Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

Last updated
Liga Wplay de Baloncesto
Liga Wplay logo.png
Sport Basketball
Founded1988
First season1988
No. of teams10
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

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.

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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]

Teams

Current teams

The following teams played in the 2024-I season:

TeamCityArenaCapacity
Caribbean Storm Llaneros Villavicencio Coliseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya7000
Búcaros de Santander Bucaramanga Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero 5000
Cimarrones del Chocó Quibdó Coliseo "La Caldera"4000
Corsarios de Cartagena Cartagena de Indias Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo1778
Motilones del Norte Cúcuta Coliseo Toto Hernández 5000
Piratas de Bogotá Bogotá Coliseo El Salitre 7000
Titanes de Barranquilla [4] Barranquilla Coliseo Elías Chegwin 3000
Toros del Valle Cali Coliseo Evangelista Mora 3500

Former teams

TeamCityArenaCapacity
Águilas Tunja Coliseo Municipal de Tunja2,500
Bambuqueros Neiva Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva5,000
Caimanes Barranquilla Coliseo Elías Chegwin5,000
Caribbean Heat San Andrés Coliseo Genie Bay5,000
Cimarrones Quibdó Coliseo Municipal de Quibdó4,000
Cóndores Tocancipá Coliseo Municipal de Tocancipá4,000
Cangrejeros Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo5,000
Guerreros Bogotá Coliseo El Salitre7,000
Indervalle Cali Coliseo Evangelista Mora3,340
Islanders San Andrés Coliseo de San Luis3,000
Halcones Cúcuta Coliseo Toto Hernández5,000
Sabios Manizales Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya4,000
Los Pastos Pasto Coliseo Sergio Antonio Ruano4,000
Marinos Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo5,000
Once Caldas Manizales Coliseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000
Centauros Villavicencio Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya4,000
Expreso Azul Sibaté Coliseo XIUA3,000
Patriotas Tunja Coliseo Municipal de Tunja2,500
PiratasBogotáColiseo El Salitre7,000
Pijaos Ibagué Coliseo Enrique Triana Castilla3,000

Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)

YearChampionTournament
1988Cali Sport - JGBI Copa Sprite
1989Caldas Bancafetero AcesII Copa Sprite
1990Antioquia - SpriteIII Copa Sprite
1991Valle - SensusIV Copa Sprite

Profesional era (1992–present)

YearChampionRunners-up
1992Valle - Sensus
1993Paisas - Pilsen
1994Leopardos de Bucaramanga
1995Caimanes de Barranquilla
1996Paisas - Pilsen (2)
1997Caimanes de Barranquilla (2)
1998Caimanes de Barranquilla (3)
1999Piratas de Bogotá
2000Sabios de Caldas
2001Paisas - Pilsen (3)
2002Cancelled
2003Piratas de Bogotá (2)
2004Piratas de Bogotá (3)
2005Cancelled [5]
2006Búcaros de Santander [6]
2007Búcaros de Santander [7]
2008Cúcuta-Norte
2009Cúcuta-Norte
2010Arrieros de Antioquia
2011Búcaros de Santander
2012Búcaros de Santander
Apertura 2013Bambuqueros de Neiva
Clausura 2013 Guerreros de Bogotá
Apertura 2014Cimarrones de Choco
Clausura 2014Piratas 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
Apertura 2024 Titanes de Barranquilla (9) Toros del Valle

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