The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (

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: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'',

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: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the second-tier level

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n professional

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competition at the

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level, with the first-tier level being 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 ...

. The competition is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of

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. The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the

. The league usually includes some national domestic champions, and some runners-up, from the best national leagues and basketball countries on the South American continent. Depending on the country, places may be awarded on the basis of performance in the previous season's national domestic league, or over the previous two or three national domestic seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996, with 2003 being the only year in which it was not held.

Promotion to Basketball Champions League Americas

The champion of the FIBA South American League is promoted to the next edition of the top-tier level

History

The South American Championship of Champions Clubs, which was founded in 1946, was the first international competition that was played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America until 1993, when the new Pan American Club Championship supplanted it in importance. The FIBA South American League was founded in 1996, and became the new second-tier South American competition. The FIBA South American League then became the South American first-tier competition, when the Pan American Club Championship was discontinued in 2000. With the emergence of the new

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, in December 2007, the FIBA South American League once again became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition. On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the competition, which derives its name and branding from the European Basketball Champions League. The competition replaced the FIBA Americas League as premier league in the Americas. The competition will consist of twelve teams, which have to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season is expected to start in October 2019. The 2020 and 2021 seasons were cancelled because of the effects of the

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. In 2022, the league returned.

FIBA South American League levels on the South American pyramid

*1st-tier: (2001 – 2007) *2nd-tier: (1996 – 2000, 2008 – Present)

Names of the top-tier level South American / Latin American competition

* CONSUBASQUET era: (1946–2007) **

Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol The Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol ( pt, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Clubes Campeões de Basquetebol, en, South American Basketball Championship of Champions Clubs), or Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol ...

(

: South American Basketball Championship of Champions Clubs): (1946–1992) **

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): (1993–2000) ** Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (

: South American Basketball League): (2001–2007) *

era: (2007–present) **

: (2007 – 2019) **

: (2019 – present)

Title holders

* 1996 Olimpia * 1997

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* 1998

* 1999

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* 2000

* 2001 Estudiantes * 2002 Libertad * 2003 ''Not held'' * 2004

* 2005 Unitri Uberlândia * 2006 Ben Hur * 2007 Libertad * 2008

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* 2009

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(I) * 2009

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(II) * 2010

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* 2011

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* 2012

* 2013

* 2014

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* 2015

* 2016

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* 2017 Guaros de Lara * 2018

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* 2019

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Grand Finals

Titles by club

Titles by country

Awards

References

External links

Liga Sudamericana Official Website

LatinBasket.com Liga Sudamericana
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liga Sudamericana de Basquetbol International club basketball competitions Basketball leagues in South America 1996 establishments in South America