Esporte Clube Pinheiros (basketball)
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| Nickname | Esporte Clube Germânia (Sports Club Germany) |
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| Leagues |
NBB FIBA Americas League |
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| Founded | September 7, 1899 (multi-sports club) |
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| Arena | Ginásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim (capacity: 824) |
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| Location | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Team colors | Blue and White |
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| President |
 Luiz Eduardo Dutra |
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| Team manager |
Fernando Rossi |
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| Head coach |
César Guidetti
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| Championships | 1 FIBA Americas League | ||
| Website | ecp.org.br | ||
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Esporte Clube Pinheiros basketball team is a part of the Brazilian multi-sports club, Esporte Clube Pinheiros, that is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The club amongst others, fields a men's professional basketball team which, for sponsorship reasons, is also known as Pinheiros/Sky. The club is also known as Esporte Clube Germânia. The club plays in the Brazilian League. The team plays its home games at the Ginásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim, on the club's grounds in Jardim Europa.
In the 2005–06 season, E.C. Pinheiros participated for the first time in the professional first division of Brazilian basketball, but then failed to qualify for the single league that resulted from the merging of the conferences. In the 2008–09 season, Pinheiros joined the new top Brazilian league, the Novo Basquete Brasil, under the sponsored name, Pinheiros/Sky. The club finished 2nd in the South American League in 2011, and also finished 2nd in the InterLeagues Tournament in 2011 and 2012.
In 2013, the team won its first international tournament, the most important tournament of Americas, the FIBA Americas League, with two victories against the host team, Capitanes de Arecibo, of the Puerto Rican League, and the Argentine League club CA Lanús. In the second round, Pinheiros also needed a Capitanes victory over the Brazilian League club, UniCEUB/BRB, the team that had eliminated Pinheiros in the two previous editions of the NBB. And it happened - the team from Puerto Rico, beat the defending three time Brazilian League champions, helping Pinheiros to win its first international title.
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