CB L'Hospitalet

Club Bàsquet L'Hospitalet, also known as Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia and plays in the Complex Esportiu L'Hospitalet Nord, in LEB Plata league.

CB L'Hospitalet
LeaguesLEB Plata
Founded1929
ArenaNou Pavelló del Centre
LocationL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Team colorsWhite
Head coachJose Manuel Hoya
Championships1 Spanish Cup
1 LEB Plata Championship
2 Liga EBA Championship
Websitecbhospitalet.cat

CB L'Hospitalet organises annually the under-18 City of L'Hospitalet Tournament, integrated in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament.

History

Founded in 1929, CB L'Hospitalet is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Spain. In their first years, the club achieved one Spanish Cup in 1940, became runner-up in the next year and in both seasons, it won two Catalan championships.

In 1974, CB L'Hospitalet achieved their first promotion ever to the National League, where it played until 1978. In 1983, after promoting again, L'Hospitalet became one of the founding clubs of the Liga ACB, but they only played the first season, as the club finished in the last position.

After several relegations, L'Hospitalet comes back to Liga EBA, third tier in that time, in 1999 and it becomes champion in the 2003–04 season, thus promoting to LEB 2, the new third division later renamed as LEB Plata.

The club achieves the league title in their debut season in the league, and promoted to LEB league, where they played three seasons until its relegation in 2008, achieving the qualification to the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB in 2006.

In 2010, L'Hospitalet could not register in LEB Plata due to the inability to meet the financial requirements and was dropped to the fifth tier, but came back to Liga EBA by achieving a vacant berth in the Group C.

In the 2015–16 season, L'Hospitalet registered a 30–2 record for promoting to LEB Plata, six years after the last time they played.[1] The club was relegated again to Liga EBA. However, it remained in the league due to the existence of vacant places in it.

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups
1929–56 Copa del Rey 1 time champion (39–40), 1 time runner-up (40–41)
1956–65 Lower divisions
1965–66 1 1ª División 8th 5–13 Quarterfinalist
1966–67 1 1ª División 10th 3–17
1967–68 2 2ª División 4th 9–9
1968–69 2 2ª División 10th 1–1–16
1969–73 Lower divisions
1973–74 2 2ª División –
1974–75 1 1ª División 9th 7–1–14
1975–76 1 1ª División 7th 14–1–17
1976–77 1 1ª División 7th 14–1–17 First round
1977–78 1 1ª División 12th 5–1–16 First round
1978–79 2 1ª División B 6th 11–1–10
1979–80 2 1ª División B 3rd 23–1–6
1980–81 1 1ª División 10th 9–17
1981–82 2 1ª División B 4th 16–1–8
1982–83 2 1ª División B 3rd 17–2–7
1983–84 1 Liga ACB 15th 11–20
1984–85 2 1ª División B 5th 14–12
1985–86 2 1ª División B 14th 15–16
1986–90 Lower divisions
1989–90 2 1ª División B 11th 16–19
1990–91 2 1ª División B 11th 19–25
1991–92 2 1ª División B 16th 11–25
1992–99 Lower divisions
1999–00 4 Copa Catalunya 3rd
2000–01 4 Liga EBA 8th 15–15
2001–02 4 Liga EBA 4th 21–11
2002–03 4 Liga EBA 9th 16–14
2003–04 4 Liga EBA 1st 27–6
2004–05 3 LEB 2 1st 27–10
2005–06 2 LEB 6th 17–20
2006–07 2 LEB 12th 16–18
2007–08 2 LEB Oro 18th 11–23
2008–09 3 LEB Plata 5th 22–13 Copa LEB PlataRU
2009–10 3 LEB Plata 17th[lower-alpha 1] 11–17
2010–11 5 Copa Catalunya 7th[lower-alpha 2] 14–16
2011–12 4 Liga EBA 4th 17–11
2012–13 4 Liga EBA 8th 16–14
2013–14 4 Liga EBA 5th 11–9
2014–15 4 Liga EBA 2nd 21–8
2015–16 4 Liga EBA 1st 29–2
2016–17 3 LEB Plata 13th[lower-alpha 3] 10–20
2017–18 3 LEB Plata 7th 19–15
2018–19 3 LEB Plata 16th 16–18
2019–20 3LEB Plata 17th[lower-alpha 4] 12–13
  1. Resigned to continue playing in LEB Plata.
  2. Achieved a vacant berth in Liga EBA.
  3. Remained in LEB Plata due to the existence of vacant berths.
  4. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP

  • Thomas Terrell – 2006

LEB Plata MVP

  • Thomas Terrell – 2005

Notable players

References
  1. "TORRONS VICENS-CB L'HOSPITALET aconsegueix l'ascens a LEB Plata" (in Catalan). Catalan Basketball Federation. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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