Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) (

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: New Basketball Brazil) is the

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ian premier professional men's

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league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB) (National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the

Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete ( English: Brazilian Basketball Championship) is the annual championship title of the top-tier level men's professional basketball league in Brazil. Over the years, the championship has been held under diffe ...

(Brazilian Basketball Championship). The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.

Format

The NBB is the annual basketball league that is promoted by the national Brazilian league (LNB) organizing body, and is endorsed by the

Brazilian Basketball Confederation The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Basketball, CBB), also known as Basketball Brazil ( Portuguese: Basquete Brasil), is the governing body of basketball in Brazil. The confederation represents Brazil in ...

(CFB). The first phase of the season consists of fifteen teams playing against each other, on a home and away basis. Then the top eight teams go to the

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, where the top ranked team plays against the one in the eighth place, the second from the top plays the seventh, and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five, apart from the championship final, which is a single game. In all of those, the best placed team has the

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. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to the South American top-tier level

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and the South American second-tier level

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LOB

The NBB has a

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format with the Brazilian second-tier level league, the Liga Ouro de Basquete (LOB) (Gold Basketball League). The worst performing teams of each NBB season are relegated down to the second-tier level LOB, while the best performing teams of each LOB season are promoted up to the top-tier level NBB.

LDB

The NBB also features an Under-20 age development league, called the Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (Developmental Basketball League).

History

2009 season

The NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu,

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, Ulbra/Rio Claro, and

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2009–10 season

For the second NBB edition, the LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams.

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and Bira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while an

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deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–11 season

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition also featured former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by

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's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira returned to the League. Besides that, first-timers

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and Iguaçu joined as well.

2012–13 season

For the first time, the NBB had eighteen participating teams, a record in the NBB's history. The three-time champion, Brasília, came once again as the title favorite. But their greatest rival

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, assembled a team to break this hegemony, and thus win the NBB after four years. Uberlândia emerged as one of the favorites for the title, as well as São José. The rookies were the teams of Suzano,

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, Palmeiras, and Basquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two were

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and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted their team to the championship final, while Tijuca played a small promotion tournament with Fluminense and

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, respectively champion and runner-up of Supercopa Brasil de Basquete. In the playoffs, a surprise: the champions of the past three editions were eliminated in the quarterfinals by São José. In the semifinals, Flamengo eliminated São José 3–2, and Uberlândia swept

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by 3–0. The final, played in one game in

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, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years, won their second title of the NBB.

NBB rivalries

Founding associations

Current teams

NBB Finals

NBB championships performance by club

NBB awards

NBB All-Star Weekend

Notable players

* Rafael "Bábby" Araújo *

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* Valtinho da Silva *

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* Cristiano Felício * Alex Garcia * Guilherme Giovannoni * Vítor Faverani *

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* Duda Machado *

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* Carlos Olivinha * Raul Neto *

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* Marquinhos Vieira *

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* Juan Pablo Figueroa *

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* Ronald Ramón * Darington Hobson * Marc Brown * Robby Collum *

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* Robert Day * Kyle Fuller * Desmond Holloway * David Jackson * Kyle Lamonte *

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* Bernard Robinson * Joseph Shipp *

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References

External links

Official website

New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com
{{Men's professional basketball leagues 2008 establishments in Brazil

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