Canarias Basketball Academy is a basketball institute based in

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. Its senior team currently plays in the Spanish Basketball Federation with their U18 and U16 teams. The junior team usually participates in the

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. It also takes part in different tournaments in the USA such as the MaxPreps Tournament, the Hoop Group Under Armour and the Adidas Nations.

History

Founded in 2007, the Canarias Basketball Academy was created with the aim of developing basketball players from all the world. Every year over 30 nationalities are represented in the academy, and it has grown from 15 players in 2007 to more than 100 in 2015. Canarias Basketball Academy's founder and Director, Rob Orellana, saw that an academy as CBA in Europe could provide a key stepping stone for young players wanting to play college basketball in the United States. Since then Orellana has built a unique project in Europe that has sent more than 65 players have played in

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league, the Spanish third division.

Season by season

Notable players

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References

External links

Official websiteSpanish Basketball Federation profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canarias Basketball Academy Basketball teams in the Canary Islands Former LEB Plata teams Sport in Tenerife Basketball organizations 2007 establishments in Spain