Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

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 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. The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas.
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
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. 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
Grand Finals
Titles by club
Titles by country
Awards
See also
FIBA Americas League
Basketball Champions League Americas
Pan American Championship
South American Championship of Champions Clubs
References
External links
Liga Sudamericana Official Website
LatinBasket.com Liga Sudamericana
International club basketball competitions
Basketball leagues in South America
1996 establishments in South America