Veracruz Winter League

Current season, competition or edition: 2018-19 Veracruz Winter League season
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2005
No. of teams	6
Country	Mexico
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	Tobis de Acayucan (2nd title)
Most titles	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas (6 titles)
Qualification	Latin American Series (2013-16) (2019-)
Official website	http://www.ligainvernalveracruzana.com

The Veracruz Winter League (Spanish: Liga Invernal Veracruzana de Béisbol Profesional) is a professional baseball winter league, representing the Mexican state of Veracruz, taking place between the months of October and January. It is currently made up of 6 teams and the league champion is invited to compete in the Latin American Series.

History

The league was formed in its current iteration in 2005 by the then-state governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán as a league representing an area of Mexico not covered by the other two professional leagues, with the Mexican Pacific League covering the Pacific side of the country and the Mexican League covering inland and southern Mexico, leaving Veracruz unrepresented up to that point. The league ran for eleven seasons before it was put on hold due to lack of funding, with youth competition Veracruz State League, representing the state from that point onwards. In 2018, the president of Tobis de Acayucan, Regina Vázquez Saut, announced the revival of the league, appointing herself as the commissioner, with the first game of the revived league being played on October 27, 2018.^[1][2][3]

Current teams

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Team	Head Coach	City	Stadium
Astros de Jáltipan	Eddy Castro	Jáltipan, Veracruz	"Fernando López Arias"
Cafetaleros de Córdoba	Alberto Joachín	Heroica Córdoba, Veracruz	"Beisborama"
Cañeros de Úrsulo Galván	Ángel Utrera	Cempoala, Veracruz	20 de Noviembre
Chileros de Xalapa	Juan Carlos Hernández	Xalapa-Enríquez, Veracruz	Deportivo Colón
Rojos de Veracruz	Ramón Esquer	Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz	Deportivo Universitario "Beto Ávila"
Tobis de Acayucan	Félix Tejeda	Acayucan, Veracruz Oluta, Veracruz	"Luis Díaz Flores" Emiliano Zapata

Affiliations with Mexican League

Because the Veracruz Winter League is considered a lower level than the other two professional leagues in Mexico, three of the teams have affiliations with Mexican League teams:

League champions

Season	Champions	Series Score	Runners-up	Winning Coach
2005–06	Broncos de Cosamaloapan	4-3	Chileros de Xalapa	Ramón Arano
2006–07	Gallos de Santa Rosa	4-2	Dragones Rojos de Coatzacoalcos	Ramón Montoya
2007–08	Chileros de Xalapa	4-3	Broncos de Cosamaloapan	Rafael Castañeda
2008–09	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas	4-1	Gallos de Santa Rosa	Pedro Meré
2009–10	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas (2)	4-2	Chileros de Xalapa	Pedro Meré
2010–11	Chileros de Xalapa (2)	4-2	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas	Shammar Almeida
2011–12	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas (3)	4-1	Chileros de Xalapa	Pedro Meré
2012–13	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas (4)	4-1	Gallos de Santa Rosa	Pedro Meré
2013–14	Brujos de Los Tuxtlas (5)	4-1	Tobis de Acayucan	Pedro Meré
2014–15	Brujos de San Andrés Tuxtla (6)	4-1	Gallos de Santa Rosa	Pedro Meré
2015–16	Tobis de Acayucan	4-1	Chileros de Xalapa	José Ángel Chávez
2017–2018	Not held (see Veracruz State League)
2018–19	Tobis de Acayucan (2)	4-3	Chileros de Xalapa	Félix Tejeda

Championships by Team