# 2023 El Metro season

The 2023 El Metro season, is the 20th season of the second most important Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with four games of the regular season and ended on 14 October 2024 with the game 3 of the second promotion play-off.
Urunday Universitario was the champion, defeating Olimpia in three games, and returned to the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol after being relegated that same year.
Welcome achieved the second promotion by defeating Olimpia in the second promotion play-off by reversing the serie by 2–1. This generated controversy because Olimpia had won the semi-final against Welcome, so the play-off for the second promotion was eliminated in 2024 season.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2022 season, two promoted from the 2022 DTA, and two relegated from the 2022–23 LUB.
Tabaré, who had obtained one of the promotions the previous year, sold the place to the FUBB, which accepted in search of reducing the number of teams in the LUB to 12.

#### Teams relegated from LUB

* Olimpia
* Urunday Universitario

#### Teams promoted from DTA

* Atenas
* Welcome

#### Teams promoted to LUB

* Cordón

#### Teams relegated to DTA

* San Telmo Rápido Sport

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home City | Arena | Capacity |
| 25 de Agosto | Montevideo | Gimnasio 25 de Agosto | 350 |
| Atenas | Montevideo | Estadio Antonio María Borderes | 1,565 |
| Capitol | Montevideo | Gimnasio Carlos Garbuyo | 480 |
| Colón | Montevideo | Gimnasio Héctor Chaine | 1,000 |
| Lagomar | Ciudad de la Costa | Gimnasio Lagomar | 170 |
| Larrañaga | Montevideo | Gimnasio Larrañaga | 350 |
| Miramar | Montevideo | Gimnasio Miramar | 200 |
| Olimpia | Montevideo | Estadio Albérico J. Passadore | 500 |
| Olivol Mundial | Montevideo | Gimnasio Olivol Mundial | 175 |
| Sayago | Montevideo | Gimnasio Roberto Moro | 660 |
| Stockolmo | Montevideo | Gimnasio Héctor Domínguez | 700 |
| Tabaré | Montevideo | Gimnasio Tabaré | 800 |
| Unión Atlética | Montevideo | Gimnasio Unión Atlética | 750 |
| Urunday Universitario | Montevideo | Gimnasio Urunday Universitario | 700 |
| Verdirrojo | Montevideo | Gimnasio Verdirrojo | 350 |
| Welcome | Montevideo | Estadio Óscar Magurno | 800 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| 25 de Agosto | Gustavo Reig | Martín Couñago | Sporty's |
| Atenas | Santiago Segovia | Luciano Planells | Kelme |
| Capitol | Fabián Narbais | Juan Wenzel | Giova |
| Colón | Ernesto Dorrego | Andrés Aristimuño | |
| Lagomar | Alejandro Muro | Diego Tortajada | Borac |
| Larrañaga | Nicolás Díaz | Camilo Colman | Podium |
| Olimpia | Daniel Lovera | Santiago Fernández | Podium |
| Olivol Mundial | Javier Masner | Emilio Taboada | Sporty's |
| Sayago | Germán Fernández | Martín Aguilera | Sporty's |
| Stockolmo | Andrés Borroni | Facundo Terra | Sporty's |
| Tabaré | Diego Palacios | Martín Perdomo | Sporty's |
| Unión Atlética | Santiago Gómez | Felipe Trusich | Concreto |
| Urunday Universitario | Héctor Da Pra | Nicolás Delgado | Giova |
| Verdirrojo | Ramiro Caballero | Nicolás Gentini | Concreto |
| Welcome | Diego Rivas | Ángel Varela | M |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Position in table | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Sayago | Carlos Barrios | Pre-season | End of contract | 30 September 2022 | Germán Fernández | 28 February 2023 |
| Larrañaga | Sergio Delgado | Pre-season | End of contract | 30 September 2022 | Nicolás Díaz | 5 February 2023 |
| Stockolmo | Guido Fernández | Pre-season | End of contract | 30 September 2022 | Andrés Borroni | 17 March 2023 |
| Unión Atlética | Daniel Lovera | Pre-season | Signed by Olimpia | 13 December 2022 | Esteban Yaquinta | 8 March 2023 |
| Atenas | Martín Sedes | Pre-season | End of contract | 31 December 2022 | Santiago Segovia | 31 January 2023 |
| Welcome | Sebastián Barbieri | Pre-season | End of contract | 31 December 2022 | Diego Rivas | 27 April 2023 |
| Capitol | Gonzalo Fernández | Pre-season | Signed by Defensor Sporting | 11 January 2023 | Fabián Narbais | 29 March 2023 |
| Olivol Mundial | Germán Cortizas | Pre-season | Signed by Aguada | 30 May 2023 | Javier Masner | 24 March 2023 |
| Verdirrojo | Ignacio Ortega | 16th (0–6) | Resigned | 3 July 2023 | Ramiro Caballero | 3 July 2023 |
| Atenas | Santiago Segovia | 9th (5–6) | Resigned | 18 July 2023 | Mauricio Rodríguez | 19 July 2023 |
| Colón | Ernesto Dorrego | 12th (5–6) | Sacked | 22 July 2024 | Fernando Cabrera | 22 July 2024 |
| Miramar | Andrés Blazina | 16th (2–11) | Resigned | 31 July 2024 | Guido Fernández | 31 July 2024 |
| Unión Atlética | Esteban Yaquinta | 9th (8–8) | Resigned | 9 August 2024 | Santiago Gómez | 12 August 2024 |

