Ovarense Basketball is a team of professional basketball that plays in Ovar, Portugal. The team plays in the LCB. The Ovarense created its section of basketball in 1970, with the initiative of a member entrepreneur, John Gonçalves, but in this space of time managed to assert itself as one of the standards and the inevitable reference method in Portugal.

History

Between 1976/77 and 1978/79, only six years after the team's creation, Ovarense ascended from third to first, on national level, indicating that the team's basketball vocation was strong. The club never fell from division, and the arrival of two Americans at the end of the 80's, gave the team the quality required to raise its level.

DJ and Mario Elie

Mario Elie

Mario Antoine Elie is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Currently, he works as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings.-Early life and career:...

, a future champion of the NBA, came to Portugal in 1987 and soon led to Ovarense's victory in the national championship, achieved against SL Benfica.

Since then the team of Ovar has been, with brief lapses, in the top-5 of basketball in our country, gaining several major trophies and winning the Portuguese Basketball League Cup in 1999/2000.

Achievements

• Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  Portuguese Basketball League (LCB)
  The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol is the top men’s basketball league in Portugal. From the 2008-09 season onwards, the competition will be organized once again by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol after 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LCB, after many years of financial...
  
  : 5

1987/1988, 1999/00, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/2008

• Portuguese Basketball Cup
  Portuguese Basketball Cup
  The Portuguese Basketball Cup is the top men’s basketball cup in Portugal, which is also called and it is organized by the Federation.-Portuguese Cup Winners:...
  
  : 2

1988/89, 1989/90

• Portuguese Basketball SuperCup
  Portuguese Basketball SuperCup
  The Portuguese Basketball SuperCup is a men’s professional basketball competition in Portugal, which is also called and it is played by the Champion of the LCB and the wiiner of the Portuguese Cup....
  
  : 7

1988/89, 1990/91, 1993/94, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2006/07, 2007/2008

• Portuguese Basketball League Cup
  Portuguese Basketball League Cup
  Portuguese Basketball League Cup or Taça da Liga Trecem is a competition for Portuguese teams that play in LCB-Portuguese League Cup Champions:...
  
  : 4

1991/92, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2000/01

• Portuguese Basketball Champions Tournament
  Portuguese Basketball Champions Tournament
  Portuguese Basketball Champions Tournament Cup or Torneio dos Campeões is a competition for Portuguese teams that play in LCB-Portuguese Champions Tournament Winners:...
  
  : 2

2004/05, 2007/2008

Current Squad 2009–2010

#	Name	Birthdate	Position	Last Season Club
7		Nuno Manarte	1975	Guard	Ovarense Dolce Vita
6		José Barbosa	1990	Guard	Ovarense Dolce Vita
4		Miguel Rodrigues	1991	Guard	Ovarense (Junior Team)
5		Pedro Azevedo	1981	Small Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
16		Nuno Morais Nuno Morais Nuno Miguel Barbosa Morais is a Portuguese footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also appear as a central defender.-Football career:Morais started his career at hometown F.C...	1990	Small Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
10		John Waller John Waller John Waller is an American Contemporary Christian musician, a singer-songwriter.-Early life:John was the lead singer for the late-1990s band According to John...	1982	Small Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
15		Humberto Oliveira	1990	Small Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
0		Shawn Jackson	1971	Small Forward	Gestibérica Ciudad de Vigo Ciudad de Vigo Básquet Ciudad de Vigo Básquet, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of KICS Ciudad de Vigo, is a professional Basketball team based in Vigo, Galicia. After the 2009-10 season, the team was dissolved.-Season by season:-External links:*...
8		André Pinto	1980	Power Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
11		Miguel Miranda Miguel Miranda Miguel Eduardo Miranda Campos is a retired football goalkeeper from Peru, who obtained 47 international caps for his national team...	1978	Power Forward	Ovarense Dolce Vita
14		Nelson Costa		Power Forward	Sanjoanense
13		Nuno Cortez	1982	Center	Ovarense Dolce Vita
9		Chris Lee	1984	Center	Esgueira/Oli

External links

• Official Site