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2024–25 LUB season

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Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
Season2024–25
Games played36
Teams14
Statistical leaders
Points United States Donald Sims 21.6
Rebounds United States Anthony Peacock 12.7
Assists Uruguay Santiago Vidal 8.5
Records
Biggest home winNacional 115–64 Welcome
(1 November 2024)
Biggest away winWelcome 60–86 Malvín
(10 November 2024)
Highest scoringAguada 111–97 Cordón
(8 November 2024)
Winning streak5 games
Aguada
Losing streak7 games
Welcome
2025–26

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 2023.

Aguada is the defending champion.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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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
Teams relegated to Liga de Ascenso

Venues and locations

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2024–25 LUB season is located in Uruguay
Montevideo
Montevideo
Location of teams in 2023–24 LUB
Team Home City Arena Capacity
Aguada Montevideo Estadio Propio Aguatero 3,738
Biguá Gimnasio Biguá de Villa Biarritz[5] 1,200
Cordón Gimnasio Julio C. Zito Barrella 710
Defensor Sporting Estadio Óscar Magurno[6] 800
Hebraica Macabi Gimnasio Unión Atlética[5][7] 750
Malvín Gimnasio Juan Francisco Canil 900
Nacional Polideportivo del Gran Parque Central 800
Peñarol Estadio Cr. Gastón Güelfi 4,700
Trouville Gimnasio Trouville[5] 780
Urunday Universitario Gimnasio Urunday Universitario 700
Urupan Pando Gimnasio Santiago A. Cigliuti 700
Welcome Montevideo Estadio Óscar Magurno 800

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Aguada Uruguay Germán Cortizas Uruguay Juan Santiso Puma
Biguá Uruguay Nicolás Mazzarino Uruguay Federico Bavosi B31
Cordón Uruguay Nicolás Díaz Uruguay Fernando Verrone MGR
Defensor Sporting Uruguay Gonzalo Fernández Uruguay Federico Soto Kelme
Hebraica y Macabi Uruguay Diego Rivas Uruguay Federico Haller Concreto
Malvín Uruguay Pablo López Uruguay Lucas Capalbo Under Armour
Nacional Uruguay Álvaro Ponce Uruguay Patricio Prieto Umbro
Peñarol Uruguay Leonardo Zylbersztein Uruguay Salvador Zanotta Puma
Trouville Uruguay Pablo Morales Uruguay Santiago Fernández Sport House
Urunday Universitario Uruguay Héctor Da Pra Uruguay Nicolás Delgado Giova
Urupan Uruguay Agustín Esteve Uruguay Abel Agarbado MGR
Welcome Uruguay Juan Ignacio Vallarino Uruguay Santiago Moglia Kelme

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Malvín Uruguay Federico Camiña End of contract 7 June 2024 Pre-season Uruguay Pablo López 26 July 2024[8]
Peñarol Uruguay Marcelo Signorelli 25 June 2024[9] Uruguay Leonardo Zylbersztein 4 July 2024[10]
Hebraica y Macabi Uruguay Leonardo Zylbersztein Signed by Peñarol 4 July 2024[10] Uruguay Diego Rivas 23 July 2024[11]
Welcome Uruguay Diego Rivas Signed by Hebraica y Macabi 23 July 2024[11] Uruguay Juan Ignacio Vallarino 29 August 2024[12]
Urupan Uruguay Diego Palacios End of contract 9 August 2024 Uruguay Agustín Esteve 13 August 2024[13]

Torneo Clasificatorio

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The Torneo Clasificatorio (Qualifying Tournament) is 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 Ronda Título, where all is guaranteed to participate in the playoffs. The last six played the Reclasificatorio.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Malvín 6 5 1 491 444 +47 11 Qualification to Ronda Título
2 Cordón 7 4 3 614 592 +22 11
3 Hebraica y Macabi 6 4 2 544 530 +14 10
4 Aguada[a] 7 5 2 641 571 +70 10[b]
5 Biguá 7 3 4 577 602 −25 10[b]
6 Urunday Universitario 6 3 3 474 489 −15 9
7 Nacional 4 4 0 365 279 +86 8 Qualficiation to Reclasificatorio
8 Trouville 6 2 4 463 492 −29 8
9 Urupan 6 1 5 469 528 −59 7[c]
10 Peñarol[d] 6 3 3 479 450 +29 7[c]
11 Welcome 7 0 7 493 657 −164 7
12 Defensor Sporting 4 2 2 348 324 +24 6
Updated to match(es) played on December 3. Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Aguada were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Peñarol.[14]
  2. ^ a b Aguada 1–0 Biguá
  3. ^ a b Urupan 1–0 Peñarol
  4. ^ Peñarol were deducted 2 points, due to incidents in game 4 of last season's final, against Aguada.[14]

