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Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano

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Sport
  
Basketball

Inaugural season
  
1988

Country
  
Colombia

Founded
  
1988

No. of teams
  
10

Continent
  
FIBA Americas (Americas)

Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano (in English, Professional Colombian Basketball), now referred to mostly as Liga Directv Antigua Copa Invitacional FCB (or, FCB Invitational Cup), is the premier professional basketball championship in Colombia. 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:

  • Round Robin: The teams play 24 games each. The four top teams in the end reach the play offs.
  • The play offs: 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.
  • References

    Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano Wikipedia