Quimsa
Quimsa
Basketball team in Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Asociación Atlética Quimsa, usually called simply Quimsa, is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Santiago del Estero in the homonymous province.
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| Nickname | Fusión | ||
| Leagues | LNB Champions League Americas | ||
| Founded | 13 August 1989; 34 years ago (1989-08-13) | ||
| History | Asociación Atlética Quimsa (1989–present) | ||
| Arena | Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero | ||
| Capacity | 4,300 | ||
| Location | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||
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| President | Gerardo Montenegro | ||
| Head coach | Sebastian Gonzalez | ||
| Championships | 2 Champions League Americas 2 Liga Nacional 1 Liga Sudamericana 1 Copa Argentina | ||
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The club's professional basketball team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of Argentine basketball, and Pan-America's premier men's basketball league, the Basketball Champions League Americas. Quimsa has won two continental titles in 2020 and 2024. They have also won two national LNB championships in 2015 and 2023.
Quimsa's home arena is the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero. Apart from basketball, other activities hosted by the club are cestoball, roller skating, taekwondo and volleyball.[1]
Founded in 1989, its name derives from the Quichua word kimsa, meaning three. The club was established as the merger of "Estudiantes Unidos", "Santiago Basketball Club" and "Inti Club", all three historical basketball clubs in Santiago.
In the 2002–03 season Quimsa achieved promotion to Torneo Nacional de Ascenso, the second division of national basketball. In the 2004–05 season, Quimsa played the final to promote, but they lost to La Unión in a playoff match after a 2–2 tie.
Quimsa reached the final in the following season, promoting to LNB although Quimsa also lost to Juventud Sionista, which crowned champion of the second division.
In their first season in the top level of Argentine basketball, Quimsa ended 9°, with 25 wins and 23 losses.
In November 2020, Quimsa won the final of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), beating Flamengo and being crowned champions of South America.[2]
On April 14, 2024, Quimsa won its second BCLA championship and became the first team to win two league titles. The Final Four was hosted by Quimsa in Santiago del Estero and the final was a rematch with Flamengo.[3] Brandon Robinson was once again named the league MVP.[3]
Current roster
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Retired numbers
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| N° | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | N° Ret. | Ref. |
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| 7 |  | Nicolás Aguirre | PG | 2011–13, 2014–15 | 2019 | [4][5] |
| 8 | | Fernando Small | ? | 2006–08 | 2019 | [4] [5] |
| 11 | | Miguel Cortijo | PG | (none) [note 1] | ? | [4] |
| 14 | | Gabriel Deck | SF | 2010–16 | 2019 | [4] [5] |
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Other players
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Quimsa plays its home venues at Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero, which have a capacity of 4,300. The stadium was originally used by Club Estudiantes Unidos, one of the three institution that merged to form Quimsa. With the money earned from the sales of Inti Club and Santiago Básquetbol Club (the other two clubs part of the merging), Quimsa refurbished the arena.[8]
- Liga Nacional (2): 2014-15, 2022–23
- Basketball Champions League Americas (2): 2019–20, 2023–24
- Liga Sudamericana (1): 2009 (II)
- Copa Argentina (1): 2009
- Quimsa official website (Archive, 21 May 2013)
- "Quimsa claim first Basketball Champions League Americas title with triumph over Flamengo". Basketball Champions League Americas. 31 October 2020.
- "Quimsa dominates Flamengo to become BCLA's first repeat champion". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- El repaso por las camisetas retiradas en la Liga Nacional on Basquet Plus, 14 Ago 2019
- Quimsa retiró tres camisetas en el marco de su 30° aniversario, Basquet Plus, 13 Aug 2019
- Peñarol retiró la camiseta de "Tato" Rodríguez, Télam, 23 Nov 2011
- Dorsales retirados que marcaron historia by Mariano Blanco on Diario Época, 11 May 2015
- Remodelarán el estadio Ciudad una vez finalizada la temporada, Nuevo Diario web, 17 May 2018
- Club page on Twitter
- Quimsa info and news on LNB