Libobasquet
SportBasketball
Founded24 August 2013; 10 years ago (2013-08-24)
Inaugural season2013
No. of teams12
CountryBolivia
ContinentFIBA Americas
Most recent
champion(s)		Leones de Potosí (1st title)
(2023)
Most titlesLa Salle
Pichincha de Potosí
Calero
San Simon
(2 titles each)

The Liga Boliviana de Básquet (abbreviated as Libobasket) is the top professional basketball league in Bolivia that was founded in 2013.[1] It replaced the Liga Superior de Baloncesto de Bolivia (2007–2012) and División Mayor de Baloncesto Boliviano (1994–2006) as the top-tier basketball league in the country.

Championships

Year Champion Runner-up Finals

score

Apertura 2014 La Salle Amistad –
Clausura 2014 La Salle La Salle 2–0
Apertura 2015 Vikingos La Salle 3–0
Clausura 2015 San Simón Vikingos 3–0
2016 San Simón (2) Pichincha de Potosí 3–1
2017 Calero Pichincha de Potosí 3–0
2018 Calero (2) Nacional Potosí 3–0
2019 Pichincha de Potosí Nacional Potosí[2] 3–0
2022 Pichincha de Potosí (2) Atomico Calero 3–2
2023 Leones de Potosí Nacional Potosí 3–2

Current clubs

Team City, Province
Amistad Sucre
CAN Oruro
Peñarol Quillacollo
La Salle-Olympic Cochabamba
La Salle Tarija
Leones de Potosí Potosí
Vikingos Tarija
Pichincha de Potosí Potosí
Calero Potosí
Uagrm Santa Cruz
AND-1 La Paz
Carl A-Z Oruro
Rubair Quillacollo

Individual awards

Season MVP

Año Jugador Equipo
2018 Louis Munks III Calero
2019 Gregory Curvelo Rubair
2021 Antone Robinson Jr Pichincha

Finals MVP

Año Jugador Equipo
2018 Louis Munks III Calero
2019 Antone Robinson Jr. Pichincha
2021 Adriano Barreras Nacional Potosí

References

  1. ^ Consejo Superior decidirá el inicio de la Libobasquet 2017, Opinion.com.bo. 3 February 2017, retrieved 14 August 2017. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Identidad deportiva, la fórmula del éxito del básquetbol potosino Gabriel Caero Rodríguez (Los Tiempos), 22 September 2019. Accessed 12 August 2021.(in Spanish)

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