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Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

Most important basketball league in Uruguay

The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol[1][2] (abbreviated as LUB; English: Uruguayan Basketball League) is the most important professional club basketball league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB). The Uruguayan Basketball League competition began in 2003. Before that time, the Uruguayan basketball championships were only local metropolitan, and no competitions brought together all the clubs in the country. Until the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol was created, the capital clubs participated in the Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship), while the clubs of the rest of the country competed in regional tournaments. The Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship was founded in 1915, making it among the oldest on the continent.

Quick Facts Founded, First season ...

The first LUB competition had a dramatic end, with a win in the last second, that brought the Uruguayan League title to Defensor Sporting, whom also repeated in the 2009–10 season. Some of the other League champions were: Salto Uruguay in 2004, Trouville in 2005–06, Malvín in 2006–07 and 2010–11, Biguá in 2007–08 and 2008–09, Hebraica Macabi in 2011–12, and Aguada in 2012–13. So far, there are only two teams that have appeared in all of the league's seasons; they are: Defensor Sporting and Trouville.

Format

Trophies of the Uruguayan Basketball League.

The LUB is currently played in four stages: Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament), Ronda Título (Title Round) or Reclasificatorio (Requalifier), play-in and play-off.

  • In the Qualifying Tournament, the metropolitan clubs play each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table play in the Title Round, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six play the Requalifier,
  • The Title Round is contested by six teams. The clubs play each other twice. It only serves to organize the positions for playoffs.
  • The Requalifier was contested by six teams also. The last two are relegated to the Second Division, to participate in the Liga de Ascenso, the top two advance to the second round of play-in; and the third and four play the first round of play-in, against the finalists of OBL (a tournament with the top-two teams of Salto and Soriano regional leagues.
  • The play-in consist of two rounds, with series being best of three series. The first stage is played as: A) 3rd of Requalifier vs. 2nd of OBL, B) 4th of Requalifier vs. 1st of OBL. The second stage pairings are: C) 1st of Requalifier vs. A) Winner, D) 2nd of Requalifier vs. B) Winner.
  • Finally, teams competed in the playoffs, with series being best of five. The first stage was the quarterfinals. The qualifiers are played as: E) 1st vs. D) Winner, F) 2nd vs. C) Winner, G) 3rd vs. 6th and H) 4th vs. 5th. The semifinal pairings were: E) Winner vs. H) Winner and F) Winner vs. G) Winner. The winners of these matches played in the finals in best-of-seven serie, with the winner being crowned as the league champions of the LUB.
  • The finalists will play the BCL Americas and the losers of the semifinals, the Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto.

Participating teams

Defensor Sporting and Trouville are the teams with the most league appearances, having so far competed in every season of the LUB.

2023–24 season teams

Notes: All statistics are only for the Uruguayan Basketball League (Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol), which is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (Federación Uruguaya de Basketball). Uruguayan Federal tournaments are not included. The "arena" column reflects the arena where the team plays most of its home games, but does not indicate that the team in question is the owner.

Club City Arena Capacity Foundation Seasons Championships
Aguada Montevideo Estadio Propio Aguatero 3,738 1922 19 3
Biguá Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[3] 1,200 1931 19 4
Cordón Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella 710 1944 14 0
Defensor Sporting Estadio Óscar Magurno[4] 800 1910 20 2
Hebraica Macabi Gimnasio Unión Atlética[3][5] 750 1939 16 4
Goes Estadio Plaza de las Misiones 1,800 1934 12 0
Larre Borges Estadio Romeo Schinca 900 1927 9 0
Malvín Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil 900 1938 19 5
Nacional Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central 800 1899 8 0
Peñarol Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi 4700 1891 4 0
Racing Mercedes Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini[6] 400 1937 1 0
Remeros de Mercedes Gimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini 400 1916 1 0
Trouville Montevideo Estadio Club Trouville[3] 780 1922 20 1
Urupan Pando Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti 700 1924 4 0

Champions by season

The Uruguayan Basketball League competition began in 2003. Before that time, the Uruguayan Federal Championships were only local, and no competition brought together all the clubs in the country.

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Total LUB titles by club

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Awards

Main article: Uruguayan Basketball League MVP
Main article: Uruguayan Basketball League Finals MVP

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Competitions". fubb.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Uruguay tiene todo listo para atravesar la etapa más importante de la Liga Uruguaya de Basquetbol". fiba.basketball. FIBA. March 26, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".
  4. [4]
    Defensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.
  5. [5]
    Hebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.
  6. [6]
    Racing's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in Remeros de Mercedes' court.
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