FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 FIBA Americas League
Sport Basketball
Founded 2007
CEO United States Virgin Islands Usie Richards
No. of teams 16
Country FIBA Americas members
Continent Americas
Most recent champion(s) Venezuela Guaros de Lara
(1st title)
Most titles Argentina Peñarol
(2 titles)
TV partner(s) DirecTV
SporTV (Brazil)
Eurosport (Europe)
Level on pyramid 1st-tier
South America
Central America
Caribbean
Mexico
Related competitions FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Official website FIBA Americas.com

The FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: FIBA Liga das Américas, Spanish: FIBA Liga de las Américas) is an international men's professional basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the Americas. It is organized by FIBA Americas. The first edition started on December 4, 2007.[1]

The winner of the competition is crowned as the champion of all of the FIBA Americas zone region. 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. The league culminates each year in a final four showdown, called the FIBA Americas League Final Four. Currently, the winner of each season's FIBA Americas tournament, plays against the winner of each season's Euroleague competition at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup, in order to determine an official club world cup champion.

History

The Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (South American Club Championship), 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 1995, when the new Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (South American League) supplanted it in importance from 1996 until 2007. With the emergence of the new FIBA Americas League in December 2007, the South American League became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition.

The FIBA Americas League was formed in 2007, as a professional men's basketball club competition, under the organization of FIBA Americas, with the goal of creating a world-class top level multinational basketball league in the Americas region. The league was modeled after the Euroleague, Europe's top-tier multinational club basketball league. The main reason for creating the league was the promotion and growth of the sport, and the increased level of competition that would come from the creation of a multinational super league in the FIBA Americas region.

Another one of the main goals in the creation of the league was to eventually revive the dormant FIBA Intercontinental Cup, so that clubs from the FIBA Americas region could once again directly compete against top Euroleague teams in official games, and so that an official world cup championship could once again be contested. FIBA World decided to revive the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2013, deciding that the champions of the FIBA Americas League would play against the champions of the Euroleague, to decide on the world club champion. It was then decided by FIBA World that the tournament would be played every year from then on for the foreseeable future.

Another goal in creating the league was to form a league system of teams that could form a partnership with the Euroleague and NBA on playing friendly games during the preseason, in the same way that the Euroleague and NBA teams were already playing against each other during the preseason. This was finally realized in the 2014–15 preseason, when teams from the FIBA Americas League played against teams from both the Euroleague and the NBA.

Names of the competition

Title holders

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.[2]

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 Four, in a yet to be determined host city. The final four format was held for the first time in 2014.

Finals (2007-present)

Year Final Third and fourth place
Champion Score Second place
2007–08
Details
Argentina
Peñarol
League stage Mexico
Soles de Mexicali
United States
Miami Tropics
Brazil
Minas
2008–09
Details
Brazil
Brasília
League stage Mexico
Halcones UV Xalapa
Uruguay
Biguá
Brazil
Minas
2009–10
Details
Argentina
Peñarol
League stage Venezuela
Espartanos de Margarita
Mexico
Halcones UV Xalapa
Argentina
Quimsa
2010–11
Details
Argentina
Regatas Corrientes
League stage Puerto Rico
Capitanes de Arecibo
Mexico
Halcones UV Xalapa
Mexico
Halcones Rojos
2012
Details
Mexico
Pioneros de Quintana Roo
League stage Argentina
La Unión
Argentina
Obras Sanitarias
Brazil
Brasília
2013
Details
Brazil
Pinheiros
League stage Argentina
Lanús
Puerto Rico
Capitanes de Arecibo
Brazil
Brasília
2014
Details
Brazil
Flamengo
85–78 Brazil
Pinheiros
Uruguay
Aguada
Mexico
Halcones UV Xalapa
2015
Details
Brazil
Bauru
86–72 Mexico
Pioneros de Quintana Roo
Brazil
Flamengo
Argentina
Peñarol
2016
Details
Venezuela
Guaros de Lara
84–79 Brazil
Bauru
Brazil
Mogi das Cruzes
Brazil
Flamengo

