Fixtures

DateRHjemme vs Ude-
04/25 00:00 - Sportiva Italiana vs Valdivia View
04/27 00:15 - Universidad Catolica vs CD Liceo Pablo Neruda View
04/27 00:30 - Leones Quilpue vs Deportivo Valdivia View
04/27 23:00 - Español Osorno vs ABA Ancud View
04/27 23:30 - Las Animas vs CD Castro View
04/28 00:00 - CDU Concepcion vs CD Espanol Talca View
04/28 00:15 - Universidad Catolica vs Deportivo Valdivia View
04/28 00:30 - Leones Quilpue vs CD Liceo Pablo Neruda View
04/28 00:45 - Puerto Montt vs Sportiva Italiana View
04/28 01:00 - Puerto Varas vs Puente Alto View
04/28 04:00 - Las Animas vs ABA Ancud View
04/28 04:00 - Español Osorno vs CD Castro View

Results

Date R Hjemme vs Ude -
04/22 00:00 - [7] Puente Alto vs Colegio Los Leones [2] 72-77
04/21 23:30 - [3] Ancud vs Puerto Varas [9] 87-85
04/21 23:15 - [8] Deportes Castro vs Puerto Montt [13] 86-63
04/21 23:00 - [10] Sportiva Italiana vs Univ. Catolica [11] 89-76
04/21 00:30 - [6] Valdivia vs CD Liceo Pablo Neruda [14] 102-88
04/21 00:30 - [2] Universidad de Concepcion vs Español Osorno [4] 85-88
04/21 00:15 - [12] CD Espanol Talca vs Las Animas [5] 94-102
04/21 00:00 - CD Castro vs Puerto Varas 61-54
04/20 23:15 - [7] Puente Alto vs Univ. Catolica [11] 91-61
04/20 23:00 - [10] Sportiva Italiana vs Colegio Los Leones [3] 50-104
04/20 00:30 - [12] CD Espanol Talca vs Español Osorno [4] 67-83
04/20 00:15 - [3] Ancud vs Puerto Montt [13] 87-70

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile, also known as the LNB Chile, is the top national basketball leagues in Chile, it is a professional league, organized by the Federación de Básquetbol de Chile. The league was created in 2010 and the old national league, Dimayor was discontinued in 2013, being the only basketball professional league in the country. The league is now referred as Liga DirecTV by Spalding for sponsorship reasons.

History

2010 Final between Español de Talca v Boston College

Founded in 2008 with the objective of forming strong competition from basketball at national level.

Initially there was the creation of three (League A, League B & League C) divisions, but only the latter two were played. In 2010 the League B was renamed the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol, ranking as the main category of the competition, while the League C was renamed Liga Nacional Promocional.

However, that year was constituted the Liga Nacional Superior, vocational and bringing together the country's top clubs.

The inaugural season of the National League had an optimistic hosting, with 12 teams participate in this country. After eliminating Sagrados Corazones and Universidad Católica, Español de Talca met CD Boston College in the finals, winning by a marker 3-1 to become the first champion of the LNB.

In the 2011-12 edition there was a great turnout, with 18 teams, but the defending champion Español de Talca opted to return to the Dimayor. The winner this time was Deportes Castro, who defeated CD Boston College in the finals.

The 2012-13 season saw Español de Talca again crowned champion against CD Boston College, who won their third consecutive sub-championship. The title completed what was nearly a perfect season with only two losses in the tournament, winning Game 4 in overtime.

The 2013-14 season included 16 teams, with debutant team Tinguiririca San Fernando being champions after winning the final 3-1 to Osorno Basketball at the Monumental María Gallardo. With the win Tinguiririca San Fernando became the first team in the Northern Zone to win the championship.

2014-15 saw CSD Colo Colo crowned champion, winning the series 3-2 against Deportes Castro in Chiloé. The championship win earns Colo Colo the honor to represent the country in the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol.

Chile - LNB er den højeste professionelle basketballliga i Chile. Ligaen blev grundlagt i 1953 og består af 10 hold. Den nuværende mester er CD Español de Talca.

Ligaen spilles i to faser. I den første fase spiller hvert hold to kampe mod hvert af de andre hold, én gang hjemme og én gang ude. De fire bedste hold går videre til slutspillet, som spilles i et single-elimination-format.

LNB er en af de mest konkurrencedygtige basketballligaer i Sydamerika. Flere af ligaens hold har vundet internationale mesterskaber, herunder FIBA Americas League og Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol.

Nogle af de mest berømte spillere, der har spillet i LNB, er:

* Marcelo Richotti
* Claudio Bravo
* Jorge Valdivia
* Esteban Batista
* Luis Scola