CH Casco Viejo Bilbao was an ice hockey team in Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...

, Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. They played in the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo

Superliga Española de Hockey Hielo

The National Ice Hockey League is the Spanish league of ice hockey.Two years ago the league was composed of eight teams, but due to financial problems in almost all clubs, the league has been reduced the number of participants year after year until only five today...

from 1975-1986.

History

CH Casco Viejo Bilbao was founded in 1975 and immediately started playing in the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top league in Spain. They reached the final in their first year, and won the Spanish championship for the first time in 1977. They won the title again in 1978, 1979 and 1981. Before the 1981-82 season the club changed its name to CH Vizcaya Bilbao. It was followed by two more championship titles (1982 and 1983), and a final participation in the Copa del Rey (1982).

Achievements

• Spanish champion : 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983
• Spanish runner-up : 1980
• Copa del Rey champion : 1978, 1981
• Copa del Rey runner-up : 1976, 1982