Liga Mayor de Baloncesto

The Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) is a men's professional basketball league in Americas, currently composed of 9 teams. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in El Salvador. It is the top level of the El Salvador basketball league system. The league is controlled by the El Salvador Basketball Federation (in Spanish: Federación Salvadoreña de Baloncesto.).

Liga Mayor de Baloncesto

Founded	2017 (2017)
First season	2017 Apertura
Country	El Salvador
Confederation	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Number of teams	11
Level on pyramid	1
Current champions	Metapan BC (1st title) (2023 Apertura)
Most championships	Santa Tecla BC (5 titles)
2023 Clausura

History

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The league was formed in 2017, following the end of the previous iteration of the first division Liga Superior de Baloncesto de El Salvador.

Current clubs

The Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) was founded in 2017 with nine teams. Due to club expansions, reductions and relocations, many of the teams either changed or ceased to exist. There are currently Nine teams. The teams are located in TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, and TBD. The TBD are the oldest club in the competition, having participated in every season since 2017.

• Santa Tecla BC
• Fantasmas de San Vicente
• Brujos de Izalco BC
• Metapan BC
• Chalchuapa United
• Club Municipal de Baloncesto de Cojutepeque
• San Salvador BC
• Santa Ana B.C.
• Santiagueno BC

Former clubs

• FAS-Denver (-2017)
• El Rápido La Unión (-2017)
• Halcones de Sonzacate (-2020)
• Once Lobos (-2019)
• Giants de San Salvador (-2018)
• Canarios de Once Municipal (-2017)
• San Miguel BC (2017)
• Arcense Biomedical BC (2017)
• Tigres Voladores STGO de Maria
• Aguila BC (-2023)
• Quezaltepeque BC (-2023)
• Nejapa B.C (-2023)

Honours

List of champions

Team	Titles	Winning Seasons	Notes
Santa Tecla BC	5	2016 Clausura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2023 Clausura	Record holder of consecutive finals appearances in a major Salvadoran professional sports league.
Brujos de Izalco	3	2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2018 Apertura	TBD.
Halcones de Sonsonate	1	2017 Clausura	TBD.
San Salvador	3	2019 Clausura [5], 2021 Clausura, 2022 Clausura	TBD.
C.D. Aguila	2	2015 Apertura, 2022 Apertura	TBD.
FAS-Denver	1	2015 Clausura	TBD.
TBD	1	2001	TBD.
Metapán BC	1	2023 Apertura	[6]

Champions

Year	Champion	Coach	Result	Runners up	Coach	League MVP	Finals MVP	Notes
2017 Clausura	Halcones (1)	TBD	3–1	Santa Tecla BC (0)	TBD	Jared Ruiz	Jared Ruiz
2017 Apertura	Brujos de Izalco (1)	TBD	2-0	Isidro Metapan (0)	TBD	Christopher Blake	Garland Mcarthur
2018 Clausura	Santa Tecla BC (1)	Rainel Panfet	3–1	Quezaltepeque (0)	Ernesto "Colocho" Rodríguez	Jared Ruiz	Lisvan Valdez
2018 Apertura	Brujos de Izalco (2)	William Ávalos	3-2	Halcones (1)	TBD	Christopher Blake	Michaell Jackson
2019 Clausura	San Salvador BC (1)	TBD	3–1	Quezaltepeque (0)	José Luis Dámaso	Marvin Cairo	Michaell Jackson
2019 Apertura	Santa Tecla BC (2)	TBD	4–1	Isidro Metapan (0)	TBD	Lisvan Valdez	Christopher Blake
2020 Clausura	(Season Cancelled) (1)	None	None	(Season Cancelled) (3)	None	None	None
2020 Apertura	(Season Cancelled) (1)	None	None	(Season Cancelled) (3)	None	None	None
2021 Clausura	San Salvador BC (2)	William Ávalos	4–1	Aguila BKB (0)	TBD	Bernardo Polanco	Owen Perez
2021 Apertura	Santa Tecla BC (3)	TBD	4–1	San Salvador BC (1)	TBD	Andravious Smith	Brian Vasquez
2022 Clausura	Aguila BC (1)	Pablo Epeloa	3-0	Santa Tecla BC (3)	TBD	Christopher Blake	Marquise Mosley
2022 Apertura	San Salvador BC (2)	TBD	3-0	Isidro Metapan(3)	TBD	Marc Montavious	Christopher Blake
2023 Clausura	Santa Tecla BC (5)	TBD	3–0	Cojute BC (5)	TBD	Yoel Cubillas	Adonis Lopez
2023 Apertura	Metapan BC (1)	TBD	3–1	Brujos de Izalco (3)	TBD	Yoel Cubillas	Yoel Cubillas
2024 Clausura	TBD (1)	TBD	4–1	TBD (3)	TBD	TBD	TBD
2024 Apertura	TBD (1)	TBD	4–1	TBD (3)	TBD	TBD	TBD

List of coaches

• José Luis Dámaso Martinez (A.D. Isidro Metapan, Quezaltepeque Basketball Club)
• Ricardo Renderos - Halcones
• Roberto Carrillo - Santa Tecla BC
• William Avalos - Santa Tecla BC
• Adrián Paumier - Santa Tecla BC
• Joaquin Meralega - Aguila
• Ismael Ochoa - Aguila
• Cristopher Blade - Aguila
• Shannel Brackett - Cojuetepeque
• Orestes Quiroz - Once Lobos
• Patrick Davis - FASDenver

List of Players

• Jose Colorado - AD Isidro Metapan BC
• Jose Arajuo - Brujos de Izalco
• Michael Hinestroza - Brujos de Izalco
• Cristian Arboleda - AD Isidro Metapan BC
• Michael Jackson - San Salvador BC
• Alejandro Alvarez - AD Isidro Metapan BC
• Osmel Oliva - Brujos de Izalco
• Mario Cairo - Quezaleque BC
• Yoel Cubillas - San Salvador BC, Metapan BC
• Oreste Torres - Quezaleque BC
• Yunistel Molina - San Salvador BC
• Pasval Medrano - Halcones
• Leadro Cabrera - Santa Tecla BC
• Barthel Lopez - AD Isidro Metapan BC
• Ron Patten Jnr - Brujos de Izalco
• Jose Ortiz - Chalchuapa Utd
• Marcus Feige - Chalchuapa Utd
• Dennis Miles - Chalchuapa Utd
• Jacarre Crockett - Quezaleque BC
• Mark Montavious - Santa Ana BC
• David Hage - Santa Ana BC
• Jaston Nixon - Santa Ana BC
• Timonthy Jackson - Halcones
• Joey Luis Baez - Halcones
• Quincy Scates - CBM Cojutepeque
• Shahmel Brackett - CBM Cojutepeque
• Marcus Faison - Santa Tecla BC
• Roberto Martinez - San Salvador BC
• William Kenneth - Aguila BC
• Malam Macam - Aguila BC
• Eddie Isthmin - Once Lobos BC
• Lee Vasquez - Aguila BC
• Jeremy Agosto - Cojute

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• Darius Daniels - Fantasmas De San Vicente

External links

• https://www.tigosports.com.sv/liga-clubes/liga-mayor-de-baloncesto
• https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/otros-deportes/coronavirus-baloncesto-extranjeros-esperan-vuelos-para-regresar-a-casa/712165/2020/