Baloncesto Rivas

Baloncesto Rivas CDE, commonly known as Rivas Ecópolis due to sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball team based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Community of Madrid.

Rivas Ecópolis
Founded1993
ArenaCerro del Telégrafo
LocationRivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain
Team colorsRed
PresidentJosé Luis Pérez
Head coachMiguel Méndez
Championships1 Liga Femenina
2 Copa de la Reina
Websitebasketrivas.com

History

Baloncesto Rivas was founded in 1988 as CD Covíbar but the women's basketball team didn't play until 1993.

Rivas first played in the top category in 2004, but it couldn't avoid relegation. However the team was back for the 2007 season and rose into the championship's top places, attaining 3rd (2009, 2010) and 4th (2011) spots. These results earned Rivas qualification for the Euroleague, where it reached the Round of 16 in 2010 and 2011. In 2011 it won the Copa de la Reina, its first national title.

In 2012, Rivas achieved a berth to the Euroleague Women Final Eight at Istanbul, where it finished runner-up after being defeated in the final game by Ros Casares Valencia.

Three years later, in 2015, the club resigns to continue playing in Liga Femenina and came back to the second division. On 17 July 2017, the club decided to dissolve definitively the senior team due to the lack of sponsorship, thus competing only with the youth teams.[1]

Sponsorship naming
  • Rivas Ciudad del Deporte 2000–2002
  • Rivas Futura 2002–2008
  • Rivas Ecópolis 2008–2015
  • Rivas Promete 2015–2016
  • Rivas Ecópolis 2016–

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. Copa de la Reina European competitions
2000–01 2 1ª División 1st[lower-alpha 1]
2001–02 2 Liga Femenina 2 1st
2002–03 2 Liga Femenina 2 3rd
2003–04 1 Liga Femenina 14th
2004–05 2 Liga Femenina 2 1st
2005–06 2 Liga Femenina 2 2nd
2006–07 1 Liga Femenina 9th Quarterfinalist
2007–08 1 Liga Femenina 5th Quarterfinalist
2008–09 1 Liga Femenina 3rd Quarterfinalist 2 EuroCupR32
2009–10 1 Liga Femenina 3rd Semifinalist 1 EuroLeagueR16
2010–11 1 Liga Femenina 4th Champion 1 EuroLeagueR16
2011–12 1 Liga Femenina 4th Semifinalist 1 EuroLeagueRU
2012–13 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Champion 1 EuroLeague2R
2013–14 1 Liga Femenina 1st Runner-up 1 EuroLeague2R
2014–15 1 Liga Femenina 7th[lower-alpha 2] Semifinalist
2015–16 2 Liga Femenina 2 2nd
2016–17 2 Liga Femenina 2 6th
  1. Invited to join the newly created Liga Femenina 2.
  2. Resigned to its place in Liga Femenina.

Titles

Record in European Competitions
  • Euroleague
    • 2010: Round of 16
    • 2011: Round of 16
    • 2012: Runner-up
  • Eurocup
    • 2009: Round of 32
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See also

References
  1. "EL CB Rivas (Rivas Ecópolis) no tendrá equipo de LF2 la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Rivas Actual. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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