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.

Quimsa
NicknameFusión
LeaguesLNB
Founded13 August 1989 (1989-08-13)
ArenaCiudad de Santiago del Estero
Capacity5,200
LocationSantiago del Estero,
Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentGerardo Montenegro
Head coachSebastian Gonzalez
Championships1 Champions League Americas
1 Liga Sudamericana
1 Copa Argentina
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The club's professional basketball team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the top division of Argentine basketball. Their 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.[1]

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.[2]

Players

Current roster
Quimsa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 00 Toretta, Emiliano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) −1991 – (2001-10-00)October 2001
SG 5 Gramajo, Ivan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996
C 9 Caffaro, Agustin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1995-02-06)6 February 1995
PG 10 Copello, Nicolas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992
PG 15 Brussino, Juan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1991-03-14)14 March 1991
PF 19 Mainoldi, Leo 6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m) 35 – (1985-03-04)4 March 1985
SF 20 Schattmann, Carlos 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1987-05-14)14 May 1987
SG 22 Robinson, Brandon 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1989-03-25)25 March 1989
C 23 Romero, Ismael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1991-06-23)23 June 1991
PF 24 Ravenel, Evan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1989-11-24)24 November 1989
SF 30 Cosolito, Mauro 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1988-12-18)18 December 1988
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020-01-01

Retired numbers
Quimsa's retired numbers
N° Player Position Tenure N° Ret. Ref.
7 Nicolás AguirrePG2011–13, 2014–152019[3][4]
8 Fernando Small?2006–082019[3] [4]
11 Miguel CortijoPG(none) [note 1]?[3]
14 Gabriel DeckSF2010–162019[3] [4]
Notes
  1. Although Cortijo never played for the club, the #11 jersey was retired honoring him as a native of Santiago del Estero, where Quimsa is located in.[5][6]

Other players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Arena

Quimsa plays its home venues at Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero, which have a capacity of 5,200. The stadium was originally used by Club Estudiantes Unidos, one of the three institution that merged to form Quimsa. With the money earned from the sales of Inti Club and Santiago Básquetbol Club (the other two clubs part of the merging), Quimsa refurbished the arena.[7]

Panoramic view of Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero

Honours

References
  1. Quimsa official website (Archive, 21 May 2013)
  2. "Quimsa claim first Basketball Champions League Americas title with triumph over Flamengo". Basketball Champions League Americas. 31 October 2020.
  3. El repaso por las camisetas retiradas en la Liga Nacional on Basquet Plus, 14 Ago 2019
  4. Quimsa retiró tres camisetas en el marco de su 30° aniversario, Basquet Plus, 13 Aug 2019
  5. Peñarol retiró la camiseta de "Tato" Rodríguez, Télam, 23 Nov 2011
  6. Dorsales retirados que marcaron historia by Mariano Blanco on Diario Época, 11 May 2015
  7. Remodelarán el estadio Ciudad una vez finalizada la temporada, Nuevo Diario web, 17 May 2018
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