Titanes de Barranquilla

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Titanes de Barranquilla
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Leagues Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano
FoundedJune 2018
HistoryTitanes de Barranquilla
2018–present
Arena Arena Deportiva Elías Chegwin
Capacity5,000
Location Barranquilla, Colombia
Head coach Tomás Díaz
Team captainGianluca Bacchi
Championships9 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-I, 2021-II, 2022-I, 2022-II, 2023-II, 2024-I)
Website titanesbaq.com

Titanes de Barranquilla (in English: Titans of Barranquilla) is a Colombian professional basketball team based in Barranquilla. The team plays in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano, where it has won the championship a league-record nine times since the establishment of the team in 2018.

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History

During the 1990s, there was a professional team in the city of Barranquilla, named the Caimanes de Barranquilla. They played in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano and won three Colombian national championships (in 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 2003, the team was dissolved which marked the beginning of a 15-year drought of professional basketball in Barranquilla. [1]

In June 2018, the Titanes de Barranquilla were founded by a group of businessmen in cooperation with the city's Mayor's Office. [1] The team had its debut in October 2018 against the Warrios de San Andrés at the Arena Deportiva Elías Chegwin in Barranquilla, led by Tomás Díaz, coach of the national team and multiple champion of the Colombian league. [2]

Titanes became the first Barranquilla team in 15 years to play in Colombia's first division. Barranquilla's major Alejandro Char Chaljub stressed that the team would enjoy his full support as it supports the development of the local youth. Chaljub added that the idea of having the professional team in Barranquilla came from him. He said “we studied it, analyzed it, and gave the go-ahead, because after the Central American and Caribbean Games the city was hungry for sports. And furthermore, these venues need important events to keep them running and what better way than to be with a team like Titanes at the Elías Chegwin stadium.” [3]

According to head coach Tomás Díaz, the goal has been to compete internationally for both the senior team and for minors. [3]

In the 2020–21 season, Titanes played in the BCL Americas, its debut in the pan-American top competition. One year later, in 2022, Titanes won the third place medal in the 2022 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, the second tier league in South America. [4]

Honours

National competitions

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

International competitions

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Performance in international competitions

Thus far, the Titanes de Barranquilla has played in FIBA Americas administered competitions three times.

Key:

SeasonTierLeagueResultGPWL
2019 1 FIBA Americas League Group Phase312
2021 1 BCL Americas Group Phase624
2022 2 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze752
Overall3 appearances1688

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nuestra Historia | Titanes de Barranquilla" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. ↑ Andrés Noé Gómez (3 October 2018). "Barranquilla, aquí van los Titanes". zonacero.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Titanes, el equipo que representará a Barranquilla en el baloncesto profesional Juan Manuel Cantillo Arrieta (eluniversal.com.co/), 25 September 2021. Accessed 17 November 2021.(in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Titanes supera a Oberá y se monta en el podio por primera vez". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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