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Associação de Basquete Cearense or simply Basquete Cearense is a Brazilian professional basketball team that is based in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The club plays in the Brazilian top-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). The team was founded in 2012, and since then has played in all editions of the NBB, reaching the playoffs three times.

History

Basquete Cearense was created in 2012, with the support of the government of Ceará, Fortaleza, City Hall, and sponsored by Sky. It was created as a project franchise, conceived by head coach Alberto Bial, who had been one of those responsible for the creation of the Joinville team. The team became the first basketball team from the Northeast Region of Brazil to play in the top-tier level Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

Basquete Cearense är ett brasilianskt basketlag baserat i Fortaleza, Ceará. Laget spelar i Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), den högsta ligan för basket i Brasilien. Basquete Cearense grundades 2005 och ägs av Bruno Lo Bianco. Lagets hemmaarena är Ginásio Paulo Sarasate med en kapacitet på 8 000 åskådare.

Basquete Cearense har vunnit ett NBB-mästerskap, 2015. Laget har också vunnit två Copa Super 8-mästerskap, 2014 och 2015. På internationell nivå har Basquete Cearense tävlat i FIBA South American League, där de nådde finalen 2015.

Några av de mest kända spelarna som har spelat för Basquete Cearense inkluderar Marcelinho Machado, Alex Garcia och Tyrone Curnell. Lagets nuvarande tränare är Alberto Bial.