Club de Regatas Corrientes, usually just Regatas Corrientes, is a

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, located on the river side of the

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. Although Regatas was born as a

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institution, the club is mostly recognized due to its

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team, which plays in the

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(Argentine first division). Its home stadium is the

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, that holds 5,000 people. Apart from basketball, the club hosts a large variety of sports such as rowing,

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and

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History

The club was founded on September 27, 1923, by a group of enthusiastic rowers and

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. The first president was Dr. José Chapo. At the beginning, the Regatas had few members and a large beach over the

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coast. The institution was expanding itself developing activities such as rowing, swimming and sailing ship. Some of the most relevants sailors of that time were Antonio Leconte, the Miholvisevich Brothers, Fages and Ismael Condado, all of them representing Regatas in diverse competitions. Other clubs that also participated were Club de Regatas de Resistencia ( Chaco), Club Náutico de Formosa (

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), Náutico de Monte Caseros (

), Náutico de Eldorado (

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), Rowing Club de Posadas and the Paraguayan clubs Deportivo de Puerto Sajonia and Mbigua. During the 70's, Regatas incorporated a lot of new members, who came attracted by its beach where they could spend long periods of time during Summertime. The club received also funds from the Government used to build a roofed stadium,

, which was able for the practice of basketball and

and had a capacity of 2,600 seats."Historia del Club de Regatas Corrientes"
In 2008, Regatas won the

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defeating

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

3–2 (in matches won) in the final.

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Nicolas Brussino Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(2012–2015) *

Ægir Steinarsson Ægir Þór Steinarsson (born 10 May 1991) is an Icelandic basketball player for Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan and the Icelandic national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015 and EuroBasket 2017. In 2025, he won the Icelandic ...

(2019)

Honours

National

(1):: 2012–13 *

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(1):: 2007

International

(2):: 2008, 2012 *

FIBA Americas League The FIBA Americas League ( Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the entire ...

(1):: 2010–11

References

External links

* {{Liga Nacional de Básquet Basketball teams in Argentina Basketball teams established in 1923 Rowing clubs in Argentina