Centro de Treinamento Arremessando para o Futuro, or simply Espírito Santo Basquetebol, is a Brazilian
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 ...
team from
Vila Velha
Vila Velha (; Portuguese for "Old Village") is a coastal city in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It lies across from Vitória, the state capital. Its population was 501,325 (2020) and its area is 210.23 km².
Location
Vila Velha forms part of t ...
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Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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History
Espírito Santo was founded in 2000 as CETAF/Vila Velha, but it disputed its first
Brazilian championship in 2008, and at the same moment the team from Vila Velha also disputed ''Nossa Liga de Basquete''. In 2009, they disputed the first edition of
Novo Basquete Brasil
Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) (English language, English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), in a new format of B ...
, finished the regular in the tenth position and did not disputed the playoffs of that season. In the second season,
2009–10 NBB season, the team finished the regular in a worse position, twelfth place. But, due new rules of
Liga Nacional de Basquete, it won the right to compete its first and only playoffs where it was defeated by
Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a ...
, after a series by 3–0. In the two following seasons, Vila Velha made terrible campaigns. To the
2012–13 NBB season
The 2012–13 NBB season was the fifth edition of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. This tournament is organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB serves as a qualifying competition for international tour ...
Vila Velha began a process of renovation of players and technical committee.
Roster
References
External links
Official website
Basketball teams in Brazil
Sports clubs and teams in Espírito Santo
Novo Basquete Brasil
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