The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Femenino (LNBF) (

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: ''Women's National Basketball League''), is the top-tier level women's professional

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league in

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. Its tournaments have been held annually since 1949 (with only 11 interruptions), and it is organized by the Paraguayan Basketball Confederation. In some years the absolute champion was defined in a final between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, in the event that the same club had not managed to win both tournaments, in which case it automatically won the absolute title. In previous years, the absolute title was obtained by the winner of the ''Copa de Campeones'', which was contested between the champions of the ''Top Profesional Metropolitano'' and the ''Liga Nacional''. Since 2017, it was established that each championship (Apertura and Clausura) will be considered an absolute title and there will be two champions per year. After the

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, it was played annually again.

Teams

2024 Season

6 teams participate in the 2024 LNBF season. * Ciudad Nueva * Colonias Gold *

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* Félix Pérez Cardozo * Olimpia Queens * Sol de América

Winners list

From its inception until the 2016 season there was only one absolute champion per year. Since the 2017 season, each title (Apertura/Clausura) is considered an absolute title, so there are two champions per year.

Titles by club

References

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