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Bàsquet Manresa

Basketball team in Manresa, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bàsquet Manresa
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Club Bàsquet Manresa S.A.D.,[1] also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball. It home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. In 1998, Bàsquet Manresa won the Spanish Championship in one of the most astonishing and well-known sporting accomplishment in Europe.

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Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, Rolando Frazer, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.

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History

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Bàsquet Manresa was founded in 1931 with the name of Manresa Bàsquetbol Club and merged in 1934 with Club Bàsquet Bages for becoming Unió Manresana de Bàsquet. In 1940, the club wins the Copa Barcelona and integrates in CE Manresa as its basketball section.

In 1968 the club promotes for the first time to the Liga Nacional but is immediately relegated again in its debut season. Two years later, Manresa played again in the top tier and ended the league in the fourth position, thus qualifying for the first time to play the Korać Cup, where it reached the quarterfinals.

In 1979 the club splits from CE Manresa and becomes Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet and grew up until becoming a usual contender in the Liga ACB. With the sponsorship of TDK between 1985 and 2000, the club lived its best years. In 1992, as a professional club and according to the law, Manresa becomes a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changes again its name to Bàsquet Manresa. This name change allowed Manresa EB and its former rival CB Manresa to merge definitively.

In 1996, Manresa wins its first national trophy by defeating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey played in Murcia. Two years later, and after finishing the regular season in the sixth position and without the home-court advantage in any of the playoffs series, Manresa wins the 1997–98 Liga ACB after eliminating Adecco Estudiantes in the quarterfinals and Real Madrid in the semifinals, for winning in Tau Cerámica Baskonia 3–1 in the finals. As in the Copa del Rey won two years ago, Joan Creus became the MVP of the finals. This achievement is nowadays considered on the biggest surprises in Spanish sport ever.[2]

As league champions, Manresa played the EuroLeague, but was eliminated in the group stage. The golden era of the club suddenly ended in 2000, after the relegation to Liga LEB by losing in the do-or-die match against Gijón Baloncesto, that ended 95–91 after an overtime.

Since its relegation, Manresa started to alternate seasons in ACB and LEB, with two league promotions in 2002 and 2007, as LEB champions. In 2012 and 2013, Manresa suffered two relegations in Liga ACB, but remained in the league due to the impossibility of LEB Oro teams to promote. In 2017, after registering the worst season in the top tier since the 1983–84 season, Manresa relegated to LEB Oro. However, the club achieved promotion just in the next season after beating Club Melilla Baloncesto in the final of the playoffs.

During the 2018–19 ACB season the team returned to the top tier after a one–season absence and the team ended 8th in the standings qualifed to the 2019 ACB Playoffs during that season but later they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the quarterfinals. Resulting to the great performance during the season, Manresa qualifed to the Basketball Champions League for the following 2019–20 season and returned to European competitions after 20 years.

In the 2021–22 season, Manresa made it success in the Basketball Champions League and the team returned after a one season, which the team reached the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four and reached the championship game but however, it was lost to Lenovo Tenerife 98–87 in the final. But they managed to reach the playoffs in the 2022 ACB Playoffs, they reached the quarterfinals but they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the series.

In the 2022–23 season, Manresa struggled and finding a way to salvate from regelation. In the end of the season they ended 14th in the standings and out of the playoff bound. Which the team almost collapse in regelation. In the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League season, they managed to reached the quarterfinals but they lost again to Lenovo Tenerife 2–1 which was their matchup in the previous year's final.

In the 2023–24 season, the team returned back to its great performance, reaching to the ACB Playoffs after the previous season they didn't reach and the worst position. But later, they were eliminated by Uncaja 2–0 in the quarterfinals. The team did not qualify to 2023–24 Basketball Champions League due to its worst performance despite salvation from regelation from the previous season.

The team will participate in the EuroCup for the following 2025–26 season.

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Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Manresa has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

  • Manresa K'ans 1967–1971
  • Manresa La Casera 1971–1977
  • Icab Manresa 1977–1979
  • Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980
  • Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985
  • Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983
  • Ebro Manresa 1983–1984
  • TDK Manresa 1985–2000
   
  • Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002
  • Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009
  • Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010
  • Assignia Manresa 2010–2012
  • La Bruixa d'Or 2013–2014
  • La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 2014–2015
  • ICL Manresa 2015–2018
  • Baxi Manresa 2018–present
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Home arenas

  • Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
  • Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players

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George Gervin in 1990

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Current roster

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

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Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[a]; Red * – overseas player[b]; Green – youth player[c]

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Head coaches

Since 1967:

  • Francesc Casé 1967–1968
  • Josep Masseguer 1968–1969
  • Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970
  • Antoni Serra 1970–1977
  • Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978
  • Joan Martínez 1978
  • Josep M. Soler 1978
  • Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979
  • Joan Basora 1979–1981
  • Pere Guiu 1981
  • Miguel López Abril 1981
  • Jaume Ventura 1981–1984
  • Germán González 1984
  • Francesc Canellas 1984–1985
  • Miquel Bataller 1985
  • Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986
  • Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988
  • Flor Meléndez 1988–1990
  • Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005
  • Pedro Martínez 1990–1994, 2014–2015, 2019–2024
  • Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001
  • Luis Casimiro 1997–1999
  • Manel Comas 1999–2000
  • Xavier García 2005
  • Óscar Quintana 2005–2007
  • Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–2013
  • Borja Comenge 2013–2014
  • Pere Romero 2014
  • Ibon Navarro 2015–2017
  • Aleix Duran 2017–2018
  • Diego Ocampo 2018, 2024–
  • Joan Peñarroya 2018–2019
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Season by season

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Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

Spanish Cup MVP

ACB Rising Star

All-ACB Second Team

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

LEB Oro MVP

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Notable players

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Notes

  1. A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In Champions League, the team must register at least five homegrown players in rosters of 11–12 players or at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10 players.
  2. A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In Champions League, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
  3. In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
  4. Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos and Lucentum Alicante did not complete the requirements for joining the league.
  5. Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos did not complete the requirements for joining the league.
  6. League ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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