Club_de_Regatas_Vasco_da_Gama_(basketball)

CR Vasco da Gama (basketball)

CR Vasco da Gama (basketball)

Basketball team in RJ, Brazil

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Basquete, most known as Vasco Basquete or simply Vasco, and R10 Score Vasco for sponsorship reasons,[1] is a Brazilian men's professional basketball team, part of the multi-sports club C.R. Vasco da Gama, that is based in Rio de Janeiro. Founded on 11 May 1920, currently competes in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).[2]

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History

Vasco da Gama won the CBB Championship title in the years 2000 and 2001, and the FIBA South American League championship in the years 1999 and 2000. They also won the South American Club Championship in the years 1998 and 1999.[3]

The club also played at the 1999 McDonald's Championship, losing the final to San Antonio Spurs. The club is the first Brazilian club to play against an NBA team.[4]

In 2016, the club won the Liga Ouro, the competition that gives its champion a place in the next edition of the Brazilian premier professional basketball league, the NBB. The club then competed in Brazil's top-tier level, for the first time since 2003, as it competed in the 2016–17 NBB season.[5][6]

Roster

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Honours and titles

Worldwide

Latin America

Continental

National

  • CBB Championship
    • Champions (2): 2000, 2001
    • Runners-up (4): 1965, 1966, 1980, 1999
  • Brazilian Champions Cup
    • Winners (1): 1981
  • Liga Ouro
    • Champions (1): 2016

Regional

  • Rio de Janeiro State Championship
    • Champions (16): 1946, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001
    • Runners-up (18): 1940, 1943, 1947, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2007, 2016

Noted players

Head coaches

References

  1. [1]
    "Vasco anuncia o retorno da equipe de basquete e volta ao NBB". www.lance.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  2. [2]
    "95 anos de bola na cesta". Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (in Portuguese). May 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "História do Vasco da Gama". vasco.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Sempre Vasco da Gama". www.semprevasco.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Atrás de uma vaga no NBB, Vasco e Sport são confirmados na Liga Ouro". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Vasco vence Campo Mourão, fatura a Liga Ouro e volta à elite após 13 anos". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). June 10, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

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  1. [1]
    "Arquivo de Basquete do Vasco". meuvasco.com.br.
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