## Regular season

The Regular season was the first stage of the El Metro. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The first eight of the table played the Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase), and the last eight played the Fase Descenso (Relegation Phase).

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Urunday Universitario | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1259 | 1099 | +160 | 27 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 2 | Olimpia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1169 | 1078 | +91 | 26 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 3 | Tabaré | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1138 | 1074 | +64 | 25 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 4 | Capitol | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1167 | 1155 | +12 | 24 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 5 | Sayago | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1208 | 1132 | +76 | 24 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 6 | Welcome | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1154 | 1117 | +37 | 24 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 7 | Larrañaga | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1156 | 1130 | +26 | 24 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 8 | Unión Atlética | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1267 | 1219 | +48 | 23 | Tiebreak |
| 9 | Atenas | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1208 | 1192 | +16 | 23 | Tiebreak |
| 10 | Colón | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1174 | 1157 | +17 | 22 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 11 | Olivol Mundial | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1144 | 1174 | −30 | 21 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 12 | Stockolmo | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1166 | 1200 | −34 | 21 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 13 | Verdirrojo | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1000 | 1127 | −127 | 20 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 14 | 25 de Agosto | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1086 | 1098 | −12 | 20 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 15 | Lagomar | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1113 | 1265 | −152 | 19 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
| 16 | Miramar | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1025 | 1217 | −192 | 17 | Qualification to Fase Descenso |
* 1 2 3 4 Capitol 3–0, Sayago 2–1, Welcome 1–2, Larrañaga 0–3
* 1 2 Unión Atlética 1–0 Atenas
* 1 2 Olivol Mundial 1–0 Stockolmo
* 1 2 Verdirrojo 1–0 25 de Agosto

