The Liga de Ascenso (also known as LDA or Metro; English: Promotion League) is the second most important professional club basketball league in Uruguay. It is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB). The competition began in 2004 under the name of Torneo Metropolitano (Metropolitan Tournament). The promotion basketball championships replaced the Campeonato Federal de Segunda de Ascenso.
Trouville is the current champion and Bohemios is the team with more titles, with three.
Format The LDA is currently played in three stages: Torneo (Qualifying Tournament), Liguilla (Little League) or Permanencia (Relegation Phase) and playoffs.
In the Qualifying Tournament, the clubs play each other once, and the first eight of the table play in the Liguilla. The last eight play in the Permanencia. In the Liguilla, the clubs play each other once. The first eight advance to the playoffs, and the last two play in the play-in. In the Permanencia, the clubs play each other twice, home and away. The two first advance to the play-in and the last four play the play-out. The play-in consist of two series at one match, for the two last spots for the playoffs. Te qualifiers are played as: A) 7th of the Liguilla vs. 2nd of the Permanencia, B) 8th of the Liguilla vs. 1st of the Permanencia. The teams competed in the play-out, with series at best of three. The first stage is semifinales. The qualifiers are played as: A) 3rd vs. 6th, B) 4th vs. 5th. The losers of those series are relegated to the DTA, and the winners play a final serie to avoid the last relegation spot. The teams competed in the playoffs, with series being best of three. The first stage is the quarterfinals. The qualifiers are played as: A) 1st vs. B) play-in winner, B) 2nd vs. A) play-in winner, C) 3rd vs 6th, D) 4th vs. 5th. The semifinal are best of five series, and the pairings are: A) Winner vs. D) Winner and F) Winner vs. G) Winner. The winners of these matches are promoted to the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol and play in a single-match final, with the winner being crowned as the champion.
Participating teams
2026 season teams Notes: All statistics are only for the Liga de Ascenso, which is organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (Federación Uruguaya de Basketball). The Campeonato Federal de Ascenso is not included. The "arena" column reflects the arena where the team plays most of its home games, but does not indicate that the team in question is the owner.
ClubCityArenaCapacityFoundationSeasonsPromotionsChampionshipsAlbatros MontevideoGimnasio Albatros1251941100ColónGimnasio Héctor Chaine1,00019071100Lagomar Ciudad de la CostaGimnasio Lagomar1701956900Larre Borges MontevideoEstadio Romeo Schinca90019271223MarneGimnasio Marne30019531000MontevideoGimnasio Héctor Novick5001933611OlimpiaEstadio Albérico J. Passadore5001918400Gimnasio Marne17519314130SayagoGimnasio Roberto Moro6601923720StockolmoGimnasio Héctor Domínguez70019191710TabaréGimnasio Tabaré80019311642TrouvilleGimnasio Trouville7801922100Urupan PandoGimnasio Santiago Cigliuti7001924211Verdirrojo MontevideoGimnasio Verdirrojo50019482210
Champions by season
SeasonChampionOther promotionsChampion Coach2004Bohemios and Sayago Ramiro De León and Héctor Da Pra2005TabaréGoes Daniel Ciechanovecchi2006WelcomeHebraica y Macabi Héctor Da Pra2007BohemiosTabaré Ramiro De LeónCordón2008CapurroAguada Federico Camiña2009Montevideo Welcome Víctor Hugo Berardi2010 Guruyú WastonLarre Borges César Somma2011TabaréNacional Federico Camiña2012AtenasGoes José Luis Alonso2013Larre BorgesGuruyú Waston Daniel Lovera2014Urunday UniversitarioWelcome Héctor Da PraTabaré2015CordónUnión Atlética Mathías NietoSayago2016LarrañagaNacional Gonzalo FernándezBohemios2017AtenasSayago Martín FrydmanVerdirrojo2018BohemiosCapitol Edgardo Kogan2019MiramarPeñarol Esteban Yaquinta2020UrupanOlivol Mundial Esteban Yaquinta2022Larre BorgesStockolmo Mathías Nieto2023Urunday UniversitarioWelcome Héctor Da Pra2024GoesUnión Atlética Gustavo Reig2025LarrañagaAtenas Guzmán Álvarez2026TrouvilleOlimpia Nicolás Díaz
Total titles by club ClubChampionshipsPromotionsYear(s) wonBohemios342004, 2007, 2018Tabaré252005, 2011Atenas232012, 2017Cordón232015, 2022Larre Borges232013, 2021Larrañaga222016, 2025Urunday Universitario222014, 2023Welcome142006Goes132024Sayago132004Guruyú Waston122010Trouville112026Urupan112020Miramar112019Montevideo112009Capurro112008Unión Atlética02Nacional02Olimpia01Stockolmo01Olivol Mundial01Peñarol01Capitol01Verdirrojo01Aguada01Hebraica y Macabi01
See also Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB)
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References
External links
FUBB Promotion League at Latinbasket.com