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- Ισπανία - LEB Όρο 84 Ισπανία - LEB Πλάτα 69 Φιλικά Συλλόγων 15 Ισπανία - Liga EBA 6
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Wikipedia - Real Canoe NC (basketball)
Real Canoe Natación Club is the basketball team of this club based in Madrid, Spain. The section was founded in 1940.
The men's team played in the top division of Spanish basketball from 1957 to 1965, but nowadays plays in LEB Oro. The women's team was Liga Femenina champion three times, but now plays in Liga Femenina 2.
History
Men's team
Founded in 1940, after achieving several titles of second division and Regional Castilian championships, made its debut in the Liga Nacional in 1957, where it remained until 1965.
After reaching the second division in several stages during its whole history, it finally joined the Liga EBA since its foundation in 1994, where it played 20 of its 23 seasons before promoting and accepting to play in LEB Plata, third tier since 2000, league that refused to play after promoting in 2012.
On 5 June 2018, despite finishing the regular season in the ninth position, Real Canoe promoted to LEB Oro, thus coming back to a second-tier league 22 years after.
Women's team
The women's team made its debut in the first division in 1980 after merging with Club de Vacaciones
Real Canoe achieved three consecutive leagues between 1983 and 1986 and a Copa de la Reina in 1996. The club resigned voluntarily to continue playing in the top tier in 2000 and since that resign, they only played two more seasons in Liga Femenina.
After resigning to play in Liga Femenina 2 in 2012, the club spent four years in the third tier before promoting again to the second division.