1997 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	1997
Teams	15
Dates	18 February – 9 May 1997
Final positions
Champions	Atenas
Runners-up	Corinthians
Semifinalists	Olimpia Cougar Franca
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1997 FIBA South American League, was the second edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 18 February 1997 and finished on 9 May 1997. Argentine club Atenas won the tournament, defeating Brazilian club Corinthians in the Grand Finals.

Format[]

Teams were split into three groups of four teams each and one group of three teams, 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
	Atenas
	Olimpia
Bolivia
Brazil	Corinthians
	Cougar Franca
	Corinthians de Santa Cruz do Sul
Chile
Colombia
Paraguay	Sol de América
Peru	Deportivo SIPESA
	Regatas Lima
Venezuela	Gaiteros del Zulia

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		OLI	PET	SOL	ING
1	Olimpia	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	109–88	105–86	151–88
2		6	3	3	9			83–97	—	92–99	127–89
3	Sol de América	6	2	4	8			94–102	87–105	—	101–90
4		6	1	5	7			101–114	91–106	120–113	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		FRA	PAI	GAI
1	Cougar Franca	4	4	0	8	Advances to final stage		—	118–83	w/o
2		4	1	3	5			78–108	—	w/o
3	Gaiteros del Zulia[a]	4	1	3	5			76–86	92–78	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		COR	AND	REG	ESP
1	Corinthians	6	4	2	10	Advances to final stage		—	99–92	106–84	123–122
2		6	4	2	10			87–81	—	94–69	110–81
3	Regatas Lima	6	3	3	9			81–74	62–96	—	97–73
4		6	1	5	7			80–81	103–94	54–56	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		ATE	PIR	COS	SIP
1	Atenas	7	6	1	13	Advances to final stage		—	103–84	98–82	105–46
2		6	4	2	10			57–77	—	87–79	85–77
3	Corinthians de Santa Cruz do Sul	6	2	4	8			91–103	w/o	—	104–77
4	Deportivo SIPESA	6	0	6	6			72–86	65–96	86–96	—

Final stage[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Grand Finals
	Atenas	2
		0
					Atenas	2
					Olimpia	1
	Olimpia	2
		1
									Atenas	2
									Corinthians	1
	Corinthians	2
		0
					Corinthians	2
					Cougar Franca	0
	Cougar Franca	2
		1

References[]

• 1997 South American League for Men's Clubs, FIBA Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2018.