List of basketball champions of the Americas

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
  Olimpia Montevideo   Gimnasia y Esgrima (VdP) 2
2   Olimpia

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

  Club Deportivo Palestino

  Paysandu

3
1956
  Sporting Club Uruguay   Ateneo de la Juventud
4
1958
  Defensor Sporting   San Lorenzo   Selección Valley del Cauca   LDU Quito 7 [4]
5
1961
  Sírio   Olimpia
6
1965
  Corinthians   Tabaré
7
1966
  Corinthians[5]   L.D. Estudantil Two teams from Argentina and Uruguay withdrew 2
8
1967
  Thomas Bata   Welcome [6]
9
1968
  Sírio   Welcome
10
1969
  Corinthians   L.D. Estudantil
11
1970
  Sírio   Atenas
12
1971
  Sírio   Sportiva Italiana
13
1972
  Sírio   Olimpia
14
1974
  Franca   CA Peñarol
15
1975
  Franca   Obras Sanitarias
16
1977
  Franca   Palmeiras
17
1978
  Sírio   Franca
18
1979
  Sírio   Guaiqueríes de Margarita
19
1980
  Franca   Sírio
20
1981
  Ferro C. Oeste   São José dos Campos 7 [7]
21
1982
  Ferro C. Oeste   Obras Sanitarias
22
1983
  Peñarol   Monte Líbano 6
23
1984
  Sírio   River Plate
24   Monte Líbano   San Andrés
25   Monte Líbano   Ferro C. Oeste
26
1987
  Ferro C. Oeste   Monte Líbano
27
1988
  Trotamundos   Atenas
28
1989
  Trotamundos   Biguá
29
1990
  Franca   San Pedro Pascual
30
1991
  Franca   Atenas
31
1992
  Biguá   Franca
Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
32 1 1993   Franca   Atenas   Indios de Ciudad Juárez   Adidas
33 2 1994   Franca[8]   Olimpia de Venado Tuerto   União Corinthians   Atenas
34 3 1995   Rio Claro   Peñarol Mar del Plata   União Corinthians   Franca [9]
35 4 1996   Atenas   Franca   Dharma/Yara Franca   Independiente de General Pico [10][11][12]
36 5 1997   Franca   Atenas[13][14]   Independiente de General Pico   Mogi das Cruzes
37 6 1998 Cancelled due to the 1999 Pacific hurricane season
38 7 1999   Franca   Vasco da Gama   Mauricio Baez   Independiente de General Pico
39 8 2000   Estudiantes de Olavarría   Aguada   Atlético Welcome   Marathon Franca [15][16][17]
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)
40 [a] 2001   Estudiantes de Olavarría   GECR   Atenas   Flamengo 16
41 2002   Libertad de Sunchales   Vasco da Gama   Cocodrilos de Caracas   Estudiantes de Olavarría
42 2004   Atenas   Unitri Uberlândia   Boca Juniors   Libertad
43 2005   Uberlândia   Universo Ajax   Boca Juniors   Cocodrilos de Caracas
44 2006   Ben Hur   COC Ribeirão Preto   Unitri Uberlândia   Libertad
45 2007   Libertad de Sunchales   Unimed Franca   Ben Hur   GECR
FIBA Americas League
46 9 2007–08   Peñarol   Soles de Mexicali   Miami Tropics   Minas
47 10 2008–09   Brasília   Halcones UV Xalapa   Biguá   Minas
48 11 2009–10   Peñarol   Espartanos de Margarita   Halcones UV Xalapa   Quimsa
49 12 2010–11   Regatas Corrientes   Capitanes de Arecibo   Halcones UV Xalapa   Halcones Rojos
50 13 2012   Pioneros de Quintana Roo   La Unión   Obras Sanitarias   Brasília
