The 2023 El Metro season, is the 20th season of the second most important Uruguayan professional basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with four games of the regular season and ended on 14 October 2024 with the game 3 of the second promotion play-off.
Urunday Universitario was the champion, defeating Olimpia in three games, and returned to the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol after being relegated that same year.
Welcome achieved the second promotion by defeating Olimpia in the second promotion play-off by reversing the serie by 2–1. This generated controversy because Olimpia had won the semi-final against Welcome, so the play-off for the second promotion was eliminated in 2024 season.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2022 season, two promoted from the 2022 DTA, and two relegated from the 2022–23 LUB.
Tabaré, who had obtained one of the promotions the previous year, sold the place to the FUBB, which accepted in search of reducing the number of teams in the LUB to 12.
Teams relegated from LUB Olimpia Urunday Universitario
Teams promoted from DTA Atenas Welcome
Teams promoted to LUB Cordón
Teams relegated to DTA San Telmo Rápido Sport
Venues and locations
TeamHome CityArenaCapacity25 de Agosto MontevideoGimnasio 25 de Agosto350AtenasEstadio Antonio María Borderes1,565CapitolGimnasio Carlos Garbuyo480ColónGimnasio Héctor Chaine1,000Lagomar Ciudad de la CostaGimnasio Lagomar170Larrañaga MontevideoGimnasio Larrañaga350MiramarGimnasio Miramar200OlimpiaEstadio Albérico J. Passadore500Olivol MundialGimnasio Olivol Mundial175SayagoGimnasio Roberto Moro660StockolmoGimnasio Héctor Domínguez700TabaréGimnasio Tabaré800Unión AtléticaGimnasio Unión Atlética750Urunday UniversitarioGimnasio Urunday Universitario700VerdirrojoGimnasio Verdirrojo350WelcomeEstadio Óscar Magurno800
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer 25 de Agosto Gustavo Reig Martín Couñago Sporty's Atenas Santiago Segovia Luciano Planells Kelme Capitol Fabián Narbais Juan Wenzel Giova Colón Ernesto Dorrego Andrés Aristimuño Lagomar Alejandro Muro Diego Tortajada Borac Larrañaga Nicolás Díaz Camilo Colman Podium Olimpia Daniel Lovera Santiago Fernández Podium Olivol Mundial Javier Masner Emilio Taboada Sporty's Sayago Germán Fernández Martín Aguilera Sporty's Stockolmo Andrés Borroni Facundo Terra Sporty's Tabaré Diego Palacios Martín Perdomo Sporty's Unión Atlética Santiago Gómez Felipe Trusich Concreto Urunday Universitario Héctor Da Pra Nicolás Delgado Giova Verdirrojo Ramiro Caballero Nicolás Gentini Concreto Welcome Diego Rivas Ángel Varela M
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Position in table Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced with Date of appointment Carlos Barrios Pre-season End of contract 30 September 2022 Germán Fernández 28 February 2023 Sergio Delgado Nicolás Díaz 5 February 2023 Stockolmo Guido Fernández 17 March 2023 Daniel Lovera Signed by Olimpia 13 December 2022 Esteban Yaquinta 8 March 2023 Atenas Martín Sedes End of contract 31 December 2022 Santiago Segovia 31 January 2023 Welcome Sebastián Barbieri 27 April 2023 Capitol Signed by Defensor Sporting 11 January 2023 Fabián Narbais 29 March 2023 Germán Cortizas Signed by Aguada 30 May 2023 24 March 2023 Verdirrojo 16th (0–6) Resigned 3 July 2023 3 July 2023 Atenas 9th (5–6) 18 July 2023 19 July 2023 Colón 12th (5–6) Sacked 22 July 2024 22 July 2024 Miramar Andrés Blazina 16th (2–11) Resigned 31 July 2024 31 July 2024 Unión Atlética 9th (8–8) 9 August 2024 12 August 2024
Regular season
The Regular season was the first stage of the El Metro. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The first eight of the table played the Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase), and the last eight played the Fase Descenso (Relegation Phase).
League table
Results
Tiebreak
Fase Campeonato
The Fase Campeonato (Championship Phase) was a stage played to organize the first seven teams in the play-offs. The eighth team will have to play the play-in against the first team in the Relegation Phase, to determine the last team to qualify for the playoffs. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the Torneo Classificatorio.
League table
Results
Fase Descenso
The Fase Descenso (Relegation Phase) gave one place to the play-in and four to the relegation play-out. The clubs played each other once, with the home team determined by draw. The teams accumulated their points to that obtained in the Torneo Classificatorio.
League table
Results
Relegation play-out
With Atenas relegated by forfeit, there was only one more relegation in play. The losers of the semi-finals played a series to determine it.
Source: FUBB
Play-offs
The winner of this phase was promoted. The second promotion was decided between the loser of the final and the winner of the promotion play-off qualifier, which was played by the losers of the semi-finals.
In the quarter-finals, the highest ranked teams gained a point advantage.
Source: FUBB
Second promotion play-off
Final standings Team Seed Promotion or relegation Champion 1 Urunday Universitario292363 Promotion to LUB Second promotion play-off winner 2 Welcome3119123 Promotion to LUB Second promotion play-off loser 3 Olimpia3220122 Promotion play-off qualifier loser 4 Tabaré2816124 Eliminated in quarter-finals 5 Larrañaga2413115 6 Sayago2413116 7 Capitol2311127 8 Unión Atlética2414119 Eliminated at play-in 9 Atenas2110118 Relegation to DTA Eliminated at Fase Descenso 10 Stockolmo22101210 11 Colón22111111 12 25 de Agosto21111012 Relegation play-out semi-finals winners 13 Olivol Mundial24101413 14 Verdirrojo2591615 Relegation play-out finals winner 15 Lagomar28101814 Relegation play-out finals loser 15 Miramar2652116 Relegated to DTA
Statistical leaders
Points
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Rebounds
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Blocks
Source: FUBB
Awards All official awards of the 2023 El Metro.
Season MVP Player Team SF Demian Álvarez Urunday Universitario Source:
Foreign season MVP Player Team C Álvaro Peña Welcome
Best coach Coach Team Diego Rivas Welcome Source:
Notes
References
External links Official website