| DTA | |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 8 June 2024 – 23 September 2024 |
| Champions: | Atenas 2nd title |
| Runners Up: | Marne |
| Semifinalists: | Yale Albatros |
| Top Seed: | Marne |
| Promoted: | Marne Atenas Yale |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Games: | 121 |
| Finals Mvp N: | URU |
| Ppg: | 19.7 |
| Ppg N: | URU |
| Rpg: | 13.3 |
| Rpg N: | BRA |
| Apg: | 6.6 |
| Apg N: | URU |
| Highest Scoring: | Albatros 98–104 Marne (16 June 2024) |
| Winning Streak: | 12 games Marne |
| Losing Streak: | 9 games Danubio |
| Biggest Home Win: | Marne 100–54 Ateneo (26 June 2024) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Danubio 55–95 Marne (23 June 2024) |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 DTA season, is the 21st season of the third most important Uruguayan basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with the regular season and ended on 23 September 2024 with the final.
The champion was Atenas, who defeated Marne in the final and returned to Liga de Ascenso after having been relegated by abandonment.
Atenas was the first team to be promoted, beating Yale 2-0 in the semi-finals. Minutes later, Marne also gained promotion, defeating Albatros 2-0.
The two losers played a playoff for the third promotion, where Yale beat Albatros 2-0.
A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023 season and one relegated from the 2023 El Metro.
Miramar, which was relegated last year from the El Metro, decided not to participate this season. Also, Layva and Deportivo Paysandú, who received sanctions for incidents last tournament, forfeited this tournament either.[1] [2]
| Club[7] | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Albatros | Gimnasio Albatros | 125 | |
| Atenas | Estadio Antonio María Borderes | 1,565 | |
| Ateneo | Piriápolis | Gimnasio Alfredo L. Núñez | 750 |
| Auriblanco | Gimnasio Roberto Vázquez | 350 | |
| Capurro | Gimnasio Guillermo J. Ríos | 150 | |
| Danubio | Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporty's | ||||
| Kelme | ||||
| Maxpe Sport | ||||
| Sporty's | ||||
| MGR | ||||
| Starbade | ||||
| MGR | ||||
| Elite | ||||
| Sporty's | ||||
| Concreto | ||||
| Sports Dreams |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-season | End of contract | 31 December 2023 | Ignacio Ortiz[8] | 21 April 2024 | |||
| 31 December 2023 | [9] | 8 June 2024 | |||||
| Nicolás Scarabino[10] | 8 January 2024 | Javier Masner[11] | 18 May 2024 | ||||
| 23 January 2024 | Guido Fernández[12] | 28 March 2024 | |||||
| End of contract | 31 January 2024 | 25 May 2024 | |||||
| Resigned | 8 April 2024 | [13] | 8 April 2024 | ||||
| 25 April 2024 | Fernando Cabral[14] | 25 April 2024 | |||||
| 10th (1–9) | Sacked | 15 July 2024 | 16 July 2024 | ||||
| 7th (4–8) | Resigned | 24 July 2024 | 24 July 2024 | ||||
| Javier Masner[15] | 7th (6–12) | 12 August 2024 | 12 August 2024 |
The Regular season was the first stage of the DTA. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The first eight of the table will play the play-offs, and the last five will be eliminated.
The two finalists of this stage will promote, and play a single-match final to crown the champion. The losers play a best-of-three serie for the third promotion.
Source: FUBB
| width:45% | Team | Seed | Promotion or relegation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | |||||||
| 1 | Atenas | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso | |
| Runners-up | |||||||
| 2 | Marne | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso | |
| Promotion play-off winner | |||||||
| 3 | Yale | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | Promotion to Liga de Ascenso | |
| Promotion play-off loser | |||||||
| 4 | Albatros | 26 | 14 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Eliminated in quarter-finals | |||||||
| 5 | Defensores de Maroñas | 22 | 9 | 13 | 5 | ||
| 6 | San Telmo Rápido Sport | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Auriblanco | 23 | 8 | 15 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Capurro | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Eliminated at regular season | |||||||
| 9 | Juventud | 20 | 6 | 14 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Danubio | 20 | 3 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Ateneo | 20 | 4 | 16 | 11 | ||
| width=50% valign=top | Points |
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| width=50% valign=top | Assists |
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