Tenerife Amigos del Baloncesto, more commonly known by its sponsorship name Tenerife Nº1 was a professional
basketball
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club based in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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History
Tenerife AB was founded on 1986 with the aim to professionalize the basketball section of the classic team RC Náutico de Tenerife. In the 1987–88 season, the club promoted to
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
where it played two seasons until its relegation.
The club was folded in 1994 when it merged with the old
CB Canarias
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team pl ...
to create the CB Tenerife Canarias, which it only played two seasons in the new-creation
Liga EBA.
Season by season
Notable players
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Tony Dawson
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High school
Dawson was born ...
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Lemone Lampley
Lemone Lampley (born May 9, 1964) is an American former basketball player and until 2016 was assistant director of Athletic Development at his alma mater, DePaul University. He left DePaul after completing his master's degree there to found a non ...
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Bobby Lee Hurt
References
Profile at Eskudoteka*
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Defunct basketball teams in Spain
Former Liga ACB teams
Basketball teams established in 1986
Basketball teams disestablished in 1994
Basketball teams in the Canary Islands
Sport in Santa Cruz de Tenerife