The Torneo Interligas de Básquet ( pt, Torneio Interligas Brasil-Argentina) ( en, InterLeagues Basketball Tournament) was an international professional club

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competition between the four best-placed teams in the top-tier level

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and Brazilian leagues.

History

The presidents of the Asociación de Clubes de Basquetbol of Argentina and of the Brazilian Liga Nacional de Basquete do Brasil met on March 12, 2010, in

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, Brazil, to discuss the creation of a tournament between the top clubs from both countries. The tournament was held from 2010 to 2012.

Format

In the first stage, the eight teams were divided in two groups of four teams each. Each group had two teams from Argentina, and two teams from Brazil. One group was played in Argentina, while the other group was played in Brazil. The teams played against the other teams of their respective groups once. The winner of each group placed in the final. The finals were played in Argentina, if there was at least one Argentine team. If there were two Brazilian teams, the final was played in Brazil.

Participating teams

2010 Torneo InterLigas

2011 Torneo InterLigas

2012 Torneo InterLigas

List of champions

Performances

By club

By country

MVPs

*2010:

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) *2011: William McFarlan (

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) *2012: