Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, is the top national basketball leagues in Chile, it is a professional league, organized by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. The league was created in 2010 and the old national league, Dimayor was discontinued in 2013, being the only basketball professional league in the country. The league is now referred as Liga DirecTV by Spalding for sponsorship reasons.

Liga DirecTV by Spalding
SportBasketball
Founded2010
Inaugural season2010
Motto"Qué buena está la Liga!"
No. of teams12
CountriesChile
Most recent
champion(s)		CD Valdivia
Most titlesEspañol de Talca (3)
TV partner(s)CDO
DirecTV Sports
Official websiteLNB.cl

History
2010 Final between Español de Talca v Boston College

Founded in 2008 with the objective of forming strong competition from basketball at national level.

Initially there was the creation of three (League A, League B & League C) divisions, but only the latter two were played. In 2010 the League B was renamed the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, ranking as the main category of the competition, while the League C was renamed Liga Nacional Promocional.

However, that year was constituted the Liga Nacional Superior, vocational and bringing together the country's top clubs.

The inaugural season of the National League had an optimistic hosting, with 12 teams participate in this country. After eliminating Sagrados Corazones and Universidad Católica, Español de Talca met CD Boston College in the finals, winning by a marker 3-1 to become the first champion of the LNB.

In the 2011-12 edition there was a great turnout, with 18 teams, but the defending champion Español de Talca opted to return to the Dimayor. The winner this time was Deportes Castro, who defeated CD Boston College in the finals.[1]

The 2012-13 season saw Español de Talca again crowned champion against CD Boston College, who won their third consecutive sub-championship. The title completed what was nearly a perfect season with only two losses in the tournament, winning Game 4 in overtime.[2]

The 2013-14 season included 16 teams, with debutant team Tinguiririca San Fernando being champions after winning the final 3-1 to Osorno Basketball at the Monumental María Gallardo. With the win Tinguiririca San Fernando became the first team in the Northern Zone to win the championship.[3][4]

2014-15 saw CSD Colo Colo crowned champion, winning the series 3-2 against Deportes Castro in Chiloé. The championship win earns Colo Colo the honor to represent the country in the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol.[5][6]

Format

All team from Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile teams play each other twice during the regular season. At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs.

Teams 2018-2019
Center Conference
Team City Stadium Capacity
Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué Quilpué Gimnasio Colegio Los Leones 800
Español de Talca Talca Gimnasio Cendyr Sur / Gimnasio Regional 800 / 2,500
AB Temuco Temuco Gimnasio Olímpico UFRO 3,200
Universidad Católica Santiago Estadio Palestino 700
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Casa del Deporte 2,000
Municipal Puente Alto Puente Alto Gimnasio Municipal Irene Velásquez 1,500


South Conference
Team City Stadium Capacity
CD Valdivia Valdivia Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy 5,000
AB Ancud Ancud Gimnasio Fiscal de Ancud 2,450
Osorno Básquetbol Osorno Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo 4,500
Deportes Castro Castro Gimnasio Municipal de Castro 1,300
Las Ánimas de Valdivia Valdivia Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy 5,000
Atlético Puerto Varas Puerto Varas Gimnasio Fiscal de Puerto Varas 2,000

Original league system
Category Division
1º Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
12 Teams
2º Liga Deportiva Nacional
12 Teams
3º Liga Nacional Promocional
24 Teams

Current system
Category Division
1º Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
12 Teams
2º Segunda División de Básquetbol
16 Teams

Champions
Season Winner Result Runners-up Coach
2010Español de Talca3-1Boston CollegeClaudio Lavín
2011-12Deportes Castro3-1Boston CollegeWarren Espinoza
2012-13Español de Talca3-1Boston CollegeCarlos Iglesias
2013-14Tinguiririca San Fernando3-1Osorno BásquetbolPablo Ares Ordenes
2014-15Colo-Colo3-2Deportes CastroGabriel Schamberger
2015-16CD Valdivia4-2Universidad de ConcepciónJuan Manuel Córdoba
2016-17Español de Talca4-2Osorno BásquetbolGabriel Schamberger
2017-18Las Ánimas de Valdivia4-1Colegio Los Leones de QuilpuéJorge Luis Álvarez
2018-19CD Valdivia4-1Colegio Los Leones de QuilpuéJuan Manuel Córdoba
2019-20Season Cancelled[7]–––

Championship by team
Team Titles Runners-up
Español de Talca3-
CD Valdivia2-
Tinguiririca San Fernando1-
Colo-Colo1-
Deportes Castro11
Las Ánimas de Valdivia1-
Boston College-3
Osorno Básquetbol-2
Colegio Los Leones-2
Universidad de Concepción-1

References
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