101 Greats of European Basketball

Caceres in the title game, 79-71. However, Villacampa’s
role in that team had dwindled and he did not have
much presence in the final.
After he retired, as if 17 years with the club were not
enough, Jordi Villacampa took a position on the club’s
board of directors as vice president and was finally
elected president on November 29, 1999, a position he
held for 17 years. Under his mandate, Joventut experienced
a second golden era, the highlight of which was,
without a doubt, the double crown of the 2007-08 season
with the Spanish King’s Cup and the Eurocup Cup
titles, the latter against a nearby opponent, Akasvayu
Girona, by a commanding 79-54 in the final. That win
granted the team a berth in the 2008-09 EuroLeague.
However, there was yet another success, even bigger,
with the everlasting creation of talents at the Joventut
Badalona basketball school. The latest examples
were Rudy Fernandez and Ricky Rubio, two players who
have had important roles both at the highest European
club level and with the Spanish national team. They had
to leave the club for their own sporting ambitions, but
there is no doubt that the Badalona system will produce
new wonders in no time.
Jordi Villacampa; He wore number 8, but on and off
the floor, he’s a perfect 10!
Jordi Villacampa
fulfilled: Jordi Villacampa and his lifelong club were European
champions.
Villacampa played three more seasons after that
and managed to win another important trophy: the
Spanish Kings’ Cup. In the tournament played in Leon,
Joventut bested Caja San Fernando, Leon and finally
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