BC Andorra
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Wikipedia - BC Andorra
Bàsquet Club Andorra S.A., also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The team plays in the Liga ACB with home games played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra.
From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the Korać Cup during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.
History
On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971.
BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the Korać Cup. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the LEB Plata.
In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the LEB Oro, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe.
The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro.
In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.
BC Andorra er kendt for sin stærke hjemmebanefordel i sit lille, intime stadion, Poliesportiu d'Andorra, som har en kapacitet på kun 5.000 tilskuere. Klubbens fans er ekstremt passionerede og støttende, hvilket skaber en fantastisk atmosfære under kampene.
I løbet af sin historie har BC Andorra vundet adskillige nationale titler, herunder den spanske mesterskabstitel i 1994 og den spanske pokalturnering i 1998 og 2001. Klubben har også opnået succes i europæiske konkurrencer, idet de nåede finalen i FIBA EuroCup i 1996.
I de seneste år har BC Andorra etableret sig som et stærkt hold i den spanske Liga ACB og konkurrerer regelmæssigt om en plads i slutspillet. Klubben er kendt for sin hurtigtflydende, højt scorende spillestil ledet af deres stjernevagter.
BC Andorra er et vigtigt symbol på Andorra og har bidraget betydeligt til populariteten af basketball i det lille land. Klubben har også hjulpet med at promovere Andorra på internationalt plan gennem sin succes i europæiske konkurrencer.