51 14 2013   Pinheiros   Lanús   Capitanes de Arecibo   Brasília
52 15 2014   Flamengo   Pinheiros   Aguada   Halcones UV Xalapa
53 16 2015   Bauru   Pioneros de Quintana Roo   Flamengo   Peñarol
54 17 2016   Guaros de Lara   Bauru   Mogi das Cruzes   Flamengo
55 18 2017   Guaros de Lara   Weber Bahía Blanca   Leones de Ponce   Fuerza Regia
56 19 2018   San Lorenzo   Mogi das Cruzes   Regatas Corrientes   Estudiantes Concordia
57 20 2019   San Lorenzo   Guaros de Lara   Paulistano   Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
58 21 2019–20   Quimsa   Flamengo   Instituto and   San Lorenzo[b] 12
59 22 2021   Flamengo   Real Estelí   Minas   São Paulo
60 23 2021–22   São Paulo   Biguá   Minas   Quimsa
61 24 2022–23   Franca   Flamengo   Minas   Quimsa [18]
62 25 2023–24   Quimsa   Flamengo   Halcones de Xalapa   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
  Franca 10 3 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2022–23 1978, 1992, 1996
  Sirio 8 1 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984 1980
  Flamengo 3 2 1953*, 2014, 2021 2019–20, 2022–23
  Ferro Carril Oeste 3 1 1981, 1982, 1987 1986
  Atenas de Cordoba 2 4 1996, 2004 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997
  Monte Libano 2 2 1985, 1986 1983, 1987
  San Lorenzo 2 1 2018, 2019 1958**
  Peñarol Mar del Plata 2 1 2007–08, 2009–10 1995
  Guaros de Lara 2 1 2016, 2017 2019
  Quimsa 2 0 2019–20, 2023–24
  Corinthians 2 0 1965, 1966
  Defensor Sporting 2 0 1956, 1958
  Trotamundos 2 0 1988, 1989
  Estudiantes de Olavarría 2 0 2000, 2001
  Libertad de Sunchales 2 0 2002, 2007
  Biguá 1 2 1992 1989, 2021–22
  Olimpia Montevideo 1 1 1946 1972
  Olimpia 1 1 1953* 1961
  Peñarol Montevideo 1 1 1983 1974
  Bauru 1 1 2015 2016
  Uberlândia 1 1 2005 2004
  Pioneros de Quintana Roo 1 1 2012 2015
  Pinheiros 1 1 2013 2014
  Provincia de Santa Fé 1 0 1953*
  Thomas Bata 1 0 1967
  Rio Claro 1 0 1995
  Brasília 1 0 2008–09
  Regatas Corrientes 1 0 2010–11
  São Paulo 1 0 2021–22
  Estudantil 0 2
1966, 1969
  Welcome 0 2
1967, 1968
  Obras Sanitarias 0 2
1975, 1982
  Vasco da Gama 0 2
1999, 2002
  Gimnasia y Esgrima 0 1
1946
  Palestino 0 1
1953*
  Ateneo de la Juventud 0 1
1956
  Valle del Cauca 0 1
1958**
  Tabaré 0 1
1965
  Atenas de San Carlos 0 1
1970
  Sportiva Italiana 0 1
1971
  Palmeiras 0 1
1977
  Guaiqueríes de Margarita 0 1
1979
  São José dos Campos 0 1
1981
  San Pedro Pascual 0 1
1990
  Olimpia de Venado Tuerto 0 1
1994
  Aguada 0 1
2000
  GE Comodoro Rivadavia 0 1
2001
  Universo/Goiânia 0 1
2005
  COC Ribeirão Preto 0 1
2006
  Soles de Mexicali 0 1
2007–08
  Halcones de Xalapa 0 1
2008–09
  Espartanos de Margarita 0 1
2009–10
  Capitanes de Arecibo 0 1
2010–11
  La Unión 0 1
2012
  Lanús 0 1
2013
  Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca 0 1
2017
  Mogi das Cruzes 0 1
2018
  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.