Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol

The LUB is currently played in three stages: Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament), Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) or Reclasificatorio (Requalifier), play-in and play-off.

• In the Qualifying Tournament, the clubs play each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table play in the Championship Phase, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six play the Requalifier.
• The Championship Phase is contested by six teams. The clubs play each other twice, home and away. It only serves to organize the positions for playoffs.
• The Requalifier was contested by six teams also. The clubs play each other twice. The last two are relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and the top two advance to the playoffs.
• Finally, teams competed in the playoffs, with series being best of five. The first stage was the quarterfinals. The qualifiers are played as: A) 1st of the Liguilla vs. 2nd of the Reclasificatorio, B) 2nd of the Liguilla vs. 1st of the Requalifier, C) 3rd of the Liguilla vs. 6th of the Liguilla, and D) 4th of the Liguilla vs. 5th of the Liguilla. The semifinal pairings were: A) Winner vs. D) Winner and B) Winner vs. C) Winner. The winners of these matches played in the finals in best-of-seven serie, with the winner being crowned as the league champions of the LUB.
• The finalists will play the BCL Americas and the losers of the semifinals, the Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto.

Defensor Sporting is the team with the most league appearances, having so far competed in every season of the LUB.

2025–26 season teams

Notes: All statistics are only for the Uruguayan Basketball League (Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol), which is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (Federación Uruguaya de Basketball). Uruguayan Federal tournaments are not included. The "arena" column reflects the arena where the team plays most of its home games, but does not indicate that the team in question is the owner.

Club[4]	City	Arena	Capacity	Foundation	Seasons	Championships
Aguada	Montevideo	Estadio Propio Aguatero	3,738	1922	22	4
Biguá		Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[5]	1,200	1931	22	4
Cordón		Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella	710	1944	13	0
Defensor Sporting		Gimnasio Óscar Magurno[6]	800	1910	23	2
Goes		Estadio Plaza de las Misiones	1,800	1934	14	0
Hebraica Macabi		Estadio Romeo Schinka[7]	900	1939	18	4
Malvín		Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil	900	1938	22	5
Nacional		Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central	800	1899	11	0
Peñarol		Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi	4,700	1891	6	0
Unión Atlética		Gimnasio Unión Atlética[5]	750	1924	12	0
Urunday Universitario		Gimnasio Urunday Universitario[5]	700	1931	9	0
Welcome		Gimnasio Óscar Magurno	900	1926	13	0

The Uruguayan Basketball League competition began in 2003. Before that time, the Uruguayan Federal Championships were only local, and no competition brought together all the clubs in the country.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season took place between October 2019 and February 2021. The season paused in March 2020, resumed in November 2020 briefly with the start of the playoffs, and then paused again until February 2021.^[8] The 2019–20 season finished on February 26, 2021, when Aguada beat Trouville in Game 4 of the finals to win 3–1.^[9] The 2021 season began in March 2021 and ran through June 2021.^[10][11]

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Season	Champion	Result	Runner-up	Champion Coach
2003	Defensor Sporting	3–2	Paysandú	Gerardo Jauri
2004–05	Salto Uruguay	3–1	Paysandú	Javier Espíndola
2005–06	Trouville	3–0	Aguada	Alejandro González
2006–07	Malvín	3–1	Biguá	Pablo López
2007–08	Biguá	3–0	Hebraica Macabi	Marcelo Signorelli
2008–09	Biguá	3–0	Defensor Sporting	Che García
2009–10	Defensor Sporting	3–0	Malvín	Gerardo Jauri
2010–11	Malvín	3–1	Biguá	Pablo López
2011–12	Hebraica Macabi	3–2	Malvín	Marcelo Signorelli
2012–13	Aguada	4–3	Defensor Sporting	Javier Espíndola
2013–14	Malvín	4–1	Defensor Sporting	Pablo López
2014–15	Malvín	4–1	Trouville	Pablo López
2015–16	Hebraica Macabi	4–2	Defensor Sporting	Leonardo Zylbersztein
2016–17	Hebraica Macabi	4–3	Aguada	Leonardo Zylbersztein
2017–18	Malvín	4–3	Aguada	Pablo López
2018–19	Aguada	4–3	Malvín	Miguel Volcan
2019–20	Aguada	3–1	Trouville	Adrián Capelli
2021	Biguá	3–2	Nacional	Hernán Laginestra
2021–22	Biguá	4–1	Peñarol	Diego Cal
2022–23	Hebraica Macabi	4–2	Nacional	Leonardo Zylbersztein
2023–24	Aguada	4–1	Peñarol	Germán Cortizas
2024–25	Nacional	4–3	Aguada	Álvaro Ponce

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