Basketball Champions League Americas

Organising body	FIBA Americas
Founded	24 September 2019; 4 years ago (2019-09-24)
First season	2019–20
Country	FIBA Americas member countries
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Promotion to	Intercontinental Cup
Current champions	Quimsa (2nd title) ( 2023–24)
Most championships	Quimsa (2 titles)
TV partners	YouTube (live games occasionally)
Website	BCLAmericas.basketball
2023–24 BCL Americas

he Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) ( Spanish: Baloncesto Liga Campeones de las Américas, Portuguese: Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas) is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Founded in 2019, it replaced the FIBA Americas League as the highest level league in the Americas. The winner of each year's competition qualifies to the annual FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Each season exists of 12 teams that qualify through their domestic leagues and the league is typically organized between December and April of the following calendar year.

Thus far the league has been won by four different teams, Quimsa from Argentina is the only team to win two championships.

History

On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the Panamerican competition, which derives its name and branding from the European Basketball Champions League. ^[1] The competition replaced the FIBA Americas League as premier league in the Americas, President Horacio Muratore stated: "This is not a succession of Liga de las Américas, but rather a new product of our development project that will foster a balance between representation and quality". ^[2] The competition consisted of twelve teams, which had to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season started on October 28, 2019. On October 30, 2021, Quimsa won the inaugural championship after winning the final in Montevideo. Canadian clubs Edmonton Stingers and Brampton Honey Badgers are the only North American teams to participate in the competition so far.

Format

As for the competition's format, the first phase of the BCLA will feature four groups of three teams each, with two qualifying teams per group that move on to the Quarter-Finals, which will be a best-of-three series. The Semi-Finals and the Final will also be decided in a best-of-three format. ^[1]

Results

List of seasons

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of teams
1	2019–20	Montevideo		Quimsa	92–86 [a] Antel Arena, Montevideo	Flamengo		San Lorenzo and Instituto				12
2	2021	Managua		Flamengo	84–80 Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua	Real Estelí		Minas	75–58 Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua	São Paulo
3	2021–22	Rio de Janeiro		São Paulo	98–84 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro	Biguá		123 Minas	91–81 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro	Quimsa
4	2022–23	Franca		Sesi Franca	88–79 Pedrocão, Franca	Flamengo		123 Minas	94–81 Pedrocão, Franca	Quimsa
5	2023–24	Santiago del Estero		Quimsa	92–80 Estadio Ciudad, Santiago del Estero	Flamengo		Halcones de Xalapa	101–99 ( OT) Estado Ciudad, Santiago del Estero	Hebraica Macabi

Performance by club

Performances in the BCL Americas by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Quimsa	2	—	2020, 2024	—
Flamengo	1	3	2021	2020, 2023, 2024
São Paulo	1	—	2022	—
Franca	1	—	2023	—
Real Estelí	—	1	—	2021
Biguá	—	1	—	2022

Performance by country

Performance by nation

Country	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Brazil	3	3	2021, 2022, 2023	2020, 2023, 2024
Argentina	2	—	2020, 2024	—
Nicaragua	—	1	—	2021
Uruguay	—	1	—	2022

Performance by head coach

Only one head coach has appeared in multiple finals, as Gustavo de Conti of Flamengo coached in four.

Performance by head coach

Head coach	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Gustavo de Conti	1	3	2021	2020, 2023, 2024
Jorge Sebastián González	1	—	2020	—
Bruno Mortari	1	—	2022	—
Helinho	1	—	2023	—
Leandro Ramella	1	—	2024	—
David Rosario	—	1	—	2021
Diego Gutiérrez	—	1	—	2022

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Basketball Champions League Americas at any time since its formation in 2019 to the current season.

Team	20	21	22	23	24	Total seasons
Boca Juniors	—		QF	—	RS	2
Instituto	SF	RS	—	RS	—	3
Obras Sanitarias	—	RS	RS	RS	QF	4
Quimsa	1st	QF	4th	4th	1st	5
San Lorenzo	SF	QF	—			2
Flamengo	2nd	1st	QF	2nd	2nd	5
Franca	QF	QF	—	1st	QF	4
Minas	—	3rd	3rd	3rd	—	3
Mogi das Cruzes	QF	—				1
São Paulo	—	4th	1st	—	RS	3
Brampton Honey Badgers	—			RS	—	1
Edmonton Stingers	—		RS	—		1
CD Valdivia	RS	—				1
Universidad de Concepción	—	RS	RS	QF	RS	4
Titanes de Barranquilla	—	RS	—			1
Capitanes	RS	—				1
Halcones de Xalapa	—				3rd	1
Fuerza Regia	QF	—				1
Libertadores de Querétaro	—			QF	–	1
Real Estelí	QF	2nd	QF	QF	QF	5
Caballos de Coclé	—	QF	—			1
Cangrejeros de Santurce	—	QF	—			1
Aguada	RS	—				1
Biguá	RS	—	2nd	RS	—	3
Hebraica Macabi	—				4th	1
Nacional	—		RS	–	QF	2
Peñarol	—			QF	—	1
Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	—				RS	1

Broadcasting rights

In selected South American countries, the tournament aired live on DSports. In Puerto Rico, available via WAPA-TV. In the United States, available via FanDuel TV. In Brazil, available via Globo's SporTV. For countries without broadcasting rights, BCLA also available via Basketball Champions League Americas YouTube channel.

References

External links

• Official website
• BCL Americas on Twitter