Club Bàsquet Granollers is a professional
basketball
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team based in
Granollers
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,
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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, which currently plays in
Liga EBA
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.
History
It was one of the historic teams of
Liga Nacional and
Liga ACB
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, where he played from 1977 to 1993, when it resigned to their place due to financial problems. In the 1985–86 season, the club played the
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.
In 1991 it changed its name to Granollers Esportiu Bàsquet after a merge with
RCD Espanyol
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and played with it until 1993. After that, the professional club was dissolved and continued as Club Bàsquet Granollers.
Sponsorship naming
*Areslux Granollers 1977–1984
*Cacaolat Granollers 1984–1989
*Grupo IFA Granollers 1989–1991
*BFI Granollers 1992–1993
Season by season
References
External links
Official websiteProfile at ACB.comProfile at FEB.esProfile at basquetcatala.cat
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Basketball teams in Catalonia
Former Liga ACB teams
Granollers
1932 establishments in Catalonia
Sport in the Province of Barcelona
Basketball teams established in 1932