HAVANA,(ACN) Headquartered in Guantanamo province, the first round of the Women's Basketball Superior League (LSB by its Spanish acronym) begins today with six teams in search of the title.

According to sources of the Cuban national basketball commission, today´s matches are Guantanamo vs. Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba-Capitalinas, and Sancti Spíritus-Pinar del Río.

The latter conquered their fourth consecutive crown last year when beating 79-68 Guantanamo in the final at the Sports City Coliseum, in Havana.

The LSB will have two phases in the qualifying stage, with the second one scheduled from February 1 to 8, in Sancti Spiritus, also in a round robin system.

The play-offs, stage that will include the four best sides, will start on February 14, and then it will be announced the national pre-selection to face the main international tournaments.

The most important of those contests is the Centrobasket to be played next September in Puerto Rico, which will grant three tickets to the 2017 Americas Cup and four to the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 2018.