Asociación Hebraica y Macabi del Uruguay is a professional basketball team based in Montevideo, playing at the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball, basketball league of Uruguay. Founded on 1944, it participated in most of the basketball tourneys in Uruguay. During the first cycle, the name used by the club was Macabi Hacoaj, later changing its name to the current one. It was promoted to the Second Division of Uruguay Basketball in 1972 and to the First Division in 1973, winning three federal tourneys (Uruguay most important tournament until year 2000). The team retired from the Uruguayan basketball in 1997, but then returned on 2004 to the Third Division of Uruguay. Obtaining two promotions over three years, Hebraica y Macabi played on 2007-08 on the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball, Uruguay's most important tournament, obtaining the second place.
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