Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional

The National Professional Basketball League (Spanish: Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional or LNBP) is the top professional basketball league in Mexico. The league was founded in 2000 with 10 teams.

National Professional Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 LNBP season
SportBasketball
FoundedMarch 11, 2000 (2000-03-11)
DirectorSergio Velázquez
MottoCree en tu juego
(Believe in your game)
No. of teams14
CountryMexico
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
ContinentFIBA Americas
Most recent
champion(s)		Abejas de León
(1st title)
Most titlesFuerza Regia de Monterrey
Halcones de Xalapa
Soles de Mexicali
(4 titles each)
TV partner(s)Multimedios[1]
Once
Televisa[2]
TVC Deportes[3]
Official websiteLNBP.mx

Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Jamario Moon,[4] Dennis Rodman,[5] Sun Mingming,[6] Horacio Llamas[7] and many others.

History

Foundation

In January 2000, some teams of CIMEBA (Circuito Mexicano de Básquetbol), the national basketball league in Mexico at the time, exited the league, citing CIMEBA's financial difficulties, and decided to form a new league.[8] On March 11, 2000 the league was founded in the city of Durango with 11 teams participating. These were the founding teams, with the respective city and state:[9]

  • Algodoneros de la Comarca (Torreón, Coahuila)
  • Correcaminos Matamoros de la UAT (Matamoros, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Reynosa de la UAT (Reynosa, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Tampico de la UAT (Tampico, Tamaulipas)
  • Correcaminos Victoria de la UAT (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas)
  • Dorados de Chiuhuahua (Chihuahua, Chihuahua)
  • Garzas de Plata de la UAEH (Pachuca, Hidalgo)
  • Indios de la UACJ (Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua)
  • La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal (Mexico City, Distrito Federal)
  • Osos de Saltillo (Saltillo, Coahuila)
  • Vaqueros de Agua Prieta (Agua Prieta, Sonora)

The first president was Modesto Robledo.[10] The LNBP set out to support and develop professional basketball in Mexico. The first edition of the league started on August 7, 2000[11] and finished in December, with the regular season finishing on November 11 and the playoffs starting on November 14.[12] The first game was played in Torreón between Algodoneros de Torreón and Dorados de Chihuahua at the Auditorio Municipal: Dorados won, 80–78.[13] The league coexisted in its first seasons with CIMEBA.[14]

Teams
Location of the 2023 LNBP teams
Team City Arena Capacity Founded Joined Head coach
East Division
Correbasket UAT Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Gimnasio Multidisciplinario UAT Victoria 2,600 2000 2022 Mexico Fernando Rojas
Dorados de Chihuahua Chihuahua City, Chihuahua Gimnasio Manuel Bernardo Aguirre 9,600 2000 2019 Argentina Diego Vadell
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León Gimnasio Nuevo León 5,000 2001 Spain Pablo García
Halcones de Xalapa Xalapa, Veracruz Gimnasio USBI 2,638 2003 2021 Puerto Rico Allans Colón
Halcones Rojos Veracruz Veracruz City, Veracruz Auditorio Benito Juárez 4,000 2003 2023 Argentina Nicolás Casalánguida
Mineros de Zacatecas Zacatecas City, Zacatecas Gimnasio Marcelino González 3,458 2017 2022 Argentina Sebastián Sucarrat
Plateros de Fresnillo Fresnillo, Zacatecas Gimnasio Solidaridad Municipal 4,500 2019 Argentina Juan José Pidal
West Division
Abejas de León León, Guanajuato Domo de la Feria 4,463 2009 Argentina Guillermo Narvarte
Astros de Jalisco Guadalajara, Jalisco Arena Astros 3,509 2019 Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos
Freseros de Irapuato Irapuato, Guanajuato Inforum Irapuato 3,000 2023 United States Walter McCarty
Libertadores de Querétaro Querétaro City, Querétaro Auditorio General Arteaga 2,982 2009 2017 Spain Iván Déniz
Panteras de Aguascalientes Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes Gimnasio Hermanos Carreón 3,000 2003 2023 Puerto Rico José Martínez
Santos del Potosí San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí Auditorio Miguel Barragán 3,400 2003 2023 Puerto Rico Héctor Porrata
Soles de Mexicali Mexicali, Baja California Auditorio PSF 4,779 2005 Spain Pedro Carrillo

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Format

Regular season

The regular season is played in round-robin format in which the 8 best-placed teams qualify to the postseason. For every game won 2 points are added and for every game lost one point is added. For example: If team one played 10 games and won 7, losing the remaining 3, it would have 17 points; 14 points for the 7 games won and 3 points for the games lost.

