Associação Limeirense de Basquete, also commonly known as Basquete Limeira, and known as Winner/Kabum Limeira for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian professional

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team that is based in

Limeira Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 308,482 (2020 est.) in an area of 581 km2. The elevation is 588 m. It is 154 km from São Paulo, the state capital, and 1011 km from ...

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, Brazil.

History

Winner Limeira was founded in 2001, with the intention of rescuing

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, and competing for both state and national titles. In its first year, Limeira won the second division of the State Championship and the Regional Games. Over the following eight years, Limeira won the Regional Games, and also won its first

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ian championship, which was named the Nossa Liga de Basquete, in 2006. In the club's first NBB season, was the 2009 NBB season. In that season, with a core group of players consisting of

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, Guilherme Teichmann, and Bruno Fiorotto, they finished in fifth place in the league, after being defeated by

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. Limeira did not participate in the second season of the NBB. In the following two seasons, Limeira had similar campaigns, finishing in ninth place. In the 2014 FIBA South American League, Limeira advanced from the preliminary round, with two wins and one loss, but only won one out of three games in the semifinals.Winner Limeira, Argentino de Junin advance
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Roster

Honors and titles

National

* Brazilian Championship ** Champions (1):

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Regional

São Paulo State Championship The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

** Champions (2): 2008, 2010 ** Runners-up (2): 2004, 2014

Other Tournaments

* Regional Games ** Winners (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 * EPTV Cup ** Winners (1): 2008

Noted players

Duda Machado Eduardo Magalhaes Machado, commonly known as Duda Machado (born 10 September 1982 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. At a height of 1.96 m (6'5") tall, he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Pr ...

Rafa Mineiro Rafael "Rafa" Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafael "Rafa" Mineiro, (born June 3, 1988) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with the Flamengo team of the Novo Basquete Brasil, in Brazil. Professional career In ...

* Deryk Evandro Ramos

Head coaches

Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, also commonly known simply as Demétrius (alternate spelling: Ferracciú) (born 17 July 1973) is a Brazilian former professional basketball player and coach. Career During his pro club career, Demétrius won 6 Br ...

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com Profile
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