Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol

The Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (CFB) (English: Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship) was the top-tier level men's basketball national club competition in Uruguay. It was organized by the Uruguayan Basketball Federation (FUBB). It existed from 1915 to 2003, when it was replaced by the newly formed Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB) (Uruguayan Basketball League). The worst performing teams of each season of the competition were relegated down to the second-tier level Segunda de Ascenso (Second of Ascent), which itself was replaced by the Torneo Metropolitano (Metropolitan Tournament), in 2004.

Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol
Uruguayan Federal Basketball League
Founded1915; 109 years ago (1915)
Folded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
Country Uruguay
Level on pyramid1 out of 3
Relegation toSegunda de Ascenso
Most championshipsDefensor Sporting
(18 titles)
All-time top scorerWilfredo "Fefo" Ruiz (18,512)
Websitewww.fubb.org.uy

History edit

The Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship) was founded in 1915,[1] making it among the oldest basketball competitions on the South American continent. Until the Uruguayan Basketball League was created in 2003, the Montevideo clubs were playing in the Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship, while the rest of the country's clubs played in regional tournaments. The Uruguayan basketball championships were only local, and no competition brought all of the clubs in the country together.

Names of the competition edit

  • Campeonato Uruguayo de 1a. División de Básquetbol (Uruguayan Championship of 1a. Basketball Division): (1915–1918)
  • Campeonato Uruguayo Nacional de Básquetbol (Uruguayan National Basketball Championship): (1918–1926)
  • Campeonato Uruguayo Federal de Básquetbol (Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship): (1927–2003)

Uruguayan Basketball League edit

The Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB; Uruguayan Basketball League) competition replaced the Uruguayan Federal Basketball Championship, when it began in 2003.[2]

Uruguayan Federal champions edit

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Campeonato 1a. División (Division 1. Championship)
Season Champion
1915   ACJ (YMCA)
1916   Plaza N° 3
1917   A. U. de S.
1918* Sporting
Campeonato Nacional (National Championship)
1918*   Atenas
1919   Atenas
1920   Atenas
1921   Atenas
1922 Sporting
1923   Olimpia
1924 Sporting
1925 Unión Atlética
1926 Sporting
Campeonato Federal (Federal Championship)
1927 Sporting
1928   Olimpia
1929   Olimpia
1930 Sporting
1931   Atenas
1932 Sporting
1933 Sporting
1934 Sporting
1935   Nacional
1936 Sporting
1937   Nacional
1938 Sporting
1939   Goes
1940   Aguada
1941   Aguada
1942   Aguada
1943   Aguada
1944   Peñarol
1945   Trouville
1946   Olimpia
1947   Goes
1948   Aguada
1949 Sporting
1950 Sporting
1951 Sporting
1952   Peñarol
1953   Welcome
1954   Stockolmo
1955 Sporting
1956   Welcome
1957   Welcome
1958   Goes
1959   Goes
1960   Tabaré
1961   Tabaré
1962   Tabaré
1963   Bohemios
1964   Tabaré
1965   Olimpia
1966   Welcome
1967   Welcome
1968   Tabaré
1969   Atenas
1970   Olimpia
1971   Olimpia
1972   Olimpia
1973   Peñarol
1974   Aguada
1975   Hebraica Macabi
1976   Aguada
1977   Hebraica Macabi
1978   Peñarol
1979   Peñarol
1980 Sporting
1981   Bohemios
1982   Peñarol
1983   Bohemios
1984   Bohemios
1985 Sporting
1986   Cordón
1987   Bohemios
1988   Biguá
1989   Biguá
1990   Biguá
1991   Cordón
1992   Cordón
1993   Cordón
1994   Hebraica Macabi
1995   Cordón
1996   Cordón
1997   Welcome
1998   Welcome
1999   Welcome
2000   Welcome
2001   Cordón
2002   Cordón
2003 Defensor Sporting
  • There were two tournaments held in 1918.

Titles by club edit

Club Championships won Years won
Defensor Sporting 18 1918, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1980, 1985, 2003
  Welcome 9 1953, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  Cordón 8 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002
  Olimpia 8 1923, 1928, 1929, 1946, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1972
  Aguada 7 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1974, 1976
  Atenas 6 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1931, 1969
  Peñarol 6 1944, 1952, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982
  Bohemios 5 1963, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
  Tabaré 5 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968
  Goes 4 1939, 1947, 1958, 1959
  Biguá 3 1988, 1989, 1990
  Hebraica Macabi 3 1975, 1977, 1994
  Nacional 2 1935, 1937
  Trouville 1 1945
  Stockolmo 1 1954
  Unión Atlética 1 1925
  ACJ (YMCA) 1 1915
  Plaza Nº 3 1 1916
  A. U. de S. 1 1917

All-time leading scorers edit

Rank Player Total points scored
1 Wilfredo "Fefo" Ruiz 18,512
2 Oscar Moglia 11,374
3 Omar Arrestia 10,250
4 Luis Silveira 8,689
5 Horacio López 8,338
6 Marcelo Capalbo 7,820
7 Adesio Lombardo 7,630
8 Fernando Martínez 7,168

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