The 2011 LDB was the first edition of Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete, the Under-22 Brazilian basketball league. It received support from the Federal Government to be realized and was a great success. The champion was Flamengo.

LDB is organized according to the rules of FIBA for international competitions: the participating teams are divided into groups of 8 teams each. The teams in each group play against each other, and the three best teams from each group qualify to advance to the next phase, which is a 6 team group stage. The top four teams of that group then advance to the Final Four. The best team of the Final Four is crowned the champion.

Participating teams Team Home city Araraquara Fortaleza Paschoalotto/Bauru Bauru UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília Brasília Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Vivo/Franca Franca Cia do Terno/Romaço/Joinville Joinville Liga Sorocabana Sorocaba Winner/Limeira Limeira Icatu/Minas Belo Horizonte Paulistano/Unimed São Paulo Pinheiros/Sky São Paulo São José/Unimed São José dos Campos Tijuca/Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Unitri/Universo/Uberlândia Uberlândia Vila Velha/Garoto/UVV Vila Velha Cecre/Vitória Vitória

First phase Group A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| # !! width=180|Teams !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |1||align="left"|Flamengo || 7 || 7 || 0 || 615 || 406 || 1,52 || 100% || 14 |rowspan=3 align="center"|Qualified for the Semifinal |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |2||align="left"|Paulistano || 7 || 6 || 1 || 531 || 451 || 1,18 || 85,71% || 13 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |3||align="left"|Franca || 7 || 4 || 3 || 462 || 438 || 1,06 || 57,14% || 11 |- |4||align="left"|Joinville || 7 || 4 || 3 || 516 || 436 || 1,18 || 57,71% || 11 |- |5||align="left"|Pinheiros || 7 || 4 || 3 || 563 || 525 || 1,07 || 57,71% || 11 |- |6||align="left"|Limeira || 7 || 2 || 5 || 435 || 465 || 0,94 || 28,57% || 9 |- |7||align="left"|Tijuca || 7 || 1 || 6 || 409 || 563 || 0,73 || 14,29% || 8 |- |8||align="left"|Araraquara || 7 || 0 || 7 || 321 || 568 || 0,57 || 0% || 7

Group B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| # !! width=180|Teams !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |1||align="left"|Bauru || 7 || 7 || 0 || 573|| 318 || 1,80 || 100% || 14 |rowspan=3 align="center"|Qualified for the Semifinal |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |2||align="left"|Minas || 7 || 5 || 2 || 476 || 369 || 1,29 || 71,43% || 12 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |3||align="left"|Brasília || 7 || 5 || 2 || 447 || 354 || 1,26 || 71,43% || 12 |- |4||align="left"|Uberlândia || 7 || 4 || 3 || 447 || 458 || 0,98 || 57,71% || 11 |- |5||align="left"|Vila Velha || 7 || 3 || 4 || 421 || 474 || 0,89 || 42,86% || 10 |- |6||align="left"|São José || 7 || 3 || 4 || 430 || 467 || 0,92 || 42,86% || 10 |- |7||align="left"|Vitória || 7 || 1 || 6 || 369 || 487 || 0,76 || 14,29% || 8 |- |8||align="left"|Liga Sorocabana || 7 || 0 || 7 || 332 || 568 || 0,59 || 0% || 7

Semifinal {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| # !! width=180|Teams !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |1||align="left"|Flamengo || 5 || 4 || 1 || 281|| 221 || 1,27 || 80% || 9 |rowspan=4 align="center"|Qualified for the Final Four |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |2||align="left"|Bauru || 5 || 3 || 2 || 315 || 272 || 1,16 || 60% || 8 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |3||align="left"|Brasília || 5 || 3 || 2 || 281 || 293 || 0,96 || 60% || 8 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |4||align="left"|Paulistano || 5 || 2 || 3 || 297 || 328 || 0,91 || 40% || 7 |- |5||align="left"|Franca || 5 || 2 || 3 || 233 || 320 || 0,73 || 40% || 7 |- |6||align="left"|Minas || 5 || 1 || 4 || 258 || 231 || 1,12 || 20% || 6

Final four {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| # !! width=180|Teams !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |1||align="left"|Flamengo || 3 || 3 || 0 || 205|| 189 || 1,09 || 100% || 9 |rowspan=1 align="center"|LDB Champion |- |2||align="left"|Bauru || 3 || 2 || 1 || 203 || 179 || 1,13 || 67% || 8 |- |3||align="left"|Paulistano || 3 || 1 || 2 || 191 || 184 || 1,04 || 33% || 8 |- |4||align="left"|Brasília || 3 || 0 || 3 || 160 || 207 || 0,77 || 0% || 7

Honors MVP : Fred Duarte (Flamengo) More Assists : Gegê (Flamengo) The Most Efficient Player : Fred Duarte (Flamengo) More Rebounds : Fred Duarte (Flamengo)

References

External links Official website