Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
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04/20 00:10 | 1 |
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83-57 |
04/19 20:10 | 50 |
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74-59 |
04/19 00:10 | 2 |
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91-67 |
04/18 21:10 | 2 |
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80-73 |
03/16 01:40 | 3 |
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58-72 |
03/15 01:40 | 3 |
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97-89 |
03/14 22:10 | 3 |
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102-65 |
03/13 23:40 | 3 |
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84-73 |
03/13 21:10 | 3 |
[1] Minas Tenis Clube vs Instituto
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74-79 |
03/12 23:40 | 3 |
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78-88 |
03/12 21:10 | 3 |
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79-70 |
03/11 00:10 | 3 |
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93-79 |
The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) (Spanish: Liga de Campeones de Baloncesto de las Américas, Portuguese: Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas) is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Founded in 2019, it replaced the FIBA Americas League as the highest level league in the Americas. The winner of each year's competition qualifies to the annual FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Each season exists of 12 teams that qualify through their domestic leagues and the league is typically organized between December and April of the following calendar year.
Thus far the league has been won by four different teams. Argentine team Quimsa and Brazilian team Flamengo are the only teams to win the championship twice.
The first panamerican tournament for men's clubs was held in 1993. The competition lasted until 2000 and in 2007 FIBA started a new league and not a tournament: the top South American teams would no longer play in the Liga Sudamericana.
On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the Panamerican 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, President Horacio Muratore stated: "This is not a succession of Liga de las Américas, but rather a new product of our development project that will foster a balance between representation and quality". The competition consisted of twelve teams, which had to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season started on October 28, 2019. On October 30, 2021, Quimsa won the inaugural championship after winning the final in Montevideo. Canadian clubs Edmonton Stingers and Brampton Honey Badgers are the only North American teams to participate in the competition so far.
Timespan | League | Note(s) |
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1993-2000 | Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol | |
2007-2019 | FIBA Americas League | |
2019–present | Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) |