CB Illescas

Spanish basketball team

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Club Baloncesto Illescas, was a Spanish basketball team based in Illescas, Castile-La Mancha.

History

The original CB Illescas, founded in 1989, has got the record of six consecutive promotions from the lowest regional division in 2002–03 to LEB Oro,^[1] division where the team played in the 2008–09 season.

The club was also famous because in 2006–07 was signed Neil Fingleton, the tallest British-born man with 232 cm.^[2] The British center only played six games with CB Illescas.

In July 2011, Baloncesto Fuenlabrada announced their farm team compete in Liga EBA but out of Illescas.^[3] to playing in regional divisions.^[4]

After that, the town of Illescas decided to create a new team called CB Ilarcuris started to compete in the sixth division (Primera Autonómica), promoting in its first year to the Primera División. After its second season, the senior team did not enter any competition.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
2002–03	8	3ª Autonómica	1st
2003–04	7	2ª Autonómica	1st	21–5
2004–05	6	1ª Autonómica	1st	27–3
2005–06	5	1ª División	1st	21–5
2006–07	4	Liga EBA	1st	27–4
2007–08	3	LEB Plata	2nd	28–10	Copa LEB Plata	RU
2008–09	2	LEB Oro	17th	8–26
2009–10	3	LEB Plata	13th	10–20
2010–11	3	LEB Plata	14th	8–20

Notable players

References

^ Sports gala of Illescas ABC.es, October 31, 2008
^ Neil Fingleton causes furor at Illescas with his 232 cm Marca.com October 9, 2006
^ CB Illescas will not play at LEB Plata the next season La Tribuna de Toledo. June 11, 2011.
^ El Fuenlabrada se desmarca del Illescas, que saldrá en Autonómica La Tribuna de Toledo. July 19, 2011