Club Balonmano Cantabria was a team of
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
based in
Santander,
Cantabria
Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...
. CB Cantabria was not registered in any handball league after 2008.
History
Balonmano Cantabria was founded in 1975 when bought the seat of CB La Salle Authi from
Los Corrales de Buelna.
La Salle Authi was for a long time sponsored by
Authi. From 1972–73 season to 1974–75 season, La Salle Authi played in Primera División (2nd tier).
In 1975, the industrial company based in
Santander, Teka, bought the team's seat and relocated it to Santander from Los Corrales de Buelna. The team was renamed more later as G.D. Teka.
In the 2007-08 season they survived relegation with a last minute goal by
Bo Spellerberg in a match against
Ademar León.
In August 2008 it was announced that the club has lost their place in the
Liga ASOBAL after not delivering on the promises made to the
Spanish Handball Federation and
Liga ASOBAL.
Club names
*Teka - (1990–1995)
*Cantabria - (1995–1996)
*Caja Cantabria - (1996–2000)
*Cantabria - (2000–2004)
*Teka Cantabria - (2004–2008)
Season by season
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*18 seasons in
Liga ASOBAL
Trophies
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Liga ASOBAL: 2
**1992–93, 1993–94
*
King's Cup: 2
**1988–89, 1994–95
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ASOBAL Cup: 4
**1990–91, 1991–92, 1996–97, 1997–98
*
Supercopa ASOBAL: 2
**1992–93, 1994–95
*
EHF Champions League
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: 1
**1993–94
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EHF Cup: 1
**1992–93
*
EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 2
**1989–90, 1997–98
*
IHF Super Globe: 1
**1996–97
Last Squad (2007-08 season)
Statistics 2007/08
*Goals:
**Rodrigo Reñones - 103 goals
**Tim Bauer - 94 goals
**Ouallid Ben Amor - 83 goals
*Catches:
**Jorge Oliva - 171 catches 27%
**Dimitros Kaffatos - 124 catches 27%
Stadium information
*Name: -
Palacio de los Deportes
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*City: -
Santander
*Capacity: - 6,200 people
*Address: - C/ Alta Nº133, s/n (very near to
Estadio El Sardinero).
Notable players
Notable coaches
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Javier García Cuesta
*
Manolo Cadenas
*
Julián Ruiz
*
Jovica Elezović
Jovica Elezović (; born 2 March 1956) is a Serbian former handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Elezović started playing handball for his hometown club RK ...
*
Alberto Urdiales
References
External links
CB Cantabria Official WebsiteDocumentacion para entrenadores de BalonmanoRevista digital de la Liga Asobal
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Handball in Cantabria
Handball clubs in Spain
Sport in Santander, Spain
Handball clubs established in 1975
Handball clubs disestablished in 2008
Defunct handball clubs in Spain
1975 establishments in Spain
2008 disestablishments in Spain
Sports clubs and teams in Cantabria