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.
Video Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano
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.
Maps Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano
Current clubs
Champions list
Semi-Professional era (1988 to 1991)
Profesional era (1992 - present)
References
Further reading
- Sitio web oficial de la LigaDirectv
- Sitio web oficial de la Federación Colombiana de Baloncesto
- Columbian league on Latinbasket (in English)
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