Baloncesto Rivas CDE, commonly known as Rivas Ecópolis due to sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional

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team based in

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History

Baloncesto Rivas was founded in 1988 as CD Covíbar but the women's basketball team didn't play until 1993. Rivas first played in the top category in 2004, but it couldn't avoid relegation. However the team was back for the 2007 season and rose into the championship's top places, attaining 3rd (2009, 2010) and 4th (2011) spots. These results earned Rivas qualification for the

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, where it reached the Round of 16 in

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and

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. In 2011 it won the

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, its first national title. In 2012, Rivas achieved a berth to the Euroleague Women Final Eight at

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, where it finished runner-up after being defeated in the final game by

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. Three years later, in 2015, the club resigns to continue playing in Liga Femenina and came back to the

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. On 17 July 2017, the club decided to dissolve definitively the senior team due to the lack of sponsorship, thus competing only with the youth teams.

Sponsorship naming

*Rivas Ciudad del Deporte 2000–2002 *Rivas Futura 2002–2008 *Rivas Ecópolis 2008–2015 *Rivas Promete 2015–2016 *Rivas Ecópolis 2016–

Season by season

Titles

* 1 Liga Femenina (2013–14) * 2

(2011, 2013)

Record in European Competitions

: Round of 16 **

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: Runner-up * Eurocup ** 2009: Round of 32

References

External links

Official website
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