Halcones de Xalapa

Halcones de Xalapa
Halcones de Xalapa logo
ConferenceEast
LeagueLNBP
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
HistoryHalcones UV Xalapa
(2003–2013)
Halcones de Xalapa
(2013–2015, 2021–)
ArenaGimnasio USBI
Capacity2,638
LocationXalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Team colorsPurple, white and sky blue
     
PresidentÁngel Fernando Morales Blanchet
Head coachPaco Olmos
OwnershipUniversidad Veracruzana
Championships4 (2005, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Websitehalconesdexalapa.com.mx

Halcones de Xalapa (in English: Xalapa Falcons) is a basketball club based in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico that plays in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).[1] Their home games are played at Gimnasio Universitario de la Unidad Deportiva. Halcones have won four LNBP championships, in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Former Michigan star and NBA player, Robert Traylor, played for Halcones UV Xalapa three months before his death in May 2011. In 2015, Halcones withdrew from the LNBP due to financial problems.

In the 2023–24 season, Halcones played in the continental top league Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA). They became the first Mexican team in the competition's history to make the Final Four.[2]

  1. ^ "LNBP | Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional". Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. ^ "Halcones becomes first Mexican club to reach BCLA Final 4". FIBA.basketball. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-17.