Peñarol Mar del Plata
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Club Atlético Peñarol is a professional basketball team based in Mar del Plata
, Argentina
. Peñarol currently play in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
.
The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 5 official tournaments (Súper 8, FIBA Americas League
, Liga Nacional, InterLigas
, and Copa Argentina).
, 2008 
Sergio Hernández
(coach) – 2008
Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Peñarol currently play in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top level of the Argentine league system. Their home arena is the Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas
The Polideportivo Islas Malvinas is an indoor arena located in Mar del Plata, Argentina which was built for the XII Pan American Games in 1995. It is qualified to host such sports as basketball, handball, volleyball and tennis, as well as to accommodate all kinds of shows, conventions and exhibitions...
.
The team had its most successful campaign during 2010, winning 5 official tournaments (Súper 8, FIBA Americas League
FIBA Americas League
The FIBA Americas League is an international men's basketball club cup competition played annually by clubs of Americas, and is organized by FIBA Americas. The first edition started on December 4, 2007.-Format:The 16 participating clubs are divided in four groups of four teams each...
, Liga Nacional, InterLigas
Torneo InterLigas
The Torneo InterLigas is an international club basketball competition between the four best-placed teams in the Argentine and Brazilian leagues.- History :...
, and Copa Argentina).
Current roster
Retired numbers
- 8 -
Sebastián "Tato" RodríguezPablo Sebastián RodríguezPablo Sebastián "Tato" Rodríguez is a retired Argentine basketball player. He spent his mostly career at Peñarol de Mar del Plata, club where he played during 15 seasons until September, 2011...
, Point guardPoint guardPoint guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
(1994-98, 1999-2003, 2004-11). Number retired on November 23, 2011
National
- Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1993–94, 2009–10, 2010-11
- Copa Argentina: 2010
- Torneo Súper 8: 2006, 2009–10
- Copa Desafío: 2007, 2010
International
- FIBA Americas LeagueFIBA Americas LeagueThe FIBA Americas League is an international men's basketball club cup competition played annually by clubs of Americas, and is organized by FIBA Americas. The first edition started on December 4, 2007.-Format:The 16 participating clubs are divided in four groups of four teams each...
: 2007–08, 2009–10 - Torneo InterLigasTorneo InterLigasThe Torneo InterLigas is an international club basketball competition between the four best-placed teams in the Argentine and Brazilian leagues.- History :...
: 2010
Olympic team selection
Leonardo Gutiérrez – 2004, 2008 Sergio HernándezSergio Hernández (basketball)
Sergio Santos Hernández is an Argentine basketball coach. He is the head coach of Peñarol de Mar del Plata in the Liga Nacional de Básquet ....
(coach) – 2008