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

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

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa de la ReinaEuropean competitions
2000–0121ª División1st[a]
2001–022Liga Femenina 21st
2002–032Liga Femenina 23rd
2003–041Liga Femenina14th
2004–052Liga Femenina 21st
2005–062Liga Femenina 22nd
2006–071Liga Femenina9thQuarterfinalist
2007–081Liga Femenina5thQuarterfinalist
2008–091Liga Femenina3rdQuarterfinalist2 EuroCupR32
2009–101Liga Femenina3rdSemifinalist1 EuroLeagueR16
2010–111Liga Femenina4thChampion1 EuroLeagueR16
2011–121Liga Femenina4thSemifinalist1 EuroLeagueRU
2012–131Liga Femenina2ndChampion1 EuroLeague2R
2013–141Liga Femenina1stRunner-up1 EuroLeague2R
2014–151Liga Femenina7th[b]Semifinalist
2015–162Liga Femenina 22nd
2016–172Liga Femenina 26th
  1. ^ Invited to join the newly created Liga Femenina 2.
  2. ^ Resigned to its place in Liga Femenina.

Titles

Record in European Competitions

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.