Club Atlético Peñarol (basketball)

Peñarol
Nickname Carbonero, Manya
Founded 1931
Dissolved 1997 (1997)
Arena Palacio Peñarol [1]
Capacity 4,700
Location Montevideo, Uruguay
Team colors          
Championships 6 Federal Primera División
5 Torneo Invierno
1 Sudamericano de Clubes
Uniforms

Peñarol Basketball was the senior men's basketball section of the sports club Peñarol, located in Montevideo, Uruguay. The team played in the Primera División league of Uruguayan Basketball Federation until its dissolution in 1997. Peñarol's home games were played at the "Palacio Peñarol".[1]

History

Peñarol's basketball section dates back to the late 1920s, when Club Piratas was formed; in 1931, it became Peñarol.[2] Its first league game (in the fourth division of Uruguayan basketball) was played in 1940. By 1943, the team was playing in the first division. The following year, Peñarol won the Federal Championship, a tournament attracting the best basketball teams in Montevideo; in 2003, the league changed its name to Liga Uruguaya de Basketball.

In 1945, Peñarol left the Uruguayan Basketball Federation to play in a new league;[2] when the upstart league failed, the club rejoined the federation in 1947. In 1952, Peñarol again won the Federal Championship. After a down period for the team (with relegation in 1968), Peñarol won the Uruguayan Championship in 1973, 1978, 1979, and 1982. In 1983, the club won the South American Club Championship, and thus qualified to play at the 1983 edition of the Intercontinental Cup. In 1985, the club was relegated, beginning a downward spiral, which ended with its expulsion from the league in 1997. The club rejoined the federation in 2018, compiting in DTA.[2]

Honours

National

  • Federal Primera División (6): 1944, 1952, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982
  • Torneo Invierno de Primera División (5): 1953, 1955, 1978, 1981, 1982

International

References

  1. 1 2 "El Palacio del básquetbol" on 180.com.uy, 21 Jan 2011
  2. 1 2 3 www.urubasket.com, ed. (2008). "Campeonato de Primera División" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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