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| Leagues | LPB Champions League Americas | |||
| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) (original club) 2003; 22 years ago (2003) (current club) | |||
| History | Bravos de Portuguesa (1983–1993) Malteros de Lara (1993–1995) Bravos de Lara (1995–1998) Bravos de Portuguesa (1998–2003) Guaros de Lara (2003–present) | |||
| Arena | Domo Bolivariano | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Location | Barquisimeto,Lara,Venezuela | |||
| Team colors | Red, Black | |||
| President | Jorge Hernández Fernández | |||
| Vice-president | Andrea Hernández M./ Jorge Hernández M. | |||
| Team captain | Heissler Guillent | |||
| Ownership | Jorge Hernández Fernández | |||
| Championships | 1FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2FIBA Americas League 1FIBA South American League 2Venezuelan League | |||
| Website | guarosbbc | |||
TheGuaros de Lara is aVenezuelan professionalbasketball club, that is based inBarquisimeto,Lara,Venezuela. Guaros de Lara BBC has existed as a club in various different forms since 1983. It has existed in its current form since 2003.
The club competes in theVenezuelan LPB. The club has won two Venezuelan LPB national domestic titles. On the international stage, the club also has one continentalFIBA South American League title, and three intercontinental titles, consisting of twoFIBA Americas League titles and oneFIBA Intercontinental Cup title.
In 1982, Flavio Fridegotto decided to sell his ownership in the Colosos de Carabobo basketball team, which led the club move fromCarabobo, to the city ofAcarigua. In Acarigua, the club began to compete under the name of Bravos de Portuguesa, in 1983. In 1993, the club moved toBarquisimeto, and changed its name to Malteros de Lara. In 1995, the club changed its name to Bravos de Lara.
The club again relocated, as it moved to the city ofGuanare. After moving to Guanare, the club re-named itself to Bravos de Portuguesa once again, in 1998. FormerNBA playerCarl Herrera played with the team in 1999. In 2003, Carlos García Ibáñez bought the Bravos de Portuguesa club, and he subsequently moved it back to the city of Barquisimeto. After the club returned to Barquisimeto, it was re-named to Guaros de Lara.
In 2016, the Guaros de Lara won the2016 FIBA Americas League championship, and was crowned as the champion of all ofLatin America, for the first time.[1] Following their FIBA Americas League championship, Guaros also won the2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, and thus they were crowned world basketballclub champions, after beating theSkyliners Frankfurt in the final.[2]
In 2017, the Guaros successfully defended their Americas intercontinental title, by defeatingWeber Bahía Blanca, by a score of 88–65, in the final of theyears' Americas League. Later, they also won their firstVenezuelan League national domestic title, by defeatingMarinos de Anzoátegui, 4–2, in the Venezuelan League's finals. Afterwards, they won the2017 FIBA South American League championship, which was the club's firstSouth American continental championship; after defeatingEstudiantes Concordia, 3–1, in the league's finals.
The Guaros de Lara play their home games at the 10,000-capacityDomo Bolivariano inBarquisimeto, numerous times in front of thousands of spectators.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | |||
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| C | Prince Ibeh | Miguel Ruiz | |||
| PF | Juan Palacios | Erick Rodríguez | |||
| SF | José Gregorio Vargas | Ruben Gonzalez | |||
| SG | Alan Cabrera | Omar Marquez | |||
| PG | Heissler Guillent | Heldrin Guillent |
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