Why Liga Nacional de Básquet has one team fewer this season | OneFootball

The 2025/26 season begins this Wednesday with the particularity that 19 clubs will compete, instead of the usual 20.

The 2025/26 National Basketball League will kick off this Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. with a match between Boca Juniors, the defending two-time champion, and Racing de Chivilcoy, the recently promoted team. The novelty of this edition is that there will be 19 teams instead of the usual 20, due to the withdrawal of Riachuelo de La Rioja, which decided not to participate this season. Find out the details.

Riachuelo’s withdrawal is due to financial problems that forced the club to sell its spot. Despite having reached the quarterfinals in the last edition, and playing in the semifinals of the Super 20 Cup after finishing second in the first round, the Riojan club could not maintain its participation in the top division. The Association of Clubs confirmed the decision and clarified that there were no offers to replace the team.

Thus, Racing de Chivilcoy will be the only newcomer after earning promotion from the Argentine League last season. The tournament will keep the round-robin format, with a regular season that will run until April 2026, and the playoffs will begin in May, with the Reclassification from 5th to 12th place, and will end in June with the crowning of the champion. In addition, the teams finishing in 18th and 19th place will have to play the relegation series.

Furthermore, the top four teams from the first round will compete in the Super 20 Cup as a mid-season tournament. In turn, the Supercup will see Boca Juniors, champions of the last League and the Super 20, face Instituto, runner-up in both competitions.

Schedule of confirmed games so far

Wednesday, September 24

Thursday, September 25

Friday, September 26

Saturday, September 27

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