Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol Season 1999 Teams 13 Dates 9 February – 30 March 1999 Champions Vasco da Gama Runners-up Boca Juniors Semifinalists Independiente de General Pico Welcome
The 1999 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol , or 1999 FIBA South American League , was the fourth edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America . The tournament began on 9 February 1999 and finished on 30 March 1999. Brazilian team Vasco da Gama won the tournament, defeating Argentine club Boca Juniors in the Grand Finals, and qualified to the 1999 McDonald's Championship .
Format [ ]
Teams were split into one group of four teams and three teams of three teams each, and played each other in a 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. Unlike the previous tournaments where teams played home and away matches in the group phase, every group played all their matches in the same city.
Teams [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Group A [ ]
All games in group A were played in Cochabamba , Bolivia .[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
Qualification
1
Boca Juniors
3
3
0
6
Advances to final stage
2
Welcome
3
2
1
5
3
3
1
2
4
4
3
0
3
3
v
Group B [ ]
All games in group B were played in Valencia , Venezuela .[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
Qualification
1
Trotamundos de Carabobo
2
1
1
3
Advances to final stage
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
3
Trotamundos de Carabobo v
v
Trotamundos de Carabobo v
Group C [ ]
All games in group C were played in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .[1]
Group D [ ]
All games in group D were played in Cúcuta , Colombia .[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
Pts
Qualification
1
Independiente de General Pico
2
1
1
3
Advances to final stage
2
2
1
1
3
3
Franca
2
1
1
3
v Independiente de General Pico
9 February 1999
101–104
Independiente de General Pico
Cúcuta , Colombia
Independiente de General Pico v Franca
Final stage [ ]
Quarterfinals [ ]
Game 1 [ ]
Atenas v Independiente de General Pico
Game 2 [ ]
Independiente de General Pico v Atenas
Game 3 [ ]
Independiente de General Pico v Atenas
Semifinals [ ]
Game 1 [ ]
Game 2 [ ]
Game 3 [ ]
Grand Finals [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c d Se larga una Liga con acento argentino , Clarín , 8 February 1999. Retrieved 26 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ a b Atenas se clasificó , Clarín , 12 February 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ a b Un negocio de Boca , , Clarín , 26 February 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ a b Boca ganó y jugará ante Independiente , Clarín , 5 March 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ Boca logró un triunfo para recuperar la fe , Clarín , 13 March 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ a b c En busca de la final , Clarín , 13 March 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
^ a b A Boca no le alcanzó , Clarín , 31 March 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
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