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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1988 |
| First season | 1988 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | Colombia |
| Continent | FIBA Americas (Americas) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Titanes de Barranquilla (8th title) (Clausura 2023) |
| Most titles | Titanes de Barranquilla (8 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | DirecTV, Canal Capital, Canal 13, Telecaribe, Telepacífico, TRO, Teleantioquia, Telecafé, Teleislas |
Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia.
The championship was established in 1992 and is organized by the Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto (in English: Colombian Basketball Federation). The first national semi-professional championship was called Copa Sprite, sponsored by the eponymous soda trademark. This led the participating clubs to the creation of the División Mayor del Baloncesto Colombiano. This way the first championship was created, called Copa Sprite Profesional. In this version the following teams participated: Bogotá-Doria Promasa, Valle-Sensus 2, Antioquia-Sprite, Santander-Terpel, Barranquilla-Junior y Caldas-Ron Viejo de Caldas.
League format
The championship consists of three rounds:
- Round Robin: The teams play 24 games each. The four top teams in the end reach the playoffs.
- The playoffs: in a best-of-7 format, the first seed plays against the fourth, and the second seed against the third. The two winning teams play the finals.
- The Finals: The two finalist teams play a best-of-seven-games series.
Teams
Current teams
The following teams played in the 2024-I season:
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Storm Llaneros | Villavicencio | Coliseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya | 7000 |
| Búcaros de Santander | Bucaramanga | Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero | 5000 |
| Cimarrones del Chocó | Quibdó | Coliseo "La Caldera" | 4000 |
| Corsarios de Cartagena | Cartagena de Indias | Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo | 1778 |
| Motilones del Norte | Cúcuta | Coliseo Toto Hernández | 5000 |
| Piratas de Bogotá | Bogotá | Coliseo El Salitre | 7000 |
| Titanes de Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Coliseo Elías Chegwin | 3000 |
| Toros del Valle | Cali | Coliseo Evangelista Mora | 3500 |
Former teams
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Águilas | Tunja | Coliseo Municipal de Tunja | 2,500 |
| Bambuqueros | Neiva | Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva | 5,000 |
| Caimanes | Barranquilla | Coliseo Elías Chegwin | 5,000 |
| Caribbean Heat | San Andrés | Coliseo Genie Bay | 5,000 |
| Cimarrones | Quibdó | Coliseo Municipal de Quibdó | 4,000 |
| Cóndores | Tocancipá | Coliseo Municipal de Tocancipá | 4,000 |
| Cangrejeros | Cartagena | Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo | 5,000 |
| Guerreros | Bogotá | Coliseo El Salitre | 7,000 |
| Indervalle | Cali | Coliseo Evangelista Mora | 3,340 |
| Islanders | San Andrés | Coliseo de San Luis | 3,000 |
| Halcones | Cúcuta | Coliseo Toto Hernández | 5,000 |
| Sabios | Manizales | Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe | 5,000 |
| Llaneros | Villavicencio | Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya | 4,000 |
| Los Pastos | Pasto | Coliseo Sergio Antonio Ruano | 4,000 |
| Marinos | Cartagena | Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo | 5,000 |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe | 5,000 |
| Centauros | Villavicencio | Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya | 4,000 |
| Expreso Azul | Sibaté | Coliseo XIUA | 3,000 |
| Patriotas | Tunja | Coliseo Municipal de Tunja | 2,500 |
| Piratas | Bogotá | Coliseo El Salitre | 7,000 |
| Pijaos | Ibagué | Coliseo Enrique Triana Castilla | 3,000 |
Champions list
Semi-professional era (1988–1991)
| Year | Champion | Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Cali Sport - JGB | I Copa Sprite |
| 1989 | Caldas Bancafetero Aces | II Copa Sprite |
| 1990 | Antioquia - Sprite | III Copa Sprite |
| 1991 | Valle - Sensus | IV Copa Sprite |
Profesional era (1992–present)
| Year | Champion | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Valle - Sensus | |
| 1993 | Paisas - Pilsen | |
| 1994 | Leopardos de Bucaramanga | |
| 1995 | Caimanes de Barranquilla | |
| 1996 | Paisas - Pilsen (2) | |
| 1997 | Caimanes de Barranquilla (2) | |
| 1998 | Caimanes de Barranquilla (3) | |
| 1999 | Piratas de Bogotá | |
| 2000 | Sabios de Caldas | |
| 2001 | Paisas - Pilsen (3) | |
| 2002 | Cancelled | |
| 2003 | Piratas de Bogotá (2) | |
| 2004 | Piratas de Bogotá (3) | |
| 2005 | Cancelled | |
| 2006 | Búcaros de Santander | |
| 2007 | Búcaros de Santander | |
| 2008 | Cúcuta-Norte | |
| 2009 | Cúcuta-Norte | |
| 2010 | Arrieros de Antioquia | |
| 2011 | Búcaros de Santander | |
| 2012 | Búcaros de Santander | |
| Apertura 2013 | Bambuqueros de Neiva | |
| Clausura 2013 | Guerreros de Bogotá | |
| Apertura 2014 | Cimarrones de Choco | |
| Clausura 2014 | Piratas de Bogotá (4) | |
| Apertura 2015 | Aguilas de Tunja | Academia de La Montana |
| Clausura 2015 | Búcaros de Bucaramanga | Piratas de Bogotá |
| 2016 | Academia de la Montaña | Búcaros de Bucaramanga |
| 2017 | Cimarrones del Choco (2) | Fast Break del Valle Bogota |
| 2018 | Titanes de Barranquilla (1) | San Andrés Warriors |
| 2019 | Titanes de Barranquilla (2) | Fast Break del Valle Bogota |
| 2020 | Titanes de Barranquilla (3) | Team Cali |
| Apertura 2021 | Titanes de Barranquilla (4) | Tigrillos Medellin |
| Clausura 2021 | Titanes de Barranquilla (5) | Cimarrone del Choco |
| Apertura 2022 | Titanes de Barranquilla (6) | Cafeteros de Armenia |
| Clausura 2022 | Titanes de Barranquilla (7) | Caribbean Storm Islands |
| Apertura 2023 | Caribbean Storm Islands (1) | Cafeteros de Armenia |
| Clausura 2023 | Titanes de Barranquilla (8) | Cafeteros de Armenia |
| Apertura 2024 | Titanes de Barranquilla (9) | Toros del Valle |
References
- BALONCESTO: CREADA LA DIVISIÓN MAYOR - ANDRES CAVELIER CASTRO - Redacción El Tiempo
- LA SPRITE, AHORA SÍ PROFESIONAL - NULLVALUE - Redacción El Tiempo
- Sistema de Torneo - Elkin Vargas - Redacción El Tiempo
- Titanes, el equipo que representará Barranquilla en el Baloncesto Profesional
- "No va más el baloncesto nacional - Universia". Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- Bucaros es campeón - Universia
- Bucaros bicampeón en Copa Salud-Coop de baloncesto - Caracol Radio
Further reading
- Sitio web oficial de la LigaDirectv
- Sitio web oficial de la Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto
- Colombian league on Latinbasket (in English)
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