Liga Mayor de Baloncesto
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
First season2017 Apertura
CountryEl Salvador
ConfederationFIBA Americas (Americas)
Number of teams11
Level on pyramid1
Current championsMetapan BC
(1st title)
(2023 Apertura)
Most championshipsSanta Tecla BC
(5 titles)
2023 Clausura

The Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) is a men's professional basketball league in Americas, currently composed of 9 teams. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in El Salvador. It is the top level of the El Salvador basketball league system. The league is controlled by the El Salvador Basketball Federation (in Spanish: Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto.).

History

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The league was formed in 2017, following the end of the previous iteration of the first division Liga Superior de Baloncesto de El Salvador.

Current clubs

The Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) was founded in 2017 with nine teams. Due to club expansions, reductions and relocations, many of the teams either changed or ceased to exist. There are currently Nine teams. The teams are located in TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, and TBD. The TBD are the oldest club in the competition, having participated in every season since 2017.



Future expansion

Former clubs

Honours

List of champions

Team Titles Winning Seasons Notes
Santa Tecla BC 5 2016 Clausura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2023 Clausura Record holder of consecutive finals appearances in a major Salvadoran professional sports league.
Brujos de Izalco 3 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2018 Apertura TBD.
Halcones de Sonsonate 1 2017 Clausura TBD.
San Salvador 3 2019 Clausura [5], 2021 Clausura, 2022 Clausura TBD.
C.D. Aguila 2 2015 Apertura, 2022 Apertura TBD.
FAS-Denver 1 2015 Clausura TBD.
TBD 1 2001 TBD.
Metapán BC 1 2023 Apertura [6]


Champions

Year Champion Coach Result Runners up Coach League MVP Finals MVP Notes
2017 Clausura Halcones (1) TBD 3–1 Santa Tecla BC (0) TBD Puerto Rico Nicaragua Jared Ruiz Puerto Rico Nicaragua Jared Ruiz [1]
2017 Apertura Brujos de Izalco (1) TBD 2-0 Isidro Metapan (0) TBD United States Christopher Blake United States Garland Mcarthur [2]
2018 Clausura Santa Tecla BC (1) Cuba Rainel Panfet 3–1 Quezaltepeque (0) El Salvador Ernesto "Colocho" Rodríguez Puerto Rico Nicaragua Jared Ruiz Cuba Lisvan Valdez [3]
2018 Apertura Brujos de Izalco (2) El Salvador William Ávalos 3-2 Halcones (1) TBD United States Christopher Blake Colombia Michaell Jackson [4]
2019 Clausura San Salvador BC (1) TBD 3–1 Quezaltepeque (0) Spain El Salvador José Luis Dámaso Cuba Marvin Cairo Colombia Michaell Jackson [5]
2019 Apertura Santa Tecla BC (2) TBD 4–1 Isidro Metapan (0) TBD Cuba Lisvan Valdez United States Christopher Blake [6]
2020 Clausura (Season Cancelled) (1) None None (Season Cancelled) (3) None None None [7]
2020 Apertura (Season Cancelled) (1) None None (Season Cancelled) (3) None None None [8]
2021 Clausura San Salvador BC (2) El Salvador William Ávalos 4–1 Aguila BKB (0) TBD Dominican Republic Bernardo Polanco Puerto Rico Owen Perez [9]
2021 Apertura Santa Tecla BC (3) TBD 4–1 San Salvador BC (1) TBD United States Andravious Smith El Salvador Brian Vasquez [10]
2022 Clausura Aguila BC (1) Argentina Pablo Epeloa 3-0 Santa Tecla BC (3) TBD United States Christopher Blake United States Marquise Mosley [11]
2022 Apertura San Salvador BC (2) TBD 3-0 Isidro Metapan(3) TBD United States Marc Montavious United States Christopher Blake [12]
2023 Clausura Santa Tecla BC (5) El Salvador TBD 3–0 Cojute BC (5) TBD Cuba Yoel Cubillas Dominican Republic Adonis Lopez [13]
2023 Apertura Metapan BC (1) TBD 3–1 Brujos de Izalco (3) TBD Cuba Yoel Cubillas Cuba Yoel Cubillas [14]
2024 Clausura TBD (1) TBD 4–1 TBD (3) TBD TBD TBD [15]
2024 Apertura TBD (1) TBD 4–1 TBD (3) TBD TBD TBD [16]

List of coaches

List of players

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