The Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB), also known as the LSB Nicaragua, is the highest level of professional
basketball
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in
Nicaragua
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. The league was established in 2018 and started its inaugural season in February 2018 with six teams.
The champions of the LSB qualify directly for the regular season of the
Basketball Champions League Americas
The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) (Spanish: ''Baloncesto Liga Campeones de las Américas'', Portuguese: ''Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas'') is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Founded in 2019 ...
, the Americas' premier continental competition.
Current teams
As of the 2021 season, the LSB consisted out of the following teams:
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Real Estelí
Real may refer to:
Currencies
* Brazilian real (R$)
* Central American Republic real
* Mexican real
* Portuguese real
* Spanish real
* Spanish colonial real
Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...
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Cacique Diriangen
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Indigenas de Matagalpa
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Brumas de Jinotega
The Liga Superior de Baloncesto (LSB), also known as the LSB Nicaragua, is the highest level of professional basketball in Nicaragua. The league was established in 2018 and started its inaugural season in February 2018 with six teams.
The champio ...
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Leones de Managua
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Frente Sur Rivas
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Tigres de Chinandega
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UNAN de León
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Jaguares UAM
Champions
Individual awards
References
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2018 establishments in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
Basketball in Nicaragua
Sports leagues established in 2018