Assignia Manresa
| ICL Manresa | |
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| Leagues | LEB Oro |
| Founded | 1931 |
| History |
Manresa Basquetbol Club (1931–1934) Unió Manresana de Bàsquet (1934–1979) Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet (1979–1992) Bàsquet Manresa (1992–Present) |
| Arena | Pavelló Nou Congost |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Location | Manresa, Spain |
| Team colors | Red, White |
| President | Josep Vives |
| Head coach | Ibon Navarro |
| Championships |
1 Spanish Championship 1 Spanish Cup 1 LEB Oro Championship |
| Retired numbers | 2 (7, 10) |
| Website | basquetmanresa.com |
| Uniforms | |
Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., also known as ICL Manresa by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Manresa, Spain, playing in LEB Oro. The team was founded in 1931. They are currently playing their home games at the Pavelló Nou Congost. The team has won the ACB Championship once, in 1998.
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, 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.
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.
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