Club Comunicaciones (Mercedes) is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
located in
Mercedes, Corrientes
Mercedes () is a city in the center of the . It is a first-class municipality with a population of 40,667 at the , and the head town of the department of the same name, which also includes the towns of Felipe Yofre and Mariano I. Loza. It is 275&nb ...
. It is best known for its
basketball
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team, which currently plays in the
Liga Nacional de Básquet
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system ...
(LNB), the top division of the Argentine league system.
The club is internationally known because some of its players have represented their South American national teams at the
FIBA Americas Championship
The FIBA AmeriCup (previously known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the Americas Basketball Championship that takes place every four years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.
Since FIBA organised the entire Wester ...
.
It also has a soccer team that plays the Mercedeña Soccer League tournaments and at the national level played the 2017 Federal C Tournament . He was invited to participate in the Torneo Federal B for the 2017 season
Players
Current roster
Notable players
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Luis Cequeira
Luis Eduardo Cequeira (born February 4, 1985) is an Argentine professional basketball player. He plays at the point guard position. He has been a member of the Argentine national basketball team.
Professional career
Cequeira began his professio ...
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Jose Fabio
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Jordan Adams
Jordan LaVell Adams (born July 8, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Club Atlético Aguada of Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was the first UCLA freshman to score 20 or more ...
References
External links
Comunicacioneson LNB website
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Basketball teams in Argentina
Sports clubs and teams in Argentina
Basketball teams established in 1992
1992 establishments in Argentina
Basketball clubs in Corrientes Province