### Results

| Home \ Away | 25A | ATE | CPT | COL | LAG | LGA | MIR | OLI | OMU | SAY | STO | TAB | UAT | UUN | VER | WEL |
| 25 de Agosto | | | 82–63 | 76–84 | | | | 63–74 | 90–77 | 66–52 | 79–58 | | | 76–91 | | |
| Atenas | 83–62 | | | | | | 72–71 | 82–69 | | 75–85 | 83–78 | 72–74 | | 78–89 | | |
| Capitol | | 88–79 | | | 85–68 | | | | 94–61 | | | 65–79 | 84–78 | | 20–1 | 84–74 |
| Colón | | 82–93 | 89–83 | | 96–62 | | | | 79–80 | | | | 97–99 | | 93–73 | 63–62 |
| Lagomar | 68–92 | 82–89 | | | | 76–79 | 70–57 | | | 88–90 | 90–81 | 71–90 | | | 76–71 | |
| Larrañaga | 78–59 | 85–66 | 72–90 | 64–57 | | | 84–75 | | 76–73 | | | 72–90 | 91–90 | | | |
| Miramar | 62–59 | | 76–102 | 56–72 | | | | 77–80 | | 66–96 | 80–76 | | | 67–83 | | |
| Olimpia | | | 106–67 | 86–66 | 86–71 | 75–72 | | | 79–68 | | | | 82–67 | | 85–59 | 90–76 |
| Olivol Mundial | | 56–82 | | | 97–75 | | 98–65 | | | | | 72–75 | 81–75 | | 64–83 | 58–65 |
| Sayago | | | 79–94 | 87–89 | | 90–76 | | 75–79 | 88–72 | | | | 85–72 | 64–72 | | 82–80 |
| Stockolmo | | | 75–72 | 79–74 | | 77–72 | | 75–65 | 80–86 | 82–76 | | | 83–82 | 89–94 | | |
| Tabaré | 62–61 | | | 77–76 | | | 94–70 | 79–62 | | 53–72 | 84–76 | | | 77–79 | | |
| Unión Atlética | 75–68 | 99–75 | | | 86–87 | | 77–63 | | | | | 87–75 | | | 96–72 | 95–92 |
| Urunday U. | | | 97–76 | 80–57 | 98–72 | 70–78 | | 81–51 | 68–71 | | | | 84–89 | | | 94–87 |
| Verdirrojo | 85–75 | 74–84 | | | | 71–87 | 79–77 | | | 68–87 | 79–78 | 68–61 | | 67–79 | | |
| Welcome | 86–78 | 98–95 | | | 68–57 | 71–61 | 75–63 | | | | 84–79 | 71–68 | | | 65–50 | |

### Tiebreak

* 8 August 2024 20:15 UTC−3
* Report
| Unión Atlética | 64–71 | Atenas |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 17–12, 21–12, 12–25 |||
| Pts: Dotti 13 Rebs: McClenton, García 10 Asts: Dotti 4 | | Pts: Zuvich 20 Rebs: Zuvich 13 Asts: Planells 7 |
* Estadio Romeo Schinca, Montevideo Attendance: 0 Referees: Andrés Bartel, Washington Chamorro, Alejandro Nadruz

## Fase Campeonato

The Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) was a stage played to organize the first seven teams in the play-offs. The eighth team will have to play the play-in against the first team in the Relegation Phase, to determine the last team to qualify for the playoffs. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the Torneo Classificatorio.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Urunday Universitario | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1910 | 1659 | +251 | 40 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1774 | 1654 | +120 | 37 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Welcome | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1649 | 1570 | +79 | 36 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Tabaré | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1646 | 1566 | +80 | 36 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Larrañaga | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1668 | 1721 | −53 | 34 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 6 | Sayago | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1786 | 1721 | +65 | 34 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 7 | Capitol | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1702 | 1715 | −13 | 33 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 8 | Atenas | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1637 | 1684 | −47 | 16 | Relegation to DTA |
* 1 2 Welcome 1–0 Tabaré
* 1 2 Larrañaga 1–0 Sayago
* ↑ Atenas was deducted 4 points for violating the security protocol when its fans forced their way into the tiebreak match, against Unión Atlética where the public was prohibited from entering. Also 3 points more were deducted, due to incidents in their match, on matchday 4 of the Fase Campeonato, against Urunday Universitario. Finally, 6 more points were deducted for causing incidents at the Estadio Oscar Magurno, when Welcome was playing its match against Sayago, on matchday 5 of the Fase Campeonato.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATE | CPT | LGA | OLI | SAY | TAB | UUN | WEL |
| Atenas | | 75–90 | 94–60 | 81–102 | | | | 0–20 |
| Capitol | | | 65–75 | | 79–81 | 91–74 | | |
| Larrañaga | | | | | 83–80 | 85–74 | 79–108 | 53–78 |
| Olimpia | | 86–73 | 92–77 | | | 75–83 | | |
| Sayago | 97–80 | | | 99–77 | | | 81–88 | |
| Tabaré | 20–0 | | | | 97–77 | | 82–79 | |
| Urunday Universitario | 103–99 | 87–68 | | 87–82 | | | | 99–69 |
| Welcome | | 82–69 | | 76–91 | 85–63 | 85–78 | | |

