'Club Baloncesto Conquero', is a Spanish women's
basketball
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club based in
Huelva
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, that currently plays in the
Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
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.
History
Created in 1999 from the merger of local clubs CB Gilest and CB Ciudad de Huelva, the team reached the second category in 2008 and was promoted to the Spanish top division in 2012.
Profile
in the Spanish Basketball Federation
The Spanish Basketball Federation (; FEB) is the governing body of basketball in Spain. Based in Madrid, it was founded on 31 July 1923 in Barcelona, Spain.
It organizes all the female national competitions ( Liga Femenina (1st), Liga Femenina ...
's website
In February 2016, Conquero won its first national title after defeating Perfumerías Avenida by 70–62 in the final of the Copa de la Reina
Copa or COPA may refer to:
COPA
COPA may refer to:
* Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet
* Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
* Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association
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.
In July 2016, after finishing in third position for the season, the club was expelled from the Liga Femenina due to its debts. Following this decision, the club chose to register in the third tier while awaiting a judicial verdict regarding its expulsion.
Season by season
Notable former players
* Radostina Dimitrova
* Tanya Bröring
* Joanna Walich
* Lidia Mirchandani
* Rosó Buch
* Bernice Mosby
* Kaitlin Sowinski
References
External links
Official website
Women's basketball teams in Spain
Basketball teams established in 1999
Liga Femenina de Baloncesto teams
Basketball teams in Andalusia
Sport in Huelva
1999 establishments in Spain
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