Germán Pomares Championship
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| No. of teams | 20 |
| Country | Nicaragua |
| Most recent champion(s) | Tigres de Chinandega (4th title) |
| Most titles | Leones de León (13 titles) |
| Official website | https://beisbolgpo.net/ |
The Germán Pomares Championship, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Cmte. Germán Pomares Ordóñez (lit. "Comdt. Germán Pomares Ordóñez National Senior Baseball Championship") and referred to simply as the Pomares, is a semi-professional baseball circuit in Nicaragua. The league is made up of 20 teams, largely corresponding to the country's different departments. The Pomares is the second-highest level of baseball in the country, below the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League (LPBN). Several professional baseball teams from the winter league LPBN also compete in the Pomares, which typically runs from February to August.
The competition was formed in 1970 by Carlos García Solórzano, after Nicaragua's professional league collapsed in 1967. It was later renamed after Germán Pomares, a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and baseball enthusiast who died during the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979.
Starting in 2024, the Pomares season is broken into two halves. In the first half, all 20 franchises face each other four times, with the top finishers moving on to a playoffs. The top eight finishers of the first half compete in the second half of the season.