CB Menorca

Club Bàsquet Menorca is a Spanish basketball club based in Mahón, Balearic Islands.

Club Bàsquet Menorca
LeaguesLEB Plata
Founded2016 (2016)
ArenaPavelló Menorca
Capacity5,115
LocationMahón, Minorca,
Balearic Islands
Head coachOriol Pagès
Websitebasquetmenorca.com
For the former Liga ACB club, see Menorca Bàsquet.

History

Bàsquet Menorca was founded in 2016 with the aim to reach again the professional basketball after the dissolution of former Liga ACB team Menorca Bàsquet.[1] In its first season, the club played in Liga EBA with the place of the Balearic multi-sports club CCE Sant Lluís, based in the namesake municipality that played the previous season in the same league.[2]

The 2017–18 season was the first one of the club with the name of Club Bàsquet Menorca, starting to play its home matches at Pavelló Menorca. It ended the season with a promotion at home to LEB Plata, third tier.

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2016–17 4 Liga EBA 3rd 15–11
2017–18 4 Liga EBA 2nd 24–7
2018–19 3 LEB Plata 14th 18–16
2019–20 3LEB Plata 10th[lower-alpha 1] 15–10
  1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Current roster

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CB Menorca roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 20 Claver, Julio 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1992-11-18)18 November 1992
SF 33 Corbacho, Alberto 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 36 – (1984-10-01)1 October 1984
C 45 Diatta, Bruno 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1996-02-21)21 February 1996
C 21 Dijkstra, Menno 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (1997-01-11)11 January 1997
PF 23 Guebert, Drew 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997
PG 22 Hernández, Xavi 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992
PG 5 Jiménez, Jorge 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 39 – (1981-06-17)17 June 1981
SG 40 Méndez, Adrián 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1993-11-24)24 November 1993
SG 19 Moreno, Víctor 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1998-01-26)26 January 1998
C 10 Otegui, Urko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 39 – (1981-08-11)11 August 1981
PG 9 Timoner, Raúl 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1997-03-31)31 March 1997
Head coach
  • Oriol Pagès
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

References
  1. "Bàsquet Menorca, nuevo proyecto EBA" (in Spanish). Menorca.info. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. "Made in Menorca será el nombre oficial del Bàsquet Menorca". Bàsquet Menorca. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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