2024 DTA season

DTA
DTA
Season	2024
Dates	8 June 2024 – 23 September 2024
Games played	121
Teams	11
Regular season
Top seed	Marne
Promoted	Marne; Atenas; Yale
Finals
Champions	Atenas; 2nd title
Runners-up	Marne
Semifinalists	Yale; Albatros
Finals MVP	Camilo Colman
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Fabrizio Viacava
Rebounds	Pedro Peçanha
Assists	Matías De Gouveia
Records
Biggest home win	Marne 100–54 Ateneo; (26 June 2024)
Biggest away win	Danubio 55–95 Marne; (23 June 2024)
Highest scoring	Albatros 98–104 Marne; (16 June 2024)
Winning streak	12 games; Marne
Losing streak	9 games; Danubio
	← 2023 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.

Teams

Promotion, relegation and abandonments (pre-season)

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]

Teams relegated from El Metro

Atenas^[3]
Miramar^[4]

Teams promoted to Liga de Ascenso

Venues and locations

Montevideo

Ateneo

Juventud

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Location of teams in 2024 DTA

Defensores de Maroñas

Marne

San Telmo Rápido Sport

Yale

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Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2024 DTA

Club^[7]	City	Arena	Capacity
Albatros	Montevideo	Gimnasio Albatros^{[note 1]}	125
Atenas	Montevideo	Estadio Antonio María Borderes	1,565
Ateneo	Piriápolis	Gimnasio Alfredo L. Núñez	750
Auriblanco	Montevideo	Gimnasio Roberto Vázquez	350
Capurro		Gimnasio Guillermo J. Ríos	150
Danubio		Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas^{[note 1]}^{[note 2]}	350
Defensores de Maroñas		Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas^{[note 1]}	400
Juventud	Las Piedras	Estadio Federal Cirilio Malnatti	1,000
Marne	Montevideo	Gimnasio Trouville^{[note 1]}^{[note 3]}	780
San Telmo Rápido Sport		Gimnasio Lussich Rolando	500
Yale		Campo de Deportes Luis Ruocco	500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer
Albatros	Nicolás Ellis	Fabrizio Viacava	Sporty's
Atenas	Guido Fernández	Camilo Colman	Kelme
Ateneo	Fernando Cabral	Fernando Cestaro	Maxpe Sport
Auriblanco	Mauricio Biderman	Facundo Yaquinta	Sporty's
Capurro	Fernando Cabrera	Andrés Rodríguez	MGR
Danubio	Matías Bueno	Federico Álvarez	Starbade
Defensores de Maroñas	Pedro Xavier	Daniel Dacal	MGR
Juventud	Humberto Sánchez	Sergio Castello	Elite
Marne	Fabián Narbais	Matías Nicoletti	Sporty's
San Telmo Rápido Sport	Javier Masner	Javier Crocano	Concreto
Yale	Ignacio Ortiz	Emilio Taboada	Sports Dreams

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Yale	Javier Masner	Pre-season	End of contract	31 December 2023	Ignacio Ortiz^[8]	21 April 2024
Auriblanco	Andrés Jones		End of contract	31 December 2023	Mauricio Biderman^[9]	8 June 2024
San Telmo Rápido Sport	Nicolás Scarabino^[10]		Signed by Tabaré	8 January 2024	Javier Masner^[11]	18 May 2024
Atenas	Mauricio Rodríguez^[12]		Signed by Bohemios	23 January 2024	Guido Fernández^[13]	28 March 2024
Capurro	Ignacio Ortega		End of contract	31 January 2024	Fernando Cabrera	25 May 2024
Defensores de Maroñas	Sebastián Baranzano		Resigned	8 April 2024	Pedro Xavier^[14]	8 April 2024
Ateneo	Juan Carlos Werstein		Resigned	25 April 2024	Fernando Cabral^[15]	25 April 2024
Auriblanco	Mauricio Biderman	10th (1–9)	Sacked	15 July 2024	Ernesto Dorrego	16 July 2024
Juventud	Andrés Antúnez	7th (4–8)	Resigned	24 July 2024	Humberto Sánchez	24 July 2024
San Telmo Rápido Sport	Javier Masner^[16]	7th (6–12)	Resigned	12 August 2024	Juan Álvarez^[16]	12 August 2024

