Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
South American Basketball League

Founded	1996; 26 years ago (1996)
First season	1996
Country	members
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	2 (1996–2000, 2008–Present) 1 (2000–2007)
Promotion to	Champions League Americas
Current champions	Botafogo (1st title)
Most championships	Atenas Brasília (3 titles each)
TV partners	DirecTV
Website	LSB 2018

The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete, English: South American Basketball League), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the second-tier level South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first-tier level being the Basketball Champions League Americas. The competition is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas. The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas.

The league usually includes some national domestic champions, and some runners-up, from the best national leagues and basketball countries on the South American continent. Depending on the country, places may be awarded on the basis of performance in the previous season's national domestic league, or over the previous two or three national domestic seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996, with 2003 being the only year in which it was not held.

Promotion to Basketball Champions League Americas[]

The champion of the FIBA South American League is promoted to the next edition of the top-tier level Basketball Champions League Americas.

History[]

The South American Championship of Champions Clubs, which was founded in 1946, was the first international competition that was played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America until 1993, when the new Pan American Club Championship supplanted it in importance. The FIBA South American League was founded in 1996, and became the new second-tier South American competition. The FIBA South American League then became the South American first-tier competition, when the Pan American Club Championship was discontinued in 2000.

With the emergence of the new FIBA Americas League, in December 2007, the FIBA South American League once again became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition.

On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the competition, which derives its name and branding from the European Basketball Champions League. The competition replaced the FIBA Americas League as premier league in the Americas. The competition will consist of twelve teams, which have to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season is expected to start in October 2019.

FIBA South American League levels on the South American pyramid[]

• 1st-tier: (2001 – 2007)
• 2nd-tier: (1996 – 2000, 2008 – Present)

Names of the top-tier level South American / Latin American competition[]

• CONSUBASQUET era: (1946–2007)
  • Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol (English: South American Basketball Championship of Champions Clubs): (1946–1992)
  • Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship): (1993–2000)
  • Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (English: South American Basketball League): (2001–2007)
• FIBA Americas era: (2007–present)
  • FIBA Americas League: (2007 – 2019)
  • Basketball Champions League Americas: (2019 – present)

Title holders[]

Grand Finals[]

Year		Grand Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place
1996 Details		Olimpia	2–0 series	Corinthians
1997 Details		Atenas	2–1 series	Corinthians		Olimpia	Marathon Franca
1998 Details		Atenas	2–0 series	Marathon Franca		Boca Juniors	Independiente
1999 Details		Vasco da Gama	2–0 Series	Boca Juniors		Independiente	Welcome
2000 Details		Vasco da Gama	3–2 series	Atenas		Marathon Franca	Welcome
2001 Details		Estudiantes	3–1 series	GECR		Atenas	Flamengo
2002 Details		Libertad	3–1 series	Vasco da Gama		Cocodrilos de Caracas	Estudiantes
2004		Atenas	3–2 series	Unitri Uberlândia		Boca Juniors	Libertad
2005		Unitri Uberlândia	3–1 series	Universo Ajax		Boca Juniors	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2006		Ben Hur	3–1 series			Unitri Uberlândia	Libertad
2007		Libertad	3–2 series	Unimed Franca		Ben Hur	GECR
2008		Regatas Corrientes	3–2 series	Flamengo		Boca Juniors	Brasília
2009 (I)		Flamengo	Final group	Quimsa			Regatas Corrientes
2009 (II)		Quimsa	Final group	Libertad		Juventud Sionista	Minas
2010		Brasília	98-86	Flamengo		Boca Juniors	Quimsa
2011 Details		Obras Sanitarias	88-73	Pinheiros Sky		Brasília	Atenas
2012		Regatas Corrientes	Final group	Brasília		Flamengo	Peñarol
2013		Brasília	93–81	Aguada		Paschoalotto Bauru	Boca Juniors
2014 Details		Bauru	79–53	Mogi das Cruzes		Boca Juniors	Malvín
2015 Details		Brasília	2–0 series	San Martín de Corrientes		Semifinal groups
2016		Mogi das Cruzes	3–0 series	Bahía Basket		Semifinal groups
2017 Details		Guaros de Lara	3–1 series	Estudiantes Concordia		Semifinal groups
2018 Details		Franca	2–1 series	Instituto		Semifinal groups
2019		Botafogo	2–1 series	Corinthians		Semifinal groups

Titles by club[]

Titles	Club	Years
3	Atenas	1997, 1998, 2004
	Brasília	2010, 2013, 2015
2	Vasco da Gama	1999, 2000
	Libertad	2002, 2007
	Regatas Corrientes	2008, 2012
1	Olimpia	1996
	Estudiantes	2001
	Uberlândia	2005
	Ben Hur	2006
	Flamengo	2009 (I)
	Quimsa	2009 (II)
	Obras Sanitarias	2011
	Bauru	2014
	Mogi das Cruzes	2016
	Guaros de Lara	2017
	Franca	2018
	Botafogo	2019

Titles by country[]

Titles	Country
12	Argentina
11	Brazil
1	Venezuela

Awards[]

See also[]

• FIBA Americas League
• Basketball Champions League Americas
• Pan American Championship
• South American Championship of Champions Clubs

External links[]

• Liga Sudamericana Official Website (in Spanish)
• LatinBasket.com Liga Sudamericana