Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

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

Liga Wplay de Baloncesto
SportBasketball
Founded1988
Inaugural season1988
No. of teams7
CountryColombia
ContinentFIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent
champion(s)		Titanes de Barranquilla (6th title)
(2022-I)
Most titlesBúcaros de Santander (5 titles)
TV partner(s)DirecTV, Canal Capital, Canal 13, Telecaribe, Telepacífico, TRO, Teleantioquia, Telecafé, Teleislas

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:

Team City Arena Capacity
Búcaros de BucaramangaBucaramangaColiseo Vicente Díaz Romero5,000
Cafeteros de ArmeniaArmeniaColiseo del Café5,000
Caribbean Storm Islands San Andrés Coliseo Genie Bay 5,000
Corsarios de Cartagena Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo 5,000
Team Cali Cali Coliseo Evangelista Mora 5,000
Titanes de Barranquilla Barranquilla Coliseo Elías Chegwin 2,500
GuerrerosBogotáColiseo El Salitre7,000
Tigrillos MedellínMedellínColiseo Universidad de Medellín6,000

Former teams
Team City Arena Capacity
Águilas Tunja Coliseo Municipal de Tunja 2,500
BambuquerosNeivaColiseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva5,000
CaimanesBarranquillaColiseo Elías Chegwin5,000
Caribbean HeatSan AndrésColiseo Genie Bay5,000
CimarronesQuibdóColiseo Municipal de Quibdó4,000
CóndoresTocancipáColiseo Municipal de Tocancipá4,000
CangrejerosCartagenaColiseo Bernardo Caraballo5,000
Guerreros Bogotá Coliseo El Salitre 7,000
IndervalleCaliColiseo Evangelista Mora3,340
IslandersSan AndrésColiseo de San Luis3,000
HalconesCúcutaColiseo Toto Hernández5,000
SabiosManizalesColiseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya 4,000
Los PastosPastoColiseo Sergio Antonio Ruano4,000
Marinos Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo 5,000
Once Caldas Manizales Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe 5,000
CentaurosVillavicencioColiseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya4,000
Expreso AzulSibatéColiseo XIUA3,000
Patriotas Tunja Coliseo Municipal de Tunja 2,500
Piratas Bogotá Coliseo El Salitre 7,000
PijaosIbaguéColiseo Enrique Triana Castilla3,000

Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)
Year Champion Tournament
1988Cali Sport - JGBI Copa Sprite
1989Caldas Bancafetero AcesII Copa Sprite
1990Antioquia - SpriteIII Copa Sprite
1991Valle - SensusIV Copa Sprite

Profesional era (1992–present)
Year Champion Runners-up
1992Valle - Sensus
1993Paisas - Pilsen
1994Leopardos de Bucaramanga
1995Caimanes de Barranquilla
1996Paisas - Pilsen (2)
1997Caimanes de Barranquilla (2)
1998Caimanes de Barranquilla (3)
1999Piratas de Bogotá
2000Sabios de Caldas
2001Paisas - Pilsen (3)
2002Cancelled
2003Piratas de Bogotá (2)
2004Piratas de Bogotá (3)
2005Cancelled[4]
2006Búcaros de Santander[5]
2007Búcaros de Santander[6]
2008Cúcuta-Norte
2009Cúcuta-Norte
2010Arrieros de Antioquia
2011Búcaros de Santander
2012Búcaros de Santander
Apertura 2013Bambuqueros de Neiva
Clausura 2013Guerreros de Bogotá
Apertura 2014Cimarrones de Choco
Clausura 2014Piratas de Bogotá (4)
Apertura 2015 Aguilas de Tunja Academia de La Montana
Clausura 2015 Búcaros de Bucaramanga Piratas de Bogotá
2016 Academia de la Montaña Búcaros de Bucaramanga
2017 Cimarrones del Choco (2) Fast Break del Valle Bogota
2018 Titanes de Barranquilla (2) San Andrés Warriors
2019 Titanes de Barranquilla (3) Fast Break del Valle Bogota
Apertura 2021 Titanes de Barranquilla (4) Tigrillos Medellin
Clausura 2021 Titanes de Barranquilla (5) Cimarrone del Choco
Apertura 2022 Titanes de Barranquilla (6) Cafeteros de Armenia


References
  1. BALONCESTO: CREADA LA DIVISIÓN MAYOR - ANDRES CAVELIER CASTRO - Redacción El Tiempo
  2. LA SPRITE, AHORA SÍ PROFESIONAL - NULLVALUE - Redacción El Tiempo
  3. Sistema de Torneo - Elkin Vargas - Redacción El Tiempo
  4. "No va más el baloncesto nacional - Universia". Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
  5. Bucaros es campeón - Universia
  6. Bucaros bicampeón en Copa Salud-Coop de baloncesto - Caracol Radio

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