Regular season

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.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marne	20	18	2	1753	1415	+338	38	Qualification to Play-offs
2	Atenas^[a]	20	18	2	1683	1329	+354	37
3	Yale	20	15	5	1627	1513	+114	35
4	Albatros	20	12	8	1584	1522	+62	32
5	Defensores de Maroñas	20	9	11	1438	1497	−59	29
6	San Telmo Rápido Sport	20	8	12	1441	1511	−70	28
7	Auriblanco	20	7	13	1454	1531	−77	27^[b]
8	Capurro^[c]	20	10	10	1552	1539	+13	27^[b]
9	Juventud	20	6	14	1480	1634	−154	26
10	Danubio	20	3	17	1366	1649	−283	23
11	Ateneo^[d]	20	4	16	1461	1699	−238	21

Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:

^ Atenas was deducted 1 point, for incidents in Matchday 8, against Marne^[17]
^ ^a ^b Auriblanco 146–144 Capurro
^ Capurro were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Deportivo Paysandú^[1]
^ Ateneo were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Bohemios^[18]

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ATE	API	AUR	CPR	DAN	DMA	JLP	MNE	STR	YAL
Albatros	—	66–84	71–57	72–69	79–72	94–68	60–70	100–90	98–104	88–97	58–53
Atenas	73–51	—	94–64	71–58	83–65	87–51	81–55	106–65	71–79	97–78	77–59
Ateneo	71–87	83–95	—	84–81	60–85	101–81	82–64	91–81	60–96	68–79	77–85
Auriblanco	70–86	57–81	81–58	—	73–80	74–61	66–62	106–89	80–88	70–76	80–105
Capurro	85–81	84–92	107–80	64–73	—	92–68	100–79	80–79	62–92	87–72	58–59
Danubio	66–89	73–86	77–73	63–72	79–90	—	71–68	63–64	55–95	77–86	75–104
Defensores de Maroñas	79–74	67–84	81–73	79–61	71–69	75–63	—	84–69	83–91	63–66	73–95
Juventud	94–99	58–89	87–68	76–71	84–58	61–65	80–67	—	62–86	68–63	72–81
Marne	67–69	98–89	100–54	97–68	89–64	80–72	71–56	92–55	—	82–75	82–81
San Telmo Rápido Sport	66–86	58–67	81–76	66–75	68–73	74–60	56–67	70–67	68–76	—	74–82
Yale	87–76	60–76	86–81	73–69	78–77	84–78	85–95	95–79	93–88	82–68	—

Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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.

Quarter-finals						Semi-finals					Final

1	Marne	88	82		2

8	Capurro	79	67		0
						1	Marne	73	68	2

						4	Albatros	62	66	0
4	Albatros	91	82		2

5	Defensores de Maroñas	86	75		0
											1	Marne	81

											2	Atenas	90
2	Atenas	81	68	71	2

7	Auriblanco	59	73	62	1
						2	Atenas	79	85	2	Promotion play-off

						3	Yale	63	60	0
3	Yale	75	65		2						4	Albatros	67	69	0

6	San Telmo Rápido Sport	59	61		0						3	Yale	71	76	2

Source: FUBB

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	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

Statistical leaders

Points


Pos	Player	Club	PPG
1	Fabrizio Viacava	Albatros	19.7
2	Leandro Curbelo	Defensores de M.	18.9
3	Joaquín Taboada	Yale	18.6
4	Martín Astramskas	Yale	18.2
5	Santiago Machado	Albatros	18.1

Rebounds


Pos	Player	Club	RPG
1	Pedro Peçanha	Juventud	13.3
2	Javier Crocano	STRS	12.2
3	Juan Marotta	Defensores de M.	12.0
4	Santiago Machado	Albatros	11.5
5	Federico Álvarez	Danubio	11.1

Assists


Pos	Player	Club	APG
1	Matías De Gouveia	Albatros	6.6
2	Andrés Rodríguez	Capurro	6.1
3	Santiago Meinero	Albatros	5.5
4	Andrés Piñeiro	Auriblanco	4.9
5	Brian Silva	Defensores de M.	4.9

Blocks


Pos	Player	Club
1	Rogelio De León	Atenas	1.6
2	Ramiro Trebucq	Auriblanco	1.6
3	Cristian López	Capurro	1.2
4	Lucas Silva	Marne	1.1
5	Jonathan Sacco	Marne	1.1