Associação Académica de Coimbra B.C. is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club. The club competes in the Portuguese Basketball League. It is part of the

Associação Académica de Coimbra The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal. It is also the biggest Portuguese students' union belongi ...

which also is the originating body of several other sports teams. AAC Basquetebol won the Portuguese national basketball championship for the first time in 1949.Alberto Sousa Lamy ''A Academia de Coimbra, 1537-1990: história, praxe, boémia e ... '' 1990 Page 860 "A Associação Académica vence o campeonato nacional de basquetebol (2/7/1949)."

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External links

Associação Académica de Coimbra basquetebol Team Site

Eurobasket.com Associação Académica de Coimbra – basketballscoresway.com Académica de Coimbra – basketball
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