The Uruguayan Basketball League has already defined its competition format for the 2024-2025 season that will begin on October 17 with a launch date and on Thursday the 24th of the same month with the first date of the fixture that will be drawn on
Meeting in the League Council last Wednesday, the clubs approved the tournament scheme, which will once again have a two-round Qualifying Tournament to be played against each other.
The 2024-2025 Uruguayan Basketball League qualifier
Those ranked first through sixth will play for the title, while those ranked seventh through 12th will play in a play-off.
The top six teams will play a round robin with home-field advantage determined by the positions in the Apertura and Clausura, that is, the first and second rounds of the Qualifiers.
Those placed in the reclassification from seventh to tenth place will compete in a play-in.
The relegation of the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
Those who finish in 11th and 12th place will be relegated to the 2026 Promotion League.
In the event of a tie for relegation, only one final match will be played on a neutral court.
The play-in of the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
The seventh will play against the tenth and the eighth against the ninth.
It will be a best of three matches, starting 0-0. First, the best-placed team will play at home and if a third match is necessary, it will also have the home-field advantage. In the second game, it will be the away team.
Participation of teams from the interior in the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
For now, it is an option. If the interior has defined an Integration Tournament, a play-in can be played between teams from the interior and the winning teams of the first play-in.
The Super 6 of the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
The six teams in the tournament that will play in the title round play this Super 6 to qualify for the 2025 South American League.
The third will face the sixth and the fourth will face the fifth. The first will then face the winner of 4 vs 5 and the second will face the winner of 3 vs 6.
The two winners will play the Super 6 final at a venue to be determined.
The playoffs of the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
They will start with the quarter-finals between fourth against fifth, third against sixth and first and second with the winners of the play-in.
The matches will be played at the Tenfield venue, which owns the television rights to the tournament, in a best-of-five format.
The team with the best position in the tournament will have an administrative home court in its favor, starting the series 0-0, that is, without sporting advantage.
The finals will be played in a neutral venue in a best-of-seven format. They will be played at the Antel Arena, provided the venue is available, or otherwise a venue defined by the television channel will be chosen, as stipulated in the contract.
The tentative dates of the Uruguayan Basketball League 2024-2025
The League will have a launch date that will be played, possibly inland, on October 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22
The first round of the competition will be played on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th according to the schedule that does not yet have a set date.
The clubs agreed to meet again next Tuesday because it depends on the dates on which Nacional and Defensor Sporting play the South American League and also on whether or not Aguada plays the Basketball Champions League Americas, a tournament in which Peñarol has already declined to participate.
