La Liga Argentina de Básquet

La Liga Argentina

Organising body	Asociación de Clubes de Básquet
Founded	1992 (1992)
Country	Argentina
Divisions	2
Number of teams	29
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga Nacional de Básquet
Relegation to	Torneo Federal de Básquet
Current champions	Unión (Santa Fe) (2021)
Most championships	Quilmes Libertad La Unión (2 titles)
TV partners	DeporTV DirecTV Sports Basquetpass.tv
Website	La Liga Argentina

The La Liga Argentina de Básquet (abbreviated "LLA", and literally in English "The Argentine Basketball League"), previously known as the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (abbreviated "TNA", and literally in English "National Promotion Tournament") is the second division of the Argentine basketball league system. The La Liga's predecessor is the Torneo Federal de Básquetbol, which became the third division when the LLA was created in 1992.

Competition format

La Liga Argentina consists of 28 teams, which are divided into four Divisions: North Center North, South, and Center South, with 7 teams per zone. The competition format is similar to that of Liga A, with a regular season divided into two stages. In the first stage, teams from the same division compete in a double round-robin format, with standings determined by a points system. Teams from the Center North and South Divisions will play two extra inter-zone matches.

After the first phase, each team carries over 100% of the points obtained to the second stage. In the second stage, two Conferences (North and South) are formed uniting the four divisions, so each Conference has a total of 13 teams each. A new double round-robin series of matches take place, with the final standings in each conference determined by the same points system of the first stage.

The final stage of the tournament follows a playoff format. The top four teams from each Conference advance directly to the Conference quarterfinals, while the teams ranked from 5th to 12th place in each Conference compete in a separate bracket to allocate the remaining berths for the Conference quarterfinals. Every series in this final stage follow a best-of-five format. The winning team of the Finals will earn a spot in the top tier the following year.

Current clubs (2021)

North Conference

Club	City	Province/Area	Arena	Capacity	Est.
Ameghino	Villa María	Córdoba	La Leonera	500	1939
Club Atlético Barrio Parque	Córdoba	Córdoba	Teatro del Parque	1,000	1964
Central Argentino Olímpico	Ceres	Santa Fe	Raúl Braica	1,000	1961
Club Atlético Colón	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	Gimnasio Roque Otrino	1,500	1905
Deportivo Norte	Armstrong	Santa Fe	Jorge Ferrero	1,000	1939
Echagüe	Paraná	Entre Ríos	Luis Butta	2,000	1932
Estudiantes	Tucumán	Tucumán	Ricardo Ascarte	?	1920
Libertad	Sunchales	Santa Fe	El Hogar de los Tigres	4,000	1910
Salta Basket	Salta	Salta	Polideportivo Delmi	4,500	2014
San Isidro	San Francisco	Córdoba	Severo Robledo	800	1920
Sportivo América	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	Estadio Amílcar Tamburri	2,000	1927
Tiro Federal	Morteros	Córdoba	Vide Tealdi	1,300	1940
Villa San Martín	Resistencia	Chaco	Villa San Martín	1,000	1935

South Conference

Club	City	Province/Area	Arena	Capacity	Est.
Atenas	Carmen de Patagones	Buenos Aires	Carmelo Trípoli	2,000	1930
Ciclista Juninense	Junín	Buenos Aires	Raúl Merlo	3,100	1923
Estudiantes	Concordia	Entre Ríos	El Gigante Verde	1,600	1944
Estudiantes	Olavarría	Buenos Aires	Carlos Guerrero	7,100	1912
Gimnasia y Esgrima	La Plata	Buenos Aires	Víctor Nethol	3,000	1887
Lanús	Lanús	Buenos Aires	Microestadio Antonio Rotili	1,500	1915
Parque Sur	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	Parque Sur	1,500	1973
Deportivo Viedma	Viedma	Río Negro	Ángel Arias	2,500	2009
Quilmes	Mar del Plata	Buenos Aires	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas	8,000	1922
Racing	Chivilcoy	Buenos Aires	Estadio Norte	1,500	1914
C.D. Rivadavia	Rivadavia	Mendoza	Leopoldo Juan Brozovix	900	1977
Tomás de Rocamora	Concepción del Uruguay	Entre Ríos	Julio C. Pacagnella	1,000	1927
Unión	Santa Fe	Santa Fe	Ángel P. Malvicino	4,500	1907
Villa Mitre	Bahía Blanca	Buenos Aires	Villa Mitre	1,500	1924

List of champions

Finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result
1992–93	Deportivo Roca	Independiente (General Pico)	3–0
1993–94	Deportivo Valle Inferior	Pico Football Club	3–2
1994–95	Luz y Fuerza	Mendoza de Regatas	3–2
1995–96	Obras Sanitarias	Estudiantes (Olavarría)	3–1
1996–97	Belgrano (San Nicolás)	Newell's Old Boys	3–0
1997–98	Libertad (Sunchales)	SIDERCA	3–2
1998–99	Quilmes (Mar del Plata)	Central Entrerriano	3–2
1999–00	Belgrano (Tucumán)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)	3–2
2000–01	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)	Regatas (Corrientes)	3–1
2001–02	Ben Hur	Ciclista Juninense	3–0
2002–03	Central Entrerriano	Argentino (Junín)	3–2
2003–04	River Plate	Regatas (Corrientes)	3–0
2004–05	La Unión de Formosa	Ciclista Juninense	3–1
2005–06	Sionista	Quimsa	3–0
2006–07	El Nacional Monte Hermoso	Independiente (Neuquén)	2–0
2007–08	Ciclista Olímpico	Lanús	2–0
2008–09	La Unión de Formosa	Unión (Sunchales)	3–0
2009–10	Argentino (Junín)	San Martín (Corrientes)	3–0
2010–11	Quilmes (Mar del Plata)	San Martín (Corrientes)	3–1
2011–12	Unión Progresista	Argentino (Junín)	3–0
2012–13	Estudiantes (Concordia)	San Martín (Corrientes)	3–2
2013–14	Ciclista Juninense	Instituto	3–0
2014–15	Instituto	9 de Julio (Río Tercero)	3–2
2015–16	Hispano Americano	Club Atlético Barrio Parque	3–2
2016–17	Comunicaciones (Mercedes)	Estudiantes (Olavarría)	3–2
2017–18	Libertad (Sunchales)	Estudiantes (Olavarría)	3–0
2018-19	Platense	San Isidro	3–2
2019–20	(season cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
2021	Unión (Santa Fe)	Villa Mitre	3–1

Championships by club

Club	Titles	Seasons won
Quilmes (Mar del Plata)	2	1998–99, 2010–11
Libertad (Sunchales)	2	1997–98, 2017–18
La Unión de Formosa	2	2004–05, 2008–09

External links

• Official website