Liga Nacional de Básquet: why one team is missing this season | OneFootball

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

The 2025/26 National Basketball League will kick off this Wednesday at 21:30 with the duel between Boca Juniors, defending champion, and Racing de Chivilcoy, recently promoted. 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 compete this season. Get to know the details.

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

In this way, Racing de Chivilcoy will be the only debutant after achieving its promotion from the Argentine League in the past season. The tournament will maintain the all-against-all format, with a regular phase that will extend until April 2026, and the playoffs will begin in May, with the Re-ranking from 5th to 12th, and will end in June with the definition of the champion. In addition, the teams that finish in the 18th and 19th positions will have to play the series for permanence.

Also, the top four from the first round will compete in the Super 20 Cup as a mid-season tournament. In turn, the Supercup will pit Boca Juniors, champion of the last League and the Super 20, against Instituto, runner-up in both competitions.

Schedule of confirmed matches so far

Wednesday, September 24

Thursday, September 25

Friday, September 26

Saturday, September 27

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