# 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

The 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1996 FIBA South American League, was the first edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 6 February 1996 and finished on 1 May 1996. Argentine club Olimpia won the tournament, defeating Brazilian club Corinthians in the Grand Finals.

## Format

Teams were split into four groups of four teams each and played each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination where the champion was decided.

## Teams

| Country | Team |
| Argentina | Independiente de General Pico |
| Argentina | Olimpia |
| Bolivia | Ingavi de La Paz |
| Brazil | Corinthians |
| Brazil | Dharma Yara Franca |
| Brazil | Rio Claro |
| Chile | Universidad de Concepción |
| Chile | Universidad de Temuco |
| Colombia | Caimanes de Barranquilla |
| Ecuador | Filanbanco |
| Paraguay | Sol de América |
| Peru | Regatas Lima |
| Uruguay | Aguada |
| Uruguay | Hebraica y Macabi |
| Venezuela | Cocodrilos de Caracas |
| Venezuela | Panteras de Miranda |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification | DHA | IND | ING | REG |
| 1 | Dharma Yara Franca | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | Advances to final stage | — | 100–95 | 134–83 | 112–93 |
| 2 | Independiente de General Pico | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Advances to final stage | 123–119 | — | 154–84 | 94–75 |
| 3 | Ingavi de La Paz | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | | 117–120 | 96–114 | — | 93–89 |
| 4 | Regatas Lima | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 77–82 | 88–84 | 99–78 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification | RIO | CAI | SOL | AGU |
| 1 | Rio Claro | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | Advances to final stage | — | 94–79 | 118–85 | 80–79 |
| 2 | Caimanes de Barranquilla | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Advances to final stage | 87–92 | — | 97–89 | 98–94 |
| 3 | Sol de América | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 72–85 | 96–102 | — | 123–90 |
| 4 | Aguada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 77–100 | 84–104 | 97–79 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification | COR | PAN | FIL | CON |
| 1 | Corinthians | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | Advances to final stage | — | 98–71 | 109–78 | 128–108 |
| 2 | Panteras de Miranda | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | Advances to final stage | 92–106 | — | 127–86 | 104–91 |
| 3 | Filanbanco | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | | 81–99 | 106–126 | — | 97–91 |
| 4 | Universidad de Concepción | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | | 98–103 | 124–103 | 107–109 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | Qualification | OLI | HEB | COC | TEM |
| 1 | Olimpia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | Advances to final stage | — | 84–83 | 119–93 | 107–98 |
| 2 | Hebraica y Macabi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Advances to final stage | 98–94 | — | 107–81 | 113–100 |
| 3 | Cocodrilos de Caracas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | | 97–107 | 113–110 | — | 91–83 |
| 4 | Universidad de Temuco | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 82–107 | 91–93 | 99–104 | — |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grand Finals | Grand Finals |
| Dharma Yara Franca | 2 | | |
| Panteras de Miranda | 1 | | |
| Panteras de Miranda | 1 | Dharma Yara Franca | 0 |
| | | Olimpia | 2 |
| Olimpia | 2 | Olimpia | 2 |
| Caimanes de Barranquilla | 0 | | | | |
| Caimanes de Barranquilla | 0 | | | Olimpia | 2 |
| | | | | Corinthians | 0 |
| Corinthians | 2 | | | Corinthians | 0 |
| Independiente de General Pico | 0 | | | | |
| Independiente de General Pico | 0 | Corinthians | 2 | | |
| | | Rio Claro | 0 |
| Rio Claro | 2 | Rio Claro | 0 |
| Hebraica y Macabi | 1 | | |

## Finals rosters

Olimpia de Venado Tuerto: Alejandro Montecchia, Walter Guiñazú, Jorge Racca, Michael Wilson, Todd Jadlow - Sebastián Uranga, Lucas Victoria, Leonardo Gutiérrez. Coach: Horacio Segui
Corinthians: James Carter, Fernando Minucci, Oscar Schmidt, Mingão, Rich McIver. Coach: Flor Meléndez
Season MVP: Jorge Racca