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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]

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Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 CIBACOPA season
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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
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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]

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Teams

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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
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List of champions

Championships

Teams that are no longer active are marked in italics.

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Former clubs

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References

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