Asociación Hebraica y Macabi del Uruguay, commonly known as Hebraica Macabi, is a professional

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team based in

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. The club currently plays in the

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, the top tier basketball league of

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. Founded in 1944, it participated in most Uruguayan basketball tournaments. During the first cycle, the name used by the club was Macabi Hacoaj, later changing its name to the current one.

History

Macabi was promoted to the Second Division of Uruguay Basketball in 1972 and to the First Division in 1973, winning three federal tournaments (Uruguay's most important tournament until 2000). The team retired from Uruguayan basketball in 1997, but then returned in 2004 to the Third Division. Obtaining two promotions over three years, Hebraica y Macabi played in 2007–08 on the

, Uruguay's most important tournament, obtaining second place. Macabi won its first national championship during the 2011–12 edition of the

Honours

**Winners (3): 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17 *Liga Metropolitana **Winners (1): 2006

Current roster

References

External links

Official website
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