Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB)
Developmental Basketball League
FormerlyLiga de Desenvolvimento Olímpico (LDO)
Founded2011
Country Brazil
Number of teams22
Current championsBauru
Most championshipsSão Paulo (state) Pinheiros (3 title)
CEOCássio Roque
TV partnersSporTV
Websitelnb.com.br/ldb
2021 LDB

Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) (English: Developmental Basketball League) is an Under-20 age version of the top-tier level Brazilian men's professional basketball league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). The players need to be 20 years old and under to play in this tournament. It is a way to discover new players for future Brazilian national team generations, and for new young talents to be developed for the main teams of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).

However, not all the teams that make up the NBB also compete in the LDB, due to not having competitive teams in the lower Brazilian basketball league categories. So some teams focus instead on the training of their young athletes, or participate as guests, and can still help to produce good future players for Brazilian basketball. LDB receives support from the Brazilian Federal Government to be organized.

Format

The LDB was an Under-21 competition in the 2011–12 season, an Under-22 competition from the 2012–13 season to the 2016–17 season, and has been and Under-20 competition since the 2017–18 season. It is organized according to the rules of FIBA for international competitions: the participating teams are divided into groups of 8 teams each. The teams in each group play against each other, and the three best teams from each group qualify to advance to the next phase, which is a 6 team group stage. The top four teams of that group then advance to the Final Four. The best team of the Final Four is crowned the champion.

LDB Finals

Year Host (Final four) Winners Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Number of teams
2011
Details		 Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo São Paulo (state) Bauru São Paulo (state) Paulistano Federal District (Brazil) Brasília 16
2012
Details		 Federal District (Brazil) Brasília São Paulo (state) Bauru São Paulo (state) Franca Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo São Paulo (state) São José 16
2013
Details		 Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo Minas Gerais Minas São Paulo (state) Pinheiros Federal District (Brazil) Brasília 16
2014
Details		 Ceará Fortaleza Ceará Basquete Cearense Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo São Paulo (state) Limeira São Paulo (state) Pinheiros 16
2015
Details		 Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte São Paulo (state) Pinheiros Minas Gerais Minas Pernambuco Sport Federal District (Brazil) Brasília 16
2016
Details		 São Paulo (state) São Bernardo do Campo São Paulo (state) Franca São Paulo (state) São José São Paulo (state) São Bernardo São Paulo (state) Limeira 16
2017-18
Details		 São Paulo (state) São Paulo São Paulo (state) Paulistano São Paulo (state) Franca São Paulo (state) São José São Paulo (state) Pinheiros 16
2018
Details		 São Paulo (state) São Paulo São Paulo (state) Pinheiros São Paulo (state) Paulistano São Paulo (state) Palmeiras Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo 16
2019
Details		 São Paulo (state) São Paulo São Paulo (state) Pinheiros São Paulo (state) Franca São Paulo (state) Paulistano Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo 16
2020
Details		 Canceled COVID-19 pandemic
2021
Details		 São Paulo (state) São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro
Paraná (state) Curitiba		 22


MVP by edition

Season MVP Team
2011
Details		Brazil
Fred Duarte		Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo
2012–13
Details		Brazil
Gui Deodato		São Paulo (state) Bauru

References

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