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club based in

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. The team plays in the

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. Their home arena is the

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History

CB Gran Canaria was founded inside Claret School and for many years played under that denomination. Following a successful period in school competitions, a senior team was created and integrated on the Spanish Second Division. The team played in that division until 1984, when the team adopted the decision of having a statute of its own, therefore becoming an independent institution. The new statute was approved on May 22, 1985 and the team became Claret Club de Baloncesto. The following years, the team moved many times between

and 1st Division B. On the 1987–88 season the club changed its name to CB Gran Canaria, paying homage to the place where its social mass came from. On 30 June 1992 the team became a sports public limited company (

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, SAD in Spanish) in order to fulfil with the requirements of the then-new Spanish sports legislation. After three seasons in the Spanish silver division the team won the first Liga EBA in the 1994–95 season and was promoted to

. From that season on, CB Gran Canaria has stayed in the top level of the Spanish basketball. The 2012–13 represents the team's eighteenth consecutive season in

. In April 2015, Gran Canaria played the Eurocup Finals. The team was defeated by

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in the two legs. Ten months later, the club qualified for the first time to a final of a national trophy. In the 2016 Copa del Rey defeated

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in the quarterfinals and Dominion Bilbao Basket in the semifinals, but could not beat

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in the final, where it lost by 81–85. On 24 September 2016, Gran Canaria won its first national title after beating

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79–59 in the Final of the 2016 Supercopa played in

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. One season later, in June 2018, Gran Canaria qualified for the second time to the league semifinals and also achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever.

Sponsorship naming

Partido Basket Herbalife Gran Canaria - Unicaja ( 67- 65)

Through the years CB Gran Canaria has had several denominations due to its sponsorship:

Logos

File:Kalise Gran Canaria.jpg, Kalise Gran Canaria logo
(2007–2009) File:CB Gran Canaria.png, CB Gran Canaria non-commercial logo
(until 2014) File:CB Gran Canaria logo.svg, CB Gran Canaria logo
(2014–present)

Home arenas

* Centro Insular de Deportes: (until 2014) *

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: 2002–05, 2009–2014, 2019 *

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: 2014–2016 *

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: 2016–2018 *Víctor García: 2018 *

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: 2019–2020 *

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: 2020–2022 * Lakovič: 2022–present

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

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: (1) **

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* EuroCup Basketball: **Runners-up (1):

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: **Runners-up (1):

*2nd division championships: (2) **1ª División B: (1) 1991 ** Liga EBA: (1) 1995 * Copa Toyota: (7) **2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 * Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (4) **2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 **Runners-up (4): 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011 * Rome, Italy Invitational Game: (1) ** 2009

Individual awards

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– 2011 Supercup MVP *

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– 2016 All-EuroCup First Team *

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– 2015 *

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– 2016 All-EuroCup Second Team *

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– 2010 *

– 2015 *

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– 2016

Notable players

* Berdi Pérez * Roberto Íñiguez *

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* Michael Bramos *

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*- Jay Larrañaga *-

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*- Sitapha Savané * Willie 'Hutch' Jones *

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* Shaun Vandiver *

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* John Morton *

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* Billy Keys *

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*- CJ Wallace *-

References

External links

Official websiteCB Gran Canaria
at ACB.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gran Canaria Basketball teams in the Canary Islands Basketball teams established in 1963 Liga ACB teams Sport in Las Palmas