Mexican Basketball League CIBACOPA

Current season, competition or edition: 2026 CIBACOPA season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001; 25 years ago (2001)
President	Rogelio Sánchez de la Vega
No. of teams	11
Country	Mexico
Continent	FIBA Americas (Americas)
Most recent champions	Astros de Jalisco (3rd title) (2025)
Most titles	Rayos de Hermosillo (4 titles)
Broadcasters	Mexico ESPN[1] Mega Sports TVC Deportes[2] United States beIN Sports
Official website	www.CIBACOPA.org

The Mexican Basketball League CIBACOPA (Spanish: Liga Mexicana de Básquetbol CIBACOPA or CIBACOPA), officially known as the Liga Mexicana de Básquetbol Caliente CIBACOPA for sponsorship reasons, is an eleven team basketball league based in Northwestern Mexico.^[3] The matches take place from February to May. ^[4]

History

A league with the same name existed in the 1980s, and the second incarnation was founded in 2001.^[5][6] The charter members were Caballeros de Culiacán, Delfines de Mazatlán, Frayles de Guasave, Lobos Marinos de La Paz, Paisas de Los Cabos, and Pioneros de Los Mochis.^[6] Caballeros de Culiacán won the inaugural league title by defeating Delfines de Mazatlán four games to none in the finals.^[7]

The 2019 season saw a total attendance of more than 220,000.^[8]

The league celebrated its 20th season in 2020.^[7] A new franchise, Gallos de Aguascalientes, was set to join but were expelled before the season began.^[9]

Teams

Zonkeys

Ostioneros

Pioneros

Caballeros

Venados

Halcones

Rayos

Astros

Ángeles

Frayles

Toros

Locations of the 2026 CIBACOPA teams

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Member Since	Head coach
Ángeles de la Ciudad de México	Benito Juárez, Mexico City	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera	5,242	2024	Enrique Zúñiga
Astros de Jalisco	Guadalajara, Jalisco	Arena Astros	4,000	2022	Iván Déniz
Caballeros de Culiacán	Culiacán, Sinaloa	Polideportivo Juan S. Millán	1,800	2000	Gustavo Quintero
Frayles de Guasave	Guasave, Sinaloa	Arena Salsa Huichol	1,500	2001	Arsalan Jamil
Halcones de Ciudad Obregón	Ciudad Obregón, Sonora	Arena ITSON	3,500	2016	Manu Gelpi
Ostioneros de Guaymas	Guaymas, Sonora	Gimnasio Municipal de Guaymas	1,200	2008	Walter McCarty
Pioneros de Los Mochis	Los Mochis, Sinaloa	Centro de Usos Múltiples de Los Mochis	5,830	2000	Jhovanny García
Rayos de Hermosillo	Hermosillo, Sonora	Arena Sonora	3,500	2008	Elian Villafañe
Toros Laguna	Torreón, Coahuila	Auditorio Municipal de Torreón	4,363	2026	Facundo Murías
Venados de Mazatlán	Mazatlán, Sinaloa	Lobodome	3,000	2014	Eric Weissling
Zonkeys de Tijuana	Tijuana, Baja California	Arena Zonkeys	3,000	2010	Doug Plumb

List of champions

Championships

Teams that are no longer active are marked in italics.

Top-scorers

Year	Player	PPG	Team
2009	Letheal Cook	25.5	Mineros de Cananea
2010	Forrest Ray Fisher III	25.4	Bomberos de Mexicali
2011	Kevin Edward Sowell	30.8	Frayles de Guasave
2012	Devon Kobi Pearson	27.2	Pioneros de Los Mochis
2013	Kenny Jones	25.8	Trigueros de Ciudad Obregón
2014	Justin Lee Watts	23.1	Mineros de Caborca
2015	Durrell Summers	22.9	Rayos de Hermosillo
2016	Steven Pledger	24.4	Vaqueros de Agua Prieta
2017	Sammuel Yeager	25.28	Frayles de Guasave
2018	Sammuel Yeager	24.96	Frayles de Guasave
2019	Sammuel Yeager (3)	25.3	Frayles de Guasave
2020	Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
2021	Abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
2022	Jordan Stevens	24.0	Pioneros de Los Mochis
2023	Jordan Stevens (2)	26.4	Pioneros de Los Mochis
2024	Tony Farmer	23.7	Halcones de Ciudad Obregón
2025	Terrell Brown Jr.	24.0	Ángeles de la Ciudad de México

Players with most awards

Player	Awards	Years
Sammuel Yeager [12]	3	2017, 2018, 2019
Jordan Stevens [13]	2	2022, 2023

Former clubs

See also

• CIBACOPA All-Star Game
• CIMEBA
• LNB

References

External links

• League Profile at Eurobasket.com
• CIBACOPA Seasons at
• CIBACOPA Equipos at Equipos