The Soles de Mexicali (English: ''Mexicali Suns'') is a Mexican professional

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Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000, ...

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, playing in the Northern Division of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams. Despite its short history, the LNBP has established itself as the one of the most important ...

(LNBP). The team was founded in 2005, and has established as one of Mexico's youngest and most successful basketball francises. They currently play their home games in the

Auditorio del Estado Auditorio del Estado is an indoor arena in Mexicali, Mexico. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of the Soles de Mexicali. It can seat 4,426 people. It is located in the "Ciudad Deportiva" of Mexicali, known as the sport ...

and are getting their home auditorium remodeled to match their recent title. After only 2 years of existence, the team won their first national championship against the Halcones UV Xalapa. As of 2020, the Soles are the current champions of the LNBP.

International tournaments

The Soles have represented Mexico in some renowned and important international basketball competitions in such as the Harlem Week Basketball in the

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. On December 4, 2007, Soles de Mexicali was one of the 16 teams to participate in the first annual

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Mexicali, Baja California Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,0 ...

that ended on February 9, 2008. The Soles gave an impressive performance ending in second place while

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came in first.

2008-2009 Season

They defeated Lobos Universidad de Coahuila (U. de C.) to advance to the Final Eight. In the Final Eight they defeated Dorados de Chihuahua in 6 games to advance to the Zona Norte Finals (Final Four). On February 23, 2009, they will play Tecos de U.A. de G. in the Zona Norte Final, they will need win 4 of 7 games.

Honors

Domestic

: ** Winner (4): 2006, 2015, 2018, 2020 *** Runner-up (3): 2008, 2016, 2017 ***Zona Norte Finals (1): 2009 (Final Four)

International

: ** Runner-up (1): 2008

Players

Current roster

Notable players

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External links

Soles de Mexicali official siteLiga Nacional de Baloncesto ProfesionalFIBA Americas League
Basketball teams in Mexico Sports teams in Baja California Sport in Mexicali Basketball teams established in 2005 2005 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-basketball-team-stub