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Cuban National Series
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1961
No. of teams	16
Country(ies)	Cuba
Most recent champion(s)	La Habana Cowboys
Most championships	Industriales (11)

The Cuban National Series (Spanish: Serie Nacional de Béisbol) is the primary domestic amateur baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban national baseball system.

[edit] League structure

Industriales
Metropolitanos

Location of teams in the Cuban National Series

Since 1993, the league has had 16 teams: one representing each province, and two for the city of Havana. Each team is made up of players from the province it represents. In Havana, most of the top tier players take the field for Industriales, traditionally the strongest team in the league. Other typically strong teams include those from Santiago de Cuba, Pinar del Río and Villa Clara.

The 90-game regular season stretches from November until March, and culminates with an eight team tournament to decide the league champion.

Since 2008-2009 championship, the Cuban League has been reorganized - qualification is by zones, and not in groups as it has been the last 15 years. The Cuban National Series is the beginning of the preparation for all the commitments that the team Cuba has in the summer. The Cuban National Preselection is selected from the Series and Havana is the site for practicing before going to the competition. Sometimes more than one team is selected.

[edit] West League

Team	Nickname	Location	Stadium
Western
Isla de la Juventud	Grapefruit Cutters (Spanish: Toronjeros)	Nueva Gerona	Estadio Cristóbal Labra
Matanzas	Crocodiles (Spanish: Cocodrilos)	Matanzas	Victoria de Girón Stadium
Pinar del Río	Lowlands (Spanish: Vegueros)	Pinar del Río	Estadio Capitán San Luis
Metropolitanos	Warriors (Spanish: Guerreros)	Havana	Estadio Latinoamericano
Industriales	Blue Lions (Spanish: Leones Azules)	Havana	Estadio Latinoamericano
Cienfuegos	Shrimpers (Spanish: Camaroneros)	Cienfuegos	Cinco de Septiembre Stadium
Sancti Spíritus	Roosters (Spanish: Gallos)	Sancti Spíritus	José Antonio Huelga Stadium
La Habana	Cowboys (Spanish: Vaqueros)	San Jose de Las Lajas	Estadio Nelson Fernández

[edit] East League

Team	Nickname	Location	Stadium
Camagüey	Ranchers (Spanish: Ganaderos)	Camagüey	Estadio Cándido González
Ciego de Ávila	Tigers (Spanish: Tigres)	Ciego de Ávila	José Ramón Cepero Stadium
Las Tunas	Lumberjacks (Spanish: Leñadores)	Victoria de Las Tunas	Julio Antonio Mella Stadium
Villa Clara	Oranges (Spanish: Naranjas)	Santa Clara	Estadio Augusto César Sandino
Granma	Horses (Spanish: Alazanes)	Bayamo	Mártires de Barbados Stadium
Guantánamo	Indians (Spanish: Indios)	Guantánamo	Nguyen Van Troi Stadium
Holguín	Bloodhounds (Spanish: Sabuesos)	Holguín	Calixto García Íñiguez Stadium
Santiago de Cuba	Wasps (Spanish: Avispas)	Santiago de Cuba	Estadio Guillermón Moncada

[edit] National Series winners

Series	Year	Winning team	Manager
1	1962	Occidentales	Fermín Guerra
2	1963	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
3	1964	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
4	1965	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
5	1966	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
6	1967	Orientales	Roberto Ledo
7	1968	Habana	Juan Gómez
8	1969	Azucareros	Servio Borges
9	1970	Henequeneros	Miguel A. Domínguez
10	1971	Azucareros	Servio Borges
11	1972	Azucareros	Pedro P. Delgado
12	1973	Industriales	Pedro Chávez
13	1974	Habana	Jorge Trigoura
14	1975	Agricultores	Orlando Leroux
15	1976	Ganaderos	Carlos Gómez
16	1977	Citricultores	Juan Bregio
17	1978	Vegueros	José M. Pineda
18	1979	Sancti Spíritus	Cándido Andrade
19	1980	Santiago de Cuba	Manuel Miyar
20	1981	Vegueros	José M. Pineda
21	1982	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
22	1983	Villa Clara	Eduardo Martín
23	1984	Citricultores	Tomás Soto
24	1985	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
25	1986	Industriales	Pedro Chávez
26	1987	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
27	1988	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
28	1989	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
29	1990	Henequeneros	Gerardo Junco
30	1991	Henequeneros	Gerardo Junco
31	1992	Industriales	Jorge Trigoura
32	1993	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
33	1994	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
34	1995	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
35	1996	Industriales	Pedro Medina
36	1997	Pinar del Río	Jorge Fuentes
37	1998	Pinar del Río	Alfonso Urquiola
38	1999	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
39	2000	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
40	2001	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
41	2002	Holguín	Héctor Hernández
42	2003	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
43	2004	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
44	2005	Santiago de Cuba	Antonio Pacheco
45	2006	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
46	2007	Santiago de Cuba	Antonio Pacheco
47	2008	Santiago de Cuba	Antonio Pacheco
48	2009	Havanna Province	Esteban Lombillo

[edit] See also

Cuba portal

[edit] External links

Connor, Joe, Welcome to Cuba. ESPN (MLB), January 17, 2006. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

Cuban National Series

West League	East League
Group A Isla de la Juventud \| Matanzas Metropolitanos (Havana) \| Pinar del Río	Group C Camagüey \| Ciego de Ávila Las Tunas \| Villa Clara
Group B Cienfuegos \| La Habana Province Industriales (Havana) \| Sancti Spíritus	Group D Granma \| Guantánamo Holguín \| Santiago de Cuba
Defunct teams: Agricultores \| Azucareros \| Citricultores \| Forestales \| Ganaderos \| Granjeros Henequeneros \| Mineros \| Occidentales \| Oriente/Orientales \| Vegueros
Seasons: 1961-62 \| 1962-63 \| 1963-64 \| 1964-65 \| 1965-66 \| 1966-67 \| 1967-68 \| 1968-69 \| 1969-70 \| 1970-71 \| 1971-72 \| 1972-73 \| 1973-74 \| 1974-75 \| 1975-76 \| 1976-77 \| 1977-78 \| 1978-79 \| 1979-80 \| 1980-81 \| 1981-82 \| 1982-83 \| 1983-84 \| 1984-85 \| 1985-86 \| 1986-87 \| 1987-88 \| 1988-89 \| 1989-90 \| 1990-91 \| 1991-92 \| 1992-93 \| 1993-94 \| 1994-95 \| 1995-96 \| 1996-97 \| 1997-98 \| 1998-99 \| 1999-2000 \| 2000-01 \| 2001-02 \| 2002-03 \| 2003-04 \| 2004-05 \| 2005-06 \| 2006-07 \| 2007-08 \| 2008-09