Asociación Atlética Quimsa, usually called simply Quimsa, is an Argentine

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located in the city of Santiago del Estero in the homonymous

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. The club's professional

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team plays in the

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(LNB), the top division of Argentine basketball, and Pan-America's premier men's basketball league, the

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. Their home arena is the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero. Apart from basketball, other activities hosted by the club are

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and

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History

Founded in 1989, its name derives from the

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word ''kimsa'', meaning ''three''. The club was established as the merger of "Estudiantes Unidos", "Santiago Basketball Club" and "Inti Club", all three historical basketball clubs in Santiago. In the 2002–03 season Quimsa achieved promotion to Torneo Nacional de Ascenso, the second division of national basketball. In the 2004–05 season, Quimsa played the final to promote, but they lost to La Unión in a playoff match after a 2–2 tie. Quimsa reached the final in the following season, promoting to LNB although Quimsa also lost to

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, which crowned champion of the second division. In their first season in the top level of Argentine basketball, Quimsa ended 9°, with 25 wins and 23 losses. In November 2020, Quimsa won the final of the

(BCLA), beating

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and being crowned champions of South America.

Players

Current roster

Retired numbers

;Notes:

Other players

* Nicolás Aguirre *

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Arena

Quimsa plays its home venues at Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero, which have a capacity of 4,300. The stadium was originally used by Club Estudiantes Unidos, one of the three institution that merged to form Quimsa. With the money earned from the sales of Inti Club and Santiago Básquetbol Club (the other two clubs part of the merging), Quimsa refurbished the arena.Remodelarán el estadio Ciudad una vez finalizada la temporada
Nuevo Diario web, 17 May 2018 Estadio_Ciudad

Honours

(1): 2019–20 *

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(1): 2009 (II) *

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(1): 2009

References

External links

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Quimsa info and news
on LNB {{Liga Nacional de Básquet Basketball teams in Argentina Basketball teams established in 1989 Santiago del Estero Province