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Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico

Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 CIBACOPA season
SportBasketball
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
DirectorLeonardo Félix Ruiz
No. of teams10
CountryMexico
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)		Rayos de Hermosillo
(4th title)
(2024)
Most titlesRayos de Hermosillo
(4 titles each)
TV partner(s)ESPN[1]
TVC Deportes[2]
Official websitewww.CIBACOPA.org

The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit (Spanish: Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Chevron CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is a ten team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. [3] The matches take place from March to June. [4]

History

A league with the same name existed in the 1980s, and the second incarnation was founded in 2001.[5][6] The charter members were Caballeros de Culiacán, Delfines de Mazatlán, Frayles de Guasave, Lobos Marinos de La Paz, Paisas de Los Cabos, and Pioneros de Los Mochis.[6] Caballeros de Culiacán won the inaugural league title by defeating Delfines de Mazatlán four games to none in the finals.[7]

The 2019 season saw a total attendance of more than 220,000.[8]

The league celebrated its 20th season in 2020.[7] A new franchise, Gallos de Aguascalientes, was set to join but were expelled before the season began.[9]

Teams

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Locations of the 2024 CIBACOPA teams
Team City Arena Capacity Member Since Head coach
Ángeles de la Ciudad de México Benito Juárez, Mexico City Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera 5,242 2024 Mexico Gustavo Quintero
Astros de Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Arena Astros 3,509 2022 Spain Jorge Elorduy
Caballeros de Culiacán Culiacán, Sinaloa Polideportivo Juan S. Millán 2,000 2000 Colombia Bernardo Fitz-González
Frayles de Guasave Guasave, Sinaloa Gimnasio Luis Estrada Medina 2,000 2001 Argentina Lucas Zurita
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón, Sonora Arena ITSON 3,500 2016 Argentina Guillermo Narvarte
Ostioneros de Guaymas Guaymas, Sonora Gimnasio Municipal de Guaymas 1,200 2008 United States Ben Sanders
Pioneros de Los Mochis Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis 5,830 2000 United States Derrick Alston
Rayos de Hermosillo Hermosillo, Sonora Arena Sonora 3,500 2008 United States Walter McCarty
Venados de Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa Lobodome 8,000 2014 Argentina Fernando Rivero
Zonkeys de Tijuana Tijuana, Baja California Auditorio Zonkeys 4,888 2010 Mexico Enrique Zúñiga

List of champions

Year Champion[10] Series Runner-up
2001 Caballeros de Culiacán
4–0
 Delfines de Mazatlán
2002 Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
4–3
 Caballeros de Culiacán
2003 Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
4–1
 Soles de Hermosillo
2004 Frayles de Guasave
4–2
 Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2005 Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
4–2
 Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2006 Frayles de Guasave
4–1
 Mineros de Cananea
2007 Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
4–2
 Vaqueros de Agua Prieta
2008 Lobos UAD Mazatlán
4–3
 Frayles de Guasave
2009 Mineros de Cananea
4–2
 Caballeros de Culiacán
2010 Caballeros de Culiacán
4–0
 Mineros de Cananea
2011 Mineros de Cananea
4–0
 Rayos de Hermosillo
2012 Rayos de Hermosillo
4–3
 Ostioneros de Guaymas
2013 Rayos de Hermosillo
4–3
 Garra Cañera de Navolato
2014 Tijuana Zonkeys
4–3
 Caballeros de Culiacán
2015 Tijuana Zonkeys
4–3
 Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
2016 Náuticos de Mazatlán
4–2
 Rayos de Hermosillo
2017 Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
4–2
 Rayos de Hermosillo
2018 Tijuana Zonkeys
4–2
 Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2019 Rayos de Hermosillo
4–3
 Mantarrayas de La Paz
2020 Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico[11]
2021 Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico[12]
2022 Astros de Jalisco
4–2
 Rayos de Hermosillo
2023 Astros de Jalisco
4–2
 Rayos de Hermosillo
2024 Rayos de Hermosillo
4–0
 Astros de Jalisco

Championships

Teams that are no longer active are marked in italics.

Team Champion Runner-up Year(s) won
Rayos de Hermosillo
4
3
 2012, 2013, 2019, 2024
Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
3
2
 2002, 2003, 2007
Tijuana Zonkeys
3
0
 2014, 2015, 2018
Caballeros de Culiacán
2
3
 2001, 2010
Mineros de Cananea
2
2
 2009, 2011
Frayles de Guasave
2
1
 2004, 2006
Astros de Jalisco
2
1
 2022, 2023
Fuerza Guinda de Nogales
1
1
 2005
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
1
1
 2017
Lobos UAD de Mazatlán
1
0
 2008
Venados de Mazatlán
1
0
 2016
Delfines de Mazatlán
0
1
Soles de Hermosillo
0
1
Vaqueros de Agua Prieta
0
1
Ostioneros de Guaymas
0
1
Garra Cañera de Navolato
0
1
Mantarrayas de La Paz
0
1

Former clubs

References

  1. ^ includes ESPN 2
  2. ^ includes TVC Deportes 2
  3. ^ Motley, Gene (26 July 2018). "Former Chowan hoops player retires in style". The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ González, Ángel (26 September 2018). "Expansión en Cibacopa". FRONTER.INFO (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Jorge Casanova Parra, de gran mérito en la organización y desarrollo del basquetbol". Revista Deportemas (in Spanish). 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "¿Quiénes somos? - Conoce más del Cibacopa" (in Spanish). CIBACOPA. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Cibacopa festeja su 20 aniversario". BasquetMex (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Cibacopa, la liga profesional número uno del noroeste". Bien Informado (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ García, Jair (19 February 2020). "Los Gallos son expulsados del torneo Cibacopa 2020". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "¿Quiénes somos? Conoce más del Cibacopa". cibacopa.org (in Spanish). Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "CIBACOPA ends the 2020 season". www.latinbasket.com. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  12. ^ "CIBACOPA ends the 2020 season". www.latinbasket.com. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venados_de_Mazatl%C3%A1n_(basketball)