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.

CB Alicante

Club's name

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

CB Alicante

Notable players

Notables coaches

Miguel Roca

Pitiu Rochel

José Julio Espina

Santos Labaca

César Argilés

Ivo Munitić

References

External links

Media reports

El Calpisa sólo existirá mientras sea el mejor

Calpisa campeón de la Recopa

Barcelona, gran favorito; Atlético y Calpisa, aspirantes al título 80-81

Handball clubs in Spain

Handball clubs established in 1945

Handball clubs disestablished in 1993

Defunct handball clubs

1945 establishments in Spain

1993 disestablishments in Spain

Sport in Alicante

Sports clubs and teams in the Valencian Community

CB Alicante