Club Sportivo Ben Hur is an Argentine

Argentina

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 sports club

Sports club

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 from Rafaela

Rafaela

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, Santa Fe Province

Santa Fe Province

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. The club was founded in 1940 and is mostly known for its basketball

Basketball

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 and football teams.

Other sports practised in the club are aerobics

Aerobics

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, bowls

Bowls

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, chess

Chess

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, field hockey

Field hockey

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, and swimming

Swimming (sport)

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Basketball

Basketball is the sport that gave the most important successes to the club, winning the 2004-05 national championship

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol

The Liga Nacional de Básquet is the top level of the Argentine basketball league system. The league is controlled by the Basketball Clubs' Association...

, and the Liga Sudamericana

Liga Sudamericana

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 2006 among other titles. The club's in-doors arena is the Coliseo del Sur.

Titles

• Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1

2004-05

• Liga Sudamericana
  Liga Sudamericana
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  : 1

2006

• Torneo Nacional de Ascenso: 1

2001-02

• Liga Federativa C: 1

1994-95

Football

Football has been the main activity of the club since its foundation, although Ben Hur has achieved important titles in basketball as well. In its early years, Ben Hur started playing in the local league of Rafaela, but it was not until 1997 when Ben Hur left the regional tournaments to join the Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association

The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

. The club subsequently won the Torneo Argentino A

Torneo Argentino A

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 (the regionalized third division of the Argentine football league system

Argentine football league system

The Argentine football league system consists of two national divisions , and a series of regionalized lower divisions...

) in 2004 promoting to Primera B Nacional. Then Ben Hur would be relegated to upper divisions and currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B

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Ber Hur football stadium is the Estadio Parque Barrio Ilolay.

External links

• Lobo del Sur (fan site)
• Ben Hur (fan site)