Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano


Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano, currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia.
The championship was established in 1992 and is organized by the Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto.
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.
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.

League format

The championship consists of three rounds:
  • 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 2025 season:
TeamCityArenaCapacity
Caimanes del LlanoVillavicencioColiseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya7,000
Caribbean Storm LlanerosVillavicencioColiseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya7,000
Cimarrones del ChocóQuibdóColiseo "La Caldera"4,000
Motilones del NorteCúcutaColiseo Toto Hernández5,000
Paisas BasketballMedellínColiseo Iván de Bedout6,000
Piratas de BogotáBogotáColiseo El Salitre7,000
Sabios de ManizalesManizalesColiseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000
Toros del ValleCaliColiseo Evangelista Mora3,500
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Former teams

Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)

Profesional era (1992–present)