Novo Basquete Brasil is the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian premier profissional men's basketball league. Organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB), in a new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete

Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete was the main basketball league in Brazil. The championship was organized by the Brazilian confederation, CBB...

, this league is managed for the first time by 19 Brazilian basketball associations, all LNB founding members.

Format

NBB is an annual championship endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation. The first phase consists in fifteen teams playing against each other in a home/away basis. Then the top eight teams go to playoffs where the first ranked team plays against the eighth team and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five. The best placed teams in the league qualify to FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League

The FIBA Americas League is an international men's basketball club cup competition played annually by clubs of Americas, and is organized by FIBA Americas. The first edition started on December 4, 2007.-Format:The 16 participating clubs are divided in four groups of four teams each...

 and Liga Sudamericana

Liga Sudamericana

The Liga Sudamericana is the second most important South American basketball tournament at club level, the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by the South American Basketball Confederation.The league usually includes domestic champions, and some runner-ups, from the leading...

.

Founding associations

Team	City/Area	Arena	Founded
Araraquara	Araraquara, SP Araraquara Not to be confused with Araracuara, a town, region, genus of trees in ColombiaAraraquara is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is also known as "the abode of the sun," because of its impressive sunset and because of its hazy temperature, especially in summer.More than 200,000 people...	Ginásio Castelo Branco (Gigantão)	1997
Assis Clube Atlético Campestre de Assis The Assis Basket is a male professional basketball team of Brazil. Dispute NBB and a special division of the state of São Paulo....	Assis, SP Assis Assis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agriculture production and strong commerce...	Jairo Ferreira dos Santos (Jairão)	2002
Bauru	Bauru, SP Bauru Bauru is a Brazilian city and municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is also the capital of the micro-region of Bauru...	Ginásio Comendador José da Silva Martha	2007
Brasília	Brasília, DF Brasília Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...	Ginásio Nilson Nelson / ASCEB minor games	2000
CETAF	Vila Velha, ES Vila Velha Vila Velha is a coastal town in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It lies across from Vitória, the state capital. Its population was 396,323 and its area is 208.82 km².Vila Velha forms part of the Greater Vitória metropolitan area...	Ginásio Municipal João Goulart (Tartarugão)	2002
Flamengo Flamengo Basketball Flamengo's Basketball team is a Brazilian professional team, part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo family.-Roster:-Noted coaches:*Miguel Angelo da Luz*Paulo Teixeira Sampaio "Chupeta"*Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"...	Rio de Janeiro, RJ Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	HSBC Arena HSBC Arena (Rio de Janeiro) HSBC Arena is an indoor multi-purpose arena, located in the region of Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The arena was completed in July 2007. It has a capacity of 15,000 for sports and 8,000-18,000 for concerts.It hosted the basketball and gymnastics events at the 2007 Pan American Games...	1895
Franca Franca Basquetebol Clube Franca Basquetebol Clube is a Brazilian men's basketball club based in Franca, São Paulo state. It was founded on September 4, 1953. They won the Campeonato Sudamericano six times.-History:...	Franca, SP Franca -Demography:*Total: 328.473 inhabitants on July 1, 2006.** Urban: 324.138** Rural: 6.999*Demographic density : 473,80*Child mortality until 1 year : 12,66 = 1,26%*Life expectancy : 73,03*Fertility : 2,26...	Ginásio Municipal Pedro Murilla Fuentes (Pedrocão)	1992
Iguaçu	Nova Iguaçu, RJ Nova Iguaçu Nova Iguaçu is a city in southeast Brazil in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. It was the state's second largest city until Mesquita was split off, and now is the fourth largest after São Gonçalo and Duque de Caxias. It lies northwest of the city of Rio de Janeiro, on the...	Ginásio Alberico de Sá Bittencourt
Joinville Joinville Basquete Associados Joinville Basquete Associados, now called Ciser/Araldite/Univille/Joinville, is a professional basketball team from Joinville, Brazil that plays in the Novo Basquete Brasil league. In NBB's first season , Joinville finished 4th overall, out of 15 teams from all over Brazil...	Joinville, SC Joinville Joinville is a city in Santa Catarina State, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Joinville is Santa Catarina's largest city. In 2010, its population has reached approximately 520,000, many of whom are of German descent....	Ginásio Municipal Ivan Rodrigues	2006
Limeira	Limeira, SP Limeira Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population in 2004 is 270,733 and the area is 582.48 km². The elevation is 588 m. It is 154 km far from São Paulo, the state capital, and 1011 km far from Brasilia, Brazil's capital...	Ginásio Municipal Fortunato Lucato Neto (Vô Lucato)	2001
Londrina	Londrina, PR Londrina Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region...	Ginásio Municipal Darcy Côrtez (Moringão)
Minas Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube is the men's professional basketball branch from Minas Tênis Clube, a multisports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil.-Titles:Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes* Winners : 2007Amsterdam International Tournament...	Belo Horizonte, MG Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...	Arena Vivo	1935
Paulistano Club Athletico Paulistano Club Athletico Paulistano - generally known as just Paulistano - is a sports and social club from the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo located in the quarter of Jardim América, close to the city. The club was founded on 29 December 1900 for the purpose of playing association football...	São Paulo, SP São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	Ginásio Antonio Prado Junior	1900
Pinheiros Esporte Clube Pinheiros The Esporte Clube Pinheiros is a sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo, founded in 1899 as Sport Club Germânia by German immigrants. It has around 35,000 members and its terrain comprises 170,000 m² in the well regarded quarter of Jardim Europa...	São Paulo, SP São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	Ginásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim	1899
Saldanha da Gama	Vitória, ES	Ginásio Jayme Navarro de Carvalho	1902
São José	São José dos Campos, SP São José dos Campos São José dos Campos is a municipality and a major city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil and one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America. It is located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo ...	Lineu de Moura	1913
Bira-Lajeado Clube Atlético Ubirajá Clube Atlético Ubirajá more known as Bira is a Brazilian basketball club locate in Lajeado, in the Rio Grande do Sul State and competes in NBB.-Titles:Rio Grande do Sul State Basketball Championship* Winners : 2006, 2007, 2008...	Lajeado, RS	Complexo Esportivo da Univates	1955
Uberlândia	Uberlândia, MG Uberlândia Uberlândia is the main town in the Triangle region, west of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. With a population of 604,013 inhabitants, according to 2010 estimates, the city is the second largest in the state second only to Belo Horizonte...	Arena Presidente Tancredo Neves	1943
Rio Claro Rio Claro Futebol Clube Rio Claro Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Rio Claro, is a Brazilian football club from Rio Claro, São Paulo state.-History:On May 9, 1909, the club was founded as Rio Claro Football Club by the teacher Joaquim Arnold, and by the Companhia Paulista das Estradas de Ferro railroad employees...	Rio Claro, SP Rio Claro Rio Claro may refer to:-Cities:*Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago, the largest town in southeastern Trinidad and Tobago...		1998

Finals

Season	|Champions	|Result	|Runners-up	|MVP	|Coach of the Year
2008–09	Flamengo Flamengo Basketball Flamengo's Basketball team is a Brazilian professional team, part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo family.-Roster:-Noted coaches:*Miguel Angelo da Luz*Paulo Teixeira Sampaio "Chupeta"*Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"...	3–2	Universo/Brasília	Marcelinho Marcelo Machado Marcelo Magalhães Machado is a Brazilian basketball player with Flamengo in the NBB and the Brazil national basketball team. He was voted MVP of the FIBA Americas Championship 2005....  (FLA)	Paulo Sampaio (FLA)
2009–10	Universo/Brasília	3–2	Flamengo Flamengo Basketball Flamengo's Basketball team is a Brazilian professional team, part of the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo family.-Roster:-Noted coaches:*Miguel Angelo da Luz*Paulo Teixeira Sampaio "Chupeta"*Togo Renan Soares "Kanela"...	Marcelinho Marcelo Machado Marcelo Magalhães Machado is a Brazilian basketball player with Flamengo in the NBB and the Brazil national basketball team. He was voted MVP of the FIBA Americas Championship 2005....  (FLA)	Lula Ferreira Lula Ferreira Aluísio Elias Ferreira Xavier is a Brazilian basketball coach, who guided the men's national team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. There the squad ended up in 17th place. He led the team to the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games.Currently he is the coach of the Universo BRB of...  (BRA)
2010–11	UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília	3–1	Franca Franca Basquetebol Clube Franca Basquetebol Clube is a Brazilian men's basketball club based in Franca, São Paulo state. It was founded on September 4, 1953. They won the Campeonato Sudamericano six times.-History:...	Guilherme Giovannoni Guilherme Giovannoni Guilherme Giovannoni is a Brazilian professional basketball currently plays for UniCEUB/BRB in Brazil. He has also competed with the Brazil national basketball team, at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Championships.-References:...  (BRA)	Hélio Rubens (FRA)

