Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Basquete, or C.R. Vasco da Gama Basquete, is a Brazilian men's professional

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club that is based in

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. It is a part of the

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C.R. Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (), commonly referred as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a professional sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally a rowing club, Vasco is mostly known for its football team, who it currently comp ...

. Vasco da Gama Basquete was founded on May 11, 1920.

History

Vasco da Gama won the CBB Championship title in the years 2000 and 2001, and the

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championship in the years 1999 and 2000. They also won the

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in the years 1998 and 1999. The club also played at the

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, losing the final to

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. The club is the first Brazilian club to play against an

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team. In 2016, the club won the Liga Ouro, the competition that gives its champion a place in the next edition of the Brazilian premier professional basketball league, the NBB. The club then competed in Brazil's top-tier level, for the first time since 2003, as it competed in the 2016–17 NBB season.

Roster

Honours and titles

Worldwide

* Quadrangular Quarta Copa Mundial ** Champions (1): 1963 *

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** Runners-up (1):

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Latin America

* Pan American Club Championship ** Runners-up (1): 1999

Continental

** Champions (2): 1998, 1999 ** Runners-up (1): 2000 * FIBA South American League (LSB) ** Champions (2):

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** Runners-up (1):

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National

* CBB Championship ** Champions (2): 2000, 2001 ** Runners-up (4): 1965, 1966, 1980, 1999 *Brazilian Champions Cup ** Winners (1): 1981 * Liga Ouro ** Champions (1): 2016

Regional

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** Champions (16): 1946, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001 ** Runners-up (18): 1940, 1943, 1947, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2007, 2016

Noted players

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* Aylton * Byra Bello *

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* Demétrius * Josuel dos Santos *

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* Roberto Felinto *

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* Helinho * Janjão *

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* Manteiguinha * Mingão * Paulinho Motta *

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* Ratto *

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* Caio Torres * Valtinho *

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* Dani Farabello *

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* Evaristo Pérez * José Vargas * Charles Byrd

Head coaches

* Alberto Bial * Hélio Rubens *

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References

External links

Official website

LatinBasket.com Team Page
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