2024 DTA season

DTA
Season2024
Dates8 June 2024 – 23 September 2024
Games played121
Teams11
Regular season
Top seedMarne
PromotedMarne
Atenas
Yale
Finals
ChampionsAtenas
2nd title
Runners-upMarne
SemifinalistsYale
Albatros
Finals MVP Camilo Colman
Statistical leaders
Points Fabrizio Viacava 19.7
Rebounds Pedro Peçanha 13.3
Assists Matías De Gouveia 6.6
Records
Biggest home winMarne 100–54 Ateneo
(26 June 2024)
Biggest away winDanubio 55–95 Marne
(23 June 2024)
Highest scoringAlbatros 98–104 Marne
(16 June 2024)
Winning streak12 games
Marne
Losing streak9 games
Danubio
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2025

The 2024 DTA season, is the 21st season of the third most important Uruguayan basketball league, since its establishment in 2003. It started on 8 June 2024 with the regular season and ended on 23 September 2024 with the final.

The champion was Atenas, who defeated Marne in the final and returned to Liga de Ascenso after having been relegated by abandonment.

Atenas was the first team to be promoted, beating Yale 2-0 in the semi-finals. Minutes later, Marne also gained promotion, defeating Albatros 2-0.

The two losers played a playoff for the third promotion, where Yale beat Albatros 2-0.

Teams

Promotion, relegation and abandonments (pre-season)

A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2023 season and one relegated from the 2023 El Metro.

Miramar, which was relegated last year from the El Metro, decided not to participate this season. Also, Layva and Deportivo Paysandú, who received sanctions for incidents last tournament, forfeited this tournament either.[1][2]

Teams relegated from El Metro
Teams promoted to Liga de Ascenso

Venues and locations

Montevideo
Ateneo
Location of teams in 2024 DTA
Albatros
Atenas
Auriblanco
Capurro
Defensores de Maroñas
Marne
San Telmo Rápido Sport
Yale
Location of teams from the Montevideo in 2024 DTA
Club[7] City Arena Capacity
Albatros Montevideo Gimnasio Albatros[note 1] 125
Atenas Estadio Antonio María Borderes 1,565
Ateneo Piriápolis Gimnasio Alfredo L. Núñez 750
Auriblanco Montevideo Gimnasio Roberto Vázquez 350
Capurro Gimnasio Guillermo J. Ríos 150
Danubio Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas[note 1][note 2] 350
Defensores de Maroñas Gimnasio Defensores de Maroñas[note 1] 400
Juventud Las Piedras Estadio Federal Cirilio Malnatti 1,000
Marne Montevideo Gimnasio Trouville[note 1][note 3] 780
San Telmo Rápido Sport Gimnasio Lussich Rolando 500
Yale Campo de Deportes Luis Ruocco 500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Albatros Nicolás Ellis Fabrizio Viacava Sporty's
Atenas Guido Fernández Camilo Colman Kelme
Ateneo Fernando Cabral Fernando Cestaro Maxpe Sport
Auriblanco Mauricio Biderman Facundo Yaquinta Sporty's
Capurro Fernando Cabrera Andrés Rodríguez MGR
Danubio Matías Bueno Federico Álvarez Starbade
Defensores de Maroñas Pedro Xavier Daniel Dacal MGR
Juventud Humberto Sánchez Sergio Castello Elite
Marne Fabián Narbais Matías Nicoletti Sporty's
San Telmo Rápido Sport Javier Masner Javier Crocano Concreto
Yale Ignacio Ortiz Emilio Taboada Sports Dreams

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Yale Javier Masner Pre-season End of contract 31 December 2023 Ignacio Ortiz[8] 21 April 2024
Auriblanco Andrés Jones 31 December 2023 Mauricio Biderman[9] 8 June 2024
San Telmo Rápido Sport Nicolás Scarabino[10] Signed by Tabaré 8 January 2024 Javier Masner[11] 18 May 2024
Atenas Mauricio Rodríguez[12] Signed by Bohemios 23 January 2024 Guido Fernández[13] 28 March 2024
Capurro Ignacio Ortega End of contract 31 January 2024 Fernando Cabrera 25 May 2024
Defensores de Maroñas Sebastián Baranzano Resigned 8 April 2024 Pedro Xavier[14] 8 April 2024
Ateneo Juan Carlos Werstein 25 April 2024 Fernando Cabral[15] 25 April 2024
Auriblanco Mauricio Biderman 10th (1–9) Sacked 15 July 2024 Ernesto Dorrego 16 July 2024
Juventud Andrés Antúnez 7th (4–8) Resigned 24 July 2024 Humberto Sánchez 24 July 2024
San Telmo Rápido Sport Javier Masner[16] 7th (6–12) 12 August 2024 Juan Álvarez[16] 12 August 2024

