Obras Sanitarias: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
→Basketball: my mistake here |
||
| Line 40: | Line 40: | ||
Obras Sanitarias plays in the professional [[Liga Nacional de Básquetbol]] (Argentine first division). Their home games are played at [[Estadio Obras Sanitarias]] and [[Polideportivo Municipal de San Rafael]]. |
Obras Sanitarias plays in the professional [[Liga Nacional de Básquetbol]] (Argentine first division). Their home games are played at [[Estadio Obras Sanitarias]] and [[Polideportivo Municipal de San Rafael]]. |
||
Obras Sanitarias |
Obras Sanitarias, along Brazilian [[Esporte Clube Sírio]], were the only two South American team that won the [[Intercontinental Cup (basketball)|Intercontinental Cup]]. Obras did so in 1983, defeating Italian [[Pallacanestro Cantù|Jollycolombani Cantù]]. |
||
==Rugby== |
==Rugby== |
||
Revision as of 03:16, 19 October 2010
| Obras Sanitarias | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Obras Sanitarias logo | |||
| Leagues | Liga Nacional de Básquetbol | ||
| Founded | March 27, 1917 | ||
| History | 1926 – present | ||
| Arena | Estadio Obras Sanitarias | ||
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Team colors | Black and yellow | ||
| President | Fabián Borro | ||
| Head coach | Bernardo Augusto Murphy | ||
| Website | www.clubosn.com.ar | ||
|
| |||
Club Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (known simply as Obras Sanitarias or Obras) is a sports club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Originally known for its rugby union section, today the club is mostly famous for its basketball team.
History
Obras Sanitarias was founded in 1917 by employees of the state enterprise Obras Sanitarias de la Nación (translatable in English to "Sanitation Works of the Nation"). In 1978, Obras inaugurated the indoor arena Estadio Obras Sanitarias and, two years later, the first synthetic field hockey pitch in South America.
Sports
Sports played at the club include: basketball, rugby union, field hockey, swimming, tennis, volleyball and chess.
Basketball
Obras Sanitarias plays in the professional Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (Argentine first division). Their home games are played at Estadio Obras Sanitarias and Polideportivo Municipal de San Rafael.
Obras Sanitarias, along Brazilian Esporte Clube Sírio, were the only two South American team that won the Intercontinental Cup. Obras did so in 1983, defeating Italian Jollycolombani Cantù.
Rugby
External links
 | This article about a basketball team in Argentina is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |