Club Deportivo Ilunion, formerly known as Club Deportivo Fundosa ONCE, is a

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as ...

team based in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Spain.

History

Fundosa ONCE was founded in 1994 as the sports club of the

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. Since its first season, the club played in División de Honor thanks to achieving the league berth of

CD ONCE Andalucía Club Deportivo ONCE Andalucía was a wheelchair basketball team based in Seville, Spain. History ONCE Andalucía was founded in 1988 as part of the Spanish association ONCE. Since 1991, it competed in the top Spanish Wheelchair Basketball League, ...

. Fundosa ONCE is the most prolific team in the Spanish wheelchair basketball. In 1997, the club won the

IWBF Champions Cup The IWBF Champions League, formerly IWBF Champions Cup, is the top European competition in wheelchair basketball clubs in mens. Events Since 2009, the European club competitions work as this: *Tier 1: IWBF Champions League *Tier 2: EuroCup 1 ...

, its biggest achievement until repeating the feat in 2015 and 2016 respectively. In 2014, Fundosa ONCE changed its name to CD Ilunion. Two years later, Ilunion won its second IWBF Champions Cup after beating in the final

RSV Lahn-Dill The RSV Lahn-Dill (''shortened: Wheelchair sport association Lahn-Dill, in German: Rollstuhl Sport Verein Lahn-Dill'') is an association for wheelchair basketball in Wetzlar. The Association was founded in 1983. The Association counts to the mos ...

by 71–45.

Season by season

Notable players

Alejandro Zarzuela Alejandro Zarzuela Beltrán (born 2 April 1987) is a Spanish 3 point player, 3 point wheelchair basketball player. He has represented Spain as a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the U-23 European Championships. A ...

* Terry Bywater

References

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External links

Official website

History of Fundosa ONCE
Sports clubs and teams in Madrid Wheelchair basketball teams in Spain Basketball teams in the Community of Madrid