Regular season

The Regular season was the first stage of the DTA. The clubs played each other twice, home and away. The first eight of the table will play the play-offs, and the last five will be eliminated.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Marne 20 18 2 1753 1415 +338 38 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Atenas[a] 20 18 2 1683 1329 +354 37
3 Yale 20 15 5 1627 1513 +114 35
4 Albatros 20 12 8 1584 1522 +62 32
5 Defensores de Maroñas 20 9 11 1438 1497 −59 29
6 San Telmo Rápido Sport 20 8 12 1441 1511 −70 28
7 Auriblanco 20 7 13 1454 1531 −77 27[b]
8 Capurro[c] 20 10 10 1552 1539 +13 27[b]
9 Juventud 20 6 14 1480 1634 −154 26
10 Danubio 20 3 17 1366 1649 −283 23
11 Ateneo[d] 20 4 16 1461 1699 −238 21
Source: FUBB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Atenas was deducted 1 point, for incidents in Matchday 8, against Marne[17]
  2. ^ a b Auriblanco 146–144 Capurro
  3. ^ Capurro were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Deportivo Paysandú[1]
  4. ^ Ateneo were deducted 3 points, due to incidents in game 3 of last season's quarter-finals game, against Bohemios[18]

Results

Home \ Away ALB ATE API AUR CPR DAN DMA JLP MNE STR YAL
Albatros 66–84 71–57 72–69 79–72 94–68 60–70 100–90 98–104 88–97 58–53
Atenas 73–51 94–64 71–58 83–65 87–51 81–55 106–65 71–79 97–78 77–59
Ateneo 71–87 83–95 84–81 60–85 101–81 82–64 91–81 60–96 68–79 77–85
Auriblanco 70–86 57–81 81–58 73–80 74–61 66–62 106–89 80–88 70–76 80–105
Capurro 85–81 84–92 107–80 64–73 92–68 100–79 80–79 62–92 87–72 58–59
Danubio 66–89 73–86 77–73 63–72 79–90 71–68 63–64 55–95 77–86 75–104
Defensores de Maroñas 79–74 67–84 81–73 79–61 71–69 75–63 84–69 83–91 63–66 73–95
Juventud 94–99 58–89 87–68 76–71 84–58 61–65 80–67 62–86 68–63 72–81
Marne 67–69 98–89 100–54 97–68 89–64 80–72 71–56 92–55 82–75 82–81
San Telmo Rápido Sport 66–86 58–67 81–76 66–75 68–73 74–60 56–67 70–67 68–76 74–82
Yale 87–76 60–76 86–81 73–69 78–77 84–78 85–95 95–79 93–88 82–68
Source: FUBB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The two finalists of this stage will promote, and play a single-match final to crown the champion. The losers play a best-of-three serie for the third promotion.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
1 Marne 88 82 2
8 Capurro 79 67 0
1 Marne 73 68 2
4 Albatros 62 66 0
4 Albatros 91 82 2
5 Defensores de Maroñas 86 75 0
1 Marne 81
2 Atenas 90
2 Atenas 81 68 71 2
7 Auriblanco 59 73 62 1
2 Atenas 79 85 2 Promotion play-off
3 Yale 63 60 0
3 Yale 75 65 2 4 Albatros 67 69 0
6 San Telmo Rápido Sport 59 61 0 3 Yale 71 76 2

Source: FUBB

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L Seed Promotion or relegation
Champion
1 Atenas 26 23 3 2 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso
Runners-up
2 Marne 25 22 3 1 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso
Promotion play-off winner
3 Yale 26 19 7 3 Promotion to Liga de Ascenso
Promotion play-off loser
4 Albatros 26 14 12 4
Eliminated in quarter-finals
5 Defensores de Maroñas 22 9 13 5
6 San Telmo Rápido Sport 22 8 14 6
7 Auriblanco 23 8 15 7
8 Capurro 22 10 12 8
Eliminated at regular season
9 Juventud 20 6 14 9
10 Danubio 20 3 17 10
11 Ateneo 20 4 16 11

Statistical leaders

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Fabrizio Viacava Albatros 19.7
2 Leandro Curbelo Defensores de M. 18.9
3 Joaquín Taboada Yale 18.6
4 Martín Astramskas Yale 18.2
5 Santiago Machado Albatros 18.1

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Pedro Peçanha Juventud 13.3
2 Javier Crocano STRS 12.2
3 Juan Marotta Defensores de M. 12.0
4 Santiago Machado Albatros 11.5
5 Federico Álvarez Danubio 11.1

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Matías De Gouveia Albatros 6.6
2 Andrés Rodríguez Capurro 6.1
3 Santiago Meinero Albatros 5.5
4 Andrés Piñeiro Auriblanco 4.9
5 Brian Silva Defensores de M. 4.9

Blocks

Pos Player Club
1 Rogelio De León Atenas 1.6
2 Ramiro Trebucq Auriblanco 1.6
3 Cristian López Capurro 1.2
4 Lucas Silva Marne 1.1
5 Jonathan Sacco Marne 1.1

Source: FUBB

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Since these venues do not have an official name, they are mentioned as Gimnasio (Arena) "club name".
  2. ^ Danubio does not have an Arena, it plays its games on the Defensores de Maroñas court
  3. ^ Marne has its Arena under renovation an plays its games on the Trouville court

References

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