Ciego de Ávila, nicknamed ''Búfalos'', is a
Cuba
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n professional
basketball
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team located in
Ciego de Ávila
Ciego de Ávila City () is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The city has a population of about 497.000, in a municipality of 756,373.
Geography
Ciego de Ávila lies on the Carretera Central highway ...
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The team has been competing in the Cuban
Liga Superior de Baloncesto
The Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) (English: Superior Basketball League) is the highest level men's professional basketball league in Cuba. The LSB has been active for twenty-eight years, interrupted only three times, once in 2011, 2014, and i ...
(LSB) since 2004 and has won a record 10 championships.
Honours
Liga Superior de Baloncesto
The Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB) (English: Superior Basketball League) is the highest level men's professional basketball league in Cuba. The LSB has been active for twenty-eight years, interrupted only three times, once in 2011, 2014, and i ...
* Champions (10): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013, 2016, 2022
Notable players
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Yoel Cubilla
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William Granda
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Joan Luis Haiti
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Yaser RodriguezBaloncesto: Éxito para Ciego de Ávila en apertura del TNA
, invasor.cu, 18 October 2017. Accessed 22 October 2017
References
External links
Presentation at Latinbasket.com
Videos
Baloncesto Cuba: Búfalos de Ciego de Ávila vs Toros de Artemisa
- Youtube.com video
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Basketball teams in Cuba
Basketball teams established in 2004
Ciego de Ávila