Club Balonmano Femenino Elda, also known as Elda Prestigio for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's handball team from Elda, Valencian Community founded in 1985.

Elda Prestigio
Short nameClub Balonmano Femenino Elda
Founded1985
ArenaPabellón Municipal Ciudad de Elda, Elda
Capacity3,000 seats
PresidentJosé Joaquín Verdú
Head coachPepe Rizo
LeagueDivisión de Plata
2015–16División de Plata, 6th
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Elda was promoted in 1992 to the División de Honor, where it played for the next two decades. In the late 1990s it became a national powerhouse, winning four leagues and two national cups between 1999 and 2008.[1] The team's major success in European competition was reaching the 2005 Champions League quarter-finals and the 2010 EHF Cup final, lost to Randers HK. It also reached the EHF Cup and Cup Winners' Cup's semifinals in 1998, 2002 and 2007.[2]

In June 2012 Elda asked to be relegated to the third tier due to financial strain.[3]

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Season to season

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SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
1991–922Primera Nacional2ndPromoted
1992–931División de Honor8th
1993–941División de Honor7th
1994–951División de Honor5th
1995–961División de Honor3rd
1996–971División de Honor3rd
1997–981División de Honor3rd
1998–991División de Honor1stLeague champion
1999–001División de Honor3rd
2000–011División de Honor3rd
2001–021División de Honor3rdCup champion
2002–031División de Honor1stLeague champion
2003–041División de Honor1stLeague champion
SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
2004–051División de Honor2ndCup champion
2005–061División de Honor3rd
2006–071División de Honor3rd
2007–081División de Honor1stLeague champion
2008–091División de Honor3rd
2009–101División de Honor2nd
2010–111División de Honor2nd
2011–121División de Honor9thRelegated
2012–133Primera Nacional1st
2013–143Primera Nacional1stPromoted
2014–152División de Plata5th
2015–162División de Plata6th

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