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In 1974 the league was founded as Liga Especial de Baloncesto (Special Basketball League). The initiative came from Leonardo Rodríguez, who had come back from the United States in September 1973 and had proposed the creation of a league to Arturo Redondo, the then-president of the Venezuelan Basketball Federation.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 Spartans Distrito Capital club was founded in May 2019 in order to "promote the development of Venezuelan basketball at all levels". [1] The club began its activities at the Pedagogical institute of Caracas but later moved to the Gimnasio José Beracasa.
International basketball competitions hosted by Venezuela (2 C, 8 P) L. Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Basketball competitions in Venezuela"