Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto

Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
*South American Basketball League*
Founded	1996;29 years ago
First season	1996
Country	ABASU members
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2 (1996–2000, 2008–Present); 1 (2000–2007)
Promotion to	BCL Americas
Current champions	Nacional ; (1st title)
Most championships	Atenas ; Brasília ; (3 titles each)
TV partners	DirecTV
Website	www.fiba.basketball/ligasudamericana/2023
	2024 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Last updated August 22, 2025

The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete, English: South American Basketball League), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the second-tier level South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first-tier level now considered the panamerican competition of the Champions League. The competition is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas, following the dissolution of the South American Basketball Confederation (CONSUBASQUET). The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas.

History
FIBA South American League levels on the South American pyramid
Names of the top-tier level South American / Latin American competition
Title holders
Grand Finals
Titles by club
Titles by country
Statistical leaders per season
Top scorers
Most rebounds
Most assists
Index rating
Awards
Liga Sudamericana MVP
Liga Sudamericana Series Finals Top Scorers
See also
References
Sources
External links

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, aside from 2003, 2020 and 2021.

History

Basketball's 2nd all-time top scorer, Oscar Schmidt, played in the FIBA South American League Grand Finals twice, in 1996 and 1997. Schmidtoscar.jpg — Basketball's 2nd all-time top scorer, Oscar Schmidt, played in the FIBA South American League Grand Finals twice, in 1996 and 1997.

The South American Championship of Champions Clubs, which was founded in 1946, was the first international club tournament played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America. In 1993, the Pan American Club Championship was launched including also Central American teams and was held annually until 2000.
The FIBA South American League was founded in 1996 and became the top South American competition, with the historical South American Basketball Championship becoming now the second tier. The champions of the FIBA South American League would automatically earn a spot to the biennial World club competition of the McDonald's Championship which was supported by FIBA. Atenas in 1997 and Vasco da Gama in 1999 were the only two teams that represented South America in the competition which also included NBA champions. Atenas also represented South America as champions in the 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

With the emergence of the new panamerican competition called the FIBA Americas League, in December 2007, the FIBA South American League became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition. The winner was also allocated a spot in the following year's FIBA Americas League.

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 COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] 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 (English: South American Basketball Championship of Champions Clubs): (1946–1992)
- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship): (1993–2000)
- Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (English: South American Basketball League): (2001–2007)
FIBA Americas era: (2007–present)
- FIBA Americas League: (2007 – 2019)
- Basketball Champions League Americas: (2019 – present)

Title holders

1996 Olimpia
1997 Atenas
1998 Atenas
1999 Vasco da Gama
2000 Vasco da Gama
2001 Estudiantes
2002 Libertad
2003 Not held
2004 Atenas
2005 Unitri Uberlândia
2006 Ben Hur
2007 Libertad
2008 Regatas Corrientes
2009 Flamengo (I)
2009 Quimsa (II)
2010 Brasília
2011 Obras Sanitarias
2012 Regatas Corrientes
2013 Brasília
2014 Bauru
2015 Brasília
2016 Mogi das Cruzes
2017 Guaros de Lara
2018 Franca
2019 Botafogo
2022 Bauru
2023 Instituto
2024 Nacional

Grand Finals

Year	Champion	Score	Second place
Year	Grand Final			Semifinalists
1996 Details	Olimpia BBC	2–0 series	Corinthians	Dharma Yara Franca	Rio Claro Basquete
1997 Details	Atenas	2–1 series	Corinthians	Olimpia BBC	Marathon Franca
1998 Details	Atenas	2–0 series	Marathon Franca	Boca Juniors	Independent de General Pico
1999 Details	Vasco da Gama	2–0 Series	Boca Juniors	Independent de General Pico	Welcome
2000 Details	Vasco da Gama	3–2 series	Atenas	Marathon Franca	Welcome
2001 Details	Estudiantes de Olavarría	3–1 series	GECR	Atenas	Flamengo
2002 Details	Libertad de Sunchales	3–1 series	Vasco da Gama	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Estudiantes de Olavarría
2004 Details	Atenas	3–2 series	Unitri Uberlândia	Boca Juniors	Libertad
2005 Details	Unitri Uberlândia	3–1 series	Universo Ajax	Boca Juniors	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2006 Details	Ben Hur	3–1 series	COC Ribeirão Preto	Unitri Uberlândia	Libertad
2007 Details	Libertad de Sunchales	3–2 series	Unimed Franca	Ben Hur	GECR
2008 Details	Regatas Corrientes	3–2 series	Flamengo	Boca Juniors	Lobos Brasília
2009 (I) Details	Flamengo	Final group	Quimsa	Norte	Regatas Corrientes
2009 (II) Details	Quimsa	Final group	Libertad de Sunchales	Juventud Sionista	Minas Tênis Clube
2010 Details	Lobos Brasília	98-86	Flamengo	Boca Juniors	Quimsa
2011 Details	Obras Sanitarias	88-73	Pinheiros Sky	Lobos Brasília	Atenas
2012 Details	Regatas Corrientes	Final group	Lobos Brasília	Flamengo	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
2013 Details	Lobos Brasília	93–81	Aguada	Paschoalotto Bauru	Boca Juniors
2014 Details	Paschoalotto Bauru	79–53	Mogi das Cruzes	Boca Juniors	Malvín
2015 Details	Brasília	2–0 series	San Martín de Corrientes	Semifinal groups
2016 Details	Mogi das Cruzes	3–0 series	Bahía Basket	Semifinal groups
2017 Details	Guaros de Lara	3–1 series	Estudiantes Concordia	Semifinal groups
2018 Details	Franca	2–1 series	Instituto	Semifinal groups
2019 Details	Botafogo	2–1 series	Corinthians	Semifinal groups
2020	Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[1]
2021	Not played due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[1]
2022 Details	Bauru	66–57	San Martín de Corrientes	Titanes de Barranquilla	Oberá
2023 Details	Instituto	81–72	Titanes de Barranquilla	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Caribbean Storm
2024 Details	Nacional	77–76 (OT)	San Lorenzo	Ciclista Olímpico	Defensor Sporting

Titles by club

Titles	Club	Years
3	Atenas	1997, 1998, 2004
3	Lobos Brasília	2010, 2013, 2015
2	Vasco da Gama	1999, 2000
	Bauru	2014, 2022
	Libertad	2002, 2007
	Regatas Corrientes	2008, 2012
1	Olimpia	1996
	Estudiantes	2001
	Uberlândia	2005
	Ben Hur	2006
	Flamengo	2009 (I)
	Quimsa	2009 (II)
	Obras Sanitarias	2011
	Mogi das Cruzes	2016
	Guaros de Lara	2017
	Franca	2018
	Botafogo	2019
	Instituto	2023
	Nacional	2024

Titles by country

Titles	Country
13	Argentina
12	Brazil
1	Venezuela
1	Uruguay

Statistical leaders per season

The season usually started in February and ended in May until 2009 (I). Then after the South American Champions Cup folded, it to moved to October until November.

Top scorers

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (Points Per Game):

2007 Cleotis Brown III (Libertad de Sunchales): 17.4
2008 Leandro García Morales (Club Atlético Aguada): 23.5^[2]
2009 (I) Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 24.9^[3]
2009 (II) Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 23.7^[4]
2010 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.6^[5]
2011 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 18.8^[6]
2012 Paulinho Boracini (Pinheiros): 22.3^[7]
2013 Leandro García Morales (Club Atlético Aguada): 25.9^[8]
2014 Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 22^[9]
2015 Jeremiah Wood (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 18.5
2016 Leandro García Morales (Hebraica Macabi): 23.3
2017 Heissler Guillent (Guaros de Lara): 16.8^[10]
2018 Marquinhos Vieira (Flamengo Basketball): 22
2019 Samuel Yeager (Piratas de los Lagos ): 26.9
2022 Charles Mitchell (Regatas Corrientes): 18.1
2023 Emilio Cappare Guzmán (Caballeros de Culiacan): 20.7^[11]
2024 Derrick Woods (ABA Ancud): 20.5^[12]

Most rebounds

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (rebounds Per Game):

2007 Robert Battle (Libertad de Sunchales): 10.9
2008 Shilton dos Santos (Joinville): 8.6
2009 (I) Roberto Sebastian Lopez (Regatas de Corrientes): 8.2
2009 (II) Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 9.8
2010 Ricardo Luis Probst (Minas Tênis Clube): 9.8
2011 Federico Kammerichs (Regatas): 11.6
2012 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez (Obras Sanitarias): 9.3
2013 Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 10
2014 Bruno Fiorotto (Limeira): 9.5
2015 Mathías Calfani (Club Malvín): 8.5
2016 Justin Douglas Williams (Ciclista Olímpico): 13
2017 Néstor Colmenares (Guaros de Lara): 8.8
2018 Pablo Espinoza (Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba): 8.6
2019 Erik Thomas (Ferro Carril Oeste ): 7.4
2022 Eloy Vargas (Club Atlético Aguada): 11.6
2023 Eloy Vargas (Titanes de Barranquilla): 11^[13]
2024 Derrick Woods (ABA Ancud): 10.8^[14]

Most assists

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (assists Per Game):

2007 Helio Rubens Garcia Filho (Unitri/Uberlândia ): 5.9
2008 Facundo Sucatzky (Minas Tênis Clube): 5.8
2009 (I) Valtinho da Silva (Brasilia): 5
2009 (II) Valtinho da Silva (Brasilia): 8
2010 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 5.3
2011 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 5.3
2012 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 6.5
2013 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 6
2014 Fúlvio de Assis (Brasilia): 7.5
2015 Diego Ciorciari (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 5
2016 Maximiliano Stanic (Ciclista Olímpico): 8
2017 Leandro Vildoza (Estudiantes Concordia): 4
2018 Gegê Chaia (Minas Tênis Clube): 7.2
2019 Cordero Bennett (Esporte Clube Pinheiros): 5
2022 Jhornan Zamora (Titanes de Barranquilla): 6.3
2023 Joshua Webster (Club Gimnasia & Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia): 5.6
2024 Lucas Perez (San Lorenzo): 8.8

Index rating

2007 Robert Battle (Libertad de Sunchales): 21.5
2008 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.8
2009 (I) Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.5
2009 (II) Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 27
2010 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 21.9
2011 Federico Kammerichs (Regatas): 24.6
2012 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez (Obras): 21.8
2013 Alex Garcia (Brasilia): 23.3
2014 Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 24.5
2015 Jeremiah Wood (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 24.3
2016 Leandro García Morales (Hebraica Macabi): 22.2

Awards

Liga Sudamericana MVP

Liga Sudamericana Series Finals Top Scorers

The competition was held in a play-off format of at least 2 games, before it shifted to a single final.

Season	Top Scorer	Club	Total Points Scored	References
1996	Oscar Schmidt	Corinthians	(2 games)
1997	Oscar Schmidt	Corinthians	(3 games)
2004	Josh Pittman	Atenas	88+ (5 games)	^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
2010	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo Basketball	28 (1 game)
2011	Dartona Washam	Obras Sanitarias	23 (1 game)
2013	Leandro García Morales	Atletico Aguada	29 (1 game)
2014	Rafael Hettsheimeir	Bauru	18 (1 game)
2015	Deryk Evandro»	Brasilia	47 (2 games)
2016	Shamell Stallworth	Mogi Das Cruzes	60 (3 games)

Sources

External links

Liga Sudamericana Official Website (in Spanish)
LatinBasket.com Liga Sudamericana

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[2] Season 2008

[3] Season 2008-09

[4] Season 2009 (II)

[5] Season 2010

[6] Season 2011-12

[7] Season 2012

[8] Season 2013

[9] Season 2014

[10] Season 2017

[11] Toscorer 2022-2023 Latinbasket.Com

[12] Toscorer 2023-2024 Latinbasket.Com

[13] Season 2023

[14] Season 2024

[15] Atenas (ARG) won the 8th. South American League (2004) - FIBAamericas.Com

[16] Uberlandia (BRA) ties the final series (2004) - FIBAamericas.Com

[17] LSB : Atenas (ARG) close on title (2004) - FIBAamericas.Com

[18] Uberlandia wins the second game of the finals:(2004) - FIBAamericas.Com

[19] Atenas got a key win in Brazil (2004) - FIBAamericas.Com

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v t e FIBA South American League
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (I) 2009 (II) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024
Awards	MVP
Related Competitions	Basketball Champions League Americas FIBA Americas League Pan American Club Championship South American Club Championship

v t e South American sport club competitions
Football	Men Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Women Copa Libertadores Femenina
Futsal	Men Copa Libertadores de Futsal Women Copa Libertadores Femenina
Beach soccer	Men Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Beach handball	Men SCAHC Beach Handball Club Championship Women SCAHC Beach Handball Club Championship
Basketball	Men Basketball Champions League Liga Sudamericana Women South American Basketball League
Volleyball	Men CSV Club Championship Women CSV Club Championship
Handball	Men SCAHC Club Championship Women SCAHC Club Championship

v t e Liga Nacional de Básquet
2024–25 clubs	Argentino (J) Atenas Boca Juniors Ferro Carril Oeste Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) Independiente (Oliva) Instituto (C) Oberá Obras Sanitarias Peñarol Platense Quimsa Regatas Corrientes Riachuelo (LR) San Lorenzo San Martín (C) Unión (SF) La Unión (F) Zárate
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Predecessor	Campeonato Argentino (1936–84)
Related	LNB Awards LNB Stats Leaders León Najnudel

v t e Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto
Teams	Brillantes del Zulia Broncos de Caracas Frontinos del Táchira Gladiadores de Anzoátegui Llaneros de Guárico Pioneros del Ávila Spartans Distrito Capital Toros de Aragua Trotamundos de Carabobo Centauros de Portuguesa Cocodrilos de Caracas Diablos de Miranda Gaiteros del Zulia Guaiqueríes de Margarita Héroes de Falcón Marinos de Anzoátegui Panteras de Miranda Piratas de La Guaira Guaros de Lara Gigantes de Guayana
Seasons	2017 2018 2019 2020 Superliga: 2021 SPB: 2022
Awards	Most Valuable Player Grand Final MVP Exemplary Player of the Year
Associated competitions	FIBA Americas League FIBA South American League
Category

v t e LUB
Established 2003;22 years ago (2003)
2019–20 clubs	Aguada Biguá Bohemios Defensor Sporting Goes Hebraica Macabi Larre Borges Malvín Nacional Olimpia Trouville Urunday Universitario Welcome
Former teams	Bohemios Sayago Verdirrojo
Seasons	2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Awards	MVP Finals MVP
International cups	FIBA Champions League Americas (Tier 1) FIBA South American League (Tier 2)


Founded	1996;29 years ago (1996)
First season	1996
Country	ABASU members
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2 (1996–2000, 2008–Present) 1 (2000–2007)
Promotion to	BCL Americas
Current champions	Nacional (1st title)
Most championships	Atenas Brasília (3 titles each)
TV partners	DirecTV
Website	www.fiba.basketball/ligasudamericana/2023
2024 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol