Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

Liga Directv de Baloncesto

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1988
Inaugural season	1988
No. of teams	12
Country	Colombia
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champion(s)	Guerreros de Bogotá (1st title)
Most titles	Paisas-Arrieros de Antioquia, Búcaros de Santander (4 titles)
TV partner(s)	DirecTV, Canal Capital, Canal 13, Telecaribe, Telepacífico, TRO, Teleantioquia, Telecafé, Teleislas
Official website	Sitio web oficial

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (in English, Professional Colombian Basketball), now referred to mostly as Liga Directv Antigua Copa Invitacional FCB (or, FCB Invitational Cup), is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia. The championship was established in 1992 and is organized by the Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto (in English, Colombian Basketball Federation). Initially the first national amateur 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 performed, with the called Copa Sprite Profesional, in this version participated the following teams: 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 play offs.
• The play offs: The first seed plays against the fourth, and the second seed against the third. The two teams which win their legs will play the finals. The best of seven games wins the leg.
• The Finals: The two teams will play a best of seven games series.

Current clubs

Academia Montaña

Búcaros

Caribbean Heat

Cimarrones

Cafeteros

Condores

Halcones

Aguilas

Once Caldas

Piratas-Guerreros

Bambuqueros

Champions list

Semi-Professional era (1988 to 1991)

Profesional era (1992 - present)

References

Further reading

• Sitio web oficial de la LigaDirectv
• Sitio web oficial de la Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto
• Enlace en Latinbasket
• Palmarés del campeonato en Latinbasket

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