CB 1939 Canarias

Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D.,[1] also 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 plays in the top level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Santiago Martín.

Lenovo Tenerife
LeaguesLiga ACB
Champions League
Founded1939 (1939)
(1994 (1994))
HistoryCB Canarias
(1939–1994)
CB 1939 Canarias
(1994–present)
ArenaSantiago Martín
Capacity5,100
LocationSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Team colorsGold, Black
   
Main sponsorLenovo
PresidentFélix Hernández
Head coachTxus Vidorreta
Championships1 Champions League
2 Intercontinental Cup
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The team was founded in 1994, after the old CB Canarias club, that huge financial problems at that time, merged with other teams of the Spanish island of Tenerife, to create the new Tenerife Canarias club, which only played two seasons in the Liga EBA competition, at the time when that league was the second tier level of Spanish club basketball.

People who were in disagreement with that merger then created the new CB 1939 Canarias club, which inherited the colors and the logo of the club. In 2012, Iberostar Canarias was promoted to Spain's top-tier level Liga ACB competition, after the team won the championship of the LEB Oro. However, the club couldn't actually promote, due to the club's inability to fulfill the requirements needed to join the league that are requested by the league's organizer, the ACB.[2] One month later, on 20 July 2012, CB 1939 Canarias finally achieved the league promotion, after Lucentum Alicante's vacated place in the league was granted to CB 1939 Canarias.[3]

Alejandro Martínez, became the team's head coach in 2003, and he managed to lead the team to multiple league promotions, going up from the LEB Plata (Spanish third tier), to the top-tier level Liga ACB. He resigned from the team's head coaching position in 2015.[4]

On 29 March 2017, Canarias qualified for the 2017 Final Four of FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL), which happened 36 years after the club's first league promotion up to Spain's previous top level competition, the Liga Nacional, in 1981.[5][6] The 2017 Champions League Final Four was played at Canaria's home arena, the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín. Canarias won the BCL championship, after beating the Turkish Super League club Banvit in the Final. The championship marked the first major title in the club's history.

On 24 September 2017, Canarias participated in the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, as the defending champions of the Basketball Champions League. The club won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, after beating the defending champions of the FIBA Americas League, the Venezuelan club Guaros de Lara, by a score of 76–71. CB Canarias 1939 also won the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, after they defeated the defending champions of the Basketball Champions League, the Italian club Virtus Bologna, by a score of 80–72.

In March 2020, the club stopped the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[7]

Sponsorship naming

Partly due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known by several names over the years:

  • Universidad Canarias Pepsi (1970–1975)
  • Caja Rural Canarias (1975–1980)
  • Cofisa Canarias (1982–1984)
  • Lucky Canarias (1984–1985)
  • CajaCanarias (1985–1991)
  • AutoLaca Canarias (1995–1996)
  • Bodegón Juanito Canarias (1996–1998)
  • Canarias Yamaha (1998–1999)
  • Ciudad de La Laguna (1999–2001)
  • Organización Socas Canarias (2001–2010)
  • Isla de Tenerife Canarias (2010–2011)
  • Iberostar Canarias (2011–2012)
  • Iberostar Tenerife (2013–2021)
  • Lenovo Tenerife (2021–present)

Arena
The Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín, the club's home arena.

CB Canarias 1939 plays its home games at the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín arena, which is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The arena was opened in 1999, and it has a seating capacity of 5,100 people for basketball games. CB Canarias 1939 has used Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín as its home arena, since 2010.

It has hosted major sporting events, such as the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four,[8] the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup,[9] the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup, and the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Iberostar Tenerife roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 31 Bogris, Georgios 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1989-02-19)19 February 1989
SG 21 Butterfield, Spencer 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1992-10-11)11 October 1992
PF 34 Cavanaugh, Tyler 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994
SF 11 Díez, Dani 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-04-07)7 April 1993
PF 42 Doornekamp, Aaron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 35 – (1985-12-05)5 December 1985
PG 6 Fitipaldo, Bruno 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991
C 35 Guerra, Fran 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 28 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992
PG 9 Huertas, Marcelo (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1983-05-25)25 May 1983
PG 25 López, Álex 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1991-05-08)8 May 1991
SF 13 Rodríguez, Sergio 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993
SG 10 Salin, Sasu 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991
C 19 Shermadini, Giorgi 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 31 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989
PF 22 Sulejmanović, Emir 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
SF 20 Todorović, Dejan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1994-05-29)29 May 1994
SF 4 Yusta, Santiago 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1997-04-28)28 April 1997
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 15, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Giorgi Shermadini Georgios Bogris Fran Guerra
PF Tyler Cavanaugh Aaron Doornekamp Emir Sulejmanović
SF Dani Díez Santiago Yusta Sergio Rodríguez
SG Sasu Salin Spencer Butterfield Dejan Todorović
PG Marcelo Huertas Bruno Fitipaldo Álex López

