CB Girona

Infobox Basketball club
color1 =
color2 =#003366
name =Akasvayu Girona
nickname =
logo =CB Girona.png imagesize =170px
leagues =5th - Spanish ACB
founded =1962
history =1962 - 2008
arena =Palau Girona-Fontajau
(capacity: 5,049)
location =Girona, Catalonia, Spain
colors =dark red
president =Josep Amat
coach =Pedro Martínez
championships =1 FIBA EuroCup
2 Catalan Championships
website = [http://www.cbgirona.cat www.cbgirona.cat]

Club Bàsquet Girona is a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia. The senior team currently is not registered in any Spanish league.

History

The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB was enlarged to 24 teams, CB Girona entered the first division. In 1991, the club had to buy the rights of the CB Granollers to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.

In 2007, Girona won the FIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted at Palau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beat Azovmash Mariupol in the final after having beaten Addeco Estudiantes in the semifinals.

After the end of the 2007-2008 season, CB Girona suffered serious economic problems, with a debt of over €6 million euros. On July 25th, 2008, the club announced that it would not participate in the 2008-2009 ACB season of the Spanish ACB League or in the 2008-09 ULEB Cup season of the ULEB Cup [ [http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/34075/448/item CB Girona withdraws from Eurocup, Spanish League.] ] . A new club, named CB Sant Josep Girona was founded and it started playing in the Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.

Trophies

*2 Catalan League championships: (1996, 2006)
*1 FIBA EuroCup: (2007)

Participations in the ACB

CB Girona qualified for the ACB in the 1987-88 season. The club's participations are as follows:

Participations in European competitions

*1989-90 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the second round
*1990-91 Did not participate
*1991-92 Did not participate
*1992-93 Did not participate
*1993-94 Did not participate
*1994-95 Did not participate
*1995-96 Did not participate
*1996-97 Did not participate
*1997-98 Did not participate
*1998-99 Did not participate
*1999-00 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the semifinals
*2000-01 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the second round
*2006-07 FIBA Cup: CHAMPIONS
*2007-08 ULEB Cup: runners up

ponsors

* 1987-1998: Valvi Supermercats, the club was renamed to "Valvi Girona"
* 1998-1999: No sponsor, the club was renamed to "Girona Gavis"
* 1999-2005: Casademont, the club was renamed to "Casademont Girona"
* 2005-2008: Akasvayu, the club was renamed to "Akasvayu Girona"

Famous players

* Joaquim Costa Puig
* Jordi Pardo
* Josep Cargol
* Dusko Ivanovic
* Francesc Solana
* Darryl Middleton
* Terrell Myers
* Xavi Fernàndez
* Rafael Jofresa
* Marc Gasol

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Arena

CB Girona plays in Palau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 by NBA player Moses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona and PAOK Salonica.

* [http://www.cbgirona.com/biblioteca/arxius/pavello.jpgPalau Girona-Fontajau]

upporter groups

*Engaviats
*Penya Polska

"Girona a l'ACB" platform

"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated from Catalan: "Girona in ACB") was created on May 23, 2008, by CB Girona fans. Its purpose was to support the team and the club so they could get rid of the debt and continue playing in the top spanish division the next year. A website was created for that [ [http://www.girona-acb.com Girona-ACB platform.] ] ca es, and there were more than 10,500 signatures collected. Some protests were also made, like a demonstration with over 1,100 people, a basketball match in front of the city hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 t-shirts were also sold.

References

External links

* [http://www.cbgirona.cat/ CB Girona Official Website] ca es en