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Fundación CB Granada
The Fundación Club Baloncesto Granada, also known as Coviran Granada by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Granada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. It home arena is the Palacio de Deportes. History The Fundación CBG was founded in 2006 as an entity associated to basketball club CB Granada, with the aim to promote basketball and other nonprofit activities in the province of Granada. In 2012, after the dissolution of CB Granada, the entity decided to create a senior basketball team that could replace the defunct club in the city. In its first season, the club promoted to Liga EBA after finishing as runner-up of the Andalusian group of Primera División de Baloncesto. Two years later, in 2015, Covirán Granada qualifies to the final stage of Liga EBA and finishes winning its group in Albacete, achieving the promotion to LEB Plata, the third tier in Spanish basketball. On 21 January 2017, Covirán Granada won its first title after defeating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs. The competition was founded as the ACB Primera División on 1983 following the decision of clubs in the Liga Española de Baloncesto (1957–1983), Liga Nacional, founded in 1957, to break away from the Spanish Basketball Federation and professionalize the league. The league's accumulated revenues were worth around €30 million in 2020, with Endesa and Movistar Plus+ contributing 50% of the revenues of the league. The league is a corporation where president Antonio Martín Espina, Antonio Martín is responsible for its management, whilst the member clubs act as shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 LEB Plata Season
The 2017–18 LEB Plata season was the 18th season of the Spanish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ... third league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 5 June 2018 with the final. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 season, two relegated from the 2016–17 LEB Oro and four promoted from the 2016–17 Liga EBA. On July 18, 2017, Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet, Arcos Albacete Basket, CB Extremadura Plasencia and Baskonia B achieved the vacancies of Zornotza ST, CB Clavijo, Marín Peixegalego and Seguros Soliss Alcázar Basket. ;Teams relegated from LEB Oro * CB Clavijo (remained in LEB Oro as Sáenz Horeca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Spain
The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands. Post-hoc genetic analysis has shown that at least 15 strains of the virus had been imported, and community transmission began by mid-February. By 13 March, cases had been confirmed in all 50 provinces of the country. A partially unconstitutional lockdown was imposed on 14 March 2020. On 29 March, it was announced that, beginning the following day, all non-essential workers were ordered to remain at home for the next 14 days. By late March, the Community of Madrid has recorded the most cases and deaths in the country. Medical professionals and those who live in retirement homes have experienced especially high infection rates. On 25 March, the official death toll in Spain surpassed that of mainland China. On 2April, 950 people died of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 LEB Oro Season
The 2019–20 LEB Oro season was the 24th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 25 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and was curtailed on 25 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2018–19 season, two relegated from the 2018–19 ACB and three promoted from the 2018–19 LEB Plata. ;Teams relegated from Liga ACB * Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket * Leche Río Breogán ;Teams promoted from LEB Plata * HLA Alicante * Afanion CB Almansa * Marín Ence PeixeGalego Venues and locations Personnel and sponsorship Managerial changes Season summary On March 10, 2020, the Government of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation postponed all the games of the next two weeks. On March 18, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 LEB Plata Season
The 2015–16 LEB Plata season will be the 16th season of the Spanish basketball third league LEB Plata. The season will start on October 3 and will end on May 27, 29 or 31 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals. KIAenzona.com, 9 June 2015 Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) Despite the aim of the Spanish Basketball Federation to increase the number of teams to 16, only a total of 15 teams. Despite being relegated to Liga EBA, Sáenz Horeca Araberri ac ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Liga EBA Season
The 2014–15 Liga EBA season was the 21st edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season started in October 2014 and finished in March 2015. Promotion playoffs to LEB Plata were played in April 2015. Format Regular season Teams are divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Groups A and E is also divided in two. The maximum number of teams in groups A to D was reduced to fourteen. In Group E, ten teams are allowed at sub-group E-A: *Group A-A: Cantabria, Basque Country, La Rioja and Castile and León. *Group A-B: Galicia, Asturias and Castile and León. *Group B: Community of Madrid, Castile-La Mancha and Canary Islands. *Group C: Catalonia and Aragón. *Group D: Andalusia, Extremadura and Melilla. *Sub-group E-A: Valencian Community and Region of Murcia. *Sub-group E-B: Balearic Islands. Final play-off The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group A (champion of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Liga EBA Season
The 2013–14 Liga EBA season was the 20th edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season started in October 2013 and finished in March 2014. Promotion playoffs to LEB Plata were in April 2014. Format Regular season Teams were divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Groups A and E were also divided in two: *Sub-group A-A: Cantabria, Basque Country, La Rioja and Castile and León. *Sub-group A-B: Galicia, Asturias and Castile and León. *Group B: Community of Madrid, Castile-La Mancha and Canary Islands. *Group C: Catalonia and Aragón. *Group D: Andalusia, Extremadura and Melilla. *Sub-group E-A: Valencian Community and Region of Murcia. *Sub-group E-B: Balearic Islands. Final play-off The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group A (champion of the previous season) played the promotion playoffs. From these 16 teams, only four promoted to LEB Plata. The winner of each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Basketball League System
The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur .... The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. Men There are currently four different nation-wide leagues in the system - the 1st tier Liga ACB, the 2nd tier LEB Oro, the 3rd tier LEB Plata and the 4th tier Liga EBA. Liga ACB is organized by the ''Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto'' (Basketball Clubs Association), which is a private organization. LEB leagues and Liga EBA are organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation while the lower tiers are organized by the regional federations. Levels For the 2018–19 season, the Spanish bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth System
In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough potential. In contrast to most professional sports in the United States where the high school and collegiate system is responsible for developing young sports people, most football and basketball clubs, especially in Europe and Latin America, take responsibility for developing their own players of the future. A subset of youth academies are referred to as elite academies, designated for teenagers and young adults. These academies typically have a higher cost of capital incurred for maintaining an optimal environment for practice as well as cups and other competitions that may be partaken. Elite academies often have full time staff including but not limited to coaches, physiotherapists, office staff and other roles that assist in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotonou Agreement
The Cotonou Agreement (French: ''Accord de Cotonou'') is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ("ACP countries"). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin's largest city, by 78 ACP countries (Cuba did not sign) and the then fifteen EU member states. It entered into force in 2003 and was subsequently revised in 2005 and 2010. Following the 2010 revision, the agreement was due to expire on 29 February 2020, but it was extended temporarily to no later than 31 October 2023, pending adoption of a new agreement (the Samoa Agreement). Aims The Cotonou Agreement is aimed at the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty while contributing to sustainable development and to the gradual integration of ACP countries into the world economy. The revised Cotonou Agreement is also concerned with the fight against impunity and promotion of criminal justice through the International Criminal Court. Main principles The Cotonou Agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all List of men's national basketball teams#FIBA Europe, 50 national European basketball federations. Structure FIBA Europe is one of five Regions of FIBA and is responsible for controlling and developing the sport of basketball in Europe. Among many tasks, this includes promoting, supervising and directing international competition at the club and national team levels, as well as governing and appointing European international referees. FIBA Europe is an international federation whose membership consists of the national basketball federations of Europe, of which there are currently List of men's national basketball teams#FIBA Europe, 50 members. The highest decision-making body is the Board of FIBA Europe which consists of 25 persons elected by the National Federations. The Board of FIBA Europe meets twice a year and is the executive bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
