# 2024–25 LUB season

The 2024–25 LUB season, was the 22nd season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It began with Malvín's victory over Biguá for the regular season, on 24 October 2024.
Aguada is the defending champion.

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

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023–24 season, two promoted from the 2023 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL.

#### Teams promoted from El Metro

* Urunday Universitario
* Welcome

#### Teams relegated to Liga de Ascenso

* Larre Borges
* Goes

### Venues and locations

* MontevideoUrupanclass=notpageimage| Location of teams in 2024–25 LUB
* AguadaBiguáCordónDefensor SportingHebraica y MacabiMalvínNacionalPeñarolTrouvilleUrunday UniversitarioWelcomeclass=notpageimage| Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2024–25 LUB
| Team | Home City | Arena | Capacity |
| Aguada | Montevideo | Estadio Propio Aguatero | 3,738 |
| Biguá | Montevideo | Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz | 1,200 |
| Cordón | Montevideo | Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella | 710 |
| Defensor Sporting | Montevideo | Estadio Óscar Magurno | 800 |
| Hebraica Macabi | Montevideo | Gimnasio Unión Atlética | 750 |
| Malvín | Montevideo | Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil | 900 |
| Nacional | Montevideo | Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central | 800 |
| Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi | 4,700 |
| Trouville | Montevideo | Gimnasio Trouville | 780 |
| Urunday Universitario | Montevideo | Gimnasio Urunday Universitario | 700 |
| Urupan | Pando | Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti | 700 |
| Welcome | Montevideo | Estadio Óscar Magurno | 800 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| Aguada | Germán Cortizas | Juan Santiso | Puma |
| Biguá | Federico Camiña | Federico Bavosi | B31 |
| Cordón | Nicolás Díaz | Fernando Verrone | MGR |
| Defensor Sporting | Gonzalo Brea | Federico Soto | Kelme |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Diego Rivas | Federico Haller | Concreto |
| Malvín | Pablo López | Lucas Capalbo | Under Armour |
| Nacional | Álvaro Ponce | Patricio Prieto | Umbro |
| Peñarol | Leonardo Zylbersztein | Salvador Zanotta | Puma |
| Trouville | Esteban Yaquinta | Santiago Fernández | Sport House |
| Urunday Universitario | Héctor Da Pra | Nicolás Delgado | Giova |
| Urupan | Agustín Esteve | Abel Agarbado | MGR |
| Welcome | Juan Ignacio Vallarino | Santiago Moglia | Kelme |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Malvín | Federico Camiña | End of contract | 7 June 2024 | Pre-season | Pablo López | 26 July 2024 |
| Peñarol | Marcelo Signorelli | End of contract | 25 June 2024 | Pre-season | Leonardo Zylbersztein | 4 July 2024 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | Leonardo Zylbersztein | Signed by Peñarol | 4 July 2024 | Pre-season | Diego Rivas | 23 July 2024 |
| Welcome | Diego Rivas | Signed by Hebraica y Macabi | 23 July 2024 | Pre-season | Juan Ignacio Vallarino | 29 August 2024 |
| Urupan | Diego Palacios | End of contract | 9 August 2024 | Pre-season | Agustín Esteve | 13 August 2024 |
| Trouville | Pablo Morales | Resigned | 13 February 2025 | 11th (4–16) | Esteban Yaquinta | 13 February 2025 |
| Biguá | Nicolás Mazzarino | Sacked | 28 February 2025 | 8th (8–12) | Diego Rodríguez (interim) | 28 February 2025 |
| Biguá | Diego Rodríguez (interim) | End of interim period | 3 March 2025 | 8th (9–12) | Federico Camiña | 3 March 2025 |
| Defensor Sporting | Gonzalo Fernández | Resigned | 8 March 2025 | 5th (11–11) | Gonzalo Brea | 8 March 2025 |

