Basket Navarra Club is a professional
Basketball
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team based in
Pamplona
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Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood pl ...
,
Navarra
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. The team currently plays in league
LEB Plata
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.
History
Basket Navarra Club was founded in 2007 with the aim of creating a professional basketball team in
Navarra
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. The club played its first year at
LEB Bronce, league created in that season as the fourth division in Spanish basketball.
After this first year, the club achieved a vacant berth in
LEB Plata
The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...
. In their second season at this league, the club played the semifinals of the promotion playoffs, but were defeated by
CB Tíjola
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The Segun ...
.
On 2010, Basket Navarra Club clinched the spot of
Bàsquet Mallorca
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History
Bàsquet Mallorca was founded in 2008 as a merger of two teams from Balearic Islands:
* Club Bàsquet In ...
at
LEB Oro
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, the second division. Navarra reached the promotion playoffs to
Liga ACB
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but were defeated by
Ford Burgos in the quarterfinals round by 3–1. The next season, the
2011–12 was the best one in the history of the club, reaching the semifinals of the promotion playoffs to
Liga ACB
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.
In 2014, due to the existence of vacant berths, Navarra remained in
LEB Oro
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despite being qualified in the last position after a season marked as "an absurdity".
Two years later, Navarra was again relegated to
LEB Plata
The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...
, this time not remaining in LEB Oro.
Home arenas
*Polideportivo Arrosadia 2007–2009, 2018–present
*Polideportivo Anaitasuna 2009–2016
*
Pabellón Universitario de Navarra
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2016–2018
Sponsorship naming
Basket Navarra Club had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
*HNV-Consmetal Navarra: 2007–08
*HNV Duar Navarra: 2008–09
*Grupo Iruña Navarra: 2009–12
*Planasa Navarra: 2012–2016
*
AECC Navarra: 2016
[Planasa loaned the sponsorship to the Spanish Association Against Cancer for one game of the 2015–16 season.]
Season by season
Trophies and awards
Individual awards
LEB Oro MVP
*
Ondřej Starosta
Ondřej Starosta (born 28 May 1979) is a Czech former professional basketball player.
Player career
*1995/98 USK Praha, Slavia Praha
*1998/00 BC Sparta Praha, Sparta Praha
*2000/01 Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid ''youth team''
*2001/02 ...
– 2013
*Óliver Arteaga – 2016
All-LEB Oro Team
*
Ondřej Starosta
Ondřej Starosta (born 28 May 1979) is a Czech former professional basketball player.
Player career
*1995/98 USK Praha, Slavia Praha
*1998/00 BC Sparta Praha, Sparta Praha
*2000/01 Real Madrid Baloncesto, Real Madrid ''youth team''
*2001/02 ...
– 2013
*Pablo Almazán – 2015
*Óliver Arteaga – 2016
Current roster
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Basketball teams in Spain
Sport in Pamplona
LEB Oro teams
Sports clubs and teams in Navarre