Club Ciudad de Bolívar

Bolívar

Full name

Nickname

Las Águilas (the Eagles)
La Celeste (the Light Blue)

Founded

October 23, 2002

Ground

Complejo Polideportivo República de Venezuela

Manager

Javier Weber

League

Liga Argentina de Voleibol

2009–10

1st (champion)

Website

Club home page

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Club Ciudad de Bolívar is an Argentine volleyball club based in San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province.

History

The club was founded on October 23, 2002, subsequent to that year's FIVB Men's World Championship held in Argentina. The club's foundation was initiative of TV host and entrepreneur Marcelo Tinelli (who was born in San Carlos de Bolívar).^[1] Tinelli called former national team captain Daniel Castellani to the project, which conceived the club as a youth player recruiter and former. The colors chosen were the light blue and white, as a tribute to the city of Bolívar's football team that wore those colors.

Bolívar won the championship in the first league it played, the 2002-03 season, defeating Rojas Scholem in the finals. The squad would win its second consecutive title in the 2003-04 season. In 2006 Javier Weber became the team's manager. Under his coaching, the team won its first international title in Brazil.

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The team has used different names for sponsorship reasons: Bolívar Signia, Orígenes Bolívar, DirecTV Bolívar, and the current Drean Bolívar.

Bolívar is the most successful team of the Argentine league, having won 6 titles. The club also won the South American Men's Club Volleyball Championship in 2010, earning the right to represent the continent in the FIVB Men's Club World Championship.