Leagues Liga ACB Team colors Black, Silver Arena Bilbao Arena Location Bilbao, Spain | Arena Capacity 10,014 Main sponsor RETAbet Founded 2000 League Liga ACB | |
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Nickname Hombres de negro
(Men in Black) History Basket Bilbao Berri
(2000–2002)
Bilbao Basket
(2002–present) Profiles |
Bilbao Basket, also known as RETAbet Bilbao Basket by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena.
Contents
- Team focus bizkaia bilbao basket
- History
- Sponsorship naming
- Home arenas
- Retired numbers
- Trophies
- Individual awards
- Notable players
- Rivalry
- References
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Team focus bizkaia bilbao basket
History
The club was founded in 2000 replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals.
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Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the Euroleague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.
The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.
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On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble, but on August 8, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket will continue in the Spanish top league.
Sponsorship naming
Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
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Home arenas
Retired numbers
Trophies
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Individual awards
All-ACB First Team
Eurocup MVP
All-Eurocup First Team
All-Eurocup Second Team
Eurocup Coach of the Year
Notable players
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Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.