FIBA Americas League
CEO | Usie Richards |
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TV partners | DSports |
Website | FIBA.basketball/ligamericas |
2019 FIBA Americas League |
The FIBA Americas League (
The winner of the Final Four, the culminating tournament of each season's FIBA Americas League, is crowned as the champion of all of the FIBA Americas zone region. The tournament's final is called the Grand Final. It is the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.
From 2013 to 2015, the winner of each season's FIBA Americas tournament, played against the winner of each season's European top-tier level EuroLeague competition, at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, in order to determine an official club world cup champion. Since 2016, the champions of the FIBA Americas League contest the FIBA Intercontinental Cup against the champions of one of the two European second-tier level competitions, the European Champions League.
History
In 1993, the Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (Pan American Basketball Club Championship) was created as a Pan American tournament, running from 1993 until 2000. In December 2007, the FIBA Americas League was introduced in the second attempt of a panamerican basketball club competition.
The FIBA Americas League was formed in 2007, as a professional intercontinental men's basketball
Another one of the main goals in the creation of the league was to eventually revive the dormant
Another goal in creating the league was to form a league system of teams that could form a partnership with the EuroLeague and
Names of the top-tier level Pan American competition
- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship): (1993–2000)
- FIBA Americas era: (2007–2019)
- FIBA Americas League: (2007 – 2019)
- FIBA Champions League Americas (2019 - present)
Format
Under the original format, 16 participating clubs were divided in four groups, of four teams each. The top two clubs of each group qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals winners then played a four-team group stage, in a yet to be determined host city.[4]
Under the current format, the 16 participating clubs are divided in four groups, of four teams each. The top two clubs of each group qualify for the semifinals. The semifinals winners qualify to play at the FIBA Americas League Final 4, in a yet to be determined host city. The final four format was held for the first time in 2014. The last game of the tournament is called the Grand Final.
Final Fours and Grand Finals (2007–2019)
Edition | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score and Venue | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2007–08 Details |
Mexicali |
Peñarol |
League stage Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali |
Soles de Mexicali |
Miami Tropics
|
Minas |
2 | 2008–09 Details |
Xalapa |
Brasília
|
League stage Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa |
Halcones UV Xalapa
|
Biguá |
Minas |
3 | 2009–10 Details |
Mar del Plata |
Peñarol |
League stage Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
Espartanos de Margarita
|
Halcones UV Xalapa
|
Quimsa |
4 | 2010–11 Details |
Xalapa |
Regatas Corrientes |
League stage Gimnasio USBI, Xalapa |
Capitanes de Arecibo |
Halcones UV Xalapa
|
Halcones Rojos |
5 | 2012 Details |
Formosa
|
Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
League stage Formosa
|
La Unión |
Obras Sanitarias |
Brasília
|
6 | 2013 Details |
Arecibo
|
Pinheiros |
League stage Coliseo Manuel "Petaca" Iguina, Areciba |
Lanús |
Capitanes de Arecibo |
Brasília
|
7 | 2014 Details |
Rio de Janeiro |
Flamengo |
85–78 Maracanãzinho , Rio de Janeiro
|
Pinheiros |
Aguada |
Halcones UV Xalapa
|
8 | 2015 Details |
Rio de Janeiro |
Bauru
|
86–72 Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro |
Pioneros de Quintana Roo |
Flamengo |
Peñarol |
9 | 2016 Details |
Barquisimeto |
Guaros de Lara
|
84–79 Domo Bolivariano, Barquisimeto |
Bauru
|
Mogi das Cruzes
|
Flamengo |
10 | 2017 Details |
Barquisimeto |
Guaros de Lara
|
88–65 Domo Bolivariano, Barquisimeto |
Weber Bahía Blanca |
Leones de Ponce |
Fuerza Regia
|
11 | 2018 Details |
Buenos Aires |
San Lorenzo |
79–71 Polideportivo Roberto Pando, Buenos Aires |
Mogi das Cruzes
|
Regatas Corrientes |
Estudiantes Concordia |
12 | 2019 Details |
Buenos Aires |
San Lorenzo |
64–61 Polideportivo Roberto Pando, Buenos Aires |
Guaros de Lara
|
Paulistano |
Capitanes de Ciudad de México |
Performances
By club
Team | Winners | Runners-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
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Guaros de Lara |
2 (2016, 2017) | 1 (2019) | 0 | 0 |
Peñarol | 2 ( 2009–10 ) |
0 | 0 | 1 (2015) |
San Lorenzo de Almagro | 2 (2018, 2019) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bauru |
1 (2015) | 1 (2016) | 0 | 0 |
Pinheiros | 1 (2013) | 1 (2014) | 0 | 0 |
Pioneros de Quintana Roo | 1 (2012) | 1 (2015) | 0 | 0 |
Flamengo | 1 (2014) | 0 | 1 (2015) | 1 (2016) |
Regatas Corrientes | 1 ( 2010–11 ) |
0 | 1 (2018) | 0 |
Brasília |
1 ( 2008–09 ) |
0 | 0 | 2 (2012, 2013) |
Halcones UV Xalapa |
0 | 1 (2008–09) | 2 (2009–10, 2010–11) | 1 (2014) |
Capitanes de Arecibo | 0 | 1 (2010–11) | 1 (2013) | 0 |
Mogi das Cruzes |
0 | 1 (2018) | 1 (2016) | 0 |
Soles de Mexicali | 0 | 1 (2007–08) | 0 | 0 |
Espartanos de Margarita |
0 | 1 (2009–10) | 0 | 0 |
La Unión de Formosa | 0 | 1 (2012) | 0 | 0 |
Lanús | 0 | 1 (2013) | 0 | 0 |
Weber Bahía Blanca | 0 | 1 (2017) | 0 | 0 |
Miami Tropics |
0 | 0 | 1 (2007–08) | 0 |
Biguá | 0 | 0 | 1 (2008–09) | 0 |
Obras Sanitarias | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 0 |
Aguada | 0 | 0 | 1 (2014) | 0 |
Leones de Ponce | 0 | 0 | 1 (2017) | 0 |
Paulistano | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) | 0 |
Minas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2007–08, 2008–09) |
Quimsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2009–10) |
Halcones Rojos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2010–11) |
Fuerza Regia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2017) |
Estudiantes Concordia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2018) |
Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) |
By country
Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina |
5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Brazil | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Venezuela |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mexico | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FIBA Americas League awards
See also
- FIBA Americas League Final 4
- FIBA Americas League Awards
- Pan American Club Championship
- Basketball Champions League Americas
- FIBA South American League
- South American Championship of Champions Clubs
References
- ^ "Basketball Champions League Americas is launched". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "FIBA Americas League - Clubs gear up for tip off". FIBA. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ Equipo de baloncesto salvadoreño jugará Liga de las Américas (in Spanish).
- ^ "Três clubes brasucas na Liga das Américas" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- FIBA Liga Americas Twitter (in Spanish)
- LatinBasket.com FIBA Americas League (in English)
- Liga de las Américas YouTube Channel (in Spanish)