Titanes de Barranquilla (in English: Titans of Barranquilla) is a Colombian professional

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team based in

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...

. The team plays in the

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (in English: Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia. The championship was es ...

, where it has won the championship four times since the establishment of the team in 2018.

History

During the 1990s, there was a professional team in the city of

, named the

Caimanes de Barranquilla The Caimanes de Barranquilla are a baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. They have participated in the league since the 1984–1985 season, playing in the 12,000-capacity Estadio Édgar Rentería in Barranquilla. The Cai ...

. They played in the

and won three Colombian national championships (in 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 2003, the team was dissolved which marked the beginning of a 15-year drought of professional basketball in Barranquilla. In June 2018, the Titanes de Barranquilla were founded by a group of businessmen in cooperation with the city's Mayor's Office. The team had its debut in October 2018 against the Warrios de San Andrés at the Arena Deportiva Elías Chegwin in

, led by Tomás Díaz, coach of the

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and multiple champion of the Colombian league. Titanes became the first Barranquilla team in 15 years to play in Colombia's first division. Barranquilla's major

Alejandro Char Chaljub Alejandro Char Chaljub (born 16 April 1966), commonly known as Álex Char, is a Colombian politician. He served two terms as Mayor of Barranquilla from 2008 to 2011 and 2016 to 2019. A civil engineer and member of the Radical Change Party, he ...

stressed that the team would enjoy his full support as it supports the development of the local youth. Chaljub added that the idea of having the professional team in Barranquilla came from him. He said “we studied it, analyzed it, and gave the go-ahead, because after the

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the city was hungry for sports. And furthermore, these venues need important events to keep them running and what better way than to be with a team like Titanes at the Elías Chegwin stadium.”Titanes, el equipo que representará a Barranquilla en el baloncesto profesional
Juan Manuel Cantillo Arrieta (eluniversal.com.co/), 25 September 2021. Accessed 17 November 2021. According to head coach Tomás Díaz, the goal has been to compete internationally for both the senior team and for minors. In the 2020–21 season, Titanes played in the

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, its debut in the pan-American top competition. One year later, in 2022, Titanes won the third place medal in the

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, the second tier league in South America.

Honours

National competitions

*Champions (6): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-I, 2021-II, 2022-I

International competitions

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

* Third place (1):

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Performance in international competitions

Thus far, the Titanes de Barranquilla has played in FIBA Americas administered competitions three times. Key: * GP: Games played * W: Wins * L: Losses

Notable players

* Juan Palacios *

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References

External links

Official website
(in Spanish)
Champions League profileLatinbasket.com profile
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