Playoffs

The eight top-seeded teams play each other. The 1st-placed team plays the 8th-place team while the 2nd plays the 7th and the 3rd plays the 6th and so on. The semi-finals are played like the quarterfinals while the Serie Final is played by the two teams remaining with the best-placed team having home field advantage.

List of champions
Season Champion Result Runner-up
2000Correcaminos UAT Tampico4–2Correcaminos UAT Victoria
2001Gallos de Pelea de Ciudad Juárez4–1Lobos UAdeC
2002Correcaminos UAT Victoria4–3Correcaminos UAT Matamoros
2003Panteras de Aguascalientes4–2La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal
2004Santos de San Luis4–2Halcones de Xalapa
2005Halcones de Xalapa4–1Lobos UAdeC
2006Soles de Mexicali4–3Halcones de Xalapa
2007–08Halcones de Xalapa4–3Soles de Mexicali
2008–09Halcones de Xalapa4–2Soles de Mexicali
2009–10Halcones de Xalapa4–1Halcones Rojos Veracruz
2010–11Toros de Nuevo Laredo4–2Pioneros de Quintana Roo
2011–12Halcones Rojos Veracruz4–1Toros de Nuevo Laredo
2012–13Toros de Nuevo Laredo4–2Halcones de Xalapa
2013–14Halcones Rojos Veracruz4–3Pioneros de Quintana Roo
2014–15Soles de Mexicali4–1Pioneros de Quintana Roo
2015–16Pioneros de Quintana Roo4–3Soles de Mexicali
2016–17Fuerza Regia de Monterrey4–2Soles de Mexicali
2017–18Soles de Mexicali4–1Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2018–19Fuerza Regia de Monterrey4–2Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2019–20Soles de Mexicali4–3Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2020Fuerza Regia de Monterrey3–1Aguacateros de Michoacán
2021Fuerza Regia de Monterrey4–0Astros de Jalisco
2022Abejas de León4–0Astros de Jalisco

Championships
TeamChampionshipRunner-upYear(s) won
Soles de Mexicali442006, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20
Halcones de Xalapa432005, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Fuerza Regia de Monterrey412016–17, 2018–19, 2020, 2021
Halcones Rojos Veracruz212011–12, 2013–14
Toros de Nuevo Laredo212010–11, 2012–13
Pioneros de Quintana Roo132015–16
Correcaminos UAT Victoria112002
Correcaminos UAT Tampico102000
Gallos de Pelea de Ciudad Juárez102001
Panteras de Aguascalientes102003
Santos de San Luis102004
Abejas de León102022
Astros de Jalisco02
Capitanes de Ciudad de México02
Lobos UAdeC02
Aguacateros de Michoacán01
Correcaminos UAT Matamoros01
Ola Roja del Distrito Federal01

Copa Independencia winners

The Copa Independencia (Independence Cup) was a tournament created by the LNBP.

Season Champion Runner-up
2004Lobos UAdeCLechugueros de León
2005Lobos UAdeCCorrecaminos UAT Victoria
2006Lobos Grises UADHalcones de Xalapa
2007–08Lobos Grises UADHalcones Rojos Veracruz

Former teams

References
  1. includes Canal 6
  2. Includes Adrenalina Sports Network
  3. includes TVC Deportes 2
  4. Se impone Fuerza Regia a Selección Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. June 24, 2006. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  5. Rodman comes back, first in Mexico. October 12, 2004. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  6. Fuerza Regia le quitó lo invicto a Halcones UV. October 28, 2007. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  7. Mexicali o Saltillo van contra Fuerza Regia en la LNBP. November 1, 2005. Retrieved on July 18, 2008.
  8. "Algodoneros su reto: los play offs". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). July 29, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  9. "Equipos y sedes". lnbp.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 17, 2000. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  10. "Habrá dos equipos en Guadalajara". El Informador (in Spanish). April 16, 2000. p. 9C.
  11. "Jalisco no tendrá equipo". El Informador (in Spanish). August 3, 2000. p. 8C.
  12. "LNBP, Grupos". lnbp.com.mx. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  13. "Noticias de agosto 2000". lnbp.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 4, 2001. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  14. "Dispuesto Reyes al diálogo". El Informador (in Spanish). November 2, 2001. p. 8C.
  15. "Tendrá LNBP 3 equipos más". heraldo.mx. El Heraldo. 1999-03-13. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
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