The Paraguayan Metropolitan Basketball League is the most important

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league from

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. As of 2015, 12 teams are participating in the league. The yearly winners of this league are considered the Paraguayan basketball champions, although only teams from

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compete (teams from other

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compete in the

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). Because of this, the champion gets the right to play in the South American Club Championship.

History

Amidst the 2020

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, it was announced that the Liga Nacional would return on 22 July 2020. Basket Paraguayo informed that all games would be played at the Polideportivo at the Secretaria Nacional de Deportes.

2021 LNB teams

The team playing in the 2021 LNB season. * Olimpia Kings * San José * Libertad * Club Atlético Ciudad Nueva * Sol de América * Federación de Básquetbol de Colonias Unidas * Club Deportivo Campoalto * Atlético Paranaense de la Federación Encarnacena de Básquetbol * San Alfonso de la Federación de Básquetbol de Minga Guazú

List of Champions

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Titles by team

* Olimpia 32 titles * Deportivo San José 12 titles * Sol de América 11 titles * Libertad 9 titles * Ciudad Nueva 9 titles *

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4 titles *

Club Guaraní Club Guaraní is a Paraguayan football team, based in the neighbourhood of Pinozá in outer Asunción. Founded on 12 October 1903, it is one of the oldest and one of the most successful in the country, with eleven Primera División titles, and ...

2 titles *

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

2 title * Nacional Asunción 1 title * América de Pilar 1 title * CNR El Mbiguá 1 title

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