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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)

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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.

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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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  • Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07
  • iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09
  • Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11
  • Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–2012
  • Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–2013
  • Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–2016
  • RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–present

    • Home arenas

  • Pabellón La Casilla (2000–09)
  • Bizkaia Arena (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
  • Bilbao Arena (2010–present)

    • Retired numbers

  • 14 Javi Salgado, G, 2001–2010

    • Trophies

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  • Liga ACB:
  • Runners-up (1): 2011
  • Supercopa de España:
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
  • Eurocup Basketball:
  • Runners-up (1): 2013
  • LEB Oro: (1)
  • 2004
  • Copa Príncipe de Asturias:
  • Runners-up (1): 2002
  • LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2002
  • Copa LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2002
  • Euskal Kopa: (1)
  • 2012

    • Individual awards

    All-ACB First Team

  • Marcelinho Huertas – 2008
  • Marko Todorović – 2015
  • Álex Mumbrú – 2016

    • Eurocup MVP

  • Marko Banić – 2010

    • All-Eurocup First Team

  • Marko Banić – 2009, 2010
  • Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013

    • All-Eurocup Second Team

  • Lamont Hamilton – 2013

    • Eurocup Coach of the Year

  • Fotios Katsikaris - 2013

    • Notable players

    To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Played at least one season for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

    • Rivalry

    Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

    References

    Bilbao Basket Wikipedia
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