# 2024 DTA season

The 2024 DTA season, is the 21st season of the third most important Uruguayan basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with the regular season and ended on 23 September 2024 with the final.
The champion was Atenas, who defeated Marne in the final and returned to Liga de Ascenso after having been relegated by abandonment.
Atenas was the first team to be promoted, beating Yale 2-0 in the semi-finals. Minutes later, Marne also gained promotion, defeating Albatros 2-0.
The two losers played a playoff for the third promotion, where Yale beat Albatros 2-0.

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

A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023 season and one relegated from the 2023 El Metro.
Miramar, which was relegated last year from the El Metro, decided not to participate this season. Also, Layva and Deportivo Paysandú, who received sanctions for incidents last tournament, forfeited this tournament either.

#### Teams relegated from El Metro

* Atenas
* Miramar

#### Teams promoted to Liga de Ascenso

* Montevideo
* Bohemios

### Venues and locations

| Club | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Albatros | Montevideo | Gimnasio Albatros | 125 |
| Atenas | Montevideo | Estadio Antonio María Borderes | 1,565 |
| Ateneo | Piriápolis | Gimnasio Alfredo L. Núñez | 750 |
| Auriblanco | Montevideo | Gimnasio Roberto Vázquez | 350 |
| Capurro | Montevideo | Gimnasio Guillermo J. Ríos | 150 |
| Danubio | Montevideo | Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas | 350 |
| Defensores de Maroñas | Montevideo | Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas | 400 |
| Juventud | Las Piedras | Estadio Federal Cirilio Malnatti | 1,000 |
| Marne | Montevideo | Gimnasio Trouville | 780 |
| San Telmo Rápido Sport | Montevideo | Gimnasio Lussich Rolando | 500 |
| Yale | Montevideo | Campo de Deportes Luis Ruocco | 500 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Albatros | Nicolás Ellis | Fabrizio Viacava | Sporty's |
| Atenas | Guido Fernández | Camilo Colman | Kelme |
| Ateneo | Fernando Cabral | Fernando Cestaro | Maxpe Sport |
| Auriblanco | Mauricio Biderman | Facundo Yaquinta | Sporty's |
| Capurro | Fernando Cabrera | Andrés Rodríguez | MGR |
| Danubio | Matías Bueno | Federico Álvarez | Starbade |
| Defensores de Maroñas | Pedro Xavier | Daniel Dacal | MGR |
| Juventud | Humberto Sánchez | Sergio Castello | Elite |
| Marne | Fabián Narbais | Matías Nicoletti | Sporty's |
| San Telmo Rápido Sport | Javier Masner | Javier Crocano | Concreto |
| Yale | Ignacio Ortiz | Emilio Taboada | Sports Dreams |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Yale | Javier Masner | Pre-season | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | Ignacio Ortiz | 21 April 2024 |
| Auriblanco | Andrés Jones | Pre-season | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | Mauricio Biderman | 8 June 2024 |
| San Telmo Rápido Sport | Nicolás Scarabino | Pre-season | Signed by Tabaré | 8 January 2024 | Javier Masner | 18 May 2024 |
| Atenas | Mauricio Rodríguez | Pre-season | Signed by Bohemios | 23 January 2024 | Guido Fernández | 28 March 2024 |
| Capurro | Ignacio Ortega | Pre-season | End of contract | 31 January 2024 | Fernando Cabrera | 25 May 2024 |
| Defensores de Maroñas | Sebastián Baranzano | Pre-season | Resigned | 8 April 2024 | Pedro Xavier | 8 April 2024 |
| Ateneo | Juan Carlos Werstein | Pre-season | Resigned | 25 April 2024 | Fernando Cabral | 25 April 2024 |
| Auriblanco | Mauricio Biderman | 10th (1–9) | Sacked | 15 July 2024 | Ernesto Dorrego | 16 July 2024 |
| Juventud | Andrés Antúnez | 7th (4–8) | Resigned | 24 July 2024 | Humberto Sánchez | 24 July 2024 |
| San Telmo Rápido Sport | Javier Masner | 7th (6–12) | Resigned | 12 August 2024 | Juan Álvarez | 12 August 2024 |

## Regular season

The Regular season was the first stage of the DTA. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The first eight of the table will play the play-offs, and the last five will be eliminated.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Marne | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1753 | 1415 | +338 | 38 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Atenas | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1683 | 1329 | +354 | 37 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Yale | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1627 | 1513 | +114 | 35 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Albatros | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1584 | 1522 | +62 | 32 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Defensores de Maroñas | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1438 | 1497 | −59 | 29 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 6 | San Telmo Rápido Sport | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1441 | 1511 | −70 | 28 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 7 | Auriblanco | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1454 | 1531 | −77 | 27 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 8 | Capurro | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1552 | 1539 | +13 | 27 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 9 | Juventud | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1480 | 1634 | −154 | 26 | |
| 10 | Danubio | 20 | 3 | 17 | 1366 | 1649 | −283 | 23 | |
| 11 | Ateneo | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1461 | 1699 | −238 | 21 | |
* ↑ Atenas was deducted 1 point, for incidents in Matchday 8, against Marne
* 1 2 Auriblanco 146–144 Capurro
* ↑ Capurro were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Deportivo Paysandú
* ↑ Ateneo were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Bohemios

