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List of basketball champions of the Americas

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The continental championship for men's basketball teams based in the Americas, a landmass that includes North America and South America, has been played since 1993. From 1946 to 1992, a competition for South American teams was run by FIBA. Historically, different leagues have been organised to determine the continental champions of the American continents. Currently, the Basketball Champions League Americas is the official first-level league.

Teams from the highest level of basketball in the United States, the National Basketball Association (NBA), do not participate in FIBA competitions. Although this league is widely accepted to be of a higher level, FIBA still awards the continental championship title to the BCLA winners.

Competitions

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Competitions historically considered as the first-level continental league
Timespan League Note(s)
1946-1992 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol The league was exclusivley for teams from Latin America. The competition continued as the continental second-tier level until 1996, and later as the third-tier level until 2008.
1993-2000 Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
2000-2007 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) The league was exclusively for teams from Latin America. The LSB was the second-tier league between 1996 and 2000, and still is since 2008.
2007-2019 FIBA Americas League
2019-present Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)

List of champions

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From 1946 to 1992, the South American champions are listed in the absence of a FIBA-ran competition for Northern American teams.

Ed. Pan-American ed. Year First place game Third place game Num.
teams
Ref.
Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
1
1946
Uruguay Olimpia Montevideo Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima (VdP) 2
2 Paraguay Olimpia

Brazil Flamengo Argentina Provincia de Santa Fé[1][2][3]

