In the 1950s the club only obtained conquests thanks to the women, but the 1960s had titles from both sexes. The women's team, led by Martha, won the state championship four times in 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963; the men's team won the Carioca Championship three times from 1966 to 1968. In 1967, Botafogo went down in history as the first Rio de Janeiro club to win the national basketball championship by winning the Brazil Cup, the country's main competition at the time. The final match was played at the Club Municipal gymnasium, against Corinthians, which had been champion the previous two years. The match began with an advantage for the São Paulo club, but Botafogo recovered and dominated the action from the second half on. With a shot by Raimundo and a missed free throw by Amaury at the end of the game, apart from the 23 points of the top scorer César, the Glorioso won by 85–84 and took the trophy.
