Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto

Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto
Current season, competition or edition:; 2020–21 Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
No. of teams	8
Country	Ecuador
Continent	FIBA Americas
Most recent; champion(s)	Punto Rojo LR (1st title) ; (2022)

The Liga Ecuatoriana de Baloncesto (abbreviated LEB) is the top professional basketball league in Ecuador. For sponsorship reasons the league is called the DirecTV Cup. The league is usually in session from June to October.

Current clubs

Team	City, Province
Barcelona S.C.	Guayaquil
ComuniKT^[1]	Ambato
C.S. Emelec	Guayaquil
Importadora Alvarado	Ambato
Mavort	Riobamba
HR Portoviejo	Portoviejo
Asociación Deportiva Naval	Guayaquil
Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial^[2]	Quito

Champions

National Basketball League era (1999–2010)


Season	Champions	Runners-up
1999	UTE	ESPE
2000	ESPE	La Salle
2001	Mavort	UTE
2002	ESPE (2)	Mavort
2003	ESPE (3)	La Salle
2004	ESPE (4)	Deportivo Quevedo
2005	ESPE (5)	UTE
2006	ESPE (6)	Espoli
2007	Cancelled
2008	Barcelona	ESPE
2009	Mavort (2)	UTE
2010	UTE (2)	ESPE

LEB era (2011–present)

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Finals score
2011	Mavort (3)	ESPOL	2–1
2012	Importadora Alvarado	Asociación Deportiva Naval	2–1
2013	CKT	Guerreros de Nuemane	3–1
2014	UTE (3)	CKT	4–2
2015	CKT	UTE	4–1
2016	HR Portoviejo	ICCAN Macas	2–1
2017	ICCAN Macas	Piratas de Los Lagos	4–2
2018	Deportivo Juvenil de Vinces	ICCAN Macas	2–1
2019	Cancelled due to logistical issues
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
2021	Santa María	CyC Portoviejo	1–0
2022	Punto Rojo LR^[3]	Caballeros	2–0

References

^ CKT recibe homenaje por obtener el título de la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, ElComercio.com, 20 November 2015. Accessed 16 July 2017 (in Spanish)
^ UTE, nuevo monarca del básquet nacional, ElUniverso.com, 20 December 2014. Accessed 16 July 2017 (in Spanish)
^ "Punto Rojo se corona campeón y representará a Ecuador en Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto". Diario El Norte (in Spanish). 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2022-09-16.

Sources

History

External links

Presentation at Latinbasket.com

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[1] CKT recibe homenaje por obtener el título de la Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, ElComercio.com, 20 November 2015. Accessed 16 July 2017 (in Spanish)

[2] UTE, nuevo monarca del básquet nacional, ElUniverso.com, 20 December 2014. Accessed 16 July 2017 (in Spanish)

[:02-3] "Punto Rojo se corona campeón y representará a Ecuador en Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto". Diario El Norte (in Spanish). 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2022-09-16.

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