Club Atlético Tabaré (or simply Tabaré) is a professional basketball club based in
Montevideo
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,
Uruguay
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. The club was founded on July 9, 1931 and joined the
FUBB
The Uruguayan Basketball Federation ( es, Federación Uruguaya de Basketball, FUBB) is the governing body of basketball in Uruguay. It was founded in 1915, and is in charge of the senior Uruguayan national basketball team and the Liga Uruguaya de ...
in 1932. In 1934 it was promoted to the Second Division and in 1948, the First Division. The club won the
Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol
The Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (CFB) (English: Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship) was the top-tier level men's basketball national club competition in Uruguay. It was organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB) ...
federal championship in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964 and 1968. The club later alternated between the Second and First Division, with its last promotion and title in 2011,
returning to decline in the 2013/14 season. It has since played in the
Torneo Metropolitano, Uruguay's second division.
Titles & achievements
Domestic competitions
Uruguayan League
* Winners (5): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968
American competitions
South American Club Championship
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Etymology
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* Runners-up (1): 1965
Notable players
:To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
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Demian Alvarez
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Federico Alvarez
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Nicolas Alvarez
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William Granda
William Granda Lewis (born August 8, 1985), is a Cuban professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Ciego de Avila club of the LSB in Cuba.
He has been a member of Cuba's national basketball team. At the 2016 Centrobasket in P ...
References
External links
Presentation at Latinbasket.com
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Basketball teams in Montevideo
Basketball teams in Uruguay
Basketball teams established in 1931