CB Almansa

CB Almansa
CB Almansa
League	LEB Oro
Arena	Polideportivo Municipal de Almansa
Capacity	1,500
Location	Almansa, Spain
Team colors	Blue and white;
President	Matilde Cuenca
Head coach	Tino Ugidos
Home	Away

Club Baloncesto Almansa, also known as Afanion CB Almansa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Almansa, Castilla-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball.

History[edit]

In 2017, CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA^[1] and one year later, just in their debut season, the club reaches the LEB Plata by winning the three games of the promotion stage played at home.^[2]

The success of the club would continue with a third consecutive promotion, thus reaching the LEB Oro, second tier, on 25 May 2019.

Players[edit]

Current roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Afanion CB Almansa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Harris, Bobby	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	33 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
PF	1	Mutic, Lazar	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	24 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
G	3	Costa, Sergi	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1996-09-04)4 September 1996
PG	5	Bivia, Carles	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	38 – (1985-06-23)23 June 1985
G	7	Diaz, Mateo	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	22 – (2002-03-06)6 March 2002
G/F	9	Bonde, Mads	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997
F/C	10	Fernandez, Jaime	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	23 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000
F	11	Idehen, Robinson	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	26 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997
PF	12	Menendez, Javier	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
F	15	Martinez, Eduardo	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1990-05-05)5 May 1990
G/F	22	Morgan, Lamar	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	26 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
PF	26	Ogunsipe, Marvin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	28 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996

Head coach

Tino Ugidos

Assistant coach(es)

Luis Fernando Ortiz

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2022 October 15

Depth chart[edit]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jaime Fernandez	Javier Menendez
PF	Marvin Ogunsipe	Eduardo Martinez	Lazar Mutic
SF	Robinson Idehen	Lamar Morgan	Mads Bonde
SG	Sergi Costa	Bobby Harris
PG	Mateo Diaz	Carles Bivia

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Season by season[edit]

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L
2004–05	6	1ª Autonómica	5th	14–12
2005–06	6	1ª Autonómica	2nd	18–10
2006–07	6	1ª Autonómica	4th	17–10
2007–08	7	1ª Autonómica	8th	14–12
2008–09	7	1ª Autonómica	6th	13–11
2009–10	6	1ª Autonómica	1st	16–4
2010–11	5	1ª División	8th	12–14
2011–12	5	1ª División	12th	9–17
2012–13	5	1ª División	6th	15–11
2013–14	5	1ª División	6th	12–14
2014–15	5	1ª División	8th	11–15
2015–16	5	1ª División	3rd	19–6
2016–17	5	1ª División	1st	23–1
2017–18	4	Liga EBA	1st	28–5
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	2nd	25–11
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	12th^[a]	10–14
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	11th	12–16
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	14th	13–21

^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[edit]

^ "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[3] Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[2] "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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