Libertadores de Querétaro (English: ''Querétaro Liberators'') was a professional Mexican

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team, based in

Querétaro City Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

. The Libertadores were part of the

Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional The National Professional Basketball League ( or LNBP), officially known as the Liga Grupo Caliente, Caliente LNBP for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball sports league, league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 1 ...

, the top professional basketball league in

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. The team plays their home games at the

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, with a capacity of 4,139 spectators. Libertadores was established in 2009 and joined

for the 2009–10 season, but it folded after the end of the season. The team came back for the 2017–18 season.

History

Libertadores de Querétaro was founded in 2009 and they joined the top-level of Mexican

, the

, for the 2009–10 season. The team decided not to participate for the next season due to financial problems, allegedly, because the State's government decided to end their monetary support to the team. In 2017, after six years of absence, the team announced their return to professional basketball for the 2017–18 season. Amongst the team's plans for their comeback to the LNBP was a renovation of the

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Jorge Gutiérrez * Jordan Adams *

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References

External links

Official website

Team profile
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