The FIBA Americas League (

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: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'',

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: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental

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club competition played annually by

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of the entire

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. Organized by

FIBA Americas FIBA Americas ( es, Confederación Panamericana de Baloncesto, french: FIBA Amériques) is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organiz ...

, the competition was replaced by the

Basketball Champions League Americas The 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 ...

(BCLA) in September 2019. The inaugural season started on 4 December 2007. The FIBA Americas League was a recreation of the now defunct Pan American Club Championship, that existed from 1993 to 2000.Equipo de baloncesto salvadoreño jugará Liga de las Américas .
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zone region. The tournament's final is called the Grand Final. It is 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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. From 2013 to 2015, the winner of each season's FIBA Americas tournament, played against the winner of each season's European top-tier level EuroLeague competition, at the

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, in order to determine an official club world cup champion. Since 2016, the champions of the FIBA Americas League contest the FIBA Intercontinental Cup against the champions of one of the two European second-tier level competitions, the

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History

In 1993, the

Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol The Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship) was an international professional basketball tournament that was contested from 1993 to 2000, with the exception of 1998, when it was sched ...

(''Pan American Basketball Club Championship'') was created as the top tier Pan American tournament, running from 1993 until 2000. In December 2007, the FIBA Americas League was introduced to occupy this level of competition. The FIBA Americas League was formed in 2007, as a professional intercontinental men's basketball

competition, under the organization of

, with the goal of creating a world-class top level multinational basketball league in the

region. The league was modeled after the EuroLeague, Europe's top-tier level multinational club basketball league. The main reason for creating the league was the promotion and growth of the sport, and the increased level of competition that would come from the creation of a multinational super league in the FIBA Americas region. Another one of the main goals in the creation of the league was to eventually revive the dormant

, so that clubs from the FIBA Americas region could once again directly compete against top EuroLeague teams in official games, and so that an official world cup championship could once again be contested.

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decided to revive the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2013, deciding that the champions of the FIBA Americas League would play against the champions of the EuroLeague, to decide on the world club champion. It was then decided by FIBA World that the tournament would be played every year from then on for the foreseeable future. Since 2016, the FIBA Americas League champions play against the champions of one of the two European second-tier level competitions, the

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. Another goal in creating the league was to form a league system of teams that could form a partnership with the EuroLeague and

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on playing friendly games during the

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, in the same way that the EuroLeague and NBA teams were already playing against each other during the preseason. This was finally realized in the 2014–15 preseason, when teams from the FIBA Americas League played against teams from both the EuroLeague and the NBA.

Names of the top-tier level Pan American competition

(

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: Pan American Basketball Club Championship): (1993–2000) *

era: (2007–present) ** FIBA Americas League: (2007 – present)

Format

Under the original format, 16 participating clubs were divided in four groups, of four teams each. The top two clubs of each group qualified for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals winners then played a four-team group stage, in a yet to be determined host city. Under the current format, the 16 participating clubs are divided in four groups, of four teams each. The top two clubs of each group qualify for the semifinals. The semifinals winners qualify to play at the

FIBA Americas League Final 4 The FIBA Americas League Final 4 is the final four format final championship stage of the South American professional club basketball system, Latin American top-tier level FIBA Americas League (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Am ...

, in a yet to be determined host city. The final four format was held for the first time in 2014. The last game of the tournament is called the Grand Final.

Final Fours and Grand Finals (2007–present)

Performances

By club

By country

FIBA Americas League awards

References

External links

Official website

FIBA Liga Americas Twitter

LatinBasket.com FIBA Americas League

Liga de las Américas YouTube Channel
{{FIBA Americas League MVPs International club basketball competitions Basketball competitions in the Americas Recurring sporting events established in 2007 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2019