Asociación Hebraica y Macabi del Uruguay is a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, playing at the Liga Uruguaya de Basketball

Liga Uruguaya de Basketball

The Liga Uruguaya de Basketball is the most important basketball league from Uruguay.-List of Champions:...

, 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

Liga Uruguaya de Basketball

The Liga Uruguaya de Basketball is the most important basketball league from Uruguay.-List of Champions:...

, Uruguay's most important tournament, obtaining the second place.