Results

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Home \ Away AGU BIG COR DSC HYM MAL NAC PEÑ TRO UUN UPA WEL
Aguada 88–67 111–97 96–84
Biguá 97–104 73–86 75–73 99–69
Cordón 93–85 87–65 95–75
Defensor Sporting 100–79 82–65
Hebraica y Macabi 83–102 84–82 85–77
Malvín 92–83 75–73 85–71
Nacional 84–67 80–78 115–64
Peñarol 86–77 77–73 a 94–67 71–78
Trouville 82–87 70–86 83–77
Urunday Universitario 81–71 72–80
Urupan 73–96 95–104 85–95
Welcome 82–105 60–86 66–74
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ronda Título

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The Ronda Título (Title Round) was a stage played to organize the first six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio, in the play-offs. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the first stage.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored

Reclasificatorio

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The Reclasificatorio (Requalifier) was a stage played by the last six teams in the Torneo Clasificatorio. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. 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.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Play-in
2 Team 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Team 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Team 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
6 Team 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored


Play-in and Play-offs

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Play-in Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 Winner Ronda Título
7 Winner Reclasificatorio  
2O Runner-up OBL  
 
4 4th Ronda Título
5 5th Ronda Título
 
 
2 Runner-up Ronda Título
8 Runner-up Reclasificatorio  
1O Winner OBL  
 
3 3rd Ronda Título
6 6th Ronda Título


Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Seed Qualification or relegation
Champion
1 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Runners-up
2 Qualification to Basketball Champions League Americas
Eliminated at semi-finals
3 Qualification to Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
4
Eliminated at quarter-finals
5
6
7
8
Eliminated at play-in
9
10
Eliminated at Reclasificatorio
11
12
Relegated
13 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
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Statistical leaders

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Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Donald Sims Aguada 21.6
2 United States Skyler Hogan Hebraica y Macabi 21.5
3 United States Deshone Hicks Cordón 21.3
4 United States Malik Curry Defensor Sporting 20.5
5 United States Virgin Islands Ivan Aska Urunday U. 20.3

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1 United States Anthony Peacock Urupan 12.7
2 United States Frank Hassell Aguada 11.9
3 United States Sam DeSouza Welcome 11.0
4 United States Virgin Islands Ivan Aska Urunday U. 10.5
4 Dominican Republic Luis Santos Peñarol 10.3

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1 Uruguay Santiago Vidal Aguada 8.5
2 Armenia Andre Spight Biguá 7.0
3 Uruguay Juan Santiso Aguada 6.7
4 Uruguay Luciano Parodi Peñarol 6.7
5 United States Skyler Hogan Hebraica y Macabi 6.2

Blocks

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Pos Player Club
1 Ukraine Andriy Grystak Defensor Sporting 2.0
2 Uruguay Nicolás Martínez Malvín 1.7
3 Chile Manny Suárez Nacional 1.5
4 United States Gerard DeVaughn Urunday U. 1.3
5 United States Emmitt Holt Aguada 1.3

Source: FUBB

LUB clubs in international competitions

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Basketball Champions League Americas
Team Progress Result W–L
Biguá Group C TBC 0–0
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Team Progress Result W–L
Nacional Final Win vs. Argentina San Lorenzo 6–0
Semi-finals Win vs. Uruguay Defensor Sporting
Group A 1st of 5 teams (4–0)
Defensor Sporting Third place game Loss vs. Argentina Olímpico 3–3
Semi-finals Loss vs. Uruguay Nacional
Group B 2nd of 5 teams (3–1)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Urunday Universitario se consagró campeón del Metropolitano y ascendió a la Liga Uruguaya". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 7 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "¡Welcome es de Primera!". www.tenfield.com.uy (in Spanish). 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Larre Borges se retira oficialmente de la LUB y ya piensa en el Metro 2024: los motivos". www.elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). 20 March 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Básquet: Goes descendió tras perder ante Biguá y Urupan aseguró la permanencia en la Liga". www.futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). 2 April 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Stadium) "club name".
  6. ^ Defensor's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Welcome's court.
  7. ^ Hebraica's venue was not authorized to host home games, so they played in the Unión Atlética's court.
  8. ^ "Básquet: Malvín anunció la vuelta de Pablo López, cinco veces campeón en el club". www.futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Marcelo Signorelli dejó de ser el DT de Peñarol Básquetbol: "Por supuesto que quería seguir", afirmó". www.futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Leonardo Zylbersztein es el nuevo entrenador de Peñarol: cómo vienen las negociaciones por Luciano Parodi". www.elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b "DIEGO RIVAS SERA EL DT DE HEBRAICA MACABI PARA LA LIGA". www.urubasket.com (in Spanish). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Coronamos la vuelta". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  13. ^ "En el patio de su casa". www.basquetcaliente.com (in Spanish). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Pegó la resaca". www.basquettotal.com (in Spanish). 10 September 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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