CB Canarias
Spanish club with multiple FIBA intercontinental titles.
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias, also known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in 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 the EuroCup. Their home arena is the Santiago Martín. Canarias became a prominent club on the domestic scene during the 2010s, after securing promotion to the Liga ACB in 2014. Under the FIBA system, Canarias won two BCL championships (in 2017 and 2023) as well as three Intercontinental Cups (2017, 2020, 2023).
Quick Facts
- Leagues
- Liga ACB; EuroCup
- Founded
- 1939 (1994)
- History
- CB Canarias (1939–1994); CB 1939 Canarias (1994–present)
- Arena
- Santiago Martín
- Capacity
- 5,100
- Location
- La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- President
- Aniano Cabrera
- Coach
- Jaka Lakovič
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History
The team was founded in 1994 after the old CB Canarias club, facing severe financial problems, merged with other teams from Tenerife to create the new Tenerife Canarias club, which played only two seasons in the Liga EBA, then the second tier of Spanish basketball. Dissatisfied individuals formed the new CB 1939 Canarias, inheriting the club's colors and logo. In 2012, Iberostar Canarias won the LEB Oro championship and earned promotion to the Liga ACB, but could not promote due to failing to meet the ACB's requirements. One month later, on 20 July 2012, CB 1939 Canarias finally achieved promotion after Lucentum Alicante's vacated place was granted to the club. Alejandro Martínez became head coach in 2003 and led the team through multiple promotions from the LEB Plata to the Liga ACB, resigning in 2015. In the 2016–17 season, Canarias returned to European competition after 28 years. On 29 March 2017, the team qualified for the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, held at its home arena, and won the championship by defeating Banvit, marking the club's first major title. Later that year, Canarias won the 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup by beating Guaros de Lara 76–71. Three years later, it won the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup by defeating Virtus Bologna 80–72.
Home arena
CB Canarias 1939 plays its home games at the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. The arena opened in 1999, seats 5,100 for basketball, and has been the team's home since 2010. It has hosted the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, the 2017 and 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cups, and the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup.
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