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Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, also known as the LNB 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 Chery 2025 by Cecinas Llanquihue for sponsorship reasons.

History

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

Format

All team from 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.

Current teams

Liga Uno teams for the 2025 season
Team Location Arena Capacity Head coach Kit Shirt Sponsor
Colegio Los Leones Quilpué Gimnasio Colegio Los Leones 800 Spain José Ángel Samaniego Italy Zeus Sport Chile Knop Laboratorios
Sportiva Italiana Valparaíso Arlegui
Fortín Prat
1,200
3,000
Chile Gianluca Pozo Chile Playoff Chile UVM
Colo-Colo Macul Centro Entrenamiento Olímpico de Ñuñoa 3,000 Chile Ernesto Menchaca Italy Macron Chile Clínica Meds
Universidad Católica Santiago Edificio de Deportes UC 1,500 Argentina Bernardo Murphy Chile Playmaker Chile CMPC
Municipal Puente Alto Puente Alto Gimnasio Municipal de Puente Alto 1,500 Argentina Cristián Santander Chile Playoff Chile CMPC
Español de Talca Talca Gimnasio Regional 4,500 Chile Héctor Vera Alfaro Chile Masitri Chile PF
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Casa del Deporte 2,000 Uruguay Santiago Gómez Italy Macron United States Mundo
Las Ánimas de Valdivia Valdivia Gimnasio de Las Ánimas / Coliseo Antonio Azurmendy 1,000 / 5,000 Chile Carlos Zúñiga Chile Playoff Chile Transportes Betancourt
CD Valdivia Valdivia Coliseo Municipal Antonio Azurmendy 5,000 Argentina Juan Manuel Jápez Chile Live PRO Curaçao Rojabet
Español de Osorno Osorno Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo 4,500 Argentina Jorge Luis Álvarez Chile Playoff Estonia Coolbet
Atlético Puerto Varas Puerto Varas Gimnasio Fiscal de Puerto Varas 1,300 Argentina Damián Gamarra Chile Evensport Chile Cecinas Llanquihue
ABA Ancud Ancud Gimnasio Fiscal de Ancud 2,500 Chile Cipriano Núñez Argentina Playoff Chile Conservas Angelmó

Original league system

Category Division
Liga Nacional de Básquetbol
12 Teams
Liga Deportiva Nacional
12 Teams
Liga Nacional Promocional
24 Teams

Current system

Category Division
Liga UNO
15 Teams
Liga DOS
16 Teams
Liga de Desarollo Febachile (U23)
37 Teams

Champions

Season Winner Result Runners-up Coach
2010 Español de Talca 3–1 Boston College Claudio Lavín
2011–12 Deportes Castro 3–1 Boston College Warren Espinoza
2012–13 Español de Talca 3–1 Boston College Carlos Iglesias
2013–14 Tinguiririca San Fernando 3–1 Osorno Básquetbol Pablo Ares Ordenes
2014–15 Colo-Colo 3–2 Deportes Castro Gabriel Schamberger
2015–16 CD Valdivia 4–2 Universidad de Concepción Juan Manuel Córdoba
2016–17 Español de Talca 4–2 Osorno Básquetbol Gabriel Schamberger
2017–18 Las Ánimas de Valdivia 4–1 Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué Jorge Luis Álvarez
2018–19 CD Valdivia 4–1 Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué Juan Manuel Córdoba
2019–20 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021 Universidad de Concepción 3–1 CD Valdivia Cipriano Núñez
2022 Universidad de Concepción 4–2 Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué Cipriano Núñez
2023 Universidad de Concepción 4–1 Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué Cipriano Núñez
2023–24 Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué 4–1 Español de Talca José Ángel Samaniego

Championship by team

Team Titles Runners-up
Español de Talca 3 -
Universidad de Concepción 3 1
CD Valdivia 2 1
Colegio Los Leones 1 3
Tinguiririca San Fernando 1 -
Colo-Colo 1 -
Deportes Castro 1 1
Las Ánimas de Valdivia 1 -
Osorno Básquetbol - 2
Boston College - 3

References