Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico explained

Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast
Current Season:2024 CIBACOPA season
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Sport:Basketball
Teams:10
Country:Mexico
Champion:Rayos de Hermosillo
(4th title)
Champ Season:2024
Most Champs:Rayos de Hermosillo
(4 titles each)
Website:www.CIBACOPA.org
Continent:FIBA Americas (Americas)
Director:Leonardo Félix Ruiz
Tv:ESPN[1]
TVC Deportes[2]

The Pacific Coast Basketball Circuit (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

TeamCityArenaCapacityMember SinceHead coach
Ángeles de la Ciudad de México Benito Juárez, Mexico CityGimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera5,2422024 Gustavo Quintero
Astros de Jalisco Guadalajara, JaliscoArena Astros3,5092022 Jorge Elorduy
Caballeros de CuliacánCuliacán, SinaloaPolideportivo Juan S. Millán2,0002000 Bernardo Fitz-González
Frayles de Guasave Guasave, SinaloaGimnasio Luis Estrada Medina2,0002001 Lucas Zurita
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón, SonoraArena ITSON3,5002016 Guillermo Narvarte
Ostioneros de Guaymas Guaymas, SonoraGimnasio Municipal de Guaymas1,2002008 Ben Sanders
Pioneros de Los Mochis Los Mochis, SinaloaCentro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis5,8302000 Derrick Alston
Rayos de Hermosillo Hermosillo, SonoraArena Sonora3,5002008 Walter McCarty
Venados de MazatlánMazatlán, SinaloaLobodome8,0002014 Fernando Rivero
Zonkeys de Tijuana Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaAuditorio Zonkeys4,8882010 Enrique Zúñiga

List of champions

YearChampion[10] SeriesRunner-up
2001Caballeros de CuliacánDelfines de Mazatlán
2002Trigueros de Ciudad ObregónCaballeros de Culiacán
2003Trigueros de Ciudad ObregónSoles de Hermosillo
2004Frayles de GuasaveTrigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2005Fuerza Guinda de NogalesTrigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2006Frayles de GuasaveMineros de Cananea
2007Trigueros de Ciudad ObregónVaqueros de Agua Prieta
2008Lobos UAD MazatlánFrayles de Guasave
2009Mineros de CananeaCaballeros de Culiacán
2010Caballeros de CuliacánMineros de Cananea
2011Mineros de CananeaRayos de Hermosillo
2012Rayos de HermosilloOstioneros de Guaymas
2013Rayos de HermosilloGarra Cañera de Navolato
2014Tijuana ZonkeysCaballeros de Culiacán
2015Tijuana ZonkeysFuerza Guinda de Nogales
2016Náuticos de MazatlánRayos de Hermosillo
2017Halcones de Ciudad ObregónRayos de Hermosillo
2018Tijuana ZonkeysHalcones de Ciudad Obregón
2019Rayos de HermosilloMantarrayas de La Paz
2020Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico[11]
2021Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico[12]
2022Astros de JaliscoRayos de Hermosillo
2023Astros de JaliscoRayos de Hermosillo
2024Rayos de HermosilloAstros de Jalisco

Championships

Teams that are no longer active are marked in italics.

TeamChampionRunner-upYear(s) won
Rayos de Hermosillo2012, 2013, 2019, 2024
Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón2002, 2003, 2007
Tijuana Zonkeys2014, 2015, 2018
Caballeros de Culiacán2001, 2010
Mineros de Cananea2009, 2011
Frayles de Guasave2004, 2006
Astros de Jalisco2022, 2023
Fuerza Guinda de Nogales2005
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón2017
Lobos UAD de Mazatlán2008
Venados de Mazatlán2016
Delfines de Mazatlán
Soles de Hermosillo
Vaqueros de Agua Prieta
Ostioneros de Guaymas
Garra Cañera de Navolato
Mantarrayas de La Paz

Former clubs

External links

  • League Profile at Eurobasket.com
  • CIBACOPA Seasons at http://www.latinbasket.com/Mexico/basketball-League-CIBACOPA.asp
  • CIBACOPA Equipos at https://cibacopa.org/equipos/

Notes and References

  1. includes ESPN 2
  2. includes TVC Deportes 2
  3. News: Motley. Gene. Former Chowan hoops player retires in style. The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald. 26 July 2018. 20 August 2018.
  4. News: González. Ángel. Expansión en Cibacopa. FRONTER.INFO. 26 September 2018. 20 October 2018. es.
  5. News: Jorge Casanova Parra, de gran mérito en la organización y desarrollo del basquetbol . Revista Deportemas . 26 January 2020 . 14 April 2021 . es . 11 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200311113708/http://www.revistadeportemas.com.mx/2020/01/26/3804/ . dead.
  6. News: ¿Quiénes somos? - Conoce más del Cibacopa . CIBACOPA . 14 April 2021 . es . 5 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160405132244/https://cibacopa.org/cibacopa/ . dead.
  7. News: Cibacopa festeja su 20 aniversario . BasquetMex . 14 April 2021 . es . 14 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414232126/http://basquetmex.com/CIBACOPA.php . dead.
  8. News: Cibacopa, la liga profesional número uno del noroeste. Bien Informado. 23 December 2019. 14 April 2021. es.
  9. News: Los Gallos son expulsados del torneo Cibacopa 2020. El Sol del Centro. Jair. García. 19 February 2020. 14 April 2021. es.
  10. Web site: es. ¿Quiénes somos? Conoce más del Cibacopa. cibacopa.org. April 7, 2020.
  11. Web site: 2020-06-16 . CIBACOPA ends the 2020 season . 2022-07-15 . www.latinbasket.com.
  12. Web site: 2020-06-16 . CIBACOPA ends the 2020 season . 2022-07-15 . www.latinbasket.com.