League Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional
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| Current season | LVBP season 2013/14 |
| sport | baseball |
| abbreviation | LVBP |
| Association | Federación Venezolana de Béisbol |
| League foundation | 1945 |
| Teams | 8th |
| Country countries |
 Venezuela
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| Title holder | Navegantes del Magallanes |
| Record champions | Leones del Caracas (17) |
| TV partner | TVes , ESPN2 , Meridiano Televisión , Venevisión , DirecTV Sports Venezuela |
| Website | www.lvbp.com |
The Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional is the highest professional baseball league in Venezuela .
The champion takes part in the del Caribe series as a representative of Venezuela .
Current teams
Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional - 2010/11 season
| team | German name | Hometown | State | Stadion | Audience capacity |
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| Águilas del Zulia | Zulia eagle | Maracaibo |
 Zulia
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Estadio Luis Aparicio "El Grande" | 23,000 |
| Bravos de Margarita | Margarita Krieger | Porlamar |
 Nueva Esparta
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Estadio Nueva Esparta | 11,000 |
| Cardenales de Lara | Lara cardinals | Barquisimeto |
 Lara
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Estadio Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez | 20,450 |
| Caribes de Anzoátegui | Anzoátegui Caribs | Puerto La Cruz |
 Anzoátegui
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Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel | 18,000 |
| Leones del Caracas | Caracas lions | Caracas |
 Distrito Capital
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Estadio Universitario de Caracas | 20,800 |
| Navegantes del Magallanes | Magallanes navigators | Valencia |
 Carabobo
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Estadio José Bernardo Pérez | 15,000 |
| Tiburones de La Guaira | La Guaira sharks | La Guaira |
 Vargas
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Estadio Universitario de Caracas | 20,800 |
| Tigres de Aragua | Aragua tiger | Maracay |
 Aragua
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Estadio José Pérez Colmenares | 15,000 |
Former teams
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Game mode
In the league, the 8 teams play a first league round with 63 games per team, from October to December. The top 5 teams play in January in another league round with 16 games per team and determine the participants in the final series. They then play for the championship in a best-of-seven mode.
history
There is no exact and official version of how or when baseball came to Venezuela and was introduced to the Venezuelans. However, it is historically confirmed that during the last decade of the 19th century, Venezuelan students brought the sport with them from the United States.
Organized baseball in Venezuela developed in the region of Maracaibo at the beginning of the 20th century , also through Cuban and American influence, a boom with at times up to 30 teams playing in 10 different stadiums built for baseball .
In 1938 the first baseball world championship took place in England , from 1939 to 1943 in Cuba and from 1940 Venezuela also took part with its national team. With its second participation in 1941 Venezuela even became world champions . This triggered a new boom in their own country. In 1944 and 1945 Venezuela repeated its success and was again two world champions.
The popularity of the sport and international success led to the establishment of the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional on December 27, 1945. The founding teams were: Cervecería Caracas (forerunner of the Leones del Caracas ), Navegantes del Magallanes , Sabios del Vargas and Patriotas de Venezuela .
master
| team | title |
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| Leones del Caracas | 17th |
| Navegantes del Magallanes | 12 |
| Tigres de Aragua | 9 |
| Tiburones de La Guaira | 7th |
| Industriales de Valencia | 5 |
| Águilas del Zulia | 5 |
| Cardenales de Lara | 4th |
| Cervecería Caracas | 3 |
| Sabios del Vargas | 2 |
| Lácteos del Pastora | 1 |
| Caribes de Anzoátegui | 1 |
Caribbean Series title
| team | CS title |
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| Leones del Caracas | 2 |
| Navegantes del Magallanes | 2 |
| Águilas del Zulia | 2 |
| Tigres de Aragua | 1 |