CB Axarquía
| CB Axarquía / Clinicas Rincón | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Leagues | LEB Plata | ||
| Founded | 1988 | ||
| Dissolved | 2016 | ||
| Location |
Vélez-Málaga (1988–2007) Rincón de la Victoria (2007–10) Torre del Mar (2010–11) Benahavís (2011–2012) Málaga (2012–2015) Torremolinos (2015–2016) | ||
| Team colors |
White and forest green | ||
| Website | cbclinicasrincon.com | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Club Baloncesto Axarquía, more known by its sponsorship name of Clinicas Rincón Axarquía, was a basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia.
History
Until the 2000s, Axarquía played in Regional leagues and in Liga EBA. In 2005 the team achieved a vacant berth in LEB 2 and started its collabotarion as the farm team of Unicaja. Since 2011, the club started playing its games out of the comarca of Axarquía.
In July 2013, when Unicaja was going to resign to continue with its reserve team in LEB Plata, a local entrepreneur rescued CB Axarquía and achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.[1] Axarquía agreed also new collaboration terms with Unicaja and now is playing again as farm team.
In March 2015 it was announced CB Axarquía would leave the professional leagues at the end of the season and would restart its project at Liga EBA,[2] but finally the club accepted to play in LEB Plata.
One year later, CB Axarquía would be dissolved due to the lack of support. Manolo Rincón, president and sponsor of the club, accepted the proposal of Unicaja Málaga to sponsor all the youth teams of the club.[3]
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | RS | PO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 4 | Liga EBA | 13 | – | 14–16 | – |
| 2003–04 | 4 | Liga EBA | 3 | Round of 16 | 19–11 | 0–2 |
| 2004–05 | 4 | Liga EBA | 4 | – | 20–10 | – |
| 2005–06 | 3 | LEB 2 | 12 | – | 12–18 | – |
| 2006–07 | 3 | LEB 2 | 14 | – | 14–20 | – |
| 2007–08 | 3 | LEB Plata | 4 | Semifinalist | 24–10 | 2–2 |
| 2008–09 | 2 | LEB Oro | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 19–15 | 0–2 |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 14 | – | 13–21 | – |
| 2010–11 | 2 | LEB Oro | 14 | – | 12–22 | – |
| 2011–12 | 2 | LEB Oro | 17 | Relegated | 7–27 | 0–3 |
| 2012–13 | 3 | LEB Plata | 3 | Finalist | 12–8 | 6–5 |
| 2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 9 | Quarterfinalist | 11–15 | 0–2 |
| 2014–15 | 2 | LEB Oro | 14 | – | 9–19 | – |
| 2015–16 | 3 | LEB Plata | 5 | Semifinalist | 11–15 | 4–4 |
Notable players
Álex Abrines- Ricardo Guillén
Ognjen Kuzmić- Nedžad Sinanović
Vítor Faverani- Augusto Lima
- Paulão Prestes
Domantas Sabonis- Vilmantas Dilys
Andrej Magdevski
References
- ↑ La Opinión de Málaga, 6 July 2013
- ↑ Clínicas Rincón abandonará su proyecto en la LEB; Diario Sur, 4 March 2015
- ↑ "Clínicas Rincón renuncia a su proyecto en LEB y patrocinará a la cantera del Unicaja" (in Spanish). Sur. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.