The League (Mongolia)
Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 The League season | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Organising body | Mongolian Basketball Association |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | Mongolia |
Confederation | FIBA Asia |
Most recent champion(s) | Khasin Khuleguud (1st title) (2023–24) |
Most titles | Arhangai Gold East Warriors (3 titles) |
International cup(s) | Basketball Champions League Asia |
Official website | mnba.mn |
The League (Mongolian: Үндэсний Дээд Лиг), also known as Mongolian Basketball League, is the top professional basketball league for men's teams in Mongolia.[1][2] The league is organised by the Mongolian Basketball Association (MBA) and consists of 13 teams.
Previously the league was known as the Mongolian National Basketball Association (MNBA) and Mongolian Basketball League (MBL) in 2022–23. The league existed of 10 teams in that season, however, in the 2023–24 season the league was expanded to 13.Returned to 10 in the 2024-2025 season
The champions and runners-up of the league are qualifying for the Basketball Champions League Asia qualifying rounds.
League names
[edit]- Super League (until 2017)
- Mongolian National Basketball Association (2017–2022)
- Mongolian Basketball League (2022–2023)
- The League (2023–present)
Current clubs
[edit]Team | Conference | Location |
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Arhangai Altan | Western | Arkhangai Province |
Khentiy Ebeg | Western | Khentii Province |
Khovd AA | Eastern | Khovd Province |
Sükhbaatar | Eastern | Sükhbaatar Province |
Uvurkhangai | Eastern | Övörkhangai Province |
Khuvsgul | Eastern | Khövsgöl Province |
Uvs Nuur | Eastern | Uvs Province |
Selenge | Eastern | Selenge Province |
Tuv Ajmag | Western | Töv Province |
Bayankhongor | Western | Bayankhongor Province |
Darkan Garid | Western | Darkhan-Uul Province |
Zavkhan | Western | Zavkhan Province |
Champions
[edit]Season | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Ref. |
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2013–14 | SBL Becks | Hawks | 4–0 | [3] |
2014–15 | Arhangai Gold East Warriors | Altan Dornod Mongol Arkhangai | 4–2 | [4] |
2015–16 | Alians Tekh Khartsaga | SBL Khasyn | 4–2 | [5] |
2016–17 | Arhangai Gold East Warriors | Alians Tekh Khartsaga | 4–1 | [6] |
2017–18 | Arhangai Gold East Warriors | Khovd Altain Argali | 4–2 | [7] |
2018–19 | Arhangai Gold East Warriors | Khovd Altain Argali | 4–3 | [8] |
2019–20 | Not played due to the COVID pandemic | |||
2020–21 | ||||
2021–22 | Bayangol | Bayankhongor | 102–93 | [9] |
2022–23 | Erdenet Miners | Tenuun Olziy Metal | 4–0 | [10] |
2023–24 | Khasin Khuleguud | Bishrelt Metal | 4–1 | [11] |
Individual awards
[edit]Season | Player | Team | Ref |
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2015–16 | Carl Blair | Alians Tekh Khartsaga | [5] |
2022–23 | Pendarvis Williams | Erdenet Miners | [10] |
2023–24 | Divine Myles | Khasin Khuleguud | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^ Former Wyoming guard Charles Hankerson Jr. signs with Mongolian professional team Star Tribune, 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ Hoopla: Basketball is catching on, Oxford Business Group, Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Superleague Basketball 2013-2014, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Superleague Basketball 2014-2015, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Superleague Basketball 2015-2016, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "Superleague Basketball 2016-2017, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "MNBA Basketball 2017-2018, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "MNBA Basketball 2018-2019, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "MNBA Basketball 2021-2022, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ a b "MNBA Basketball 2022-2023, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ @mba.theleague (17 March 2024). "Бишрэлт Металл 67-81 Хасын Хүлэгүүд" – via Instagram.
- ^ @mba.theleague (18 March 2024). "МСБХ-ны Үндэсний Дээд Лигийн 2023-24 оны улирлын Финалын MVP тоглогчоор Хасын Хүлэгүүд багийн тоглогч Divine Myles тодорлоо. Халуун баяр хүргэе" – via Instagram.
External links
[edit]- Mongolian basketball at Asia-Basket.com
- Instagram page
Videos
[edit]- Sengur brand presents MNBA "Super league" Top-10 actions (Youtube.com video)