Domo Bolivariano de Barquisimeto, or simply Domo Bolivariano, is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. The arena is named in honor of Simón Bolívar. The seating capacity of the arena is 10,000, and it is mainly used to host basketball games, as well as volleyball, boxing, and handball competitions.
Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín is an indoor arena that is located in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball games, and is the home arena of the Spanish professional basketball club, Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB.
The State Railways Institution is a state-run organization of Venezuela that manages the railway systems of the country. Its headquarters are located in Caracas, Venezuela.
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación is an Argentine professional sports club that is located in the district of Núñez, Buenos Aires. Although originally conceived as a rugby union club, Obras Sanitarias is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, which is the first division of the Argentine basketball league system. Apart from basketball and rugby union, other disciplines practiced at the club are chess, judo, swimming, table tennis, and tennis.
The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in the 1993 season, and the name SuperLiga in 2019. Marinos are the team with most championships with 11. The winners and runners-up of each LPB season qualify for the FIBA Americas League regular season.
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Basketball Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Santiago Martín.
Dewarick Antwain Spencer is an American professional basketball player who plays for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. Nicknamed "Dee," he is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) tall and plays both point guard and shooting guard positions.
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup, also commonly referred to as the FIBA World Cup for Champion Clubs, or the FIBA Club World Cup, is a professional basketball clubs competition that is endorsed by FIBA and the NBA. Historically, its purpose has been to gather the premier basketball clubs from each of the world's geographical zones, and to officially decide the best basketball club of the world, which is officially crowned as the world club champion. The World Cup for Clubs has been contended mainly by the champions of the continents and/or world geographical regions that are of the highest basketball levels.
Davon Jefferson is an American professional basketball player for Osos de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He attended and played college basketball at the University of Southern California.
The Central-Western Region is one of the 10 administrative regions in which Venezuela was divided for its development plans; it comprises the states of Falcón, Lara, Portuguesa, and Yaracuy.
Mario Deantwan Little is an American professional basketball player who last played for Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for Chipola College and Kansas before beginning his professional career in Ukraine. After three years in the NBA Development League, Little began an overseas career that spanned Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
Gregory Joshue Echenique Carrillo is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for the Fukushima Firebonds of the Japanese B.League.
Zachary Darnell Graham is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Mineros de Zacatecas of the Mexican League. He played college basketball at Mississippi for four years. He was undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft.
The 2016 FIBA Americas League was the ninth edition of the top intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas. Guaros de Lara of Venezuela, won their first FIBA Americas League championship in team history, by beating Bauru of Brazil, by a score of 84–79, in the Grand Final.
Néstor Enrique Colmenares Uzcategui is a Venezuelan professional basketball player for Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. He is also a member of the senior Venezuela National Team. A power forward, his nickname is "La Bestia", He is known as a proficient rebounder.
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 26th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The game was contested by the 2016 FIBA Americas League champions, Guaros de Lara, and the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup champions, Fraport Skyliners, who at the time were the 3rd-tier level champions of Europe. The champions of the 2015–16 EuroLeague, who would normally represent Europe in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, CSKA Moscow, did not participate in the tournament, as a result of the 2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy.
The FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award is the award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the most valuable player" of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup official world basketball club championship. The winner of the award is decided by FIBA and is given after the final of the competition, usually to a player on the winning team.
The 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 27th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The cup winner was decided through one game, which was held on September 24, 2017. It was contested by the 2017 FIBA Americas League champions, Guaros de Lara, and the 2017 FIBA Champions League champions, Iberostar Tenerife. The title game was held at the Santiago Martín, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Champions of the EuroLeague were not allowed to participate by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA.
Luis Miguel Bethelmy Villarroel is a Venezuelan professional basketball player who plays in the power forward position for the Venezuela national basketball team and currently plays for Piratas de Los Lagos in the Liga BásquetPro league. He is nicknamed as "the Tsunami". Luis was part of the Venezuelan squad during the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where the team ended up at 14th position.
