The 2024–25 LUB season, was the 22nd season of the top Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It began with Malvín's victory over Biguá for the regular season, on 24 October 2024, and ended on 1 June 2025, with the seventh game of the finals.
Nacional was the champion, beating the defending champion, Aguada, in a historic series being the first team to comeback after a 1–3 in finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023–24 season, two promoted from the 2023 El Metro and two qualified from the OBL.
Teams promoted from El Metro Urunday Universitario Welcome
Teams relegated to Liga de Ascenso Larre Borges Goes
Venues and locations
TeamHome CityArenaCapacityAguada MontevideoEstadio Propio Aguatero3,738BiguáGimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz1,200CordónGimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella710Defensor SportingEstadio Óscar Magurno800Ferro Carril SaltoPolideportivo 1° de Diciembre de 19123,000Hebraica Macabi MontevideoGimnasio Unión Atlética750MalvínGimnasio Juan Francisco Canil900NacionalPolideportivo del Gran Parque Central800PeñarolEstadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi4,700Remeros MercedesGimnasio Agrimensor Mario Eduardo Bellini400Trouville MontevideoGimnasio Trouville780Urunday UniversitarioGimnasio Urunday Universitario700Urupan PandoGimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti700Welcome MontevideoEstadio Óscar Magurno800
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Aguada Germán Cortizas Juan Santiso Puma Biguá Federico Camiña Federico Bavosi B31 Cordón Nicolás Díaz Fernando Verrone MGR Defensor Sporting Gonzalo Brea Federico Soto Kelme Ferro Carril Gastón Ferreira Máximo Cerpa LaDoce Hebraica y Macabi Diego Rivas Federico Haller Concreto Malvín Pablo López Lucas Capalbo Under Armour Nacional Álvaro Ponce Patricio Prieto Umbro Peñarol Guillermo Narvarte Emiliano Serres Puma Remeros Ignacio Borges Facundo Siniestro Tauro Trouville Esteban Yaquinta Santiago Fernández Sport House Urunday Universitario Héctor Da Pra Nicolás Delgado Giova Urupan Agustín Esteve Abel Agarbado MGR Welcome Juan Ignacio Vallarino Santiago Moglia Kelme
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Malvín End of contract 7 June 2024 Pre-season Pablo López 26 July 2024 Peñarol Marcelo Signorelli 25 June 2024 4 July 2024 Hebraica y Macabi Signed by Peñarol 4 July 2024 Diego Rivas 23 July 2024 Welcome Diego Rivas Signed by Hebraica y Macabi 23 July 2024 29 August 2024 Urupan Diego Palacios End of contract 9 August 2024 Agustín Esteve 13 August 2024 Trouville Pablo Morales Resigned 13 February 2025 11th (4–16) Esteban Yaquinta 13 February 2025 Biguá Nicolás Mazzarino Sacked 28 February 2025 8th (8–12) Diego Rodríguez (interim) 28 February 2025 Diego Rodríguez (interim) End of interim period 3 March 2025 8th (9–12) Federico Camiña 3 March 2025 Defensor Sporting Gonzalo Fernández Resigned 8 March 2025 5th (11–11) Gonzalo Brea 8 March 2025 Peñarol Leonardo Zylbersztein Sacked 14 March 2025 4th (18–6) Guzmán Álvarez (interim) 14 March 2025 Guzmán Álvarez (interim) End of interim period 17 March 2025 4th (18–7) Guillermo Narvarte 18 March 2025
Torneo Clasificatorio
The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) was the first stage of the LUB. The metropolitan clubs played each other twice, home and away, and the first six of the table played in the Fase Campeonato, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.
League table
Results
Fase Campeonato
The Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) is a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs play each other once. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.
Table
Home teams
The aggregate score of the Torneo Clasificatorio, will determine the home teams in this phase.
+AgainstAGUCORDSCMALNACPEÑ Aguada207–185185–169152–137182–181154–155 Cordón185–207136–169129–158162–184165–181 Defensor Sporting169–185169–136160–166159–184148–155 Malvín137–152158–129166–160134–172145–152 Nacional181–182184–162184–159172–134169–165 Peñarol155–154181–165155–148152–145165–169
Results
Reclasificatorio
The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) is a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other once. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage. This stage defined the teams qualified for the play-in and the relegated teams.
Table
Home teams
The aggregate score of the Torneo Clasificatorio, will determine the home teams in this phase.
+AgainstBIGHYMTROUUNUPAWEL Biguá208–172179–169170–171168–162186–151 Hebraica y Macabi172–208173–156163–143169–168188–170 Trouville169–179156–173148–143152–185149–148 Urunday Universitario171–170163–143143–148156–174160–163 Urupan162–168168–169185–152175–156180–185 Welcome151–186170–188148–149163–160185–180
Results
OBL
The OBL (Organización de Básquetbol del Litoral; English: Coastal Basketball Organization) is a tournament in which the best teams from Salto, Paysandú and the Soriano Regional League participate. The two finalists qualify for the LUB play-in. Torneo Litoral Norte
This stage pits the champions and runners-up of the Salto and Paysandú tournaments against each other.
