Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
First season	2003
Country	Uruguay
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga de Ascenso
International cup(s)	BCL Americas Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Current champions	Nacional (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Malvín (5 titles)
President	Sergio Benítez
TV partners	Tenfield
Website	www.fubb.org.uy
2025–26 LUB season

TheLiga Uruguaya de Básquetbol^[1][2] (abbreviated asLUB;English:Uruguayan Basketball League) is the highest professional clubbasketball league inUruguay. It is organized by theUruguayan 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 theCampeonato 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 toDefensor Sporting, whom also repeated in the 2009–10 season. So far, Defensor Sporting is the only one to appear in all of the league's seasons, after the relegation ofTrouville in the2024–25 season.^[3]

The LUB is currently played in three stages: Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament), Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) or Reclasificatorio (Requalifier), play-in and play-off.

• In the Qualifying Tournament, the 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 twice, home and away. It only serves to organize the positions for playoffs.
• The Requalifier was contested by six teams also. The clubs play each other twice. The last two are relegated to theLiga de Ascenso and the top two advance to the playoffs.
• Finally, teams competed in the playoffs, with series being best of five. The first stage was the quarterfinals. The qualifiers are played as: A) 1st of the Liguilla vs. 2nd of the Reclasificatorio, B) 2nd of the Liguilla vs. 1st of the Requalifier, C) 3rd of the Liguilla vs. 6th of the Liguilla, and D) 4th of the Liguilla vs. 5th of the Liguilla. The semifinal pairings were: A) Winner vs. D) Winner and B) Winner vs. C) 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 theBCL Americas and the losers of the semifinals, theLiga Sudamericana de Baloncesto.

Defensor Sporting is the team with the most league appearances, having so far competed in every season of the LUB.

Notes: All statistics are only for the Uruguayan Basketball League (Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol), which is organized by theUruguayan 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[4]	City	Arena	Capacity	Foundation	Seasons	Championships
Aguada	Montevideo	Estadio Propio Aguatero	3,738	1922	22	4
Biguá		Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[5]	1,200	1931	22	4
Cordón		Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella	710	1944	13	0
Defensor Sporting		Gimnasio Óscar Magurno[6]	800	1910	23	2
Goes		Estadio Plaza de las Misiones	1,800	1934	14	0
Hebraica Macabi		Estadio Romeo Schinka[7]	900	1939	18	4
Malvín		Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil	900	1938	22	5
Nacional		Polideportivo delGran Parque Central	800	1899	11	0
Peñarol		Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi	4,700	1891	6	0
Unión Atlética		Gimnasio Unión Atlética[5]	750	1924	12	0
Urunday Universitario		Gimnasio Urunday Universitario[5]	700	1931	9	0
Welcome		Gimnasio Óscar Magurno	900	1926	13	0

The Uruguayan Basketball League competition began in 2003. Before that time, theUruguayan 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
2024–25	Nacional	4–3	Aguada	Álvaro Ponce

Season	Player	Club	Points
2014–15[8]	Anthony Young	Montevideo	22.5
2015–16[9]	Marcus Elliott	Olimpia	24.1
2016–17[10]	Anthony Young	Larre Borges	25.7
2017–18[11]	Walter Baxley	Biguá	25.9
2018–19[12]	Joe Efese	Verdirrojo	21.2
2019–20[13]	Isaac Sosa	Defensor Sporting	23.3
2021[14]	Donald Sims	Biguá	26.7
2021–22[15]	Davaunta Thomas	Capitol	22.8
2022–23[16]	Donald Sims	Biguá	24.1
2023–24[17]	Donald Sims	Aguada	23.8
2024–25[18]	Andre Spight	Biguá	23.7

• Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship (1915–2003)
• Liga Femenina de Básquetbol
• Uruguayan Basketball Champions
• Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB)

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