A little over two months before the start of the program Uruguayan Basketball League 2022/2023The Uruguayan Football Association has begun preparations for the competition. in conversation with graciousnessAnd the Ricardo FierroThe head of the organization gave details of what this new version would be: “The association is scheduled to start Tuesday 20 OctoberThis year will start a little later, and we are working and expecting to continue to grow. It’s going to be the same format as last year and it’s a very special league also because it’s the 20th edition, so we’re going to have some events to try and celebrate it,” he began.

“Most of the teams are already armed at the level of national files and even already with confirmed foreigners; we will continue to work both the federation and the clubs with great courage and strength to get a very good league,” added Fierro.

In terms of format, the normal phase of the tournament will be two rounds in which teams have to measure themselves against the whole. The top four ranked will make it to the quarterfinals of the competition, while those who finish fifth through twelfth will play play for four places in the playoffs. For his part, the two teams that finished last in the Metropolitan Championship will play.

In another arrangement, when asked what events the league is planning to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Fierro replied: “We’ve started working on it, sure we’ll have a little league launch and pull event, but we’ll define it.”

Regarding the hierarchical integration that the various teams had, he said: “I think many teams have been strengthened well, we will have a very good level of Americans in many cases, of course a strong league contributes to the growth of basketball.”