Quimsa
- Leagues Played
- Argentína - Liga Nacional 471 Argentína - Super 20 52 Basketball Champions League Americas 44 Juhoamerická klubová liga 6 FIBA Americas League 5 Priateľské zápasy klubov 3 Argentína - Supercopa 3 FIBA Intercontinental Cup 1 AmeriCup FIBA 1
- Links
- Wikipedia
- Related Teams
- Quimsa U19 Quimsa U23 Quimsa ženy Quimsa 2
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 05/06 01:00 | 1 |
Quimsa
v
Comunicaciones
|
- | View | |
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 05/21 00:00 | 1 |
Union Santa Fe
v
Quimsa
|
- | View | |
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 05/27 01:00 | 1 |
Quimsa
v
Olimpico
|
- | View | |
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 06/10 01:00 | 1 |
Quimsa
v
Gimnasia Comodoro
|
- | View | |
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 06/18 00:30 | 1 |
San Martin
v
Quimsa
|
- | View | |
| Argentína - Liga Nacional | 08/26 01:00 | 1 |
Quimsa
v
Instituto
|
- | View |
Wikipedia - Quimsa
Asociación Atlética Quimsa, usually called simply Quimsa, is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Santiago del Estero in the homonymous province.
The club's professional basketball team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of Argentine basketball, and Pan-America's premier men's basketball league, the Basketball Champions League Americas. Quimsa has won two continental titles in 2020 and 2024. They have also won two national LNB championships in 2015 and 2023.
Quimsa's home arena is the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero. Apart from basketball, other activities hosted by the club are cestoball, roller skating, taekwondo and volleyball.
History
Founded in 1989, its name derives from the Quichua word kimsa, meaning three. The club was established as the merger of "Estudiantes Unidos", "Santiago Basketball Club" and "Inti Club", all three historical basketball clubs in Santiago.
In the 2002–03 season Quimsa achieved promotion to Torneo Nacional de Ascenso, the second division of national basketball. In the 2004–05 season, Quimsa played the final to promote, but they lost to La Unión in a playoff match after a 2–2 tie.
Quimsa reached the final in the following season, promoting to LNB although Quimsa also lost to Juventud Sionista, which crowned champion of the second division.
In their first season in the top level of Argentine basketball, Quimsa ended 9°, with 25 wins and 23 losses.
In November 2020, Quimsa won the final of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA), beating Flamengo and being crowned champions of South America.
On April 14, 2024, Quimsa won its second BCLA championship and became the first team to win two league titles. The Final Four was hosted by Quimsa in Santiago del Estero and the final was a rematch with Flamengo. Brandon Robinson was once again named the league MVP.
Quimsa je jedným z najúspešnejších argentínskych basketbalových tímov posledných rokov. Vyhrali päť titulov LNB (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 a 2021), jeden titul Ligy Juhoamerických klubov (2019) a jeden titul Juhoamerického pohára (2018).
Súčasná súpiska Quimsy zahŕňa niekoľko skúsených argentínskych hráčov, ako napríklad Facunda Campazza, Nicolás Laprovíttola a Marcos Mata. Tím vedie tréner Marcelo Richotti.
Quimsa je známa svojím rýchlym a útočným štýlom hry. Sú tiež známi svojou silnou obranou, ktorá im v posledných rokoch pomohla vyhrať niekoľko titulov.
Quimsa je jedným z najpopulárnejších basketbalových tímov v Argentíne. Majú veľkú a vášnivú fanúšikovskú základňu a ich domáce zápasy sú často vypredané.