Chile Club Deportivo Palestino

Uruguay Paysandu

3
1956
Uruguay Sporting Club Uruguay Argentina Ateneo de la Juventud
4
1958
Uruguay Defensor Sporting Argentina San Lorenzo Colombia Selección Valley del Cauca Ecuador LDU Quito 7 [4]
5
1961
Brazil Sírio Paraguay Olimpia
6
1965
Brazil Corinthians Uruguay Tabaré
7
1966
Brazil Corinthians[5] Ecuador L.D. Estudantil Two teams from Argentina and Uruguay withdrew 2
8
1967
Chile Thomas Bata Uruguay Welcome [6]
9
1968
Brazil Sírio Uruguay Welcome
10
1969
Brazil Corinthians Ecuador L.D. Estudantil
11
1970
Brazil Sírio Uruguay Atenas
12
1971
Brazil Sírio Chile Sportiva Italiana
13
1972
Brazil Sírio Uruguay Olimpia
14
1974
Brazil Franca Uruguay CA Peñarol
15
1975
Brazil Franca Argentina Obras Sanitarias
16
1977
Brazil Franca Brazil Palmeiras
17
1978
Brazil Sírio Brazil Franca
18
1979
Brazil Sírio Venezuela Guaiqueríes de Margarita
19
1980
Brazil Franca Brazil Sírio
20
1981
Argentina Ferro C. Oeste Brazil São José dos Campos 7 [7]
21
1982
Argentina Ferro C. Oeste Argentina Obras Sanitarias
22
1983
Uruguay Peñarol Brazil Monte Líbano 6
23
1984
Brazil Sírio Argentina River Plate
24 Brazil Monte Líbano Argentina San Andrés
25 Brazil Monte Líbano Argentina Ferro C. Oeste
26
1987
Argentina Ferro C. Oeste Brazil Monte Líbano
27
1988
Venezuela Trotamundos Argentina Atenas
28
1989
Venezuela Trotamundos Uruguay Biguá
29
1990
Brazil Franca Ecuador San Pedro Pascual
30
1991
Brazil Franca Argentina Atenas
31
1992
Uruguay Biguá Brazil Franca
Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
32 1 1993 Brazil Franca Argentina Atenas Mexico Indios de Ciudad Juárez Ecuador Adidas
33 2 1994 Brazil Franca[8] Argentina Olimpia de Venado Tuerto Brazil União Corinthians Argentina Atenas
34 3 1995 Brazil Rio Claro Argentina Peñarol Mar del Plata Brazil União Corinthians Brazil Franca [9]
35 4 1996 Argentina Atenas Brazil Franca Brazil Dharma/Yara Franca Argentina Independiente de General Pico [10][11][12]
36 5 1997 Brazil Franca Argentina Atenas[13][14] Argentina Independiente de General Pico Brazil Mogi das Cruzes
37 6 1998 Cancelled due to the 1999 Pacific hurricane season
38 7 1999 Brazil Franca Brazil Vasco da Gama Dominican Republic Mauricio Baez Argentina Independiente de General Pico
39 8 2000 Argentina Estudiantes de Olavarría Uruguay Aguada Uruguay Atlético Welcome Brazil Marathon Franca [15][16][17]
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)
40 [a] 2001 Argentina Estudiantes de Olavarría Argentina GECR Argentina Atenas Brazil Flamengo 16
41 2002 Argentina Libertad de Sunchales Brazil Vasco da Gama Venezuela Cocodrilos de Caracas Argentina Estudiantes de Olavarría
42 2004 Argentina Atenas Brazil Unitri Uberlândia Argentina Boca Juniors Argentina Libertad
43 2005 Brazil Uberlândia Brazil Universo Ajax Argentina Boca Juniors Venezuela Cocodrilos de Caracas
44 2006 Argentina Ben Hur Brazil COC Ribeirão Preto Brazil Unitri Uberlândia Argentina Libertad
45 2007 Argentina Libertad de Sunchales Brazil Unimed Franca Argentina Ben Hur Argentina GECR
FIBA Americas League
46 9 2007–08 Argentina Peñarol Mexico Soles de Mexicali United States Miami Tropics Brazil Minas
47 10 2008–09 Brazil Brasília Mexico Halcones UV Xalapa Uruguay Biguá Brazil Minas
48 11 2009–10 Argentina Peñarol Venezuela Espartanos de Margarita Mexico Halcones UV Xalapa Argentina Quimsa
49 12 2010–11 Argentina Regatas Corrientes Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo Mexico Halcones UV Xalapa Mexico Halcones Rojos
50 13 2012 Mexico Pioneros de Quintana Roo Argentina La Unión Argentina Obras Sanitarias Brazil Brasília
51 14 2013 Brazil Pinheiros Argentina Lanús Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo Brazil Brasília
52 15 2014 Brazil Flamengo Brazil Pinheiros Uruguay Aguada Mexico Halcones UV Xalapa
53 16 2015 Brazil Bauru Mexico Pioneros de Quintana Roo Brazil Flamengo Argentina Peñarol
54 17 2016 Venezuela Guaros de Lara Brazil Bauru Brazil Mogi das Cruzes Brazil Flamengo
55 18 2017 Venezuela Guaros de Lara Argentina Weber Bahía Blanca Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce Mexico Fuerza Regia
56 19 2018 Argentina San Lorenzo Brazil Mogi das Cruzes Argentina Regatas Corrientes Argentina Estudiantes Concordia
57 20 2019 Argentina San Lorenzo Venezuela Guaros de Lara Brazil Paulistano Mexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
58 21 2019–20 Argentina Quimsa Brazil Flamengo Argentina Instituto and Argentina San Lorenzo[b] 12
59 22 2021 Brazil Flamengo Nicaragua Real Estelí Brazil Minas Brazil São Paulo
60 23 2021–22 Brazil São Paulo Uruguay Biguá Brazil Minas Argentina Quimsa
61 24 2022–23 Brazil Franca Brazil Flamengo Brazil Minas Argentina Quimsa [18]
62 25 2023–24 Argentina Quimsa Brazil Flamengo Mexico Halcones de Xalapa Uruguay Hebraica Macabi [19]

Performance by club

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The listing includes South American championships from 1946 to 1992 and from 2001 to 2007, as there was no competition for teams from North and Central America.

There are 26 teams who have won the continental championship. Two clubs have won three championships in a row: Sírio (1970-1972) and Franca (1974-1977). Twelve teams have won two consecutive titles.

Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Brazil Franca 10 3 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2022–23 1978, 1992, 1996
Brazil Sirio 8 1 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984 1980
Brazil Flamengo 3 2 1953*, 2014, 2021 2019–20, 2022–23
Argentina Ferro Carril Oeste 3 1 1981, 1982, 1987 1986
Argentina Atenas de Cordoba 2 4 1996, 2004 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997
Brazil Monte Libano 2 2 1985, 1986 1983, 1987
Argentina San Lorenzo 2 1 2018, 2019 1958**
Argentina Peñarol Mar del Plata 2 1 2007–08, 2009–10 1995
Venezuela Guaros de Lara 2 1 2016, 2017 2019
Argentina Quimsa 2 0 2019–20, 2023–24
Brazil Corinthians 2 0 1965, 1966
Uruguay Defensor Sporting 2 0 1956, 1958
Venezuela Trotamundos 2 0 1988, 1989
Argentina Estudiantes de Olavarría 2 0 2000, 2001
Argentina Libertad de Sunchales 2 0 2002, 2007
Uruguay Biguá 1 2 1992 1989, 2021–22
Uruguay Olimpia Montevideo 1 1 1946 1972
Paraguay Olimpia 1 1 1953* 1961
Uruguay Peñarol Montevideo 1 1 1983 1974
Brazil Bauru 1 1 2015 2016
Brazil Uberlândia 1 1 2005 2004
Mexico Pioneros de Quintana Roo 1 1 2012 2015
Brazil Pinheiros 1 1 2013 2014
Argentina Provincia de Santa Fé 1 0 1953*
Chile Thomas Bata 1 0 1967
Brazil Rio Claro 1 0 1995
Brazil Brasília 1 0 2008–09
Argentina Regatas Corrientes 1 0 2010–11
Brazil São Paulo 1 0 2021–22
Ecuador Estudantil 0 2
1966, 1969
Uruguay Welcome 0 2
1967, 1968
Argentina Obras Sanitarias 0 2
1975, 1982
Brazil Vasco da Gama 0 2
1999, 2002
Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima 0 1
1946
Chile Palestino 0 1
1953*
Argentina Ateneo de la Juventud 0 1
1956
Colombia Valle del Cauca 0 1
1958**
Uruguay Tabaré 0 1
1965
Uruguay Atenas de San Carlos 0 1
1970
Chile Sportiva Italiana 0 1
1971
Brazil Palmeiras 0 1
1977
Venezuela Guaiqueríes de Margarita 0 1
1979
Brazil São José dos Campos 0 1
1981
Ecuador San Pedro Pascual 0 1
1990
Argentina Olimpia de Venado Tuerto 0 1
1994
Uruguay Aguada 0 1
2000
Argentina GE Comodoro Rivadavia 0 1
2001
Brazil Universo/Goiânia 0 1
2005
Brazil COC Ribeirão Preto 0 1
2006
Mexico Soles de Mexicali 0 1
2007–08
Mexico Halcones de Xalapa 0 1
2008–09
Venezuela Espartanos de Margarita 0 1
2009–10
Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo 0 1
2010–11
Argentina La Unión 0 1
2012
Argentina Lanús 0 1
2013
Argentina Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca 0 1
2017
Brazil Mogi das Cruzes 0 1
2018
Nicaragua Real Estelí 0 1
2021

* The 1953 edition had three joint winners and two joint runners-up.

** The 1958 season had two joint runners-up, both San Lorenzo and Selleción Valley del Cauca.

Performance by country

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Club Titles Runners-up
 Brazil 31 19
 Argentina 18 16
 Uruguay 5 9
 Venezuela 4 3
 Mexico 1 3
 Chile 1 2
 Paraguay 1 1
 Ecuador 0 3
 Colombia 0 1
 Nicaragua 0 1
 Puerto Rico 0 1

References

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  1. ^ Urusubasket (February 22, 2012.) Páginas de la Historia Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Troche, José María Los 60 años del básquetbol en el Paraguay (Oct. 12, 2004) Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Jornal do Brasil, (Dec. 23, 1953) Basket-ball em marcha (in portuguese).
  4. ^ "63 años del Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones, Quito 1958". Defensor Sporting Club | Sitio oficial (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ Timoneiros (October 1, 2019.) Especial Basquete: Corinthians Tricampeão Sul-Americano 1965/66/69 Retrieved November 2, 2019. (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ P, Diego Hermosilla (28 August 2017). "A 50 años de un hito jamás repetido". La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "A 40 años de la historia". Club Ferro Carril Oeste. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ^ Franca en tiempo extra(in Spanish).
  9. ^ Historia del Penarol (in Spanish).
  10. ^ Nuestra Historia (in Spanish).
  11. ^ Panamericano 1996 (in Spanish).
  12. ^ Fabricio Oberto Básquetbol (in Spanish).
  13. ^ Panamericano 1997 (in Spanish).
  14. ^ Atenas in the final (in Spanish).
  15. ^ Panamericano de clubes 2000 (in Spanish).
  16. ^ Conociendo a Gustavo "Lobito" Fernández (in Spanish).
  17. ^ Estudiantes de Olavarría, un bicampeón jerarquizado (in Spanish).
  18. ^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ The Liga Sudamericana de Basquetebol officially was a league opened for teams from South America. In the 2001 season, however, the NBDL Ambassadors of the United States participated.
  2. ^ There was no third place game in the 2019-20 season, teams are listed in alphabetical order.