Club Baloncesto Ambroz Plasencia, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Plasencia Extremadura, is a

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team based in

Plasencia Plasencia () is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. , it has a population of 41,047. Plasencia is located in the Western-Central Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Sistema Central. Housing primarily ...

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History

Plasencia Ambroz was founded in 1978 as a merge of the clubs Centro Juventud and La Salle. The most important milestone of the club was in 1995, when the club reached the Final Stage of the

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

, and played the promotion playoffs to the top tier, the

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, w ...

. In 2003, Plasencia Ambroz promoted to

LEB league The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

, second division, after an expansion of this league to 18 teams. It played in it during three seasons before relegation, outstanding in the first one, when it finished as runner-up of the Copa Príncipe and qualified again to the playoffs for promoting to the ACB League. Since 2006, the club played 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 ...

after resigning to its place in 2011, voluntarily to

, fourth division, until 2017 when the club came back to the third tier after achieving a vacant berth. In 2019, after being relegated again to Liga EBA, the senior squad was folded due to the lack of support, maintaining only the youth teams.

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Copa Extremadura: (8) **2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

References

External links

Official website
Basketball teams in Extremadura Former LEB Oro teams Liga EBA teams Former LEB Plata teams Sport in Plasencia {{DEFAULTSORT:Plasencia