# 2023 BCL Americas Final

The 2023 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2022–23 BCL Americas, the 4th season of the league under its new entity and the 16th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca on 15 April 2023. The game was played between Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Sesi Franca.
Franca won its tenth continental title and the first under the BCLA tournament. Lucas Mariano was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.

## Teams

In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Flamengo | 4 (1953, 2014, 2020, 2021) |
| Sesi Franca | 13 (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999) |

## Road to the final

* (H): Home game
* (A): Away game
* (N): Neutral venue
| Flamengo | Flamengo | Flamengo | Flamengo | Round | Sesi Franca | Sesi Franca | Sesi Franca | Sesi Franca |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group phase | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Instituto | 81–89 (Montevideo) | 81–89 (Montevideo) | 81–89 (Montevideo) | Gameday 1 | Universidad de Concepción | 106–92 (Concepción) | 106–92 (Concepción) | 106–92 (Concepción) |
| Peñarol | 94–67 (Montevideo) | 94–67 (Montevideo) | 94–67 (Montevideo) | Gameday 2 | Obras Sanitarias | 104–87 (Concepción) | 104–87 (Concepción) | 104–87 (Concepción) |
| Peñarol | 103-47 (H) | 103-47 (H) | 103-47 (H) | Gameday 3 | Universidad de Concepción | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) |
| Instituto | 91-46 (H) | 91-46 (H) | 91-46 (H) | Gameday 4 | Obras Sanitarias | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) | 83–76 (Buenos Aires) |
| Instituto | 79–71 (Córdoba) | 79–71 (Córdoba) | 79–71 (Córdoba) | Gameday 5 | Obras Sanitarias | 105–65 (H) | 105–65 (H) | 105–65 (H) |
| Peñarol | 94–72 (Córdoba) | 94–72 (Córdoba) | 94–72 (Córdoba) | Gameday 6 | Universidad de Concepción | 103–63 (H) | 103–63 (H) | 103–63 (H) |
| Group C first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Flamengo 6 11 2 Peñarol 6 8 3 Instituto 6 8 Source: BCL Americas | Group C first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Flamengo 6 11 2 Peñarol 6 8 3 Instituto 6 8 Source: BCL Americas | Group C first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Flamengo 6 11 2 Peñarol 6 8 3 Instituto 6 8 Source: BCL Americas | Group C first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Flamengo 6 11 2 Peñarol 6 8 3 Instituto 6 8 Source: BCL Americas | Group phase | Group D first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Sesi Franca 6 12 2 Universidad de Concepción 6 8 3 Obras Basket 6 7 Source: BCL Americas | Group D first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Sesi Franca 6 12 2 Universidad de Concepción 6 8 3 Obras Basket 6 7 Source: BCL Americas | Group D first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Sesi Franca 6 12 2 Universidad de Concepción 6 8 3 Obras Basket 6 7 Source: BCL Americas | Group D first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Sesi Franca 6 12 2 Universidad de Concepción 6 8 3 Obras Basket 6 7 Source: BCL Americas |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Playoffs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Universidad de Concepción | 2–0 | 92–64 (A) | 88–86 (H) | Quarterfinals | Peñarol | 2–0 | 91–84 (A) | 87–72 (H) |
| 123 Minas | 80–75 (N) | 80–75 (N) | 80–75 (N) | Semifinals | Quimsa | 91–73 (H) | 91–73 (H) | 91–73 (H) |

## Game details

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Ricardo Fischer | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Nicolás Aguirre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Gabriel Galvanini | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 44 | Martín Cuello | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 30 | Rafael Hettsheimeir | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 1 | Guilherme Deodato | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 11 | José Vildoza | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 12 | Rafael Mineiro | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 16 | Carlos Olivinha | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 19 | Andrés Ibargüen | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | 25 | Lucas Martinez | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 90 | Emanuel Fernandes | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Gustavo de Conti ||||||
| Flamengo | Sesi Franca |
| Flamengo | Statistics | Sesi Franca |
| 17/31 (55%) | 2-pt field goals | 22/37 (60%) |
| 11/42 (26%) | 3-pt field goals | 10/21 (48%) |
| 12/23 (52%) | Free throws | 14/18 (78%) |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 34 |
| 37 | Total rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Assists | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
| 21 | Fouls | 22 |
* 2023 BCL Americas champions
* Sesi Franca 1st league title 11th continental title
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 14 | Georginho | 16 | 4 | 5 |
| SG | 7 | Jhonatan dos Santos | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Lucas Dias | 15 | 7 | 1 |
| PF | 1 | David Jackson | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 28 | Lucas Mariano | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 0 | Michael Smith | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 3 | Márcio Santos | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| SF | 6 | Santiago Scala | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 11 | Eduardo Elevi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 29 | Reynan Santos | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 43 | Nathan Fernandes | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 58 | Paulo Barbosa | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Helinho ||||||