Bàsquet Mallorca

Club Bàsquet Mallorquí, also known as Bàsquet Mallorca was a professional basketball team based in Inca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Bàsquet Mallorca
Founded2008
Dissolved2013
ArenaPalau Municipal
(capacity: 3,000)
LocationInca, Spain,
Balearic Islands
Team colorsOrange and Black
   
President Antoni Ramis
Head coach Xavi Sastre
Websitewww.basquetmallorca.com

History

Bàsquet Mallorca was founded in 2008 as a merger of two teams from Balearic Islands:

The team started playing in LEB Oro, but in the summer of 2010 they were relegated to LEB Plata because of not submitting all documentation on time. In that 2010–11 season, Mallorca promoted to LEB Oro after winning the final playoffs to BC Andorra. In the last game, Mallorca won 67–66 after Andreu Matalí failed two free shots with only one second left.[1]

In 2012, the club resigned to play any competition and announced it would be probably dissolved, but in September 2012 the Spanish Basketball Federation finally invited it to join Liga EBA.[2]

At the end of the season, Bàsquet Mallorca was dissolved and two new clubs appeared in Inca to substitute it: Former LEB Oro team Bàsquet Inca was re-founded and the youth system separated from the main club to create the new Bàsquet Ciutat d'Inca.[3]

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Mallorca had denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

  • Iberostar Mallorca Bàsquet: 2011 (only during LEB Plata promotion playoffs)
  • Logitravel Básquet Mallorca: 2011–12
  • WifiBaleares Mallorca Bàsquet: 2012–2013

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2008–09 2 LEB Oro 15th 12–22
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 12th[lower-alpha 1] 16–18
2010–11 3 LEB Plata 2nd 31–11
2011–12 2 LEB Oro 13th[lower-alpha 2] 15–19
2012–13 4 Liga EBA 13th 12–18
  1. Did not play in LEB Oro due to administrative problems. Grupo Iruña Navarra occupied its berth.
  2. Resigned to its berth in LEB Oro and joined the Group C of Liga EBA.

Notable past players

See also

References and notes
  1. Iberostar Mallorca es de Oro FEB.es June 5, 2011
  2. La FEB deja jugar al Bàsquet Mallorca en Liga EBA Archived 2013-01-17 at Archive.today Bàsquet Balear. 1 September 2012
  3. Basquet Inca y Ciutat d'Inca: polos opuestos Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine; Bàsquet Balear, 18 November 2013 (in Spanish)
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