Quimsa

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Quimsa
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NicknameFusión
LeaguesLNB
Champions League Americas
Founded13 August 1989; 36 years ago (1989-08-13)
HistoryAsociación Atlética Quimsa
(1989–present)
ArenaEstadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Capacity4,300
LocationSantiago del Estero,
Argentina
Team colors   
PresidentGerardo Montenegro
Head coachLeandro Ramella
Championships2 Champions League Americas
2 Liga Nacional
1 Liga Sudamericana
1 Copa Argentina
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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.[1]

History

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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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] Brandon Robinson was once again named the league MVP.[4]

Players

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Main category: Quimsa basketball players

Current roster

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Quimsa roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 0 Argentina Collomb, Diego 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2004-10-01)1 October 2004
PG 4 Argentina Amprimo, Romeo 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 20 – (2005-04-19)19 April 2005
G 6 Argentina Orresta, Sebastián 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1993-05-06)6 May 1993
SG 10 Argentina Solanas, Matías 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-12-17)17 December 1998
F 15 United States Robinson, Brandon 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 36 – (1989-03-25)25 March 1989
F 17 Argentina Basabe, Emiliano 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1992-07-02)2 July 1992
SG 18 Argentina Cavallero, Tomás 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1998-05-24)24 May 1998
SF 20 Argentina Lema, Leonardo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1998-06-20)20 June 1998
PF 22 Puerto Rico Negrón, Christian 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-11-24)24 November 1998
C 25 Dominican Republic Bastardo, Raymon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2002-02-15)15 February 2002
G/F 33 Argentina Romano, Nicolás 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1987-11-01)1 November 1987
PF 41 Argentina Cogliati, Patricio 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2006-12-12)12 December 2006
C 55 United States Meyinsse, Jerome 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 36 – (1988-12-18)18 December 1988
G 91 Brazil Argentina Figueredo, Diego 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-12-27)27 December 1991


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Updated: 2020-01-01

Retired numbers

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Quimsa's retired numbers
N° Nat. Player Position Tenure N° Ret. Ref.
7 Argentina Nicolás Aguirre PG 2011–13, 2014–15 2019 [5][6]
8 Argentina Fernando Small ? 2006–08 2019 [5][6]
11 Argentina Miguel Cortijo PG (none)[note 1] ? [5]
14 Argentina Gabriel Deck SF 2010–16 2019 [5][6]
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.[7][8]

Other players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Arena

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Quimsa plays its home venues at Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero, which have a capacity of 4,300. 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.[9]

Panoramic view of Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ Quimsa official website (Archive, 21 May 2013)
  2. ^ "Quimsa cumple 35 años haciendo historia – Santiago del Estero" (in Spanish). 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  3. ^ "Quimsa claim first Basketball Champions League Americas title with triumph over Flamengo". Basketball Champions League Americas. 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Quimsa dominates Flamengo to become BCLA's first repeat champion". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  5. ^ a b c d El repaso por las camisetas retiradas en la Liga Nacional on Basquet Plus, 14 Ago 2019
  6. ^ a b c Quimsa retiró tres camisetas en el marco de su 30° aniversario, Basquet Plus, 13 Aug 2019
  7. ^ Peñarol retiró la camiseta de "Tato" Rodríguez, Télam, 23 Nov 2011
  8. ^ Dorsales retirados que marcaron historia by Mariano Blanco on Diario Época, 11 May 2015
  9. ^ Remodelarán el estadio Ciudad una vez finalizada la temporada, Nuevo Diario web, 17 May 2018
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