Byspania Tíjola open their Tercera FEB season at home this Saturday, with the Copa Diputación retained
Byspania Tíjola open their second Tercera FEB season this Saturday, at 18:00 and against CB Novaschool, after retaining the Copa Diputación.
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National-league basketball returns to Tíjola this Saturday. Byspania Tíjola begin their second season in the Tercera FEB in their home sports hall, at 18:00, against CB Novaschool, from Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga). Season ticket holders and under-18s get in free, according to Tíjola Digital.
And they arrive with a well-rounded pre-season behind them. Last Saturday, 26 September, the Tíjola side beat Sur Seeds Baloncesto Murgi, from El Ejido, 81-58 at home in the game that closed the Tercera FEB three-team group of the Copa Diputación (Provincial Council Cup), which also included Ecoculture CB Almería. With that win they retained the title they had already won in 2025, and they did it by leading from the start: 30-16 at the end of the first quarter and 46-31 at half-time, according to the D-Cerca match report.
A new coach and the usual core
There is a new man on the bench: Víctor Rubio, a coach “with extensive experience in FEB leagues”, according to Zona de Básquet. Key players such as Luis Rueda, Cedric Belemene and Roberto Cubero stay on, and the new arrivals include, among others, the Dominican Montaño, the Spanish-Venezuelan Montilla, Reyes, Cebrián and the Frenchman Hugo Marín-Birkener.
The bar is set high. In their first campaign in the division, Byspania reached the play-off for promotion to the Segunda FEB, and the aim this season, according to Tíjola Digital, is to be back in the top part of the table and fight again for a place in that final phase.
A town with a basketball tradition
In Tíjola, basketball goes back a long way: the old CB Tíjola went as far as competing in the LEB Plata between 2009 and 2011. Today, with 3,573 residents according to the INE padrón (the municipal register), the town is once again taking on teams from much bigger cities every weekend, and free entry for minors at this season opener makes it a good outing for the whole family.
Match details
- Match: Byspania Tíjola v CB Novaschool Rincón de la Victoria, first round of the league.
- When: Saturday 3 October, at 18:00.
- Where: Tíjola municipal sports hall, Calle Antonia Guevara, 2.
- Admission: free for season ticket holders and under-18s.
One thing to bear in mind: AEMET, Spain’s state weather agency, is keeping its yellow warning for rain and storms in the Almanzora Valley in place this afternoon, from 15:00 to 20:59, so if you are going, set off in good time.
