Toros del Valle (literally in English: Bulls of the Valley) is a Colombian professional

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club based in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

, Valle del Cauca Department. The team was founded in 2010 as Fastbreak del Valle and made their debut in the

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in the same year. Toros play their home games in the , which has capacity for 3,400 people.

History

After being established as Fastbreak del Valle in 2010, the team played in the

's Invitational Cup. Fastbreak finished in the 6th place with a 11–17 record. Following this season, the club did not play in any professional competition for seven years, until its return 2017. Valle del Cauca was however represented by Indervalle, in 2011, and Astros Blanco, in 2015. In their return season in 2017, they finished first in the regular season of the Colombian League, and reached their first play-off finals. In the 2018 season, Fastbreak played in the

Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto ( Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

, the second-level continental league, the team's debut in international play. In 2019, the team was disestablished and re-founded as Team Cali Basketball Club. The team reached two finals series, in 2019 and 2020. On 16 April 2024, a new team was founded under the name Toros del Valle, and replaced Team Cali in the league.{{Cite web , last=País , first=El , date=2024-04-16 , title=Inicia una nueva era; Toros Basketball Club el nuevo equipo que representará al Valle en el baloncesto nacional , url=https://www.elpais.com.co/deportes/inicia-una-era-toros-basketball-club-el-nuevo-equipo-que-representara-al-valle-en-el-baloncesto-nacional-1625.html , access-date=2024-11-21 , website=Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País , language=spanish In the 2024-I season, they made the finals once again.

Honours

* Runners-up (4): 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024-I

References

Basketball teams established in 2010 Sport in Cali Basketball teams in Colombia