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Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

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Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia.

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The championship was established in 1992 and is organized by the Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto (in English: Colombian Basketball Federation). The first national semi-professional championship was called Copa Sprite, sponsored by the eponymous soda trademark. This led the participating clubs to the creation of the División Mayor del Baloncesto Colombiano.[1] This way the first championship was created, called Copa Sprite Profesional. In this version the following teams participated: Bogotá-Doria Promasa, Valle-Sensus 2, Antioquia-Sprite, Santander-Terpel, Barranquilla-Junior y Caldas-Ron Viejo de Caldas.[2]

League format

The championship consists of three rounds:[3]

  • Round Robin: The teams play 24 games each. The four top teams in the end reach the playoffs.
  • The playoffs: in a best-of-7 format, the first seed plays against the fourth, and the second seed against the third. The two winning teams play the finals.
  • The Finals: The two finalist teams play a best-of-seven-games series.

Teams

Current teams

The following teams played in the 2022-I season:

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Former teams

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Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)

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Profesional era (1992–present)

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References

  1. "No va más el baloncesto nacional - Universia". Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

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