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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.
Ecuador national basketball team is the national men's basketball team from Ecuador who played in the 1950 FIBA World Championship where they came eighth.
In the Men's leagues, such as the NBA, men's college basketball, and high school, they use a size seven basketball. This is a ball with a 29.5 inch circumference weighing 22 oz. [7] In the Women's basketball leagues, such as the WNBA, women's college basketball, and high school, they use a size 6 ball.
The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 12 [1] teams, of which the most successful has been the Vaqueros de Bayamón with 16 titles as of 2022. The league has produced players that have distinguished themselves in the NBA , EuroLeague , Spain's ACB , and other tournaments throughout the world.
The Ecuador women's national basketball team is the official women's basketball team for Ecuador. Current roster
The league was created through the efforts of basketball coach León Najnudel, and sports journalist Osvaldo Orcasitas, in the 1980s, to make Argentine men's club basketball more competitive, through the merging of the many existing local leagues. [3] It is designed like the NBA, with a regular season, all-star game, and playoffs.
Before that time, the Uruguayan basketball championships were only local metropolitan, and no competitions brought together all the clubs in the country. Until the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol was created, the capital clubs participated in the Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship), while the ...
The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete, English: South American Basketball League), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the second-tier level South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first-tier level now considered the panamerican competition of the ...