Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile

Liga DirecTV by Spalding
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2010
First season	2010
Motto	"Qué buena está la Liga!"
No. of teams	12
Countries	Chile
Most recent; champion(s)	Universidad de Concepción (3rd title) ; (2023)
Most titles	Español de Talca; Universidad de Concepción; (3 titles each)
TV partner(s)	CDO
Official website	LNB.cl

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, also known as the LNB 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.

History

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.

Current teams

**Liga Uno teams for the 2023 season**
Team	Location	Arena	Capacity	Head coach	Kit	Shirt Sponsor
Colegio Los Leones	Quilpué	Gimnasio Colegio Los Leones	800	José Ángel Samaniego	Playmaker	Knop Laboratorios
Santiago Morning Quilicura	Quilicura	Gimnasio Municipal de Quilicura	800	Gustavo Noria	KS7	Municipalidad de Quilicura
Universidad Católica	Santiago	Edificio de Deportes UC	1,500	Bernardo Murphy	Macron	CMPC
Municipal Puente Alto	Puente Alto	Gimnasio Municipal de Puente Alto	1,500	Pablo Ares	Playoff	CMPC
Tinguiririca SF	San Fernando	Estadio Municipal Techado de San Fernando	1,500	Pablo Gatica	Zeus-Sport	Municipalidad de San Fernando
Español de Talca	Talca	Gimnasio Regional	4,500	Claudio Lavín	Zeus-Sport	Mayorista DyL
Universidad de Concepción	Concepción	Casa del Deporte	2,000	Cipriano Núñez	Live PRO	Mundo
AB Temuco	Temuco	Olímpico UFRO/ G. Municipal B. O'Higgins	3,200 / 2,000	Diego Martínez	Kaif Deportes	Municipalidad de Temuco
Las Ánimas de Valdivia	Valdivia	Gimnasio de Las Ánimas / Coliseo Antonio Azurmendy	1,000 / 5,000	Jorge Luis Alvárez	Spearhead	Aserradero El Arenal
CD Valdivia	Valdivia	Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy	5,000	Gabriel Schamberger	Live PRO	CMPC
Español de Osorno	Osorno	Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo	4,500	Marcelo Macías	Playoff	Bonisimo
Atlético Puerto Varas	Puerto Varas	Gimnasio Fiscal de Puerto Varas	1,300	Leonardo Monsalve	Evensport	Cecinas Llanquihue
CEB Puerto Montt	Puerto Montt	Gimnasio Municipal de Puerto Montt	2.000	Johao Tapia	Imtex	Municipalidad de Puerto Montt
ABA Ancud	Ancud	Gimnasio Fiscal de Ancud	2,500	José Luis Pisani	A'S	Conservas Angelmó
Deportes Castro	Castro	Gimnasio Fiscal de Castro	1,500	Damián Gamarra	Playoff	Naviera Ulloa

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 UNO 15 Teams
2º		Liga DOS 16 Teams
3º		Liga de Desarollo Febachile (U23) 37 Teams

Champions

Season	Winner	Result	Runners-up	Coach
2010	Español de Talca	3–1	Boston College	Claudio Lavín
2011–12	Deportes Castro	3–1	Boston College	Warren Espinoza
2012–13	Español de Talca	3–1	Boston College	Carlos Iglesias
2013–14	Tinguiririca San Fernando	3–1	Osorno Básquetbol	Pablo Ares Ordenes
2014–15	Colo-Colo	3–2	Deportes Castro	Gabriel Schamberger
2015–16	CD Valdivia	4–2	Universidad de Concepción	Juan Manuel Córdoba
2016–17	Español de Talca	4–2	Osorno Básquetbol	Gabriel Schamberger
2017–18	Las Ánimas de Valdivia	4–1	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué	Jorge Luis Álvarez
2018–19	CD Valdivia	4–1	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué	Juan Manuel Córdoba
2019–20	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[7]
2021	Universidad de Concepción	3–1	CD Valdivia	Cipriano Núñez
2022	Universidad de Concepción	4–2	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué	Cipriano Núñez
2023	Universidad de Concepción	4–1	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué

Championship by team

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Español de Talca	3	-
Universidad de Concepción	3	1
CD Valdivia	2	1
Tinguiririca San Fernando	1	-
Colo-Colo	1	-
Deportes Castro	1	1
Las Ánimas de Valdivia	1	-
Osorno Básquetbol	-	2
Colegio Los Leones	-	3
Boston College	-	3

References

^ "Chilean Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings – LATINBASKET". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
^ "Chilean Basketball". LatinBasket.com. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ "Tinguririca Campeón de la LNB Movistar by Spalding". Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "Campeón de la Liga Nacional jugará la Liga Sudamericana 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "Colo Colo se coronó campeón de la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol". Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
^ "Colo Colo vence a Castro y es el monarca de la LNB | Deportes | LA TERCERA". Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
^ "LNB CHILE SUSPENDE DEFINITIVAMENTE LIGA DIRECTV by UACh – Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile".

External links

[1] "Chilean Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings – LATINBASKET". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

[2] "Chilean Basketball". LatinBasket.com. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

[3] "Tinguririca Campeón de la LNB Movistar by Spalding". Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

[4] "Campeón de la Liga Nacional jugará la Liga Sudamericana 2014". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

[5] "Colo Colo se coronó campeón de la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol". Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

[6] "Colo Colo vence a Castro y es el monarca de la LNB | Deportes | LA TERCERA". Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

[7] "LNB CHILE SUSPENDE DEFINITIVAMENTE LIGA DIRECTV by UACh – Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile".

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