CB L'Hospitalet

Club Bàsquet L'Hospitalet, also known as Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia and plays in the Complex Esportiu L'Hospitalet Nord, in LEB Plata league.

CB L'Hospitalet
Leagues	LEB Plata
Founded	1929
Arena	Nou Pavelló del Centre
Location	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Team colors	White
Head coach	Jose Manuel Hoya
Championships	1 Spanish Cup 1 LEB Plata Championship 2 Liga EBA Championship
Website	cbhospitalet.cat
Home Away

CB L'Hospitalet organises annually the under-18 City of L'Hospitalet Tournament, integrated in the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament.

History

Founded in 1929, CB L'Hospitalet is one of the oldest basketball clubs in Spain. In their first years, the club achieved one Spanish Cup in 1940, became runner-up in the next year and in both seasons, it won two Catalan championships.

In 1974, CB L'Hospitalet achieved their first promotion ever to the National League, where it played until 1978. In 1983, after promoting again, L'Hospitalet became one of the founding clubs of the Liga ACB, but they only played the first season, as the club finished in the last position.

After several relegations, L'Hospitalet comes back to Liga EBA, third tier in that time, in 1999 and it becomes champion in the 2003–04 season, thus promoting to LEB 2, the new third division later renamed as LEB Plata.

The club achieves the league title in their debut season in the league, and promoted to LEB league, where they played three seasons until its relegation in 2008, achieving the qualification to the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB in 2006.

In 2010, L'Hospitalet could not register in LEB Plata due to the inability to meet the financial requirements and was dropped to the fifth tier, but came back to Liga EBA by achieving a vacant berth in the Group C.

In the 2015–16 season, L'Hospitalet registered a 30–2 record for promoting to LEB Plata, six years after the last time they played.^[1] The club was relegated again to Liga EBA. However, it remained in the league due to the existence of vacant places in it.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups
1929–56	Copa del Rey		1 time champion (39–40), 1 time runner-up (40–41)
1956–65	Lower divisions
1965–66	1	1ª División	8th	5–13	Quarterfinalist
1966–67	1	1ª División	10th	3–17
1967–68	2	2ª División	4th	9–9
1968–69	2	2ª División	10th	1–1–16
1969–73	Lower divisions
1973–74	2	2ª División		–
1974–75	1	1ª División	9th	7–1–14
1975–76	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–17
1976–77	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–17	First round
1977–78	1	1ª División	12th	5–1–16	First round
1978–79	2	1ª División B	6th	11–1–10
1979–80	2	1ª División B	3rd	23–1–6
1980–81	1	1ª División	10th	9–17
1981–82	2	1ª División B	4th	16–1–8
1982–83	2	1ª División B	3rd	17–2–7
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	15th	11–20
1984–85	2	1ª División B	6th	14–12
1985–86	2	1ª División B	14th	15–16
1986–90	Lower divisions
1989–90	2	1ª División	11th	16–19
1990–91	2	1ª División	11th	19–25
1991–92	2	1ª División	16th	11–25
1992–99	Lower divisions
1999–00	4	Copa Catalunya	3rd
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	8th	15–15
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	4th	21–11
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	9th	16–14
2003–04	4	Liga EBA	1st	27–6
2004–05	3	LEB 2	1st	27–10
2005–06	2	LEB	6th	17–20
2006–07	2	LEB	12th	16–18
2007–08	2	LEB Oro	18th	11–23
2008–09	3	LEB Plata	5th	22–13		Copa LEB Plata	RU
2009–10	3	LEB Plata	17th^[a]	11–17
2010–11	5	Copa Catalunya	7th^[b]	14–16
2011–12	4	Liga EBA	4th	17–11
2012–13	4	Liga EBA	8th	16–14
2013–14	4	Liga EBA	5th	11–9
2014–15	4	Liga EBA	2nd	21–8
2015–16	4	Liga EBA	1st	29–2
2016–17	3	LEB Plata	13th^[c]	10–20
2017–18	3	LEB Plata	7th	19–15
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	16th	16–18
2019–20	3	LEB Plata	17th^[d]	12–13

1. Resigned to continue playing in LEB Plata.
2. Achieved a vacant berth in Liga EBA.
3. Remained in LEB Plata due to the existence of vacant berths.
4. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Spanish Cups: (1)
  • 1940
• 2nd division Championships: (1)
  • 2ª División: (1) 1974
• LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2005
• Catalan Championship: (2)
  • 1940, 1941

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP

• Thomas Terrell – 2006

LEB Plata MVP

• Thomas Terrell – 2005

Notable players

•   José Ángel Antelo
•   Joan Creus
•   Xavi Fernández
•   Ferran Laviña
•   Roger Grimau
•   Edgar San Epifanio
•   Thomas Terrell
•     Serge Ibaka
•   Chris Copeland

References

1. "TORRONS VICENS-CB L'HOSPITALET aconsegueix l'ascens a LEB Plata" (in Catalan). Catalan Basketball Federation. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

External links

• Official CB L'Hospitalet page