Guaros de Lara is a Venezuelan professional

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club, that is based in

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. Guaros de Lara BBC has existed as a club in various different forms since 1983. It has existed in its current form since 2003. The club competes in the Venezuelan LPB. The club has won two Venezuelan LPB national domestic titles. On the international stage, the club also has one continental

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title, and three intercontinental titles, consisting of two

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titles and one

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title.

History

In 1982, Flavio Fridegotto decided to sell his ownership in the Colosos de Carabobo basketball team, which led the club move from Carabobo, to the city of

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. In Acarigua, the club began to compete under the name of Bravos de Portuguesa, in 1983. In 1993, the club moved to

, and changed its name to Malteros de Lara. In 1995, the club changed its name to Bravos de Lara. The club again relocated, as it moved to the city of

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. After moving to Guanare, the club re-named itself to Bravos de Portuguesa once again, in 1998. Former NBA player

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played with the team in 1999. In 2003, Carlos García Ibáñez bought the Bravos de Portuguesa club, and he subsequently moved it back to the city of Barquisimeto. After the club returned to Barquisimeto, it was re-named to Guaros de Lara. In 2016, Guaros de Lara won the 2016 FIBA Americas League championship, and was crowned as the champion of all of

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, for the first time. Following their FIBA Americas League championship, Guaros also won the

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, and thus they were crowned world basketball

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champions, after beating the Skyliners Frankfurt in the final. In 2017, Guaros successfully defended their Americas intercontinental title, by defeating Weber Bahía Blanca, by a score of 88–65, in the final of the years' Americas League. Later, they also won their first

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national domestic title, by defeating

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, 4–2, in the Venezuelan League's finals. Afterwards, they won the

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championship, which was the club's first

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n continental championship; after defeating

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, 3–1, in the league's finals.

Arena

Guaros de Lara plays their home games at the 10,000 seat capacity Domo Bolivariano arena.

Honours

Domestic

:Champions (2):

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, 2018 :Runners-up (4): 2005, 2006, 2015, 2019

South America

:Champions (1):

Latin America

:Champions (2):

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:Runners-up (1):

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Worldwide

:Champions (1):

:Runners-up (1):

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

* Luis Bethelmy * Néstor Colmenares * Gregory Echenique * Windi Graterol * Heissler Guillént *

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* José Gregorio Vargas * Gregory Vargas * David Cubillán * David Cooke * Zach Graham *

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* Mario Little *

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* Robert Upshaw * Damien Wilkins *

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Head coaches

* Che García * Iván Déniz *

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References

External links

Guaros de Lara Official website

Latin-Basket.com Team Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guaros de Lara Basketball teams in Venezuela