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Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

, based in

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. The team played in the Uruguayan Primera División, which was organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation, until the club was expelled in 1997. After returning to official competitions in 2018, Peñarol currently plays in the LUB, the top division of Uruguayan basketball. Recently, Peñarol has also played in the

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, the highest continental level. Over the club's history, they have won six Uruguayan Championships, as well as the South American Championship of Champions Clubs in 1983.

History

Peñarol's basketball section dates back to the late 1920s. When Club Piratas was formed; in 1931, it became Peñarol. The club's first league game, which was in the fourth division of Uruguayan basketball, was played in 1940. By 1943, the team was playing in the Uruguayan top-tier level Federal Championship. The following year, Peñarol won the Federal Championship, a tournament including the best basketball teams in

. In 2003, the league changed its name to the LUB. In 1945, Peñarol left the Uruguayan Basketball Federation, to play in a new league; the club rejoined the federation in 1947, when the upstart league failed. In 1952, Peñarol again won the Uruguayan Federal Championship. After a down period for the team (with

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in 1968), Peñarol won the Uruguayan Federal Championship in 1973, 1978, 1979, and 1982. In 1983, the club also won the South American Championship of Champions Clubs, and thus qualified to play at the 1983 edition of the

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. In 1985, the club was relegated, beginning a downward spiral, which ended with its expulsion from the Uruguayan Federal Championship in 1997. Peñarol rejoined the Uruguayan Basketball Federation in 2018, competing in Uruguay's third-tier league, the DTA. In 2019, Peñarol won the Metropolitano championship, promoting to the top division, Liga Uruguaya (LUB), after beating Club Cordón in the finals.¡Peñarol ascendió a la Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol!
on Peñarol website

Arenas

Peñarol's home games are played at the 4,700 seat " Palacio Peñarol".

Honours and titles

Continental

* South American Championship of Champions Clubs ** Champions (1): 1983 ** Runners-up (1): 1974

National

* Uruguayan Championship ** Champions (6): 1944, 1952, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982 * Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol **Runners-up (1): 2022 * First Division Winter Tournament ** Champions (5): 1953, 1955, 1978, 1981, 1982

Players

Current roster

:''As of 31 December 2023.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Penarol Basketball teams in Uruguay Basketball teams in Montevideo Peñarol