Current season, competition or edition: 2023–24 Cuban Elite League | |
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| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 |
| President | Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo |
| Organising body | INDER |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Most recent champion(s) | Cocodrilos de Matanzas (1st title) |
| TV partner(s) | Tele Rebelde Cubavision International |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Related competitions | Caribbean Series |
| Official website | [1] |
The Cuban Elite League (Spanish: Liga Élite del Beisbol Cubano, or LEB), is a winter baseball league in Cuba. It debuted in 2022 as the highest level of the Cuban baseball league system. Beginning with the 2023-24 season, the Elite League comprised the top six teams from the summer-time Cuban National Series.[1][2]
The league was formed in an effort to increase the quality of Cuban baseball, to bring it closer to the other professional winter leagues of the Caribbean. Professional baseball was abolished in Cuba in 1961. A desire to bring together the best players from the National Series, as well as address the drain of Cuban talent from the island to more competitive foreign leagues, contributed to the change of format in the league's second season (2023-24).[3]
- ^ "Sharp Direction Change: First Six Teams in Cuba's National Series Will Play the Elite Baseball League". Periodico 26. June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Clasificados los seis equipos para la II Liga Élite del Béisbol Cubano" (in Spanish). Diario del Cuba. July 16, 2023.
- ^ "La Liga Élite: Segundo capítulo en busca de fijador" (in Spanish). Cubadebate. November 12, 2023.