Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (English: Developmental Basketball League) is an Under-20 age version of the top-tier level Brazilian men's professional basketball league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). The players need to be 20 years old and under to play in this tournament. It is a way to discover new players for future Brazilian national team generations, and for new young talents to be developed for the main teams of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

However, not all the teams that make up the NBB also compete in the LDB, due to not having competitive teams in the lower Brazilian basketball league categories. So some teams focus instead on the training of their young athletes, or participate as guests, and can still help to produce good future players for Brazilian basketball. LDB receives support from the Brazilian Federal Government to be organized.

## Brasiliansk basketballturnering "Brazil LDB U20"

Brazil LDB U20 er en national ungdomsbasketballturnering i Brasilien. Turneringen er for spillere under 20 år og er organiseret af Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB).

Turneringen spilles med 16 hold fra hele Brasilien. Holdene er opdelt i fire grupper, og de to bedste hold fra hver gruppe går videre til slutspillet. Slutspillet spilles med et slutspilssystem, og vinderen af finalen krones som mester.

Brazil LDB U20 er en vigtig turnering for unge basketballspillere i Brasilien. Turneringen giver spillerne mulighed for at udvikle deres færdigheder og konkurrere mod de bedste unge spillere i landet. Turneringen er også en mulighed for unge spillere at blive bemærket af professionelle klubber.

Nogle af de mest berømte spillere, der har spillet i Brazil LDB U20, inkluderer Leandro Barbosa, Anderson Varejão og Tiago Splitter.