Liga Mayor de Baloncesto explained

Liga Mayor de Baloncesto
First:2017 Apertura
Country:El Salvador
Confed:FIBA Americas (Americas)
Teams:11
Levels:1
Pyramid:Basketball in El Salvador#League system
Champions:Metapan BC
(1st title)
Season:2023 Apertura
Most Champs:Santa Tecla BC
(5 titles)
Current: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

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/el-salvador-s-basketball-s-in-constant-expansion

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.

Former clubs

Honours

List of champions

TeamTitlesWinning SeasonsNotes
Santa Tecla BC52016 Clausura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2023 ClausuraRecord holder of consecutive finals appearances in a major Salvadoran professional sports league.
Brujos de Izalco32016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2018 AperturaTBD.
Halcones de Sonsonate12017 ClausuraTBD.
San Salvador32019 Clausura https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/otros-deportes/san-salvador-se-corono-campeon-del-baloncesto-nacional-por-primera-vez/666553/2019/#:~:text=San%20Salvador%20se%20coron%C3%B3%20campe%C3%B3n%20del%20baloncesto%20nacional%20por%20primera%20vez,-El%20rey%20es&text=La%20noche%20fue%20para%20San,campe%C3%B3n%20del%20Torneo%20Clausura%202019, 2021 Clausura, 2022 ClausuraTBD.
C.D. Aguila22015 Apertura, 2022 AperturaTBD.
FAS-Denver12015 ClausuraTBD.
TBD12001TBD.
Metapán BC12023 Aperturahttps://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/otros-deportes/lmb-metapan-brujos-izalco-isidro-bc-/1108286/2023/

Champions

YearChampionCoachResultRunners upCoachLeague MVPFinals MVPNotes
2017 Clausura Halcones (1) TBD3–1Santa Tecla BC (0) Jared Ruiz Jared Ruiz
2017 Apertura Brujos de Izalco (1) TBD2-0Isidro Metapan (0) Christopher Blake Garland Mcarthur
2018 Clausura Santa Tecla BC (1) Rainel Panfet3–1Quezaltepeque (0) Ernesto "Colocho" Rodríguez Jared Ruiz Lisvan Valdez
2018 Apertura Brujos de Izalco (2) William Ávalos3-2Halcones (1) Christopher Blake Michaell Jackson
2019 Clausura San Salvador BC (1) TBD3–1Quezaltepeque (0) José Luis Dámaso Marvin Cairo Michaell Jackson
2019 Apertura Santa Tecla BC (2) TBD4–1Isidro Metapan (0) Lisvan Valdez Christopher Blake
2020 Clausura (Season Cancelled) (1) NoneNone(Season Cancelled) (3) NoneNone None
2020 Apertura (Season Cancelled) (1) NoneNone(Season Cancelled) (3) NoneNone None
2021 Clausura San Salvador BC (2) William Ávalos4–1Aguila BKB (0) Bernardo Polanco Owen Perez
2021 Apertura Santa Tecla BC (3) TBD4–1San Salvador BC (1) Andravious Smith Brian Vasquez
2022 Clausura Aguila BC (1) Pablo Epeloa 3-0Santa Tecla BC (3) Christopher Blake Marquise Mosley [1]
2022 Apertura San Salvador BC (2) TBD3-0Isidro Metapan(3) Marc Montavious Christopher Blake
2023 Clausura Santa Tecla BC (5) 3–0Cojute BC (5) Yoel Cubillas Adonis Lopez [2]
2023 Apertura Metapan BC (1) TBD3–1Brujos de Izalco (3) Yoel Cubillas Yoel Cubillas [3]
2024 Clausura TBD (1) TBD4–1TBD (3)
2024 Apertura TBD (1) TBD4–1TBD (3)

List of coaches

List of players

https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/otros-deportes/baloncesto-nba-lmb/1101973/2023/

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¡Vuelo de campeones! Águila es el campeón de la Liga Mayor de Baloncesto .
  2. Web site: Santa Tecla se coronó campeón de la Liga Mayor de Baloncesto .
  3. Web site: Metapán, campeón del baloncesto nacional .