CR Vasco da Gama (basketball)

Vasco da Gama won the CBB Championship title in the years 2000 and 2001, and the FIBA South American League championship in the years 1999 and 2000. They also won the South American Club Championship in the years 1998 and 1999. The club also played at the 1999 McDonald's Championship, losing the final to San Antonio Spurs. The club is the first Brazilian club to play against an NBA team. In 2016, the club won the Liga Ouro, the competition that gives its champion a place in the next edition of the Brazilian premier professional basketball league, the NBB. The club then competed in Brazil's top-tier level, for the first time since 2003, as it competed in the 2016–17 NBB season. ==Honours==

Worldwide • Quadrangular Quarta Copa Mundial • Champions (1): 1963 • '''McDonald's Championship''' • Runners-up (1): 1999 Latin America • Pan American Club Championship • Runners-up (1): 1999 Continental • South American Club Championship • Champions (2): 1998, 1999 • Runners-up (1): 2000 • FIBA South American League (LSB) • Champions (2): 1999, 2000 • Runners-up (1): 2002 National • CBB Championship • Champions (2): 2000, 2001 • Runners-up (4): 1965, 1966, 1980, 1999 • Brazilian Champions Cup • Winners (1): 1981 • Liga Ouro • Champions (1): 2016 Regional • Rio de Janeiro State Championship • Champions (16): 1946, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001 • Runners-up (18): 1940, 1943, 1947, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1998, 2007, 2016 ==Roster==

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• Alexey • Fúlvio de Assis • Aylton • Byra Bello • Edson Bispo • Waldyr Boccardo • Alfredo da Motta • Demétrius • Josuel dos Santos • Nezinho dos Santos • Roberto Felinto • Fernando Freitas • Gaúcho • Guilherme Giovannoni • Helinho • Janjão • Duda Machado • Manteiguinha • Mingão • Paulinho Motta • Nenê • Ratto • Rogério • Caio Torres • Valtinho • Sandro Varejão • Marquinhos Vieira • Dani Farabello • Muñoz • Evaristo Pérez • José Vargas • Charles Byrd ==See also==