The finalists and the winner of the third-place match qualified for the OBL.
Qualified teams
TeamFerro CarrilLiga Salteña de Básquetbol championsPelotarisLiga de Básquetbol de Paysandú championsTouringLiga de Básquetbol de Paysandú runners-upUniversitarioLiga Salteña de Básquetbol runners-up
Bracket
The semi-finals are played in a best-of-three format, home and away, with the advantage going to the league champions. The winners played a title game and the losers also played a match, for qualification to the OBL Tournament. Both matches were played in the Estadio 8 de Junio, Paysandú.
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OBL Tournament
In this tournament, the teams qualified by the Liga Regional de Soriano played against those from the Torneo Litoral Norte.
These teams will carryed over the results obtained in their qualifying tournaments, as follows: Remeros is awarded a 20–0 victory over Pacaembú Biguá, for beating them 3–1 in the Liga Regional de Soriano finals. Ferro Carril is awarded a 20–0 victory over Touring, for beating them 2–0 in the Torneo Litoral Norte semifinals. Pelotaris is awarded a 20–0 victory over Touring, for beating them 3–0 in the Liga de Básquetbol de Paysandú finals. Ferro Carril is awarded a 20–0 victory over Pelotaris, for beating them 85–67 in the Torneo Litoral Norte final.
Qualified teams
Team Ferro Carril Torneo Litoral Norte championsPacaembú Biguá Liga Regional de Básquetbol de Soriano runners-up Pelotaris Torneo Litoral Norte runners-upRemeros Liga Regional de Básquetbol de Soriano champions Touring Torneo Litoral Norte third place
Table
Results
Final Four
The final four will be held in the Estadio 8 de Junio, Paysandú.
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Relegation play-off
Play-in and Play-offs
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Finals
Final standings Team Seed Qualification or relegation Champion 1 Nacional413381 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas Runners-up 2 Aguada4231112 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas Eliminated at semi-finals 3 Malvín3722153 4 Defensor Sporting3616205 Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Eliminated at quarter-finals 5 Peñarol3222104 6 Cordón3213196 7 Biguá3214187 8 Hebraica y Macabi3314198 Eliminated at play-in 9 Ferro Carril2021 OBL 10 Remeros3122 OBL Eliminated at Reclasificatorio 11 Urunday Universitario2711169 Relegation play-off winner 12 Welcome2891910 Relegated 13 Urupan28101811 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso 14 Trouville2642212
Statistical leaders
Points Rebounds
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Blocks
Source: FUBB
Awards All official awards of the 2024–25 LUB season.
Season MVP Player Team SG Patricio Prieto Nacional
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Coach of the season Coach Team Álvaro Ponce Nacional
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Finals MVP Player Team SG Patricio Prieto Nacional
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National regular season MVP Player Team PG Lucas Capalbo Malvín
Foreign season MVP Player Team SG James Feldeine Nacional
Defensive Player of the regular season Award Player Team SF Federico Pereiras Aguada
Rookie Player of the regular season Award Player Team PF Nicolás Martínez Malvín
Baccio man of the season Player Team Head coach Álvaro Ponce Nacional
All-Tournament Team PlayerTeam Lucas CapalboMalvín Donald SimsAguada James FeldeineNacional Jamil WilsonAguada Ernesto OglivieNacional
BROU player of the week
Week Player Team 1 C Anthony Peacock Urupan 2 PG Luciano Parodi Peñarol 3 PF Manny Suárez Nacional 4 C Frank Hassell Aguada 5 SF Gastón Semiglia Nacional 6 SG James Feldeine Nacional 7 SG Andre Spight Biguá 8 SG Brandon Robinson Peñarol 9 C Frank Hassell Aguada 10 C Connor Zinaich Nacional 11 SG Mateo Bolívar Trouville 12 C Luis Santos Peñarol 13 SF Dion Wright Defensor Sporting 14 PF Jamil Wilson Aguada 15 PF Dragan Zeković Malvín 16 SG Tiago Leites Urupan 17 SG Donald Sims Aguada 18 SG Andre Spight Biguá 19 SF Ignacio Xavier Peñarol 20 C Álvaro Peña Welcome 21 PG Lucas Capalbo Malvín 22 C Victor Andrade Cordón 23 SG Dexter McClanahan Defensor Sporting 24 PG Lucas Capalbo Malvín 25 PG Santiago Vidal Aguada 26 SF Gastón Semiglia Nacional 27 PG Santiago Vidal Aguada
LUB clubs in international competitions + Team Progress Result Biguá Group C 3rd of 3 teams (1–5) 1–5
+ Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Team Progress Result Nacional Final Win vs. San Lorenzo 6–0Semi-finals Win vs. Defensor Sporting Group A 1st of 5 teams (4–0) Defensor Sporting Third place game Loss vs. Olímpico 3–3Semi-finals Loss vs. Nacional Group B 2nd of 5 teams (3–1)
Notes
References
See also 2024–25 in Uruguayan basketball
External links Official website