Montevideo Basket Ball Club
Encyclopedia
The Montevideo Basket Ball Club is a Uruguay
an basketball
team that plays in the Uruguayan Basketball Federation
(FUBB). Montevideo BBC was born in December 1933 in the La Comercial
neighborhood of Montevideo
, where the head office is still located.
The team has moved up and down the division scale, and currently plays in the metropolitano (second division) of the league's three divisions.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team that plays in the Uruguayan Basketball Federation
Uruguayan Basketball Federation
The Federacion Uruguaya de Basketball also known by the acronymun FUBB, is Uruguay's professional basketball league's federation.-History: under the presidency of Federico Crocker...
(FUBB). Montevideo BBC was born in December 1933 in the La Comercial
La Comercial
La Comercial is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Villa Muñoz to the west, La Figurita and Jacinto Vera to the north, Larrañaga and Tres Cruces to the east and Tres Cruces and Cordón to the south.- External links :...
neighborhood of Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, where the head office is still located.
History
A group of basketball fans formed the Montevideo Basket Ball Club in 1933, and named it in honor of the city of Montevideo. The first gym was located between the streets of Martin Garcia and Republica in Montevideo.The team has moved up and down the division scale, and currently plays in the metropolitano (second division) of the league's three divisions.
Titles
- 1945 Champion Federal 2nd Division
- 1954 Champion winter tournament 1st Division
- 1963 Champion Federal 2nd Division
- 1986 Champion Federal 3rd Division
- 2008 Champion 3rd Division