Gigantes del Sur
| Nicknames | Los "Dinos" |
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| Sport | Volleyball |
| Founded | November 2003 |
| League | Liga Argentina de Voleibol – Serie A1 |
| Based in | Neuquén, Argentina |
| Arena | Estadio Ruca Che |
| Head coach | Alejandro Grossi |
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| Website | www |
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Gigantes del Sur is a volleyball team in Neuquén, Argentina. Founded in November 2003, its home stadium is Ruca Che Stadium, Central Park Gym and currently Picún Leufú.
The team was made primarily as the result of the 2002 world championships organized in Argentina. In the same year, the Neuquén province started a program called «Development Plan of Provincial volleyball». This plan resulted in the creation of the team in November 2003 and the team began to participate in national tournaments that same year.
The 2003-04 A2 League was organized by FeVA[] and had eight teams in its final phase, among them, the Boca Juniors and Independiente de Dolores, teams that arrived to the semifinals. The Independiente de Dolores were eliminated by the Giants, and the Giants faced Saint Lorenzo of Buenos Aires in the final game. The first two games were played in the Ruca Che Stadium, where the home team won the first game, but after losing the second game, they were at a disadvantage, and finally, the porteño (Buenos Aires) team moved up after winning two games as the home team. After finishing as runners-up, the Giants had the chance to move up based on a play-off game facing another A1 League, which were the Obras San Juan, a team that won the series and stayed in the standings.
After being the runners-up, the Giants faced their second season, the 2004-05 season, in the A2 league as the favored team to move up. The team got stronger with Diego Spinelli, Dick Montalbán, Juan Pablo Hatrick, Leonardo Figueiredo, Javier Sánchez and Javier Dantas. The "Dinos" finished second in the regular season, after the Boca Juniors, and so they had an advantage in the majority of the play-offs. In the semifinals, the team faced Instituto Carlos Pellegrini, of Tucumán, and in the final faced the Boca From their position in the regular season, the team had adisadvantage in the pairings and so they were the visiting team. After winning the fourth game in The Bombonerita , they were promoted to the A1 League.
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