Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Sport Basketball
Founded 1996
No. of teams 16
Country ABASU members
Continent South America
Most recent champion(s) Brazil Brasília
(3rd title)
Most titles Argentina Atenas
Brazil Brasília
(3 titles each)
Level on pyramid 1st-tier – South America
(1996–2007)
2nd-tier – South America
(2008–present)
Promotion to FIBA Americas League (Champion)
Official website FIBA Americas.com

The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete (LSB), English: South American Basketball League) is the second-tier South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by 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 FIBA Americas League.

The league usually includes some domestic champions, and some runners-up, from the best 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 domestic league, or over the previous two or three domestic seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996, with 2003 being the only year in which it was not held.

History

The 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 1996, when the new South American League supplanted it in importance. 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.

Title holders

Finals

Year Final Semifinalists
Champion Score Second place
1996
Details
Argentina
Olimpia
2–0 Series Brazil
Corinthians
Brazil
Franca (Cougar)
Brazil
Rio Claro
1997
Details
Argentina
Atenas
2–1 Series Brazil
Corinthians
Argentina
Olimpia
Brazil
Franca (Marathon)
1998
Details
Argentina
Atenas
2–0 Series Brazil
Franca (Marathon)
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Argentina
Independiente
1999
Details
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
2–0 Series Argentina
Boca Juniors
Argentina
Independiente
Uruguay
Welcome
2000
Details
Brazil
Vasco da Gama
3–2 Series Argentina
Atenas
Brazil
Franca (Marathon)
Uruguay
Welcome
2001
Details
Argentina
Estudiantes
3–1 Series Argentina
Gimnasia y Esgrima CR
Argentina
Atenas
Brazil
Flamengo
2002
Details
Argentina
Libertad
3–1 Series Brazil
Vasco da Gama
Venezuela
Cocodrilos de Caracas
Argentina
Estudiantes
2004
Details
Argentina
Atenas
3–2 Series Brazil
Uberlândia (Unitri)
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Argentina
Libertad
2005
Details
Brazil
Uberlândia (Unitri)
3–1 Series Brazil
Universo (Ajax)
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Venezuela
Cocodrilos de Caracas
2006
Details
Argentina
Ben Hur
3–1 Series Brazil
COC Ribeirão Preto
Brazil
Uberlândia (Unitri)
Argentina
Libertad
2007
Details
Argentina
Libertad
3–2 Series Brazil
Franca (Unimed)
Argentina
Ben Hur
Argentina
Gimnasia y Esgrima CR
2008
Details
Argentina
Regatas Corrientes
3–2 Series Brazil
Flamengo
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Brazil
Universo (Brasília)
2009
Details
Brazil
Flamengo
Final group Argentina
Quimsa
Colombia
Norte
Argentina
Regatas Corrientes
2009 II
Details
Argentina
Quimsa
Final group Argentina
Libertad
Argentina
Juventud Sionista
Brazil
Minas
2010
Details
Brazil
Brasília
98-86 Brazil
Flamengo
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Argentina
Quimsa
2011
Details
Argentina
Obras Sanitarias
88-73 Brazil
Pinheiros (Sky)
Brazil
Brasília
Argentina
Atenas
2012
Details
Argentina
Regatas Corrientes
Final group Brazil
Brasília
Brazil
Flamengo
Argentina
Peñarol MdP
2013
Details
Brazil
Brasília
93–81 Uruguay
Aguada
Brazil
Bauru (Paschoalotto)
Argentina
Boca Juniors
2014
Details
Brazil
Bauru
79–53 Brazil
Mogi das Cruzes
Argentina
Boca Juniors
Uruguay
Malvín
2015
Details
Brazil
Brasília
2–0 Series Argentina
San Martín de Corrientes
Semifinal groups

Titles by club

Titles Club Years
3 Argentina Atenas 1997, 1998, 2004
Brazil Brasília 2010, 2013, 2015
2 Brazil Vasco da Gama 1999, 2000
Argentina Libertad 2002, 2007
Argentina Regatas Corrientes 2008, 2012
1 Argentina Olimpia 1996
Argentina Estudiantes 2001
Brazil Uberlândia 2005
Argentina Ben Hur 2006
Brazil Flamengo 2009
Argentina Quimsa 2009
Argentina Obras Sanitarias 2011
Brazil Bauru 2014

Titles by country

Titles Country
12 Argentina Argentina
8 Brazil Brazil

MVP Award

Year MVP Team
1996
Argentina Jorge Racca Argentina Olimpia
1997
United States Greg Dennis Argentina Atenas
1998
Argentina Fabricio Oberto Argentina Atenas
1999
United States Charles Byrd Brazil Vasco da Gama
2000
Dominican Republic José Vargas Brazil Vasco da Gama
2001
Argentina Daniel Farabello Argentina Estudiantes
2002
Argentina Mariano Cerutti Argentina Libertad
2003
not held
2004
Argentina Héctor Campana Argentina Atenas
2005
Brazil Valtinho Brazil Unitri Uberlândia
2006
Argentina Leonardo Gutiérrez Argentina Ben Hur
2007
United States Cleotis Brown Argentina Libertad
2008
Argentina Alejandro Montecchia Argentina Regatas Corrientes
2009 (I)
Brazil Marcelinho Machado Brazil Flamengo
2009 (II)
Argentina Julio Mázzaro Argentina Quimsa
2010
Brazil Guilherme Giovannoni Brazil Brasília
2011
Argentina Juan Pedro Gutiérrez Argentina Obras Sanitarias
2012
Argentina Paolo Quinteros Argentina Regatas Corrientes
2013
Brazil Guilherme Giovannoni (2) Brazil Brasília
2014
Brazil Alex Garcia Brazil Bauru
2015
Brazil Deryk Ramos Brazil Brasília

See also

External links

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