## Torneo Clasificatorio

The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Fase Campeonato, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2076 | 1723 | +353 | 42 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 2 | Aguada | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1973 | 1756 | +217 | 38 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 3 | Malvín | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1775 | 1684 | +91 | 36 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 4 | Peñarol | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1862 | 1623 | +239 | 35 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1928 | 1820 | +108 | 33 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 6 | Cordón | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1829 | 1883 | −54 | 32 | Qualification to Fase Campeonato |
| 7 | Biguá | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1866 | 1900 | −34 | 31 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 8 | Hebraica y Macabi | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1869 | 1935 | −66 | 31 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 9 | Urunday Universitario | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1759 | 1888 | −129 | 30 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 10 | Urupan | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1784 | 1932 | −148 | 29 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 11 | Welcome | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1698 | 2070 | −372 | 27 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
| 12 | Trouville | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1625 | 1830 | −205 | 26 | Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio |
* ↑ Aguada were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Peñarol.
* ↑ Peñarol were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Aguada. In addition, 2 more points were deducted, due to incidents in the matchday 14, in the Clásico against Nacional.
* 1 2 Biguá 2–0 Hebraica y Macabi

### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | BIG | COR | DSC | HYM | MAL | NAC | PEÑ | TRO | UUN | UPA | WEL |
| Aguada | — | 88–67 | 111–97 | 96–84 | 95–86 | 71–70 | 88–90 | 77–69 | 83–65 | 98–86 | 91–78 | 101–72 |
| Biguá | 81–95 | — | 97–104 | 79–81 | 113–85 | 73–86 | 96–102 | 72–83 | 92–87 | 85–92 | 75–73 | 99–69 |
| Cordón | 96–88 | 82–80 | — | 71–87 | 77–97 | 69–76 | 79–86 | 92–104 | 74–69 | 93–85 | 87–65 | 95–75 |
| Defensor Sporting | 85–89 | 100–79 | 82–65 | — | 86–90 | 87–80 | 78–88 | 84–85 | 90–59 | 98–90 | 91–66 | 112–77 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | 83–102 | 87–95 | 94–98 | 84–82 | — | 84–90 | 82–92 | 65–93 | 85–77 | 74–66 | 65–73 | 83–88 |
| Malvín | 67–81 | 75–82 | 82–60 | 86–73 | 92–83 | — | 67–88 | 75–73 | 85–71 | 97–89 | 91–72 | 97–70 |
| Nacional | 91–94 | 97–82 | 98–83 | 96–81 | 101–88 | 84–67 | — | 80–78 | 77–81 | 99–79 | 89–75 | 115–64 |
| Peñarol | 86–77 | 76–73 | 77–73 | 70–64 | 82–68 | 79–70 | 85–89 | — | 93–75 | 94–67 | 71–78 | 88–59 |
| Trouville | 75–77 | 82–87 | 78–74 | 84–93 | 79–88 | 68–73 | 70–86 | 56–97 | — | 68–71 | 62–88 | 83–77 |
| Urunday Universitario | 81–71 | 85–79 | 77–87 | 81–78 | 77–89 | 93–87 | 72–90 | 80–83 | 72–80 | — | 61–90 | 86–97 |
| Urupan | 73–96 | 89–93 | 91–92 | 94–92 | 95–104 | 74–76 | 65–121 | 83–105 | 97–90 | 85–95 | — | 92–86 |
| Welcome | 74–104 | 82–87 | 84–81 | 111–120 | 82–105 | 60–86 | 69–117 | 66–91 | 71–66 | 66–74 | 99–88 | — |

## Fase Campeonato

The Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) is a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs play each other once. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nacional (Q) | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2247 | 1894 | +353 | 45 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | Aguada (Q) | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2157 | 1927 | +230 | 41 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Malvín (Q) | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1940 | 1851 | +89 | 39 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | Peñarol (Q) | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2014 | 1787 | +227 | 38 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting (Q) | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2090 | 1978 | +112 | 36 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 6 | Cordón (Q) | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1989 | 2046 | −57 | 35 | Qualification to Play-offs |
* ↑ Aguada were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Peñarol.
* ↑ Peñarol were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Aguada. In addition, 2 more points were deducted, due to incidents in the matchday 14, in the Clásico against Nacional.

