FC Barcelona Bàsquet B (English: FC Barcelona Basketball B), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona B () and colloquially known as Barça B (), is the

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of the

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. The team currently plays in the Spanish 4th-tier level Tercera FEB.

History

In 2003, Barcelona B won the

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Spanish 4th-tier level

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

, and thus got promoted to the LEB 2 division, but afterwards, they renounced their spot. After an agreement between

and CB Cornellà, for Cornellà to collaborate again as a

of FC Barcelona; the 'B' team was folded by Barcelona, between 2005 and 2010. In 2010, FC Barcelona B was re-opened, and played in the

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

division. The team then played in the Spanish 2nd-tier level

LEB Oro The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

division, from 2012, when the team gained a vacant berth in the league, to 2014, when they were

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down again to the LEB Plata division. In August 2015, the club gained a vacant berth back to the second division LEB Oro. The team would move between the second and third tiers of Spanish basketball until the 2020-21 season. Despite achieving the 2nd place in the 2020-21 LEB Plata season and thus promotion to

, Barcelona reached a deal with

Força Lleida CE Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as Hiopos Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lleida, Spain. It plays in the Liga ACB with it home games played at the Espai Fruita Barris Nord. History The club bor ...

and CB Cornellà, switching licenses with these two clubs to be demoted to the 4th tier of Spanish basketball,

. The club cited sporting and financial reasons to demote the team and has since focused on developing young players, consistently ranking in the top places of the Tercera FEB category. Since then, the team has renounced promotion to the former

. Several young Barcelona B players have been called up to play for the first team since, such as Rafa Villar, Dame Sarr and Kasparas Jakucionis.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

: (2) **2003 **2022

Individual awards

LEB Oro Rising star * Mario Hezonja – 2013 * Marc García – 2016

References

External links

Official websiteFC Barcelona B
at FEB.es {{DEFAULTSORT:FC Barcelona B Basketball teams in Catalonia LEB Plata teams