Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete

Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete

Current season, competition or edition: Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2011
CEO	Cássio Roque
No. of teams	18
Country	Brazil
Continent	South America
Most recent champion(s)	Bauru
Most titles	Flamengo Bauru (1 title)
TV partner(s)	SporTV
Official website	LNB.com.br

Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete (LDB) is an Under-22 version of the Brazilian professional basketball league, Novo Basquete Brasil. The players need to be 22 years old and under to play in this tournament. It is a way to discover new players for future Brazilion national team generations, and new talent to be used in the main teams of the Novo Basquete Brasil.

However, not all the teams that make up the NBB compete in the LDB, due to not having competitive teams in the lower basketball league categories. So some teams focus instead on the training of young athletes, 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

LDB 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

MVP by edition

Season	MVP	Team
2011 Details	Fred Duarte	Flamengo
2012-13 Details	Gui Deodato	Bauru

References

External links

• Official website

International men's basketball
FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U-21 World Championship U-19 World Championship U-17 World Championship World Rankings
Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16
Asia	FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Cup U-18 U-16
Europe	FIBA Europe – EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16
Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-20 U-18 U-16
Other tournaments	Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Belgrade Trophy Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Challenge FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games MVP Cup Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games South American Championship South Asian Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey)
Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.