The Liga Femenina de Básquetbol (abbreviated as LFB; English: Women's Basketball League) is the most important club basketball league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB). The competition began in 2016, under the name of Liga Uruguaya Femenina (English: Uruguayan Women's League) replacing the Torneo Metropolitano Femenino (English: Women's Metropolitan Tournament) after the incorporation of the first team outside Montevideo, Unión Ciclista Maragata from San José.
The first LFB was won by Malvín, which adding their Metropolitan titles, stretched its streak to 14 consecutive championships, by defeating Goes, which arrived undefeated, to the finals.
Format The LFB is currently played in three stages: Torneo (Qualifying Tournament), the Series (1 or 2) and play-off.
In the Qualifying Tournament, the clubs play each other once, and the first five of the table play in the Serie 1 and the last four play the Serie 2. In the Series the clubs play each other twice, home and away, carrying over the points from the Qualifying Tournament. In the Serie 1, play the quarterfinals, with the best three of the Serie 2. Finally, teams competed in the playoffs with series being best of three. The first stage was the quarterfinals and are played as: A) 1st of Serie 1 vs. 2nd of Serie 2, B) 2nd of Serie 1 vs. 1st of Serie 2, C) 3rd of Serie 1 vs. 6th of Serie 1, D) 4th of Serie 1 vs. 5th of Serie 2. The winners of these matches played in the semifinals in best-of-five serie as: A) Winner vs. D) Winner, and B) winner vs. C) winner. The winners of these matches played in the finals in best-of-five serie, with the winner being crowned as the league champions of the LFB. The losers of the quarterfinals play the semifinals of the Copa de Plata, in best-of-three serie as: A) Loser vs. B) Loser, and C) Loser vs. D) Loser. The winners of these matches played in the finals in best-of-three serie, with the winner being the cup champion. The LFB champion will play the Women's Basketball League Americas and the runner-up, the Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenino.
Participating teams
2026 season teams Notes: All statistics are only for the Women's Basketball League (Liga Femenina de Básquetbol). Torneo Metropolitano Femenino 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.
ClubCityArenaCapacityFoundationSeasonsChampionships25 de Agosto MontevideoGimnasio 25 de AgostoSince these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Arena) "club name".350194880AguadaEstadio Propio Aguatero3,7381922100CordónEstadio Julio C. Zito Barrella750194460Defensor SportingGimasio Defensor Sporting1501910104Lagomar Ciudad de la CostaGimnasio Lagomar170195660Malvín MontevideoGimnasio Juan Francisco Canil9001938115TabaréGimnasio Tabaré1,100193130Urunday UniversitarioGimnasio Cr. Osvaldo Dohir700193160YaleCampo de Deportes Luis Ruocco500194070
Champions by season
SeasonChampionResultRunner-upMVPChampion Coach2016Malvín2–0Goes Enrique Parrella2017Malvín2–0Defensor Sporting Juan Pablo Serdio2018Bohemios2–1Malvín Enrique Berhouet2019Malvín2–1Defensor Sporting Emilia Larre Borges Juan Pablo Serdio2020Defensor Sporting2–0Malvín Aldana Gayoso Gino Alderete2021Defensor Sporting2–0Hebraica Macabi Josefina Rivera Gino Alderete2022 Malvín3–2Aguada Carolina Fernández Juan Pablo Serdio2023Malvín3–2Aguada Josefina Zeballos Juan Pablo Serdio2024Defensor Sporting3–0Yale Krystal Cordara Fabián Boscardín2025Defensor Sporting3–1Malvín Josefina Rivera Fabián Boscardín2026Malvín3–2Defensor Sporting Carolina Fernández Juan Pablo Serdio
Total LFB titles by club ClubChampionshipsRunners-upYear(s) wonMalvín632016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026432020, 2021, 2024, 2025 Bohemios102018Aguada02Yale01Hebraica Macabi01Goes01
See also Liga Uruguaya de Basketball Uruguayan Basketball Champions Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB)
References
External links
FUBB Women's Basketball League at Latinbasket.com