Cuban Elite League
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.
| Current season, competition or edition: 2023-24 Cuban Elite League | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 |
| President | Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | Cuba |
| Most recent champion(s) | Cocodrilos de Matanzas (1st title) |
| Related competitions | Caribbean Series |
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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).