Liga Metro to start next week - Jul 2, 2009 (by Victor Padilla)
According to information received from Mr. Marlon 'Kobe' Hernandez, President of Liga Metro, the final tournament of the year will start next week with the participation of Sat-Chiquimula, most of the teams from the previous Torneo de Apertura, and possibly a few others that will compete by invitation for the first time [read more]
According to information received from Mr. Marlon 'Kobe' Hernandez, President of Liga Metro, the final tournament of the year will start next week with the participation of Sat-Chiquimula, most of the teams from the previous Torneo de Apertura, and possibly a few others that will compete by invitation for the first time. Among the invited teams to participate in Torneo Oficial 2009, we find several clubs from Liga Premier of the National Basketball Federation: Escuintla, Santa Lucia and El Progreso. But it is also known that an invitation for Colegio Preparatoria, filled with sub-19 players that currently belong to the national teams of Guatemala, has been extended by the authorities of Liga Metro. So new rivalries will be created as Liga Metro starts after a long middle-year recess. Games will be held mainly at Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios Flores, but it is reported that Gimnasio UP has not been completely discarded for future use by Liga Metro -as previously informed in this website, a new league has been launched with three former teams of Liga Metro (D-Team, Lemans and Lanco Elite) and it is said that they have Gimnasio UP as their main court by contract. So only time will tell how both leagues will co-exist in the small marketplace of quality players in Guatemala.
Preparing a professional league.. - Jun 27, 2009 (by Gianni Pascucci)
Some officials of the best organized Guatemalan teams kept their words, founding the first professional basketball league in the country. The league will be named Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB) and the project starts developing after that the owners of three teams agreed to form the Executive Committed of this new LPB. They are Luis Hernandez Sr. , owner and coach of D-Team, Omar Morales , coach and owner of Le Mans and Walfred Corado , coach and owner of Elite Sport [read more]
Some officials of the best organized Guatemalan teams kept their words, founding the first professional basketball league in the country. The league will be named Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB) and the project starts developing after that the owners of three teams agreed to form the Executive Committed of this new LPB. They areLuis Hernandez Sr. , owner and coach of D-Team, Omar Morales , coach and owner of Le Mans and Walfred Corado , coach and owner of Elite Sport. They announced that the league will start operations in 2009-2010 season and should be formed by at least 6 teams, but could increase till 8 teams in its first edition. The LPB will introduce soon the teams registered for the first edition of the league and their main players.
SAT wins championship title at Liga Metro - May 22, 2009 (by Victor Padilla)
In the third and last Game of the Finals, Sat-Cybertech defeated D-Team to win the Championship of Torneo de Apertura, with a score of 102 to 97. Oscar Salguero (196-F-87), with 35 pts, led again his teammates to victory and a title that Sat-Cybertech also won last year. At the losing side, Otto Rodriguez (192-F-88) was the main scorer for D-Team, with 25 pts, closely followed by Fernando Marroquin (180-G-81), with 24 pts [read more]
In the third and last Game of the Finals, Sat-Cybertech defeated D-Team to win the Championship of Torneo de Apertura, with a score of 102 to 97. Oscar Salguero (196-F-87), with 35 pts, led again his teammates to victory and a title that Sat-Cybertech also won last year. At the losing side, Otto Rodriguez (192-F-88) was the main scorer for D-Team, with 25 pts, closely followed by Fernando Marroquin (180-G-81), with 24 pts. Fans at Gimnasio de la Universidad Popular, mainly from D-Team, were able to witness a close match from the start to the end, as even in the last minutes of regulation when Sat-Cybertech repeatedly took a comfortable lead towards the championship, D-Team countered with spectacular performances beyond the 3-pt line. Sadly, the game also highlighted an abnormal number of calls from referees (they were 53 free throws made for both teams!), showing that Liga Metro will need to review its guidelines for them in order not to affect the tempo and quality of the games. We congratulate Sat-Cybertech for the championship...Long live the King!
D-Team defeats SAT and ties 1-1 the Final series at Liga Metro - May 20, 2009 [read more]
Oscar Salguero leads SAT to win Game 1 of the Finals - May 17, 2009 [read more]
Coach Corado tells about the loss - May 14, 2009 [read more]
Finals schedule announced - May 14, 2009 [read more]
SAT-Cybertech also advances to the Finals by defeating USAC - May 13, 2009 [read more]
D-Team sweeps series 2-0 over Elite Sport and advances to the Finals - May 13, 2009 [read more]
First results of the Final Four at Liga Metro - May 11, 2009 [read more]
SAT ends qualifying round undefeated - May 8, 2009 [read more]
Walfred Corado point of view - May 5, 2009 [read more]
SAT overwhelms Elite Sport and remains undefeated at Liga Metro - May 3, 2009 [read more]
First loss for Elite Sport - Apr 30, 2009 [read more]
Elite sport defeats Le Mans, Liga Metro could change soon - Apr 28, 2009 [read more]
Elite Sport defeats URL - Apr 26, 2009 [read more]
Ricardo Amaya leads Sat Cybertech in win over Lemans - Apr 22, 2009 [read more]
Upcoming games for top contenders at Liga Metro - Apr 20, 2009 [read more]
Another easy win for Elite Sport - Apr 20, 2009 [read more]
Lanco Elite Sport wins again - Apr 4, 2009 [read more]
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