Universo BRB
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| Leagues | NBB | ||
| Founded | 2000 | ||
| Arena |
Ginásio Nilson Nelson (capacity: 16,000) Ginásio da ASCEB (capacity: 3,050) |
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| Location | Brasília, Brazil | ||
| Team colors | White, Blue, Red |
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| President |
 Homero Neto |
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| Head coach |
Bruno Savignani
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| Championships |
4 Brazilian Basketball League 1 FIBA Americas League 3 Liga Sudamericana |
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| Website | UniCEUB/BRB | ||
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The Instituto Viver Basquetebol, known simply as Brasília, is a Brazilian professional basketball club, based in Brasília, Federal District. The team was founded in 2000, and renamed in 2009, been originally related to Salgado de Oliveira University (UNIVERSO). Between 2010 and 2017 was associated to Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB) and named UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília. Their gyms are Nilson Nelson and ASCEB (minor games).
The lack of soccer tradition in Brasília contributed to the basketball team of UniCEUB/BRB be adopted as a local passion. The results inside the basketball court also favored the club consolidation, in special the third consecutive championship of Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) won in 2011–2012 season, that led the team to reach the mark of four national titles in six consecutive finals.
In addition, UniCEUB/BRB was the first Brazilian team to have won the FIBA Americas League, the most important club tournament of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in the continent. In 2008–09 season the team won the title by defeating the Mexican Halcones Xalapa in their home.
The history of Instituto Viver Basquetebol (Living Basketball Institute) began in 2000 when University Salgado de Oliveira created in Brasilia its basketball team. Since its first year the team came to dominate the local scene of the Federal District, with the conquest of Metropolitan Basketball Championships, but only in 2003, from the investment of a weight sponsor as the BRB Bank, the team appeared for the first time on the national scene. That season, the so called Universo/BRB/Brasília won the Brazilian Basketball Supercup with a team of athletes with experience in the Brazilian National Team, such as Ratto, Alexey Carvalho and Sandro Varejao.
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