Victor Avila
Encyclopedia
Victor Avila is a Mexican professional basketball
player currently with the CIBACOPA
team Caballeros de Culiacán
. Since the CIBACOPA
takes place for only a few months a year, Avila also plays for Halcones UV Xalapa
in the LNBP. Throughout his career, Avila has played professional basketball in the United States
, Mexico
, Czech Republic
and Puerto Rico
. He has represented Mexico’s national basketball team on many occasions.
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...
player currently with the CIBACOPA
Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
The Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico is the most important basketball league in Northwestern Mexico. It currently involves 12 teams. The matches are played from late February or early March and lasts until the first days of June....
team Caballeros de Culiacán
Caballeros de Culiacán
Caballeros de Culiacán is a professional basketball club based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The team currently plays in the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico...
. Since the CIBACOPA
Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico
The Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico is the most important basketball league in Northwestern Mexico. It currently involves 12 teams. The matches are played from late February or early March and lasts until the first days of June....
takes place for only a few months a year, Avila also plays for Halcones UV Xalapa
Halcones UV Xalapa
Halcones UV Xalapa is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional . Their home games are played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva....
in the LNBP. Throughout his career, Avila has played professional basketball in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. He has represented Mexico’s national basketball team on many occasions.
Individual
- 1999, 2003–07, 2009: Mexico national basketball teamMexico national basketball teamThe Mexico national basketball team is the side that represents Mexico in men's international basketball competitions. The governing body of the team is the Asociación Deportiva Mexicana de Baloncesto – abbrev...
- 2008: Mexico LNBP MVP
- 2006, 2007, 2009: Mexico CIBACOPACircuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del PacíficoThe Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico is the most important basketball league in Northwestern Mexico. It currently involves 12 teams. The matches are played from late February or early March and lasts until the first days of June....
All Star Game - 2004, 2005, 2009: Mexico LNBP All Star Game
- 1998: 2nd Team JUCO All-American
- 1997: JUCO Conference Freshman of the Year
Team
- 2010: Mexico CIBACOPACircuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del PacíficoThe Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico is the most important basketball league in Northwestern Mexico. It currently involves 12 teams. The matches are played from late February or early March and lasts until the first days of June....
Champion - 2009: Mexico Southern Division CIBACOPACircuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del PacíficoThe Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico is the most important basketball league in Northwestern Mexico. It currently involves 12 teams. The matches are played from late February or early March and lasts until the first days of June....
Champion - 2008-2010: Mexico LNBP Champion
- 2007: Champion of FIBA COCABA ChampionshipFIBA COCABA ChampionshipThe COCABA championship is a regional Central American qualifying tournament and the first of four possible steps that national teams have to place in qualifying for the Olympics....
- 2004, 2005: Mexico LNBP Regular Season Champion
- 2003: CentrobasketCentrobasketCentrobasket is a FIBA sponsored basketball tournament where national teams from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean participate. These countries make up the Central American and Caribbean Confederation . The top three or four teams typically earn berths to the FIBA Americas Championship,...
Bronze Medal - 2002: NBDL Regular Season Champion