Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (in English: Professional Colombian Basketball), currently known as the Liga WPlay de Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional

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championship in

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. The championship was established in 1992 and is organized by the Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto (in English: Colombian Basketball Federation). The first national semi-professional championship was called Copa Sprite, sponsored by the eponymous soda trademark. This led the participating clubs to the creation of the División Mayor del Baloncesto Colombiano. This way the first championship was created, called Copa Sprite Profesional. In this version the following teams participated: Bogotá-Doria Promasa, Valle-Sensus 2, Antioquia-Sprite, Santander-Terpel, Barranquilla-Junior y Caldas-Ron Viejo de Caldas.

League format

The championship consists of three rounds:Sistema de Torneo - Elkin Vargas - Redacción El Tiempo
/ref> * Round Robin: The teams play 24 games each. The four top teams in the end reach the playoffs. * The playoffs: in a best-of-7 format, the first seed plays against the fourth, and the second seed against the third. The two winning teams play the finals. * The Finals: The two finalist teams play a best-of-seven-games series.

League format

Teams

Current teams

Former teams

Champions list

Semi-professional era (1988–1991)

Profesional era (1992–present)

References

Further reading