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Head coaches

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
CB Canarias
1974–75 2 2ª División 2nd 14–2
1975–76 2 2ª División 7th 12–2–10
1976–77 2 2ª División 4th 16–1–11
1977–78 2 2ª División 8th 14–2–14 3 Korać CupR10–2
1978–79 2 1ª División B 5th 12–10
1979–80 2 1ª División B 6th 21–1–8
1980–81 2 1ª División B 3rd 16–1–9
1981–82 1 1ª División 12th 4–2–20 Round of 16
1982–83 2 1ª División B 3rd 20–1–5
1983–84 1 Liga ACB 11th 12–18
1984–85 2 Liga ACB 15th 10–18
1985–86 2 1ª División B 1st 24–4
1986–87 1 Liga ACB 6th 15–18 Quarterfinalist Copa PríncipeR16
1987–88 1 Liga ACB 6th 15–18 Quarterfinalist Copa PríncipeQF
1988–89 1 Liga ACB 19th 12–29 Round of 16 3 Korać CupR23–1
1989–90 1 Liga ACB 16th 12–19 First round
1990–91 1 Liga ACB 24th 10–26 Second round
1991–92 2 1ª División 5th 22–22
1992–93 2 1ª División 8th 20–20
1993–94 2 1ª División 3rd 27–11
CB 1939 Canarias
1994–95 4 2ª División 5th 5–7
1995–96 4 2ª División 3rd 22–7
1996–97 4 2ª División 3rd 16–6
1997–98 4 2ª División 1st 23–4
1998–99 3 Liga EBA 4th 19–11
1999–00 3 Liga EBA 3rd 17–9
2000–01 4 Liga EBA 1st 24–7
2001–02 4 Liga EBA 1st 33–4
2002–03 3 LEB 2 10th 13–17
2003–04 3 LEB 2 13th 11–19
2004–05 3 LEB 2 4th 22–16
2005–06 3 LEB 2 14th 13–21
2006–07 3 LEB 2 2nd 35–8 Copa LEB 2RU
2007–08 2 LEB Oro 7th 17–19
2008–09 2 LEB Oro 13th 15–19
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 5th 26–16
2010–11 2 LEB Oro 7th 20–19
2011–12 2 LEB Oro 1st[lower-alpha 1] 26–8 Copa PríncipeC
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 10th 17–17
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 11th 14–21 Quarterfinalist
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 11th 16–18
2015–16 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–18
2016–17 1 Liga ACB 5th 23–12 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions LeagueC15–1–4
2017–18 1 Liga ACB 8th 19–17 Semifinalist 3 Champions LeagueR1613–3
2018–19 1 Liga ACB 9th 17–17 Semifinalist 3 Champions LeagueRU15–5
2019–20 1 Liga ACB 7th 16–11 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League
  1. Initially, resigned to promote to Liga ACB but later achieved the vacant berth of CB Lucentum Alicante.

Honours and awards

Honours

National:

International:

Other competitions:

  • Las Palmas, Spain Invitational Game
    • 2018

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP

All LEB Oro First Team

References
  1. "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. Comunicado del CB 1939 Canarias CB 1939 Canarias website. 12 June 2012
  3. La ACB adquiere la plaza vacante del Lucentum y la asigna al CB Canarias ACB.com 20 July 2012
  4. "Cambio en el banquillo canarista" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. "El Iberostar hace historia y estará en la Final Four de la Champions (61-51)" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. "Este miércoles se cumplen 36 años del primer ascenso canarista" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. El CB Canarias se detiene por el coronavirus elDiario.es, 13 March 2020. Accessed 13 July 2020. (in Spanish)
  8. "Tenerife to host Basketball Champions League Final Four". BasketballCL.com. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. "Iberostar Tenerife to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup". ChampionsLeague.basketball. 2017-08-25.
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