Tijuca Tênis Clube

Tijuca Tênis Clube
Leagues	NBB
Founded	1915
Arena	Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima (capacity: 4,500)
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Team colors	White and Red
President	Paulo Maciel
Head coach	Elídio Leal
Website	tijucabasquete.com.br
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Tijuca Tênis Clube is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tijuca neighborhood, in Northern Zone of the city. The club is best known for its basketball team. Besides basketball in the club of Tijuca TC there are other sports such as futsal, swimming, and a lot of other sports.

History

Tijuca was founded in 1915, initially as a tennis club. Basketball was introduced later and became the club's most popular sport. Tijuca reached the final of the state championship nine times, losing them all. In the last three finals, in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Tijuca lost to Flamengo. But in 2011, the team won the Super Copa Brasil, after a game against Liga Sorocabana, and acquired the right to dispute NBB 2011–12. In that season, Tijuca finished the regular season in twelfth place. In the playoffs, the team was beaten by Uberlândia.

Roster

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Tijuca Tênis Clube roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. PG 4 Pitico 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 7 Lima Silva, Felipe 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 8 Brito, David 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) SF 10 Lima, Higor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) G/F 11 da Silva, Marcellus 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) C 12 Bahia, Rodrigo 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) SF 14 Andrade, Wesley 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PG 15 Langsdorff, Bruno 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 17 McLemore, Rashaun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) C 20 de Souza, Arthur 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) SF 22 Bishop, Rashad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) SF 28 Carvalho, Felippe 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) G 32 Moreira Filho, Arnaldo 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Eldio Leal Assistant coach(es) Daniel Chaves Bello Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2013-03-17

Honors

National

• Super Copa Brasil: 2011

State

• State championship:
  • Runners-up: 1945, 1960, 1961, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012