Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol


The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol is the highest professional club basketball league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation. 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 the Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol, 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 to Defensor 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 of Trouville in the 2024–25 season.
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Format

The LUB is currently played in three stages: Torneo, Fase Campeonato or Reclasificatorio, 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 the Liga 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 the BCL Americas and the losers of the semifinals, the Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto.

Participating teams

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

2025–26 season teams

Notes: All statistics are only for the Uruguayan Basketball League, which is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation. 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.
ClubCityArenaCapacityFoundationSeasonsChampionships
Aguada MontevideoEstadio Propio Aguatero3,7381922224
[Club Club Biguá de Villa Biarritz|Biguá de Villa Biarritz|Biguá] MontevideoGimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz1,2001931224
Cordón MontevideoGimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella7101944130
Defensor Sporting MontevideoGimnasio Óscar Magurno8001910232
Goes MontevideoEstadio Plaza de las Misiones1,8001934140
Hebraica Macabi MontevideoEstadio Romeo Schinka9001939184
Malvín MontevideoGimnasio Juan Francisco Canil9001938225
Nacional MontevideoPolideportivo del Gran Parque Central8001899110
Peñarol MontevideoEstadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi4,700189160
Unión Atlética MontevideoGimnasio Unión Atlética7501924120
Urunday Universitario MontevideoGimnasio Urunday Universitario700193190
Welcome MontevideoGimnasio Óscar Magurno9001926130

Champions by season

The Uruguayan Basketball League competition began in 2003. Before that time, the Uruguayan Federal Championships were only local, and no competition brought together all the clubs in the country.
SeasonChampionResultRunner-upChampion Coach
2003Defensor Sporting3–2Paysandú