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Americas League was the second edition of the first-tier and most important professional international

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basketball competition in the regions of

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, the

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, and

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, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions. It began on December 4. The first stage was a round robin phase, with four teams in each group. Each of the groups were played in different cities, (

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, and

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). The first team from each group advanced to the Final 4 round-robin stage that took place in the city of Xalapa, Mexico.

Teams allocation

The labels in the brackets show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders, LSH: Liga Sudamerican title holders): *LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence *1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs

Group stage

Group A (Arecibo)

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advanced due to a better

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Group B (Mar del Plata)

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Group C (Sunchales)

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Group D (Xalapa)

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Final 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Statistics

Top Scorer

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Awards

Grand Finals MVP

* Alex Ribeiro Garcia (

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External links

FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas

FIBA Liga Americas Twitter

LatinBasket.com FIBA Americas League

Liga de las Américas YouTube Channel
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