## Fase Descenso

The Fase Descenso (Relegation Phase) gave one place to the play-in and four to the relegation play-out. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the Torneo Classificatorio.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unión Atlética | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1746 | 1658 | +88 | 35 | Qualification to Play-in |
| 2 | Stockolmo | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1728 | 1700 | +28 | 32 | |
| 3 | Colón | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1623 | 1566 | +57 | 32 | |
| 4 | 25 de Agosto | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1601 | 1546 | +55 | 32 | |
| 5 | Olivol Mundial | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1658 | 1748 | −90 | 30 | Qualification to Relegation play-out |
| 6 | Lagomar | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1614 | 1781 | −167 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation play-out |
| 7 | Verdirrojo | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1494 | 1708 | −214 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation play-out |
| 8 | Miramar | 21 | 4 | 17 | 1497 | 1736 | −239 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-out |
* 1 2 3 Stockolmo 3 pts., Colón 3 pts. (Stockolmo 1–0 Colón); 25 de Agosto 2 pts.
* ↑ Colón was deducted 1 point for insulting an opposing player in their match, on matchday 2, against Olivol Mundial.
* 1 2 Lagomar 1–0 Verdirrojo

### Results

| Home \ Away | 25A | COL | LAG | MIR | OMU | STO | UAT | VER |
| 25 de Agosto | | 0–20 | | | 88–72 | 77–70 | | |
| Colón | | | 56–64 | 85–75 | | | 54–68 | 94–51 |
| Lagomar | 77–91 | | | | 63–47 | 73–92 | 88–90 | |
| Miramar | 80–91 | | 68–58 | | 88–96 | | | |
| Olivol Mundial | | 71–87 | | | | 84–67 | | 71–81 |
| Stockolmo | | 80–53 | | 93–69 | | | 78–60 | 82–84 |
| Unión Atlética | 69–76 | | | 20–0 | 100–73 | | | 72–70 |
| Verdirrojo | 60–92 | | 72–78 | 76–92 | | | | |

## Relegation play-out

With Atenas relegated by forfeit, there was only one more relegation in play. The losers of the semi-finals played a series to determine it.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 13 | Olivol Mundial | 74 | 81 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 16 | Miramar | 72 | 60 | | 0 | | | | | | |
| 16 | Miramar | 72 | 60 | | 0 | 16 | Miramar | 85 | 62 | 73 | 1 |
| | | | | | | 14 | Lagomar | 76 | 87 | 80 | 2 |
| 14 | Lagomar | 100 | 78 | 69 | 1 | 14 | Lagomar | 76 | 87 | 80 | 2 |
| 15 | Verdirrojo | 67 | 89 | 73 | 2 | | | | | | |
Source: FUBB

## Play-offs

The winner of this phase was promoted. The second promotion was decided between the loser of the final and the winner of the promotion play-off qualifier, which was played by the losers of the semi-finals.
In the quarter-finals, the highest ranked teams gained a point advantage.
| Play-in | Play-in | Play-in | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Urunday Universitario | 82 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Atenas | | 9 | Unión Atlética | 48 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Unión Atlética | w/o | | | | | | 1 | Urunday Universitario | 82 | 91 | 89 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | Tabaré | 90 | 64 | 64 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Tabaré | 77 | 86 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Larrañaga | 78 | 67 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Urunday Universitario | 79 | 62 | 81 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Olimpia | 65 | 69 | 72 | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Olimpia | 104 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Capitol | 78 | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Olimpia | 68 | 76 | 86 | 2 | Promotion play-off qualifier | Promotion play-off qualifier | Promotion play-off qualifier |
| | | | | | | | | 3 | Welcome | 66 | 77 | 58 | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Welcome | 69 | 79 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Tabaré | 79 |
| | | | 5 | Sayago | 78 | 55 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | Welcome | 87 |
Source: FUBB