Performances

By club

Team Winners Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place
Argentina Peñarol 2 (2007–08, 2009–10) 0 0 1 (2015)
Brazil Bauru 1 (2015) 1 (2016) 0 0
Brazil Pinheiros 1 (2013) 1 (2014) 0 0
Mexico Pioneros de Quintana Roo 1 (2012) 1 (2015) 0 0
Brazil Flamengo 1 (2014) 0 1 (2015) 1 (2016)
Brazil Brasília 1 (2008–09) 0 0 2 (2012, 2013)
Argentina Regatas Corrientes 1 (2010–11) 0 0 0
Venezuela Guaros de Lara 1 (2016) 0 0 0
Mexico Halcones UV Xalapa 0 1 (2008–09) 2 (2009–10, 2010–11) 1 (2014)
Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo 0 1 (2010–11) 1 (2013) 0
Mexico Soles de Mexicali 0 1 (2007–08) 0 0
Venezuela Espartanos de Margarita 0 1 (2009–10) 0 0
Argentina La Unión de Formosa 0 1 (2012) 0 0
Argentina Lanús 0 1 (2013) 0 0
United States Miami Tropics 0 0 1 (2007–08) 0
Uruguay Biguá 0 0 1 (2008–09) 0
Argentina Obras Sanitarias 0 0 1 (2012) 0
Uruguay Aguada 0 0 1 (2014) 0
Brazil Mogi das Cruzes 0 0 1 (2016) 0
Brazil Minas 0 0 0 2 (2007–08, 2008–09)
Argentina Quimsa 0 0 0 1 (2009–10)
Mexico Halcones Rojos 0 0 0 1 (2010–11)

By country

Nation Winners Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Brazil Brazil 4 2 2 5
Argentina Argentina 3 2 1 2
Mexico Mexico 1 3 2 2
Venezuela Venezuela 1 1 0 0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0 1 1 0
Uruguay Uruguay 0 0 2 0
United States United States 0 0 1 0

FIBA Americas League awards

MVP Award

Season MVP Team
2007–08 United States
Quincy Wadley
Argentina
Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2008–09 Brazil
Alex Garcia
Brazil
Brasília
2009–10 United States
Kyle LaMonte
Argentina
Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2010–11 Argentina
Federico Kammerichs
Argentina
Regatas Corrientes
2012 United StatesMexico
Chris Hernández
Mexico
Pioneros de Quintana Roo
2013 United States
Shamell Stallworth
Brazil
Pinheiros
2014 Brazil
Marcelinho Machado
Brazil
Flamengo
2015 Brazil
Alex Garcia
Brazil
Bauru
2016 United States
Damien Wilkins
Venezuela
Guaros de Lara

Top Scorer

Season Top Scorer Team Points Per Game
2007–08 United States
Quincy Wadley
Argentina
Peñarol de Mar del Plata
23.1
2008–09 Uruguay
Leandro García Morales
Uruguay
Biguá
24.3
2009–10 Uruguay
Leandro García Morales
&
Venezuela
Héctor Romero
Mexico
Halcones UV Xalapa
&
Venezuela
Espartanos de Margarita
20.5
2010–11 Panama
Jaime Lloreda
Mexico
Halcones Rojos
19.8
2012 United States
Tony Washam
Argentina
Obras Sanitarias
19.6
2013 United States
Shamell Stallworth
Brazil
Pinheiros
20.2
2014 Uruguay
Leandro García Morales
Uruguay
Aguada
28.3
2015 United States
Justin Keenan
Mexico
Pioneros de Quintana Roo
19.3
2016 United States
Shamell Stallworth
Brazil
Mogi das Cruzes
18.6

See also

References

  1. "FIBA Americas League - Clubs gear up for tip off". FIBA. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  2. "Três clubes brasucas na Liga das Américas" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 2007-12-05.

External links

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