Canarias Basketball Academy is a basketball institute based in
Tenerife
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,
Canary Islands
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,
Spain
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.
Its senior team currently plays in the Spanish Basketball Federation with their U18 and U16 teams. The junior team usually participates in the
Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament. It also takes part in different tournaments in the USA such as the MaxPreps Tournament, the Hoop Group Under Armour and the Adidas Nations.
History
Founded in 2007, the Canarias Basketball Academy was created with the aim of developing basketball players from all the world. Every year over 30 nationalities are represented in the academy, and it has grown from 15 players in 2007 to more than 100 in 2015.
Canarias Basketball Academy's founder and Director, Rob Orellana, saw that an academy as CBA in Europe could provide a key stepping stone for young players wanting to play college basketball in the United States. Since then Orellana has built a unique project in Europe that has sent more than 65 players have played in
NCAA Division I
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Portland
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Florida State
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Patrik Auda
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Professional career
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In August 2014, the CBA achieved a vacant berth in
LEB Plata
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league, the Spanish third division.
Season by season
Notable players
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Vladimir Brodziansky
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Charlon Kloof
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Tom Maayan
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Menelik Watson
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Andy Van Vliet
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References
External links
Official websiteSpanish Basketball Federation profile
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Basketball teams in the Canary Islands
Former LEB Plata teams
Sport in Tenerife
Basketball organizations
2007 establishments in Spain