Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Femenino

Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Femenino
Organising body	Paraguayan Basketball Confederation
Country	Paraguay
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1

The Liga Nacional de Básquetbol Femenino (LNBF) (English: Women's National Basketball League), is the top-tier level women's professional basketball league in Paraguay. Its tournaments have been held annually since 1949 (with only 11 interruptions),^[1] and it is organized by the Paraguayan Basketball Confederation.

In some years the absolute champion was defined in a final between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, in the event that the same club had not managed to win both tournaments, in which case it automatically won the absolute title. In previous years, the absolute title was obtained by the winner of the Copa de Campeones, which was contested between the champions of the Top Profesional Metropolitano and the Liga Nacional.

Since 2017, it was established that each championship (Apertura and Clausura) will be considered an absolute title and there will be two champions per year. After the COVID-19 pandemic, it was played annually again.

Teams[edit]

2024 Season[edit]

6 teams participate in the 2024 LNBF season.

Ciudad Nueva
Colonias Gold
Deportivo San José
Félix Pérez Cardozo
Olimpia Queens
Sol de América

Winners list[edit]

From its inception until the 2016 season there was only one absolute champion per year. Since the 2017 season, each title (Apertura/Clausura) is considered an absolute title, so there are two champions per year.

First Division
Edition	Year	Champion
1	1949	Libertad
2	1950	Libertad
3	1951	Libertad
4	1952	Guaraní
5	1953	Ciudad Nueva
6	1954	Ciudad Nueva
7	1955	Ciudad Nueva
8	1956	Ciudad Nueva
9	1957	Ciudad Nueva
10	1958	Olimpia
11	1959	Ciudad Nueva
12	1960	Olimpia
13	1961	Ciudad Nueva
14	1962	Cerro Porteño
15	1963	Cerro Porteño
16	1964	Cerro Porteño
17	1965	Cerro Porteño
18	1966	Cerro Porteño
19	1967	Cerro Porteño
20	1968	Guaraní
21	1969	Guaraní
22	1970	Guaraní
#	1971	Not held
23	1972	Olimpia
24	1973	Guaraní
25	1974	Guaraní
26	1975	Guaraní
27	1976	Félix Pérez Cardozo
28	1977	Félix Pérez Cardozo
29	1978	Félix Pérez Cardozo
30	1979	Félix Pérez Cardozo
31	1980	Félix Pérez Cardozo
32	1981	Félix Pérez Cardozo
33	1982	Félix Pérez Cardozo
#	1983 - 1990	Not held
34	1991	Olimpia
#	1992	Not held
35	1993	Olimpia
#	1994	Not held
36	1995	Olimpia
#	1996 - 1997	Not held
37	1998	Olimpia
#	1999	Not held
38	2000	Club Área 4
39	2001	Universidad Autónoma de Asunción
40	2002	Olimpia^[2]
41	2003	Deportivo San José^[3]
42	2004	Olimpia
43	2005	Olimpia
44	2006	Sol de América^[4]
45	2007	Olimpia^[5]
46	2008	Sol de América
47	2009	Olimpia
48	2010	Olimpia
49	2011	Olimpia
50	2012	Libertad
51	2013	Sol de América^[6]
52	2014	Libertad^[7]
53	2015	Sol de América^[8]^[9]
54	2016	Sol de América^[10]^[11]
55	2017-Apertura	Olimpia^[12]
56	2017-Clausura	Sol de América^[13]
57	2018-Apertura	Sol de América^[14]
58	2018-Clausura	Sol de América^[15]^[16]
59	2019-Apertura	Sol de América
60	2019-Clausura	Sol de América
#	2020	Not held
61	2021	Félix Pérez Cardozo
#	2022	Not held
62	2023	Félix Pérez Cardozo

Short tournaments
Year	Tournament	Champion
2007	Apertura	Olimpia^[17]
2007	Clausura	Sol de América^[18]
2011	Top Profesional	Olimpia^[19]
2011	Liga Nacional	Olimpia^[20]
2012	Top Profesional	Libertad^[21]^[22]
2012	Liga Nacional	Libertad^[23]
2015	Apertura	Sol de América^[24]
2015	Clausura	Sol de América^[25]^[26]
2016	Apertura	Sol de América^[27]^[28]
2016	Clausura	Sol de América^[29]^[30]

Titles by club[edit]

Club	Tiles	Year
Olimpia	15	1958, 1960, 1972, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, A2017
Sol de América	10	2006, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, C2017, A2018, C2018, A2019, C2019
Félix Pérez Cardozo	10	1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2021, 2023
Guaraní	7	1952, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975
Ciudad Nueva	7	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961
Cerro Porteño	6	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967
Libertad	5	1949, 1950, 1951, 2012, 2014
Deportivo San José	1	2003
Universidad Autónoma de Asunción	1	2001
Club Área 4	1	2000

References[edit]

^ ABC Color (4 December 2006). "Edith Nunes: La más grande" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ ABC Color, ed. (30 December 2002). "Olimpia es el campeón femenino de básquet" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ ABC Color, ed. (3 December 2003). "Albicelestes conquistan la corona en torneo Metropolitano" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ Luis Irala (9 September 2006). ABC Color (ed.). "¡Sol, campeón!, es el grito que retumba en Para Uno" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ ABC Color, ed. (30 November 2007). "Olimpia es el mejor equipo femenino de la temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ ABC Color (30 October 2013). "Sol campeón en femenino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ ABC Color (29 October 2014). "Libertad, campeón del básquet femenino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Puro Deporte Paraguay (11 November 2015). "Sol levanta dos copas en la misma noche" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^ La Nación (12 November 2015). "Sol es el campeón absoluto" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ C.P.B. (16 October 2016). "Sol es Campeón Invicto del Clausura y dueño del Absoluto 2016" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ Última Hora (17 October 2016). "Sol es el campeón" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ ABC Color (14 July 2017). "Reina en el básquet femenino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ ABC Color (1 December 2017). "Sol brillante en el Clausura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ ABC Color (7 August 2018). "Sol alcanza el "bi" y su séptima estrella" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ ABC Color (4 December 2018). "Año totalmente azul, en femenino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2018.
^ Última Hora (5 December 2018). "Sol de América es campeón" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ ABC Color (25 July 2007). "Olimpia suma títulos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ ABC Color (16 November 2007). "Sol de América, campeón del Clausura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ C.P.B. (7 June 2011). "Top 5 femenino: Nuevamente campeonas!!!" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Paraguay.com (18 November 2011). "Básquetbol femenino: La soberanía de Olimpia no se discute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ ABC Color (3 August 2012). "Libertad campeón" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ C.P.B. (3 August 2012). "Salud a las campeonas, ellas son del Libertad" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ ABC Color (18 November 2012). "Femenino de Libertad barre la serie ante FPC y es campeón 2012" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
^ C.P.B. (11 August 2015). "Sol de América es Campeón Invicto del Apertura Femenino" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Hoy (11 November 2015). "Las solenses gobiernan con puño de hierro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^ C.P.B. (11 November 2015). "Sol es Campeón del Clausura y del Absoluto en Femenino" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
^ C.P.B. (1 May 2016). "Sol de América es Campeón del Apertura 2016 en Femenino" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ ABC Color (2 May 2016). "Sol de América suma otra estrella" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ La Nación (16 October 2016). "Básquetbol femenino: El 2016 también es el año de Sol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ ABC Color (18 October 2016). "Sol, por lejos, el mejor" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links[edit]

CPB