### Home teams

The aggregate score of the Torneo Clasificatorio, will determine the home teams in this phase.
| Against | AGU | COR | DSC | MAL | NAC | PEÑ |
| Aguada | — | Yes 207–185 | Yes 185–169 | Yes 152–137 | Yes 182–181 | No 154–155 |
| Cordón | No 185–207 | — | No 136–169 | No 129–158 | No 162–184 | No 165–181 |
| Defensor Sporting | No 169–185 | Yes 169–136 | — | No 160–166 | No 159–184 | No 148–155 |
| Malvín | No 137–152 | Yes 158–129 | Yes 166–160 | — | No 134–172 | No 145–152 |
| Nacional | No 181–182 | Yes 184–162 | Yes 184–159 | Yes 172–134 | — | Yes 169–165 |
| Peñarol | Yes 155–154 | Yes 181–165 | Yes 155–148 | Yes 152–145 | No 165–169 | — |

### Results

| Home \ Away | COR | DSC | MAL | NAC | PEÑ |
| Aguada | | | 85–90 | 99–81 | |
| Cordón | | | | | |
| Defensor Sporting | 88–78 | | | | |
| Malvín | 75–82 | | | | |
| Nacional | | | | | 90–72 |
| Peñarol | | 80–73 | | | |

## Reclasificatorio

The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) is a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other once. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Biguá (X) | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2039 | 2057 | −18 | 35 | Qualification to Play-in |
| 8 | Hebraica y Macabi (X) | 24 | 10 | 14 | 2033 | 2098 | −65 | 34 | Qualification to Play-in |
| 10 | Urupan | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1952 | 2089 | −137 | 33 | |
| 10 | Urunday Universitario | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1927 | 2068 | −141 | 32 | |
| 11 | Welcome (Z) | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1876 | 2247 | −371 | 30 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |
| 12 | Trouville (R) | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1784 | 2006 | −222 | 28 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |

### Home teams

The aggregate score of the Torneo Clasificatorio, will determine the home teams in this phase.
| Against | BIG | HYM | TRO | UUN | UPA | WEL |
| Biguá | — | Yes 208–172 | Yes 179–169 | No 170–171 | Yes 168–162 | Yes 186–151 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | No 172–208 | — | Yes 173–156 | Yes 163–143 | Yes 169–168 | Yes 188–170 |
| Trouville | No 169–179 | No 156–173 | — | Yes 148–143 | No 152–185 | Yes 149–148 |
| Urunday Universitario | Yes 171–170 | No 163–143 | No 143–148 | — | No 156–174 | No 160–163 |
| Urupan | No 162–168 | No 168–169 | Yes 185–152 | Yes 175–156 | — | No 180–185 |
| Welcome | No 151–186 | No 170–188 | No 148–149 | Yes 163–160 | Yes 185–180 | — |

### Results

| Home \ Away | HYM | TRO | UUN | WEL |
| Biguá | 82–77 | 91–80 | | |
| Hebraica y Macabi | | | | 87–81 |
| Trouville | | | | |
| Urunday Universitario | | | | |
| Urupan | | 85–79 | 83–78 | |
| Welcome | | | 97–90 | |

## OBL

The OBL (Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral; English: Coastal Basketball Organization) is a tournament in which the best teams from Salto, Paysandú and the Soriano Regional League participate. The two finalists qualify for the LUB play-in.

### Torneo Litoral Norte

This stage pits the champions and runners-up of the Salto and Paysandú tournaments against each other.
The finalists and the winner of the third-place match qualify for the OBL.

#### Qualified teams

| Team | Method of qualification |
| Ferro Carril | Liga Salteña de Básquetbol champions |
| Pelotaris | Liga de Básquetbol de Paysandú champions |
| Touring | Liga de Básquetbol de Paysandú runners-up |
| Universitario | Liga Salteña de Básquetbol runners-up |

#### Bracket

The semi-finals are played in a best-of-three format, home and away, with the advantage going to the league champions. The winners will play a title game and the losers will also play a match, for qualification to the OBL Tournament. Both matches will be played in the Estadio 8 de Junio, Paysandú.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1S | Ferro Carril | 71 | 100 | 2 | | | |
| 2P | Touring | 67 | 95 | 0 | | | |
| 2P | Touring | 67 | 95 | 0 | 1S | Ferro Carril | 85 |
| | | | | | 1P | Pelotaris | 67 |
| 1P | Pelotaris | 66 | 91 | 2 | 1P | Pelotaris | 67 |
| 2S | Universitario | 59 | 69 | 0 | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | | | | 2P | Touring | 81 |
| | | | | | 2S | Universitario | 54 |
Source: FUBB

### OBL Tournament

In this tournament, the teams qualified by the Liga Regional de Soriano will play against those from the Torneo Litoral Norte.
These teams will carry over the results obtained in their qualifying tournaments, as follows:
* Remeros is awarded a 20–0 victory over Pacaembú Biguá, for beating them 3–1 in the Liga Regional de Soriano finals.
* Ferro Carril is awarded a 20–0 victory over Touring, for beating them 2–0 in the Torneo Litoral Norte semifinals.
* Pelotaris is awarded a 20–0 victory over Touring, for beating them 3–0 in the Liga de Básquetbol de Paysandú finals.
* Ferro Carril is awarded a 20–0 victory over Pelotaris, for beating them 85–67 in the Torneo Litoral Norte final.

