War II, the Germans were on one side of the riv ...
in the round of 16. That season was a disaster as the club relegated to Primera División, but immediately comes back to OK Liga. Four years later, in 2010, Lleida Llista Blava would be relegated again, but after spending two seasons in the second tier, promoted again and consolidates as an OK Liga team.
In 2013 took place the third participation of the club in the CERS Cup, eliminated again in the round of 16, this time by Italian
Forte dei Marmi
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Tourism is the principal activity of Forte dei Marmi ...
.
On 29 April 2018, Lleida conquered their first European title by winning after a penalty shootout the
2017–18 CERS Cup, played at home, against Portuguese team
Óquei Clube de Barcelos
Óquei Clube de Barcelos is a rink hockey team from Barcelos, Portugal. It is one of the most successful rink hockey teams in Portugal and Europe. It is known and referred to as "Óquei de Barcelos", "OCB", "OC Barcelos", or just "Barcelos".
Fo ...
.
They repeated achievement in the
following season, again at home and this time defeating Italian squad
Sarzana
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by 6–3.
Season to season
Titles
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World Skate Europe Cup: (3)
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2018
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2019
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2021
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Squad
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References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lleida Llista Blava
Roller hockey clubs in Catalonia
Sports clubs and teams established in 1951
1951 establishments in Spain
Sport in Lleida