CB Almansa

CB Almansa
CB Almansa
League	LEB Oro
Arena	Polideportivo Municipal de Almansa
Capacity	1,500
Location	Almansa, Spain
Team colors	Blue and white;
President	Matilde Cuenca
Head coach	Rubén Perelló
Home	Away

Club Baloncesto Almansa, also known as Afanion CB Almansa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Almansa, Castilla-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball.

History[]

In 2017, CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA^[1] and one year later, just in their debut season, the club reaches the LEB Plata by winning the three games of the promotion stage played at home.^[2]

The success of the club would continue with a third consecutive promotion, thus reaching the LEB Oro, second tier, on 25 May 2019.

Players[]

Current roster[]

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

Afanion CB Almansa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F/C	3		2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	30 – (1991-05-24)24 May 1991
G	2		1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1993-07-12)12 July 1993
G	4	Polanco, Eddy	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	27 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994
C	11		2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	31 – (1990-08-03)3 August 1990
F	12		2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1989-11-09)9 November 1989
C	21	Dimakopoulos, Ioannis	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	27 – (1994-11-07)7 November 1994
F	77		1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
G	5		1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	36 – (1985-06-23)23 June 1985
G	9		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	29 – (1992-06-09)9 June 1992
F	7		2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1994-11-07)7 November 1994
G	10		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1994-05-11)11 May 1994
G	15		2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	31 – (1990-05-05)5 May 1990
F	13	Cvetinovic, Nikola	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988

Head coach

Rubén Perelló

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Ioannis Dimakopoulos
PF	Anthony Lee	Kevin Bercy
SF	Arvydas Gydra	Justinas Olechnavicius
SG	Jalen Nesbitt	Fabio Santana
PG	Carles Bivia	Josep Pérez

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

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L
2004–05	6	1ª Autonómica	5th	14–12
2005–06	6	1ª Autonómica	2nd	18–10
2006–07	6	1ª Autonómica	4th	17–10
2007–08	7	1ª Autonómica	8th	14–12
2008–09	7	1ª Autonómica	6th	13–11
2009–10	6	1ª Autonómica	1st	16–4
2010–11	5	1ª División	8th	12–14
2011–12	5	1ª División	12th	9–17
2012–13	5	1ª División	6th	15–11
2013–14	5	1ª División	6th	12–14
2014–15	5	1ª División	8th	11–15
2015–16	5	1ª División	3rd	19–6
2016–17	5	1ª División	1st	23–1
2017–18	4	Liga EBA	1st	28–5
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	2nd	25–11
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	12th^[a]	10–14

^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[]

^ "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[3] Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[2] "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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