{"id":116481,"date":"2026-04-14T04:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lnb-2026-nine-teams-begin-battle-for-the-banreservas-cup-this-tuesday\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T04:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:56:24","slug":"lnb-2026-nine-teams-begin-battle-for-the-banreservas-cup-this-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/lnb-2026-nine-teams-begin-battle-for-the-banreservas-cup-this-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"LNB 2026: Nine Teams Begin Battle for the Banreservas Cup this Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The 2026 LNB Season Kicks Off!<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The excitement of Dominican professional basketball returns with the start of the 2026 season of the National Basketball League (LNB). Nine teams will compete for the coveted Banreservas Cup, promising a season full of action and competition.\n\nThe current champions, Titanes del Sur, will seek their third championship. Their first challenge will be against Metros de Santiago, on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the San Crist\u00f3bal Sports Center.\n\nIn the other match of the opening day, the Heroes of Moca, a debut team, will face the Mariners of Puerto Plata at 8:00 p.m. at the Moca 85 Sports Center.\n\nThe incorporation of the Heroes of Moca raises the number of participating teams to nine, completing the group along with Reales de La Vega, Gigantes Basketball Club, Ca\u00f1eros del Este, Leones de Santo Domingo and Soles del Este.\n\nThe tournament will feature the participation of outstanding players such as Luismal Ferreiras (Gigantes), Gerardo Suero (Leones), Eloy Vargas (H\u00e9roes), Jonathan Bello (Soles), Luis Feliz (Marineros), Eusebio Suero (Ca\u00f1eros), Jordan Ger\u00f3nimo (Metros) and Anderson Mirambeaux (Reales). The incorporation of figures like Richard Bautista and Jassel P\u00e9rez, from the Titanes, is expected in later stages.\n\nThe LNB maintains its collaboration with the artist L\u00e1piz Conciente and his brand OiO Clothing. This alliance, which last year included the official jingle, special uniforms and activations, will continue during the season.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tournament Format<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the regular season, each team will play 14 matches, extending until May 27. The six best teams will advance to the elimination phase, where they will play 10 additional matches.\n\nThe top four will qualify for the semifinals, which will be played in a best-of-five format. The grand final will be decided in a best-of-seven series.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transmission<\/h2>\n\n\nAll season games will be broadcast live through the league&#8217;s official YouTube channel, @LNBRDTV.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 LNB Season Kicks Off! Santo Domingo \u2013 The excitement of Dominican professional basketball returns with the start of the 2026 season of the National Basketball League (LNB). Nine teams will compete for the coveted Banreservas Cup, promising a season full of action and competition. The current champions, Titanes del Sur, will seek their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1451,12197,1241,349],"class_list":{"0":"post-116481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-lnb","9":"tag-national-basketball-league","10":"tag-season","11":"tag-teams"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}