Associação Limeirense de Basquete, also commonly known as Basquete Limeira, and known as Winner/Kabum Limeira for sponsorship reasons, is a Brazilian professional

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team that is based in

Limeira Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. With a population of approximately 291,869 people (2022 IBGE.) and covering an area of 581 square kilometers, it sits at an elevation of 588 meters. The city is situated 1 ...

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, Brazil.

History

Winner Limeira was founded in 2001, with the intention of rescuing club basketball in

, and competing for both state and national titles. In its first year, Limeira won the second division of the State Championship and the Regional Games. Over the following eight years, Limeira won the Regional Games, and also won its first

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ian championship, which was named the Nossa Liga de Basquete, in 2006. In the club's first NBB season, was the 2009 NBB season. In that season, with a core group of players consisting of Nezinho dos Santos, Betinho Duarte, Shamell Stallworth, Guilherme Teichmann, and Bruno Fiorotto, they finished in fifth place in the league, after being defeated by

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. Limeira did not participate in the second season of the NBB. In the following two seasons, Limeira had similar campaigns, finishing in ninth place. In the 2014 FIBA South American League, Limeira advanced from the preliminary round, with two wins and one loss, but only won one out of three games in the semifinals.Winner Limeira, Argentino de Junin advance
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Roster

Honors and titles

National

* Brazilian Championship ** Champions (1):

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Regional

* São Paulo State Championship ** Champions (2): 2008, 2010 ** Runners-up (2): 2004, 2014

Other Tournaments

* Regional Games ** Winners (11): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 * EPTV Cup ** Winners (1): 2008

Noted players

* Duda Machado * Rafa Mineiro * Deryk Evandro Ramos

Head coaches

* Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú

References

External links

Official website

Latinbasket.com Profile
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