#### Qualified teams

| Team | Method of qualification |
| Ferro Carril | Torneo Litoral Norte champions |
| Pacaembú Biguá | Liga Regional de Básquetbol de Soriano runners-up |
| Pelotaris | Torneo Litoral Norte runners-up |
| Remeros | Liga Regional de Básquetbol de Soriano champions |
| Touring | Torneo Litoral Norte third place |

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ferro Carril (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 130 | 85 | +45 | 6 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 2 | Remeros (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 202 | 183 | +19 | 5 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 3 | Pelotaris (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 82 | +4 | 5 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 4 | Pacaembú Biguá (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 155 | −14 | 4 | Qualification to Final Four |
| 5 | Touring (E) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 216 | −54 | 4 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | PAC | REM | TOU |
| Ferro Carril | | 90–85 | |
| Pacaembú Biguá | | | 79–69 |
| Pelotaris | 66–62 | | |
| Remeros | | | 97–93 |
| Touring | | | |

#### Final Four

The final four will be held in the Estadio 8 de Junio, Paysandú.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| 1 | Ferro Carril |
| 4 | Pacaembú Biguá |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
Source: FUBB

## Play-in and Play-offs

| Play-in | Play-in | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | 1 | Nacional |
| 7 | Winner Reclasificatorio | | |
| 2O | Runner-up OBL | | |
| | | 4 | 4th Fase Campeonato |
| | | 5 | 5th Fase Campeonato |
| | | 2 | Runner-up Fase Campeonato |
| 8 | Runner-up Reclasificatorio | | |
| 1O | Winner OBL | | |
| | | 3 | 3rd Fase Campeonato |
| | | 6 | 6th Fase Campeonato |

## Final standings

| Pos | Qualification or relegation |
| Champion |||||||
| 1 | Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas |
| Runners-up |||||||
| 2 | Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas |
| Eliminated at semi-finals |||||||
| 3 | Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto |
| 4 | Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto |
| Eliminated at quarter-finals |||||||
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| Eliminated at play-in |||||||
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| Eliminated at Reclasificatorio |||||||
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| Relegated |||||||
| 13 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |
| 14 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |

## Statistical leaders

| Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Andre Spight Biguá 23.7 2 Connor Zinaich Nacional 21.6 3 Donald Sims Aguada 21.3 4 Erik Thomas Urunday U. 20.6 5 Gary Ricks Jr. Trouville 20.3 | Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Ricardo Glenn Trouville 12.3 2 Frank Hassell Aguada 10.8 3 Anthony Peacock Urupan 10.5 4 Kiril Wachsmann Malvín 10.2 5 Ivan Aska Urunday U. 10.1 |
| Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Santiago Vidal Aguada 8.3 2 Santiago Wohlwend Hebraica y Macabi 6.0 3 Joshua Webster Urunday U. 5.8 4 Luciano Parodi Peñarol 5.7 5 Malik Curry Defensor Sporting 5.5 | Blocks Pos Player Club 1 Connor Zinaich Nacional 1.9 2 Manny Suárez Nacional 1.8 3 Nicolás Martínez Malvín 1.6 4 Gerard DeVaughn Urunday U. 1.4 5 Jamil Wilson Aguada 1.1 |
Source: FUBB

## LUB clubs in international competitions

Basketball Champions League Americas :
| Team | Progress | Result | W–L |
| Biguá | Group C | 3rd of 3 teams (1–5) | 1–5 |
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto :
| Team | Progress | Result | W–L |
| Nacional | Final | Win vs. San Lorenzo | 6–0 |
| Nacional | Semi-finals | Win vs. Defensor Sporting | 6–0 |
| Nacional | Group A | 1st of 5 teams (4–0) | 6–0 |
| Defensor Sporting | Third place game | Loss vs. Olímpico | 3–3 |
| Defensor Sporting | Semi-finals | Loss vs. Nacional | 3–3 |
| Defensor Sporting | Group B | 2nd of 5 teams (3–1) | 3–3 |