Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (basketball)

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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama logo
Nickname Vascão
Gigante da Colina (Giant of the Hill)
Trem Bala da Colina (Bullet Train of the Hill)
Leagues Liga Ouro de Basquete
Founded 1898; 127 years ago (1898)
History C.R. Vasco da Gama
(1920–present)
Arena Ginásio São Januário
Location Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Team colors Black and White
         
President Brazil Eurico Miranda
Head coach Brazil Christiano Medeiros
Championships 2 Brazilian Basketball Championship
2 Liga Sudamericana (LSB)
2 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes
Website www.vasco.com.br

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Basquete, or C.R. Vasco da Gama Basquete, is a Brazilian men's professional basketball club that is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the multi-sports club C.R. Vasco da Gama. Vasco da Gama Basquete was found in May 11, 1920.[1]

History

Vasco da Gama won the Brazilian Championship in the years 2000 and 2001, and the South American League championship in the years 1999 and 2000. They also won the South American Club Championship in the years 1998 and 1999.[2]

The club also played at the 1999 edition of the McDonald's Championship, losing the final to San Antonio Spurs. The club is the first Brazilian club to play against a NBA team.[3]

In 2016, the team is playing the Liga Ouro de Basquete, tournament that give to champion a place at the Brazilian premier professional basketball league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) in 2016–2017 season.[4]

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Vasco da Gama Basketball roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G/F 4 Brazil Correa, Arthur 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1998-10-06)6 October 1998
G 5 Brazil Lima, Hélio 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1982-11-14)14 November 1982
F 7 Brazil Costa, João Victor 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1997-03-07)7 March 1997
F 8 Brazil Gaúcho, Daniel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1986-03-27)27 March 1986
G/F 9 Brazil Santos, Ricardinho (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1974-09-01)1 September 1974
G 10 Argentina Palacios, Damián 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1985-10-06)6 October 1985
G 11 Brazil Silva, Marcellus 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1988-02-17)17 February 1988
F/C 12 Brazil Camilo, Erick 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1992-02-18)18 February 1992
G/F 14 United States Collum, Robby 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1980-11-30)30 November 1980
F 15 Brazil Dornelles, Márcio 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1975-12-29)29 December 1975
C 19 Brazil Drudi, William 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1981-09-22)22 September 1981
C 24 Brazil Nunes, Douglas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1987-02-09)9 February 1987
G 25 Brazil Langsdorff, Bruninho 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1985-03-25)25 March 1985
G/F 30 Brazil Santos, Leozinho 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1997-06-04)4 June 1997
C 42 United States Agba, Jeff 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). – (1980-01-12)12 January 1980
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Brazil Cássio de Lima dos Santos
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Updated: Apr 2, 2016

Honours

Worldwide

Continetal

National

Regional

  • State Championship
    • Winners (16): 1946, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001

Noted players

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Noted coaches

References

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External links

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