1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	1996
Teams	16
Dates	6 February – 1 May 1996
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia
Runners-up	Corinthians
Semifinalists
1997 →

The 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1996 FIBA South American League, was the first edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 6 February 1996 and finished on 1 May 1996. Argentine club Olimpia won the tournament, defeating Brazilian club Corinthians in the Grand Finals.

Format[]

Teams were split into four groups of four teams each and played each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination where the champion was decided.

Teams[]

Country	Team
Argentina	Independiente de General Pico
	Olimpia
Bolivia
Brazil	Corinthians
Chile	Universidad de Concepción
Colombia
Ecuador	Filanbanco
Paraguay	Sol de América
Peru	Regatas Lima
Uruguay	Aguada
	Hebraica y Macabi
Venezuela	Cocodrilos de Caracas
	Panteras de Miranda

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		DHA	IND	ING	REG
1		6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	100–95	134–83	112–93
2	Independiente de General Pico	6	4	2	10			123–119	—	154–84	94–75
3		6	2	4	8			117–120	96–114	—	93–89
4	Regatas Lima	6	1	5	7			77–82	88–84	99–78	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		RIO	CAI	SOL	AGU
1		6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	94–79	118–85	80–79
2		6	4	2	10			87–92	—	97–89	98–94
3	Sol de América	6	1	5	7			72–85	96–102	—	123–90
4	Aguada	6	1	5	7			77–100	84–104	97–79	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		COR	PAN	FIL	CON
1	Corinthians	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	98–71	109–78	128–108
2	Panteras de Miranda	6	3	3	9			92–106	—	127–86	104–91
3	Filanbanco	6	2	4	8			81–99	106–126	—	97–91
4	Universidad de Concepción	6	1	5	7			98–103	124–103	107–109	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		OLI	HEB	COC	TEM
1	Olimpia	6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	84–83	119–93	107–98
2	Hebraica y Macabi	6	4	2	10			98–94	—	107–81	113–100
3	Cocodrilos de Caracas	6	3	3	9			97–107	113–110	—	91–83
4		6	0	6	6			82–107	91–93	99–104	—

Final stage[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Grand Finals
		2
	Panteras de Miranda	1
						0
					Olimpia	2
	Olimpia	2
		0
									Olimpia	2
									Corinthians	0
	Corinthians	2
	Independiente de General Pico	0
					Corinthians	2
						0
		2
	Hebraica y Macabi	1

References[]

• 1996 South American League for Men's Clubs, FIBA Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2018.