2008–2009

NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu, Londrina, Ulbra/Rio Claro

Sport Club Ulbra

Canoas Sport Club, usually known as Canoas is a Brazilian football club from Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, founded by the Lutheran University of Brazil . The club is also active in futsal...

 and Uberlândia.

2009–2010

For the second NBB edition, LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams. Limeira and Bira-Lajeado

Clube Atlético Ubirajá

Clube Atlético Ubirajá more known as Bira is a Brazilian basketball club locate in Lajeado, in the Rio Grande do Sul State and competes in NBB.-Titles:Rio Grande do Sul State Basketball Championship* Winners : 2006, 2007, 2008...

 couldn't keep their squads, thus won't join the following season. On the other hand, Londrina is joining the League just like an Araraquara/Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

 deal is also bringing back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–2011

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition will also feature former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by Brasília's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira is back in the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro

Rio Claro Futebol Clube

Rio Claro Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Rio Claro, is a Brazilian football club from Rio Claro, São Paulo state.-History:On May 9, 1909, the club was founded as Rio Claro Football Club by the teacher Joaquim Arnold, and by the Companhia Paulista das Estradas de Ferro railroad employees...

 and Iguaçu are joining as well.

Notable players

Alex Garcia

Alex Ribeiro Garcia

Alex Ribeiro Garcia is a Brazilian professional basketball player.A 6'3" guard, Garcia has served two stints in the National Basketball Association as a member of the San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Hornets...

 Baby Araújo Bruno Fiorotto Duda Machado Guilherme Giovannoni

Guilherme Giovannoni

Guilherme Giovannoni is a Brazilian professional basketball currently plays for UniCEUB/BRB in Brazil. He has also competed with the Brazil national basketball team, at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Championships.-References:...

 Hátila Passos Helinho Marcelinho Machado

Marcelo Machado

Marcelo Magalhães Machado is a Brazilian basketball player with Flamengo in the NBB and the Brazil national basketball team. He was voted MVP of the FIBA Americas Championship 2005....

 Murilo Becker

Murilo Becker

Murilo Becker is a Brazilian basketball player. A member of the Brazil national basketball team, Becker competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He was eligible for the 2005 NBA Draft but was not drafted....

 Nezinho Shilton

Shilton dos Santos

Shilton Alessanco dos Santos is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who currently plays for Araldite/Univille team from Joinville, Brazil. He is a small but very strong center, very skilled at getting rebounds, both offensive and defensive. Shilton is also known for his powerful post...

 Valtinho Joel Muñoz

Joel Munoz

Joel Muñoz Castillo is a Panamanian professional basketball player and member of the Panama national basketball team....

 Ronald Ramón Juan Pablo Figueroa Facundo Sucatzky Durelle Brown Robby Collum Kyle Lamonte Joseph Shipp Shamell Stallworth  Larry James Taylor Bernardo Robinson

Bernard Robinson (basketball)

Bernard Gregory Robinson, Jr. is an American professional basketball player.After a career at the University of Michigan, where he helped lead the Wolverines to the 2004 NIT title, Robinson was a second round draft pick of the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2004 NBA Draft...

External links

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