Fundación Club Baloncesto Granada, also known as Covirán Granada by sponsorship reasons, is a

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team based in Granada,

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that currently plays in Liga ACB.

History

The Fundación CBG was founded in 2006 as an entity associated to basketball club

CB Granada Club Baloncesto Granada, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia. The team was founded in 1994 and has had notable players during its history, including Curtis Borchardt, Darvin Ham, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott Padgett, P ...

, with the aim to promote basketball and other nonprofit activities in the province of Granada. In 2012, after the dissolution of CB Granada, the entity decided to create a senior basketball team that could replace the defunct club in the city. In its first season, the club promoted to Liga EBA after finishing as runner-up of the Andalusian group of

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. Two years later, in 2015, Covirán Granada qualifies to the final stage of Liga EBA and finishes winning its group in

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, achieving the promotion to

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, the third tier in Spanish basketball. On 21 January 2017, Covirán Granada won its first title after defeating HLA Lucentum by 80–74 in the Copa LEB Plata, but failed in the attempt to promote to

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after being defeated in the semifinals by Sammic ISB. Granada retained the Copa LEB Plata on 28 January 2018 by winning Fundación Globalcaja La Roda 71–63 after an overtime and promoted to LEB Oro on 14 April 2018 in

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after conquering the title of the 2017–18 LEB Plata.

Sponsorship naming

*Tourapp Fundación CBG 2012–2013 *Covirán Granada 2013–

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies

: (1) **

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: (1) **

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* Copa LEB Plata: (2) **

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*Linares, Spain Invitational Game: (1) ** 2009

Notable players

* Jesús Fernández * Nacho Ordín

References

External links

Official website
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