Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (abbreviated as LUB; English: Uruguayan Basketball League) is the highest 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. 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. So far, Defensor Sporting is the only one to appear in all of the league's seasons, after the relegation of Trouville in the 2024–25 season. Format The LUB is currently played in three stages: Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament), Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) or Reclasificatorio (Requalifier), play-in and play-off. In the Qualifying Tournament, the clubs play each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table play in the Championship Phase, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six play the Requalifier. The Championship Phase is contested by six teams. The clubs play each other twice, home and away. It only serves to organize the positions for playoffs. The Requalifier was contested by six teams also. The clubs play each other twice. The last two are relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and the top two advance to the playoffs. Finally, teams competed in the playoffs, with series being best of five. The first stage was the quarterfinals. The qualifiers are played as: A) 1st of the Liguilla vs. 2nd of the Reclasificatorio, B) 2nd of the Liguilla vs. 1st of the Requalifier, C) 3rd of the Liguilla vs. 6th of the Liguilla, and D) 4th of the Liguilla vs. 5th of the Liguilla. The semifinal pairings were: A) Winner vs. D) Winner and B) Winner vs. C) 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 is the team with the most league appearances, having so far competed in every season of the LUB. 2025–26 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. 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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season took place between October 2019 and February 2021. The season paused in March 2020, resumed in November 2020 briefly with the start of the playoffs, and then paused again until February 2021. The 2019–20 season finished on February 26, 2021, when Aguada beat Trouville in Game 4 of the finals to win 3–1. The 2021 season began in March 2021 and ran through June 2021. Total LUB titles by club Awards Top Scorer See also Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship (1915–2003) Liga Femenina de Básquetbol Uruguayan Basketball Champions Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB) FUBB All-Star Game References External links FUBB (in Spanish) Liga Uruguaya on Basket Uruguay Uruguayan Basketball League at Latinbasket.com (in English)