Campeonato_Sudamericano_de_Clubes_Campeones_de_Básquetbol

Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol

Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol

Basketball league

The Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol (Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano de Clubes Campeões de Basquetebol, English: South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs), or Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (South American Basketball Club Championship), was an international men's professional basketball cup competition that took place between South American sports clubs. It was originally organized by the South American Basketball Confederation, and then later by FIBA Americas. It was played annually between the league champions in each country, plus the winner of the previous edition.

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History

The South American Championship of Champion Clubs was founded in 1946, and it was the first international tournament in South America. It was played in a round robin format, usually hosted by a single city. From 1965 until 1987 the champion teams (and on many occasions the runners-up too) participated in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup represented South America.
The competition was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America until 1996 when the FIBA South American League was launched, with a format that looked more of one of a European completion and not a single tournament.
The competition was finally discontinued in the year 2008, after the new top-tier panamerican FIBA Americas League had been recently formed in December 2007 and meant that each South America country's top teams would qualify to the new league and not the FIBA South American League. Subsequently the South American Championship lost its importance and it was abolished.

South American Championship of Champion Clubs levels on the South American pyramid

Main article: South American professional club basketball system
  • 1st-tier: (1946 – 1992)
  • 2nd-tier: (1993 – 1996, 2001 – 2007)
  • 3rd-tier: (1996 – 2000, 2008)

Names of the top-tier level South American / Latin American competition

Format

The competition was hosted in one or more cities. In the first round, the eight clubs were divided in two groups of four teams each. The two best placed teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first placed team of a group played against the other group's runner-up. The final was contested by the semifinal winners.

List of champions

Final tournament

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Titles by club

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Titles by country

TitlesCountry
24Brazil Brazil
10Argentina Argentina
6Uruguay Uruguay
Venezuela Venezuela
1Paraguay Paraguay
Chile Chile

Topscorers per tournament

1946: Uruguay Roberto Lovera (Club Atlético Olimpia)
1953: Paraguay Aristides Isusi (Club Olimpia) 140 pts
1958: Uruguay Héctor Costa (Sporting Club Uruguay) 124 pts
1966: Brazil Wlamir Marques (Corinthians)
1989: United States Al Smith (Trotamundos B.B.C.) - Sam Shepherd of Trotamundos was MVP
1995: United States Billy Law (Rio Claro)
1998: United States Charles Byrd (Vasco da Gama) 161 pts
2000: Venezuela Victor David Diaz (Trotamundos B.B.C.) 99 pts
2003: United States Jervaughn Scales (Gimnasia)
2004: ArgentinaPaolo Quinteros (Boca Juniors) 138 pts
2006: United States Maurice Spillers (Boca Juniors) (also MVP)
2007: Brazil Evandro Fernandes Pinto (Minas Tenis Clube) 113 pts
2008: Uruguay Leandro Garcia Morales (Bigua) 94 pts

Winning rosters

Fabricio Oberto helped Athens Cordoba winn the 1994 South American Championship.
NBA champion Carl Herrera won the trophy 3 times (2000, 2002, 2003) after the competition was branded as 2nd tier.

1950s

  • 1958 Sporting Club Uruguay: Héctor Costa (c), Adolfo Lubnicki, Enrique Baliño, José Llera, Jorge Pagani, Zafiro Antúnez, Hugo Vázquez, Luciano Aranzadi, Tydeo Irigoyen, Carlos Peinado, Nelson Chelle, Carlos Roselló, José Otonello. Coach: Héctor López Reboledo
Further information: 1958 South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs

1960s

1970s

  • 1974 Franca: Hélio Rubens Garcia, Fransérgio, Fausto Giannechini, Gilson Trindade, Robertão -Betão, Gustavo Aguirre, Carlão, Carrarinho, Carraro. Coach: Pedroca.
  • 1975 Franca: Hélio Rubens Garcia, Fransérgio, Fausto Giannechini, Gilson Trindade, Robertão - Betão, Gustavo Aguirre, Carlão, Carrarinho, Carraro.Coach: Pedroca.

1980s

1990s

2000s

See also

References

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    Urusubasket (February 22, 2012.) Páginas de la Historia Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Troche, José María Los 60 años del básquetbol en el Paraguay (Oct. 12, 2004) Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Jornal do Brasil, (Dec. 23, 1953) Basket-ball em marcha (in portuguese).
  4. [4]
    Timoneiros (October 1, 2019.) Especial Basquete: Corinthians Tricampeão Sul-Americano 1965/66/69 Retrieved November 2, 2019. (in Portuguese)

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