Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico

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Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event
Cibacopa.jpg
SportBasketball
Founded2001; 21 years ago (2001)
DirectorAntonio Gándara González
No. of teams8
CountryMexico
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)		Rayos de Hermosillo
(3rd title)
Most titlesRayos de Hermosillo
Tijuana Zonkeys

(3 titles each)
TV partner(s)Megacable[1]
Telemax
TVC Deportes[2]
Official websitewww.CIBACOPA.org

The Basketball Circuit of the Pacific Coast (Spanish: Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico or CIBACOPA) is a basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico. As of 2018, it involves 10 clubs, primarily from northwest Mexico.[3] The matches take place from March to June. [4]

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, , Frayles de Guasave, , , 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]

Teams[]

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Locations of the CIBACOPA teams
Team City Arena Capacity Member Since Head coach
Astros de Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Arena Astros 4,000 2022 Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos
Caballeros de Culiacán Culiacán, Sinaloa Polideportivo Juan S. Millán 2,000 2000 Mexico Andrés Contreras
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón, Sonora Arena ITSON 3,500 2016 Argentina Ariel Rearte
Guaymas, Sonora Gimnasio Municipal de Guaymas 1,200 2003 United States John Welch
Pioneros de Los Mochis Los Mochis, Sinaloa Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis 5,830 2000 Argentina Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio
Rayos de Hermosillo Hermosillo, Sonora Arena Sonora 3,500 2008 United States Dan Tacheny
Tijuana Zonkeys Tijuana, Baja California Auditorio Zonkeys 4,888 2010 United States Henry Bibby
Mazatlán, Sinaloa Lobo Dome 8,000 2014 United States James Penny

List of champions[]

Year Champion[10] Series Runner-up
2001 Caballeros de Culiacán 4–0
2002 4–3 Caballeros de Culiacán
2003 4–1
2004 Frayles de Guasave 4–2
2005 4–2
2006 Frayles de Guasave 4–1
2007 4–2
2008 4–3 Frayles de Guasave
2009 4–2 Caballeros de Culiacán
2010 Caballeros de Culiacán 4–0
2011 4–0 Rayos de Hermosillo
2012 Rayos de Hermosillo 4–3 Ostioneros de Guaymas
2013 Rayos de Hermosillo 4–3
2014 Tijuana Zonkeys 4–3 Caballeros de Culiacán
2015 Tijuana Zonkeys 4–3
2016 4–2 Rayos de Hermosillo
2017 Halcones de Ciudad Obregón 4–2 Rayos de Hermosillo
2018 Tijuana Zonkeys 4–2 Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2019 Rayos de Hermosillo 4–3 Mantarrayas de La Paz

Championships[]

Teams that are no longer active are marked in italics.

Team Champion Runner-up Year(s) won
Rayos de Hermosillo
3
3
 2012, 2013, 2019
3
2
 2002, 2003, 2007
Tijuana Zonkeys
3
0
 2014, 2015, 2018
Caballeros de Culiacán
2
3
 2001, 2010
2
2
 2009, 2011
Frayles de Guasave
2
1
 2004, 2006
1
1
 2005
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
1
1
 2017
1
0
 2008
1
0
 2016
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Mantarrayas de La Paz
0
1

Former clubs[]

  • (2017–18)
  • (2007)
    • (2010–11)
  • (2002–06)
  • (2007)
  • (2001–02, 2009, 2012)
  • (2001–03)
    • (2004–07)
    • (2007–15)
    • (2015–19)
  • Frayles de Guasave (2001–18)
  • (2003–16)
  • (2020)
  • (2012–18)
  • (2018–22)
  • (2001–??)
  • (2001, 2003–04)
  • Mantarrayas de La Paz (2019–22)
  • (2005–06
    • (2007–08)
  • (2014–15)
    • (2006–13)
  • (2001–03)
  • (2004–08)
  • (2005)
  • (2003–04)
  • (2001–13)
  • (2007–09, 2016)

References[]

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  3. ^ Motley, Gene (26 July 2018). "Former Chowan hoops player retires in style". The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ González, Ángel (26 September 2018). "Expansión en Cibacopa". FRONTER.INFO (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Jorge Casanova Parra, de gran mérito en la organización y desarrollo del basquetbol". Revista Deportemas (in Spanish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b "¿Quiénes somos? - Conoce más del Cibacopa" (in Spanish). CIBACOPA. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Cibacopa festeja su 20 aniversario". BasquetMex (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Cibacopa, la liga profesional número uno del noroeste". Bien Informado (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ García, Jair (19 February 2020). "Los Gallos son expulsados del torneo Cibacopa 2020". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "¿Quiénes somos? Conoce más del Cibacopa". cibacopa.org (in Spanish). Retrieved April 7, 2020.

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