CB Alicante

Calpisa
Full name	Club Balonmano Alicante
Founded	1945 [1]
Dissolved	1993
Arena	Pitiu Rochel, Alicante, Spain
Capacity	1,868
League	Liga ASOBAL
1992–93	Liga ASOBAL, 6th
Home Away

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

References

1. "TECNISAN CONTINUARA EN DIVISION DE HONOR" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. July 12, 1988. p. 51.

External links

Media reports (in Spanish)

• El Calpisa sólo existirá mientras sea el mejor
• Calpisa campeón de la Recopa
• Barcelona, gran favorito; Atlético y Calpisa, aspirantes al título 80-81