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Club Baloncesto Caja Bilbao was a professional
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club based in
Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...
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History

Caja Bilbao was founded in 1983 and promoted to
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 1987, where it remained during five years.Historia del baloncesto en Bilbao
Blogs
EITB Euskal Irrati Telebista (; ; acronym EITB, branded eitb) is the Basque Autonomous Community's public broadcast service, which broadcasts throughout the Basque Country. Its main brand is Euskal Telebista (ETB, Basque Television). EITB is the l ...
It was dissolved in 1994 after promoting again to
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 ...
, but had not enough supporting to play the league.


Season by season


Notable players

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Juan Manuel López Iturriaga ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...
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Joe Kopicki Joseph Gerard Kopicki (born 12 June 1960) is an American former basketball player. At and , he played the power forward position. Biography Kopicki played basketball at Fitzgerald High School in his hometown of Warren, Michigan. He was name ...
* Darrell Lockhart


References

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External links


Profile at Eskudoteka
Defunct basketball teams in Spain Former Liga ACB teams Basketball teams established in 1983 Basketball teams in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Defunct sports clubs and teams in Bilbao 1983 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Basketball teams disestablished in 1994 1994 disestablishments in Spain