### Second promotion play-off

* 9 October 2024 20:15 UTC−3
* Report
| Olimpia | 85–70 | Welcome |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 28–17, 12–17, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Three players 17 Rebs: Glenn 13 Asts: Fernández 8 | | Pts: Peña 16 Rebs: Nicoletti 13 Asts: Three players 4 |
* Estadio Romeo Schinca, Montevideo Referees: Alejandro Sanchez Varela, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Vivian Garcia
* 12 October 2024 20:15 UTC−3
* Report
| Welcome | 74–66 | Olimpia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–9, 21–23, 14–15 |||
| Pts: Wohlwend 18 Rebs: Peña 8 Asts: Wohlwend 5 | | Pts: Viana 19 Rebs: Glenn 15 Asts: Fernández 5 |
* Estadio Romeo Schinca, Montevideo Referees: Andrés Laulhe, Julio Dutra, Valentina Dorrego
* 14 October 2024 21:15 UTC−3
* Report
| Olimpia | 69–88 | Welcome |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 29–19, 13–23, 14–23 |||
| Pts: Glenn, Fernández 17 Rebs: Glenn 12 Asts: Three players 3 | | Pts: Verrone 21 Rebs: Peña 7 Asts: Three players 3 |
* Estadio Romeo Schinca, Montevideo Referees: Gonzalo Salgueiro, Julio Dutra, Aline García

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Seed | Promotion or relegation |
| Champion |||||||
| 1 | Urunday Universitario | 29 | 23 | 6 | 3 | Promotion to LUB |
| Second promotion play-off winner |||||||
| 2 | Welcome | 31 | 19 | 12 | 3 | Promotion to LUB |
| Second promotion play-off loser |||||||
| 3 | Olimpia | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2 | |
| Promotion play-off qualifier loser |||||||
| 4 | Tabaré | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| Eliminated in quarter-finals |||||||
| 5 | Larrañaga | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sayago | 24 | 13 | 11 | 6 | |
| 7 | Capitol | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | |
| 8 | Unión Atlética | 24 | 14 | 11 | 9 | |
| Eliminated at play-in |||||||
| 9 | Atenas | 21 | 10 | 11 | 8 | Relegation to DTA |
| Eliminated at Fase Descenso |||||||
| 10 | Stockolmo | 22 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| 11 | Colón | 22 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 25 de Agosto | 21 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Relegation play-out semi-finals winners |||||||
| 13 | Olivol Mundial | 24 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Verdirrojo | 25 | 9 | 16 | 15 |
| Relegation play-out finals winner |||||||
| 15 | Lagomar | 28 | 10 | 18 | 14 | |
| Relegation play-out finals loser |||||||
| 15 | Miramar | 26 | 5 | 21 | 16 | Relegated to DTA |

## Statistical leaders

| Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Theo Metzger Larrañaga 25.0 2 Tirrel Brown 25 de Agosto 23.9 3 King Revolution Sayago 23.3 4 Desmond Holloway 25 de Agosto 20.8 5 Agustín Zuvich Atenas 20.4 | Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Santiago Serna Olivol Mundial 13.0 2 Deion McClenton Unión Atlética 12.8 3 Karachi Edo Capitol 12.3 4 Carlos Milano Lagomar 12.0 5 Agustín Zuvich Atenas 11.9 |
| Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Facundo Terra Stockolmo 7.6 2 Luciano Planells Atenas 6.4 3 Jacob Ledoux Capitol 5.9 4 Robert Whitfield Verdirrojo 5.7 5 Diego García Urunday U. 5.5 | Blocks Pos Player Club 1 Theo Metzger Larrañaga 2.0 2 Charles Mitchell Urunday U. 1.9 3 Lucas Silva Olivol Mundial 1.6 4 Damián Tintorelli Sayago 1.5 5 Tyrone Lee Urunday U. 1.4 |
Source: FUBB

## Awards

All official awards of the 2023 El Metro.

### Season MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| SF | Demian Álvarez | Urunday Universitario |
Source:

### Foreign season MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| C | Álvaro Peña | Welcome |

### Best coach

| Coach | Team |
| Diego Rivas | Welcome |
Source: