2019 FIBA Americas League

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FIBA Americas League
Season2019
Teams16
Games played40
Dates18 January – 31 March 2019
Final positions
Champions Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara
Third place Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano
Fourth place Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Awards
Grand Final MVP Flag of Jordan.svg Dar Tucker
2018

The 2019 FIBA Americas League was the 12th edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas and last for the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion.

Contents

San Lorenzo won its second continental title, giving them the right to play in the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Team allocation

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Group phase
(16 teams)
  • 16 qualified teams
Semifinal Phase
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the group phase
  • 4 group runners-up from the group phase
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the semifinal phase
  • 2 group runners-up from the semifinal phase

Teams

Group phase
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo TH (1st) Flag of Brazil.svg Mogi das Cruzes (2nd) Flag of Mexico.svg Soles de Mexicali (1st) Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Capitanes de Arecibo (1st)
Flag of Argentina.svg San Martín de Corrientes (2nd) Flag of Brazil.svg Franca LSC Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes de Ciudad de México (2nd) Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Leones de Ponce (4th)
Flag of Argentina.svg Atenas (3rd) Flag of Chile.svg Las Animas (1st) Flag of Mexico.svg Libertadores de Querétaro (WC) [Note WC] Flag of Uruguay.svg Malvín (1st)
Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano (1st) Flag of Colombia.svg Titanes de Barranquilla (1st) Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara (1st)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • TH: Americas League title holders
  • LSC: Liga Sudamericana winners
  • WC: Qualified through Wild Card
Notes
  • ^
    Note Wild Cards (WC): As Panamanian champions Universitarios declined to participate, FIBA invited Libertadores de Querétaro to the competition. [1]
  • Group phase

    Sixteen teams participated in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 18 January until 10 February 2019.

    Group A

    Venue: São Paulo, Brazil

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano (H)330262180+826Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Flag of Argentina.svg Atenas 312217227104
    3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Malvín 312214253394
    4 Flag of Colombia.svg Titanes de Barranquilla 312231284534
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Group B

    Venue: Mexico City, Mexico

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Brazil.svg Franca 330285224+616Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes (H)321254246+85
    3 Flag of Mexico.svg Soles de Mexicali 312225249244
    4 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Real Estelí 303235280453
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Group C

    Venue: Valdivia, Chile

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 330267207+606Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Flag of Chile.svg Las Animas (H)321252271195
    3 Flag of Argentina.svg San Martín de Corrientes 31221121544
    4 Flag of Brazil.svg Mogi das Cruzes 303254291373
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Group D

    Venue: Ponce, Puerto Rico

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara 330259245+146Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Capitanes de Arecibo 321261252+95
    3 Flag of Mexico.svg Libertadores de Querétaro 312272287154
    4 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Leones de Ponce (H)30328128983
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Semifinal phase

    The eight teams which advance from the group phase, played in this stage in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the final four. Games were played from 8 March until 17 March 2019.

    Group E

    Venue: Franca, Brazil

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano 330275231+446Advance to Final Four
    2 Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes de Ciudad de México 321253246+75
    3 Flag of Brazil.svg Franca (H)312255243+124
    4 Flag of Argentina.svg Atenas 303219282633
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Group F

    Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara 330245209+366Advance to Final Four
    2 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo (H)321241181+605
    3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Capitanes de Arecibo 312228254264
    4 Flag of Chile.svg Las Animas 303186256703
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Host

    Final Four

    The final four tournament decided the champion of the 2019 season. The tournament was held from 30 March and 31 March 2019 in the Polideportivo Roberto Pando in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

     
    SemifinalsGrand Final
     
          
     
    30 March
     
     
    Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano 58
     
    31 March
     
    Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 76
     
    Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 64
     
    30 March
     
    Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara 61
     
    Flag of Venezuela.svg Guaros de Lara 81
     
     
    Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes de Ciudad de México 66
     
    Third place
     
     
    31 March
     
     
    Flag of Brazil.svg Paulistano 100
     
     
    Flag of Mexico.svg Capitanes de Ciudad de México 78

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