The Germán Pomares Championship, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez ( "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as the Pomares, is a semi-professional baseball circuit in Nicaragua. The league is made up of 20 teams, largely corresponding to the country's different departments. The Pomares is the second-highest level of baseball in the country, below the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League (LPBN). Several professional baseball teams from the winter league LPBN also compete in the Pomares, which typically runs from February to August.
The competition was formed in 1970 by Carlos García Solórzano, after Nicaragua's professional league collapsed in 1967. It was later renamed after , a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and baseball enthusiast who died during the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979.
Starting in 2024, the Pomares season is broken into two halves. In the first half, all 20 franchises face each other four times, with the top finishers moving on to a playoffs. The top eight finishers of the first half compete in the second half of the season.
Teams
Team / Department City Stadium Capacity Indios del Bóer Managua Estadio Nacional Soberanía 15,000 Brumas de Jinotega Jinotega Estadio Moisés Palacios Escorcia Cafetaleros de Carazo Jinotepe Estadio Pedro Selva Cañoneros de Madriz Somoto Estadio Santiago Pescadores del Caribe Norte Puerto Cabezas Estadio Jimmy Webster Palmer Caribe Sur Bluefields Estadio Glorias Costeñas 4,000 Dantos de Managua Managua Estadio Nacional Soberanía 15,000 Defensores de Río San Juan San Carlos Estadio Gabriel Aguirre Marín Tabacaleros de Estelí Estelí Estadio Rufo Marín Bellorin Fieras del San Fernando Masaya Estadio Roberto Clemente 6,000 Frente Sur de Rivas Rivas Estadio Yamil Ríos Ugarte 6,000 Gigantes de Zelaya Central El Rama Estadio San Luis Indígenas de Matagalpa Matagalpa Estadio Chale Solís Leones de León León Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre 8,000 Tigres de Chinandega Chinandega Estadio Efraín Tijerino 8,000 Guerreros de Nueva Segovia Ocotal Estadio Glorias del Deporte 5,000 Productores de Boaco Boaco Estadio Ernesto Incer Álvarez Tiburones de Granada Granada Estadio Roque Tadeo Zavala 6,000 Toros de Chontales Juigalpa Estadio Carlos Guerra Colindres 2,000 Mineros del Caribe Siuna Estadio Oncelo Martín Jackson 3,000
References
External links Official website 2024 statistics