CB Alicante
# CB Alicante

Club Balonmano Alicante or Club Balonmano Calpisa was a Spanish handball team based in Alicante, Spain, that dominated the Spanish league along four years and reached four championships and three Spanish cups.

Most of their players joined the national side of Spain and sometimes there were 6 or 7 Calpisa members playing with Spain.

## Club's name

| Name | Gap | Total seasons |
| - | - | - |
| C.D. Obras del Puerto | 1954–1972 | 18 |
| Obras del Puerto Calpisa | 1972–1974 | 2 |
| C.B. Calpisa | 1974–1981 | 7 |
| C.B. Calpisa-Hércules | 1981–1982 | 1 |
| C.B. Tecnisa | 1982–1985 | 3 |
| C.B. Tecnisán | 1985–1988 | 3 |
| C.B. Helados Alacant | 1988–1992 | 4 |
| C.B. Alicante-Benidorm | 1992–1993 | 1 |

## Trophies

* División de Honor: 4
   * Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
   * Runners-Up: 1978–79, 1979–80
* Copa del Rey (Spanish cup): 5
   * Winners: 1974–75,1975–76,1976–77,1979–80, (CB Tecnisán) 1985–86
   * Runners-Up: 1978–79
* EHF Champions League:
   * Semi-Final 77–78 Lost in semifinal against Śląsk Wrocław.
* EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 1
   * Winners: 1979–80
* EHF Cup:
   * Runners-Up: (CB Tecnisa) 1985–86
* Double

    Winners (3): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77

## Notable players

| José Perramón Pitiu Rochel Gregorio López Melo Ignacio Novoa Víctor García de Miguel Mario Hernández Santos Labaca Javier Cabanas Josep Maria Masip Miguel Ángel Cascallana | Nikola Miloš Jørgen Gluver Kaare Rankeliv Serguei Stupka Pero Milošević Radivoje Krivokapić Ivo Munitić Časlav Grubić Božidar Gašpar Dragan Radovanović Vjekoslav Mitrović Stojan Šumej |
| - | - |

## Notables coaches

* Miguel Roca
* Pitiu Rochel
* José Julio Espina
* Santos Labaca
* César Argilés
* Ivo Munitić
