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.BALONCESTO: CREADA LA DIVISIÓN MAYOR - ANDRES CAVELIER CASTRO - Redacción El Tiempo 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.LA SPRITE, AHORA SÍ PROFESIONAL - NULLVALUE - Redacción El Tiempo
League format The championship consists of three rounds:Sistema de Torneo - Elkin Vargas - Redacción El Tiempo
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 2025 season: TeamCityArenaCapacityCaimanes del LlanoVillavicencioColiseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya7,000Caribbean Storm LlanerosVillavicencioColiseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya7,000 Cimarrones del ChocóQuibdóColiseo "La Caldera"4,000Motilones del NorteCúcutaColiseo Toto Hernández 5,000Paisas BasketballMedellínColiseo Iván de Bedout6,000Piratas de Bogotá BogotáColiseo El Salitre 7,000Sabios de ManizalesManizalesColiseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000Toros del Valle Cali Coliseo Evangelista Mora 3,500 titanes are back
Former teams TeamCityArenaCapacityÁguilasTunjaColiseo Municipal de Tunja2,500Bambuqueros Neiva Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva 5,000Búcaros Bucaramanga Coliseo Vicente Díaz Romero 5,000Caimanes Barranquilla Coliseo Elías Chegwin 5,000Caribbean Heat San Andrés Coliseo Genie Bay 5,000Cimarrones Quibdó Coliseo Municipal de Quibdó 4,000Cóndores Tocancipá Coliseo Municipal de Tocancipá 4,000Corsarios Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo 1,778Cangrejeros Cartagena Coliseo Bernardo Caraballo 5,000 GuerrerosBogotáColiseo El Salitre7,000Indervalle Cali Coliseo Evangelista Mora 3,340Islanders San Andrés Coliseo de San Luis 3,000Halcones Cúcuta Coliseo Toto Hernández 5,000LlanerosVillavicencioColiseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya4,000Los Pastos Pasto Coliseo Sergio Antonio Ruano 4,000MarinosCartagenaColiseo Bernardo Caraballo5,000Once CaldasManizalesColiseo Jorge Arango Uribe5,000Centauros Villavicencio Coliseo Alvaro Mesa Amaya 4,000Expreso Azul Sibaté Coliseo XIUA 3,000PatriotasTunjaColiseo Municipal de Tunja2,500PiratasBogotáColiseo El Salitre7,000Pijaos Ibagué Coliseo Enrique Triana Castilla 3,000TitanesTitanes, el equipo que representará Barranquilla en el Baloncesto Profesional Barranquilla Coliseo Elías Chegwin 3,000
Champions list
Semi-professional era (1988–1991) YearChampionTournament1988 Cali Sport - JGB I Copa Sprite1989 Caldas Bancafetero Aces II Copa Sprite1990 Antioquia - Sprite III Copa Sprite1991 Valle - Sensus IV Copa Sprite
Profesional era (1992–present) YearChampionRunners-up1992 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 Cancelled2003 Piratas de Bogotá (2) 2004 Piratas de Bogotá (3) 2005 Cancelled2006 Búcaros de Santander 2007 Búcaros de Santander 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 2015Aguilas de TunjaAcademia de La MontanaClausura 2015Búcaros de BucaramangaPiratas de Bogotá2016Academia de la MontañaBúcaros de Bucaramanga2017Cimarrones del Choco (2)Fast Break del Valle Bogota2018Titanes de Barranquilla (1)San Andrés Warriors2019Titanes de Barranquilla (2)Fast Break del Valle Bogota2020Titanes de Barranquilla (3)Team CaliApertura 2021Titanes de Barranquilla (4)Tigrillos MedellínClausura 2021Titanes de Barranquilla (5)Cimarrone del ChocoApertura 2022Titanes de Barranquilla (6)Cafeteros de ArmeniaClausura 2022Titanes de Barranquilla (7)Caribbean Storm IslandsApertura 2023Caribbean Storm Islands (1)Cafeteros de ArmeniaClausura 2023Titanes de Barranquilla (8)Cafeteros de ArmeniaApertura 2024Titanes de Barranquilla (9)Toros del ValleClausura 2024Motilones del NorteCaribbean Storm IslandsApertura 2025Paisas BasketballCaimanes del LlanoClausura 2025Paisas Basketball (2)Cimarrones del ChocóApertura 2026Toros del VallePaisas Basketball
References
Further reading
Sitio web oficial de la Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto Colombian league on Latinbasket