The South American professional club basketball system or South American professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional

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. The system has a

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format with a

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system between competitions at different levels. There are currently two different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tier

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, and the 2nd tier

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. The 1st-tier level Basketball Champions League Americas is organized by

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, and the 2nd-tier level FIBA South American League is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of

The tier pyramid

Current South American basketball competitions

Evolution of the South American basketball competitions

The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former eras and the current era. Current tier competitions are indicated in bold.

History

The evolution of the top-tier international South American inter–continental and South American inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1946—present): * 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 ...

(

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: South American Basketball Championship of Champions Clubs): (1946–1993) **

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 ...

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

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

(LSB) (

: South American Basketball League): (2000–2007) *

era: (2007–present) **

FIBA Americas League The FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: ''FIBA Liga das Américas'', Spanish: ''FIBA Liga de las Américas''), officially abbreviated as the LDA, was the premier intercontinental basketball club competition played annually by clubs of the entire Am ...

: (2007 – 2019) **

: (2019 – present)

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