Tenerife Club de Baloncesto was a professional

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team based in

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History

Tenerife CB was founded in 1996 after the fusion of some teams of the islands and debuts in

LEB Oro The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...

in the 1996–97 season, the first of this league. In the 2002–03 season, Tenerife plays the FIBA Champions' Cup and reaches the second stage. In the same year, Tenerife CB becomes champion of the Copa Príncipe and promotes 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 ...

, where plays two seasons before being relegated to

. In summer of 2010, Tenerife CB renounces to its berth in

due to financial problems and is relegated to

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

. In the next summer and after reaching the promotion playoffs, Tenerife CB achieved a vacant berth to play in

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

, the Spanish basketball third division. In 2013, the club was not allowed to play the lowest regional category in the Canary Islands.El Tenerife Baloncesto no jugará en Primera Autonómica
; Marcha Deportiva, 7 October 2013

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Copa Príncipe: (1) **2003 *

Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias The Regional basketball competitions in Spain are competitions usually played in summer with the best teams in each Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Communities. Andalusia Aragon The Trofeo Gobierno de Aragón is played between the t ...

: (2) **2002, 2005

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP *Lawrence Lewis – 2002

Notable players

Jorge Racca Jorge Oscar Racca (born September 4, 1971, in General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina) is an Argentine-Italian retired male professional basketball player. At and , he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Nicknamed "Pampa" during ...

1 season: '04-'05 * José Ángel Antelo 1 season: '08-'09 * Nacho Yáñez 2 seasons: '02-'04 * Richi Guillén 1 season: '03-'04 *

Antwain Barbour Antwain La'Mar Barbour (born June 27, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hoops Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. Kentucky High School Sweet 16 State Champion 2000 (Elizabethtown). MVP Kentucky H ...

3 seasons: '06-'09 *

Alpha Bangura Alpha Mohamed Bangura (born February 4, 1980) is a Libyan-Sierra Leonean former professional basketball player who competed as a member of the Libya national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009. Amateur career Bangura is a gradua ...

1 season: '05-'06 *

Gustavo Ayón Gustavo Alfonso Ayón Aguirre (born April 1, 1985) is a Mexican former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Mexican national basketball team in international national team competitions. Standing at a height of , he played at ...

1 season: '09-'10 *

Sitapha Savané Sitapha Alfred Savané Sagna (born 20 August 1978) is a Senegalese retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Senegal national basketball team. He played his entire professional career in Spain, most of it in the ACB League. ...

3 seasons: '01-'04 *

Christian Maråker Christian Erik Maråker (born 24 September 1982) is a Swedish basketball player for Borås Basket of the Basketligan. A 6'9" center/power forward, he played college basketball in the United States at the University of the Pacific from 2002 to 2 ...

1 season: '08-'09 * Gimel Lewis 1 season: '07-'08 *

Ashraf Amaya Ashraf Omar Amaya (born November 23, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. High school career Amaya attended Oak Park and River Forest High School for his freshman year, but he transferred to Walther Lutheran High School t ...

1 season: '04 *

Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight class ...

2 seasons: '03-'05 * Chris Alexander 1 season: '07-'08 *

Kenny Miller Kenneth Miller (born 23 December 1979) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player, and is currently the assistant coach of Major League Soccer club Atlanta United. Miller, who played as a striker, is one of only five post-war ...

1 season: '02-'03 *

Lou Roe Louis Marquel Roe (born July 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Spanish Liga ACB, among other leagues. He was an All-American college player at the Unive ...

1 season: '09-'10 *

Venson Hamilton Shad Venson Hamilton (born August 11, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. College career A graduate of East Rutherford High School in Forest City, North Carolina, Hamilton played college basketball at the University of Ne ...

1 season: '02-'03

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tenerife Cb Defunct basketball teams in Spain Former LEB Oro teams Sport in Tenerife Basketball teams established in 1996 Former Liga ACB teams Former LEB Plata teams Basketball teams disestablished in 2013 Former Liga EBA teams Basketball teams in the Canary Islands 1996 establishments in Spain 2013 disestablishments in Spain