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The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto in the 1993 season, and the name SuperLiga in 2019.
Cocodrilos de Caracas (transl. Caracas Crocodiles) is a Venezuelan professional basketball club based in Caracas. Established in 1990, the club competes in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB), and has won the national championship six times. The Cocodrilos' home games are played at the Parque Naciones Unidas.
Spartans Distrito Capital, also known as Spartans DC, is a Venezuelan basketball club based in Caracas. The team plays in the Venezuelan SuperLiga , the premier national basketball league and won its first championship in 2020.
Venezuela first competed in the Paralympics in 1984 and won its first Paralympic gold in 2008 (Naomi Soazo, judo). Venezuela participates in the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games, with Caracas hosting these games in 1959 and 1983, respectively. Venezuela has had a Davis Cup team since 1957.
The Venezuela national basketball team is organized and run by the Venezuelan Basketball Federation (FVB). (Spanish: Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto) They won the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup. Venezuela qualified for two Summer Olympiads: 1992, and then 2016.
The Venezuelan Basketball Federation (Spanish: Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto, abbreviated as FVB), is a governing body for basketball in Venezuela.It directs and oversees all of the basketball national teams of Venezuela, including both the junior and senior national teams of both men and women.
The Piratas de La Guaira are a professional basketball team based in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela. Founded in 2008 in San Cristóbal, Táchira as the basketball section of football club Deportivo Táchira, they rellocated to Vargas state in 2010 and changed its name to Bucaneros de La Guaira. The team was re-founded as the Piratas in 2022. [1]
The Venezuela men's national under-15 and under-16 basketball team is a national basketball team of Venezuela, administered by the Federación Venezolana de Baloncesto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It represents the country in international under-15 and under-16 basketball competitions.