Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (LNB)

LNB logo
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2010
Motto	"Qué buena está la Liga!"
No. of teams	12
Countries	Chile
Continent	FIBA Americas
Most recent champion(s)	CSD Colo Colo (2015)
Most titles	Español de Talca (2)
TV partner(s)	DirecTV Sports & CDO
Level on pyramid	1
Official website	LNB.cl

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de 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

2010 Final between Español de Talca v Boston College

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.

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.

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.

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.

Format

All 12 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.

Teams

Team	City	Arena
CD AB Ancud	Ancud	Gimnasio Fiscal de Ancud
CD Castro	Castro
CD Español de Talca	Talca
CD Las Animas	Valdivia
CD Universidad de Católica	Concepción	Casa del Deporte
CD Valdivia	Valdivia
CDS Puerto Varas	Puerto Varas
CDU Concepción	Concepción
Colegio Los Leones	Santiago
CSD Colo Colo	Santiago
Mun. Puente Alto	Puente Alto
Tinguiririca SF	San Fernando	Gimnasio Hermanos Maristas

List of Champions

Season	Winner	Result	Runners-up
2010	Español de Talca	3–1	Boston College
2011–12	Deportes Castro	3–1	Boston College
2012–13	Español de Talca	3–1	Boston College
2013–14	Tinguiririca SF	3–1	Osorno Básquetbol
2014–15	CSD Colo Colo	3–2	Deportes Castro

Champions by titles

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Español de Talca	2	–
Deportes Castro	1	1
Tinguiririca SF	1	–
CSD Colo Colo	1	–
CD Boston College	–	3
Osorno Básquetbol	–	1

External links

• Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile official website
• Official FebaChile
• Chilean league on Latinbasket.com