# Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (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.
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 will be 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 four stages: Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament), Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) 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 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 once, where home-field advantage will be won in the head-to-head of the Qualifier. It only serves to organize the positions for playoffs.
* The Requalifier was contested by six teams also. The clubs play each other once, where home-field advantage will be won in the head-to-head of the Qualifier. The last two are relegated to the Second Division, to participate in the Liga de Ascenso and the top four advance to the first round of play-in. The winners play against the finalists of OBL (a tournament with the top-two teams of Paysandú, 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) 1st of Requalifier vs. 4th of Requalifier, B) 2nd of Requalifier vs. 3rd of Requalifier. The second stage pairings are: C) 1st of OBL vs. B) Winner, D) 2nd of OBL vs. A) 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.

### 2024–25 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 | 21 | 4 |
| Biguá | Montevideo | Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz | 1,200 | 1931 | 21 | 4 |
| Cordón | Montevideo | Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella | 710 | 1944 | 12 | 0 |
| Defensor Sporting | Montevideo | Estadio Óscar Magurno | 800 | 1910 | 22 | 2 |
| Hebraica Macabi | Montevideo | Gimnasio Unión Atlética | 750 | 1939 | 17 | 4 |
| Malvín | Montevideo | Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil | 900 | 1938 | 21 | 5 |
| Nacional | Montevideo | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central | 800 | 1899 | 10 | 0 |
| Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi | 4,700 | 1891 | 5 | 0 |
| Trouville | Montevideo | Gimnasio Trouville | 780 | 1922 | 22 | 1 |
| Urunday Universitario | Montevideo | Gimnasio Urunday Universitario | 700 | 1931 | 8 | 0 |
| Urupan | Pando | Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti | 700 | 1924 | 5 | 0 |
| Welcome | Montevideo | Gimnasio Óscar Magurno | 900 | 1926 | 12 | 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.
| Season | Champion | Result | Runner-up | Champion Coach |
| 2003 | Defensor Sporting | 3–2 | Paysandú | Gerardo Jauri |
| 2004–05 | Salto Uruguay | 3–1 | Paysandú | Javier Espíndola |
| 2005–06 | Trouville | 3–0 | Aguada | Alejandro González |
| 2006–07 | Malvín | 3–1 | Biguá | Pablo López |
| 2007–08 | Biguá | 3–0 | Hebraica Macabi | Marcelo Signorelli |
| 2008–09 | Biguá | 3–0 | Defensor Sporting | Che García |
| 2009–10 | Defensor Sporting | 3–0 | Malvín | Gerardo Jauri |
| 2010–11 | Malvín | 3–1 | Biguá | Pablo López |
| 2011–12 | Hebraica Macabi | 3–2 | Malvín | Marcelo Signorelli |
| 2012–13 | Aguada | 4–3 | Defensor Sporting | Javier Espíndola |
| 2013–14 | Malvín | 4–1 | Defensor Sporting | Pablo López |
| 2014–15 | Malvín | 4–1 | Trouville | Pablo López |
| 2015–16 | Hebraica Macabi | 4–2 | Defensor Sporting | Leonardo Zylbersztein |
| 2016–17 | Hebraica Macabi | 4–3 | Aguada | Leonardo Zylbersztein |
| 2017–18 | Malvín | 4–3 | Aguada | Pablo López |
| 2018–19 | Aguada | 4–3 | Malvín | Miguel Volcan |
| 2019–20 | Aguada | 3–1 | Trouville | Adrián Capelli |
| 2021 | Biguá | 3–2 | Nacional | Hernán Laginestra |
| 2021–22 | Biguá | 4–1 | Peñarol | Diego Cal |
| 2022–23 | Hebraica Macabi | 4–2 | Nacional | Leonardo Zylbersztein |
| 2023–24 | Aguada | 4–1 | Peñarol | Germán Cortizas |

## Total LUB titles by club

| Club | Championships | Runners-up | Year(s) won |
| Malvín | 5 | 3 | 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
| Aguada | 4 | 3 | 2013, 2019, 2020, 2024 |
| Biguá | 4 | 2 | 2008, 2009, 2021, 2022 |
| Hebraica Macabi | 4 | 1 | 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023 |
| Defensor Sporting | 2 | 4 | 2003, 2010 |
| Trouville | 1 | 2 | 2006 |
| Salto Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 2005 |
| Peñarol | 0 | 2 | |
| Nacional | 0 | 2 | |
| Paysandú | 0 | 2 | |