Club Baloncesto Peñas Huesca is a Spanish professional
basketball
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team based in
Huesca,
Aragón. The team currently plays in league
LEB Plata.
History
The team played in
Liga ACB
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, where they stayed from 1983 to 1996. After winning the relegation play-off, the sold their spot in the league to
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
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and they joined the new second tier league,
Liga LEB. One year later, the club left the league and started to play from the lowest divisions.
14 years later, CB Peñas came back to LEB Oro league (second tier) after winning a
Liga EBA (champions of the Final Eight played in
Palencia
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Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...
), a
Copa LEB Plata against
CD Huelva Baloncesto (89–67) and being runner-up of the league in the 2009–10 season, beating in the last playoffs series
CB Tíjola.
In 2016, Peñas reached the finals of the
promotion playoffs, but lost 0–3 in the series to
Club Melilla Baloncesto.
Sponsorship naming
During all its history, CB Peñas Huesca had several denominations by sponsorship reasons:
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Season by season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
* 2nd division championships: (2)
** 1ª División B: (1) 1985
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Copa LEB Plata: (1)
** 2010
Individual awards
All LEB Oro Team
*
Marius Grigonis –
2014
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Notable players
:To appear in this section a player must have either:
– Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
– Played at least one official international match for his senior national team.
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Marius Grigonis
*
Rimas Kurtinaitis
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Tadas Sedekerskis
*
Gabrielius Maldūnas
*
Stojan Gjuroski
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Robinson Opong
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Alphonso Ford
*
Santiago Aldama
External links
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Basketball teams in Aragon
LEB Oro teams
Former Liga ACB teams
Sport in Huesca