Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

Liga Wplay de Baloncesto
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1988
Inaugural season	1988
No. of teams	10
Country	Colombia
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent; champion(s)	Titanes de Barranquilla (8th title) ; (Clausura 2023)
Most titles	Titanes de Barranquilla ; (8 titles)
TV partner(s)	DirecTV, Canal Capital, Canal 13, Telecaribe, Telepacífico, TRO, Teleantioquia, Telecafé, Teleislas

Last updated January 25, 2024

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, 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). 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 Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero	5,000
Cafeteros de Armenia	Armenia	Coliseo del Café	5,000
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
Guerreros	Bogotá	Coliseo El Salitre	7,000
Tigrillos Medellín	Medellín	Coliseo Universidad de Medellín	6,000

Former teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Águilas	Tunja	Coliseo Municipal de Tunja	2,500
Bambuqueros	Neiva	Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva	5,000
Caimanes	Barranquilla	Coliseo Elías Chegwin	5,000
Caribbean Heat	San Andrés	Coliseo Genie Bay	5,000
Cimarrones	Quibdó	Coliseo Municipal de Quibdó	4,000
Cóndores	Tocancipá	Coliseo Municipal de Tocancipá	4,000
Cangrejeros	Cartagena	Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo	5,000
Guerreros	Bogotá	Coliseo El Salitre	7,000
Indervalle	Cali	Coliseo Evangelista Mora	3,340
Islanders	San Andrés	Coliseo de San Luis	3,000
Halcones	Cúcuta	Coliseo Toto Hernández	5,000
Sabios	Manizales	Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe	5,000
Llaneros	Villavicencio	Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya	4,000
Los Pastos	Pasto	Coliseo Sergio Antonio Ruano	4,000
Marinos	Cartagena	Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo	5,000
Once Caldas	Manizales	Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe	5,000
Centauros	Villavicencio	Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya	4,000
Expreso Azul	Sibaté	Coliseo XIUA	3,000
Patriotas	Tunja	Coliseo Municipal de Tunja	2,500
Piratas	Bogotá	Coliseo El Salitre	7,000
Pijaos	Ibagué	Coliseo Enrique Triana Castilla	3,000

Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)

Year	Champion	Tournament
1988	Cali Sport - JGB	I Copa Sprite
1989	Caldas Bancafetero Aces	II Copa Sprite
1990	Antioquia - Sprite	III Copa Sprite
1991	Valle - Sensus	IV Copa Sprite

Profesional era (1992–present)

Year	Champion	Runners-up
1992	Valle - Sensus
1993	Paisas - Pilsen
1994	Leopardos de Bucaramanga
1995	Caimanes de Barranquilla
1996	Paisas - Pilsen (2)
1997	Caimanes de Barranquilla (2)
1998	Caimanes de Barranquilla (3)
1999	Piratas de Bogotá
2000	Sabios de Caldas
2001	Paisas - Pilsen (3)
2002	Cancelled
2003	Piratas de Bogotá (2)
2004	Piratas de Bogotá (3)
2005	Cancelled^[4]
2006	Búcaros de Santander^[5]
2007	Búcaros de Santander^[6]
2008	Cúcuta-Norte
2009	Cúcuta-Norte
2010	Arrieros de Antioquia
2011	Búcaros de Santander
2012	Búcaros de Santander
Apertura 2013	Bambuqueros de Neiva
Clausura 2013	Guerreros de Bogotá
Apertura 2014	Cimarrones de Choco
Clausura 2014	Piratas 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 (1)	San Andrés Warriors
2019	Titanes de Barranquilla (2)	Fast Break del Valle Bogota
2020	Titanes de Barranquilla (3)	Team Cali
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
Clausura 2022	Titanes de Barranquilla (7)	Caribbean Storm Islands
Apertura 2023	Caribbean Storm Islands (1)	Cafeteros de Armenia
Clausura 2023	Titanes de Barranquilla (8)	Cafeteros de Armenia

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