Argentina basketball leagues

Checked 2026-10-31FIBA code ARG

The league organization at laliganacional.com.ar publishes La Liga Nacional (men, top), La Liga Argentina (men, second) and La Liga Femenina. The Liga Argentina Finals decide who is promoted to La Liga Nacional for 2027/28. The league format page says the 17th and 18th placed Liga Nacional teams play a best-of-five series and the loser goes down, but it does not state a year.

National federation: Confederación Argentina de Basquetbol.

La Liga Nacional

Men's tier 1. Status: Partly sourced.

Run by: La Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (league organization that publishes the site) · Official site
Teams: Not yet verified
Season: Not yet verified
Foreign player rule: Not yet verified
Promotion and relegation: Format page: 17th and 18th place play a best-of-five series and the loser is relegated to La Liga Argentina. Year of that format is not stated. · Source

Clubs, 2026/27

Single table of 18 clubs, 34 regular season games each, no conferences stated.

Argentino (J) · Junín
Atenas (C) · Córdoba
Boca · C.A.B.A.
Ferro · C.A.B.A.
Gimnasia (CR) · Comodoro Rivadavia
Independiente (O) · Oliva
Instituto · Córdoba
La Unión FSA · Formosa
Lanús · Lanús
Oberá · Oberá
Olímpico (LB) · La Banda
Peñarol (MDP) · Mar del Plata
Platense · Vicente López
Quimsa · Santiago del Estero
Racing (CH) · Chivilcoy
Regatas (C) · Corrientes
San Lorenzo · C.A.B.A.
San Martín (C) · Corrientes

Source for this club list

Club list is from the league home page club menu; the format page (https://www.laliganacional.com.ar/laliga/formato) names the 2026/27 season and 18 teams. The letters in brackets are part of the names as the league writes them. Phase 1 left the team count null; the pages show 18.

La Liga Argentina

Men's tier 2. Status: Sourced.

Run by: La Liga Nacional de Básquetbol (league organization that publishes the site) · Official site
Teams: 34 · Source
Season: Oct to Jun · Source
Foreign player rule: Not yet verified
Promotion and relegation: 2026-27 Finals decide the team promoted to La Liga Nacional 2027/28. Relegation not stated. · Source

Clubs, 2026/27

2 conferences of 17 clubs each (34 clubs), Conferencia Norte and Conferencia Sur.

Conferencia Norte

Amancay · La Rioja
Barrio Jardín · San Miguel de Tucumán
Barrio Parque · Córdoba
Bochas Sport · Colonia Caroya
Comunicaciones · Mercedes
El Ceibo · San Francisco
Hindú Club · Córdoba
Independiente · Santiago del Estero
Jujuy Básquet · S.S. de Jujuy
Mitre · Posadas
Riachuelo · La Rioja
Salta Basket · Salta
San Isidro · San Francisco
Santa Paula · Gálvez
Sportivo Suardi · Suardi
Unión · Santa Fe
Villa San Martín · Resistencia

Conferencia Sur

Centenario · Venado Tuerto
Central Entrerriano · Gualeguaychú
Ciclista Juninense · Junín
Deportivo Norte · Armstrong
Deportivo Viedma · Viedma
Gimnasia y Esgrima · La Plata
La Unión · Colón
Pergamino Básquet · Pergamino
Pico FC · General Pico
Provincial · Rosario
Quilmes · Mar del Plata
Racing · Avellaneda
Regatas · San Nicolás
River Plate · C.A.B.A.
Tomás de Rocamora · Concepción del Uruguay
Unión · Mar del Plata
Villa Mitre · Bahía Blanca

Source for this club list

Count of 34 matches Phase 1. River Plate city comes from the site menu per the article.

La Liga Femenina

Women's tier 1. Status: Partly sourced.

Run by: Not stated on the page opened; published on the Liga Nacional organization site · Official site
Teams: 20 · Source
Season: Not yet verified
Foreign player rule: Not yet verified
Promotion and relegation: Not yet verified

Clubs, Apertura 2026

Apertura 2026 tournament with 20 clubs in 3 zones (A 6 clubs, B 7 clubs, C 7 clubs).

Zona A

Instituto · Córdoba
Rocamora · Concepción del Uruguay
Sociedad Española (SL) · San Luis
San José (MZA) · Guaymallén
Hindú (C) · Capital
Chañares · James Craik

Zona B

Obras · C.A.B.A.
Unión Florida · Florida
Deportivo Berazategui · Berazategui
El Talar · C.A.B.A.
Náutico (R) · Rosario
Ferro · C.A.B.A.
Regatas (SN) · San Nicolás

Zona C

Quilmes (MDP) · Mar del Plata
Peñarol (MDP) · Mar del Plata
Independiente (NQN) · Neuquén
El Biguá (NQN) · Neuquén
Boca · C.A.B.A.
Vélez · C.A.B.A.
Unión Bahía · Bahía Blanca

Source for this club list

This is the Apertura 2026 fixture article, not a full-season page. The city for Hindú (C) is shown as Capital on the site.

Liga Nacional team count not stated in text; club menus on official pages show 16 and 18 clubs, so left null. 2026-27 Liga Nacional season starts 28 September 2026 (presentation article). Liga Femenina Apertura starts 10 October 2026. cabb.com.ar blocked by robots. No foreign-player rule found on pages opened.

Rules change each season and clubs apply them differently. Confirm any figure with the league or federation before you rely on it. This is education, not legal or tax advice. See a figure that is out of date? Send a correction with the source link.

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