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ATE | API | AUR | CPR | DAN | DMA | JLP | MNE | STR | YAL |
| Albatros | — | 66–84 | 71–57 | 72–69 | 79–72 | 94–68 | 60–70 | 100–90 | 98–104 | 88–97 | 58–53 |
| Atenas | 73–51 | — | 94–64 | 71–58 | 83–65 | 87–51 | 81–55 | 106–65 | 71–79 | 97–78 | 77–59 |
| Ateneo | 71–87 | 83–95 | — | 84–81 | 60–85 | 101–81 | 82–64 | 91–81 | 60–96 | 68–79 | 77–85 |
| Auriblanco | 70–86 | 57–81 | 81–58 | — | 73–80 | 74–61 | 66–62 | 106–89 | 80–88 | 70–76 | 80–105 |
| Capurro | 85–81 | 84–92 | 107–80 | 64–73 | — | 92–68 | 100–79 | 80–79 | 62–92 | 87–72 | 58–59 |
| Danubio | 66–89 | 73–86 | 77–73 | 63–72 | 79–90 | — | 71–68 | 63–64 | 55–95 | 77–86 | 75–104 |
| Defensores de Maroñas | 79–74 | 67–84 | 81–73 | 79–61 | 71–69 | 75–63 | — | 84–69 | 83–91 | 63–66 | 73–95 |
| Juventud | 94–99 | 58–89 | 87–68 | 76–71 | 84–58 | 61–65 | 80–67 | — | 62–86 | 68–63 | 72–81 |
| Marne | 67–69 | 98–89 | 100–54 | 97–68 | 89–64 | 80–72 | 71–56 | 92–55 | — | 82–75 | 82–81 |
| San Telmo Rápido Sport | 66–86 | 58–67 | 81–76 | 66–75 | 68–73 | 74–60 | 56–67 | 70–67 | 68–76 | — | 74–82 |
| Yale | 87–76 | 60–76 | 86–81 | 73–69 | 78–77 | 84–78 | 85–95 | 95–79 | 93–88 | 82–68 | — |

## Play-offs

The two finalists of this stage will promote, and play a single-match final to crown the champion. The losers play a best-of-three serie for the third promotion.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | |
| 1 | Marne | 88 | 82 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Capurro | 79 | 67 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Capurro | 79 | 67 | | 0 | 1 | Marne | 73 | 68 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Albatros | 62 | 66 | 0 | | | | |
| 4 | Albatros | 91 | 82 | | 2 | 4 | Albatros | 62 | 66 | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | Defensores de Maroñas | 86 | 75 | | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Defensores de Maroñas | 86 | 75 | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | Marne | 81 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Atenas | 90 | |
| 2 | Atenas | 81 | 68 | 71 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Atenas | 90 |
| 7 | Auriblanco | 59 | 73 | 62 | 1 | | | | | |
| 7 | Auriblanco | 59 | 73 | 62 | 1 | 2 | Atenas | 79 | 85 | 2 | Promotion play-off | Promotion play-off | Promotion play-off | Promotion play-off | Promotion play-off | Promotion play-off |
| | | | | | | 3 | Yale | 63 | 60 | 0 |
| 3 | Yale | 75 | 65 | | 2 | 3 | Yale | 63 | 60 | 0 | 4 | Albatros | 67 | 69 | | 0 |
| 6 | San Telmo Rápido Sport | 59 | 61 | | 0 | | | | | | 3 | Yale | 71 | 76 | | 2 |
Source: FUBB

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Seed | Promotion or relegation |
| Champion |||||||
| 1 | Atenas | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso |
| Runners-up |||||||
| 2 | Marne | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso |
| Promotion play-off winner |||||||
| 3 | Yale | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso |
| Promotion play-off loser |||||||
| 4 | Albatros | 26 | 14 | 12 | 4 | |
| Eliminated in quarter-finals |||||||
| 5 | Defensores de Maroñas | 22 | 9 | 13 | 5 | |
| 6 | San Telmo Rápido Sport | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | |
| 7 | Auriblanco | 23 | 8 | 15 | 7 | |
| 8 | Capurro | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | |
| Eliminated at regular season |||||||
| 9 | Juventud | 20 | 6 | 14 | 9 | |
| 10 | Danubio | 20 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |
| 11 | Ateneo | 20 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |

## Statistical leaders

| Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Fabrizio Viacava Albatros 19.7 2 Leandro Curbelo Defensores de M. 18.9 3 Joaquín Taboada Yale 18.6 4 Martín Astramskas Yale 18.2 5 Santiago Machado Albatros 18.1 | Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Pedro Peçanha Juventud 13.3 2 Javier Crocano STRS 12.2 3 Juan Marotta Defensores de M. 12.0 4 Santiago Machado Albatros 11.5 5 Federico Álvarez Danubio 11.1 |
| Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Matías De Gouveia Albatros 6.6 2 Andrés Rodríguez Capurro 6.1 3 Santiago Meinero Albatros 5.5 4 Andrés Piñeiro Auriblanco 4.9 5 Brian Silva Defensores de M. 4.9 | Blocks Pos Player Club 1 Rogelio De León Atenas 1.6 2 Ramiro Trebucq Auriblanco 1.6 3 Cristian López Capurro 1.2 4 Lucas Silva Marne 1.1 5 Jonathan Sacco Marne 1.1 |
Source: FUBB