Novo Basquete Brasil

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Novo Basquete Brasil

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2023–24 NBB season

Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB; English: New Basketball Brazil) is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB; English: National Basketball League), in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete (Brazilian Basketball Championship). The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.

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

.

The NBB has a

(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.

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

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

.

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

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

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

Rio de Janeiro

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

NBB rivalries

Main article:

Novo Basquete Brasil rivalries

Teams

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Bauru	Bauru	Ginásio Panela de Pressão	2,000
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Oscar Zelaya	1,500
Brasília	Brasília	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium	11,397
Caxias do Sul	Caxias do Sul	Ginásio do SESI	4,500
Corinthians	São Paulo	Ginásio Wlamir Marques	6,500
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	11,800
Fortaleza/Cearense	Fortaleza	Centro de Formação Olímpica	17,100
Franca	Franca	Ginásio Pedrocão	6,000
Minas	Belo Horizonte	Juscelino Kubitschek Arena	4,000
Mogi das Cruzes	Mogi das Cruzes	Ginásio Professor Hugo Ramos	5,000
Pato	Pato Branco	Ginásio do SESI	1,000
Paulistano	São Paulo	Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior	1,280
Pinheiros	São Paulo	Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	850
São José	São José dos Campos	Ginásio Lineu de Moura	2,620
São Paulo	São Paulo	Ginásio do Morumbi	1,918
União Corinthians	Santa Cruz do Sul	Ginásio Poliesportivo Arnão	6,000
Unifacisa	Campina Grande	Arena Unifacisa	1,200
Vasco	Rio de Janeiro	Ginásio Vasco da Gama	1,000

Results

Season	Champion	Final result	Runner-up	Season MVP	Coach of the Year
2009	Flamengo (1)	3–2 (series)	Brasília	Marcelinho Machado (FLA)	Paulo Sampaio (FLA)
2009–10	Brasília (1)	3–2 (series)	Flamengo	Marcelinho Machado (FLA)	Lula Ferreira (BRA)
2010–11	Brasília (2)	3–1 (series)	Franca	Guilherme Giovannoni (BRA)	Hélio Rubens (FRA)
2011–12	Brasília (3)	78–62	São José	Murilo Becker (SJO)	Régis Marrelli (SJO)
2012–13	Flamengo (2)	77–70	Uberlândia	Marquinhos (FLA)	Lula Ferreira (FRA)
2013–14	Flamengo (3)	78–73	Paulistano	David Jackson (LIM)	Gustavo de Conti (PAU)
2014–15	Flamengo (4)	2–0 (series)	Bauru	Alex Garcia (BAU)	Dedé Barbosa (LIM)
2015–16	Flamengo (5)	3–2 (series)	Bauru	Marquinhos (FLA)	José Alves Neto (FLA)
2016–17	Bauru (1)	3–2 (series)	Paulistano	Desmond Holloway (PIN)	Gustavo de Conti (PAU)
2017–18	Paulistano (1)	3–1 (series)	Mogi das Cruzes	Marquinhos (FLA)	Gustavo de Conti (PAU)
2018–19	Flamengo (6)	3–2 (series)	Franca	J.P. Batista (MOG)	Léo Figueiró (BOT)
2019–20	Canceled after the regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil[2]
2020–21	Flamengo (7)	3–0 (series)	São Paulo	Lucas Mariano (SPA)	Gustavo de Conti (FLA)
2021–22	Franca (1)	3–1 (series)	Flamengo	Bruno Caboclo (SPA)	Helinho Garcia (FRA)
2022–23	Franca (2)	3–2 (series)	São Paulo	Lucas Dias (FRA)	Helinho Garcia (FRA)
2023–24	Franca (3)	3–1 (series)	Flamengo	Lucas Dias (FRA)	Paulo Cézar Jaú (BAU)

Titles by club

Teams	Win	Loss	Total	Year(s) won	Year(s) lost
Flamengo	7	2	9	2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021	2010, 2022
Brasília	3	1	4	2010, 2011, 2012	2009
Franca	3	2	5	2022, 2023. 2024	2011, 2019
Bauru	1	2	3	2017	2015, 2016
Paulistano	1	2	3	2018	2014, 2017
São Paulo	0	2	2	—	2021, 2023
São José	0	1	1	—	2012
Uberlândia	0	1	1	—	2013
Mogi das Cruzes	0	1	1	—	2018

NBB awards

Similarly to other basketball leagues around the world, the NBB organises an all-star game in which its showcases the best players of the league. In addition to the game, a dunk contest, three-point contest and "Skills Challenge" are organised.

• Brazilian Championship
• São Paulo State Championship
• Rio de Janeiro State Championship

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com