Basketball Champions League Americas

"BCL Americas" redirects here. For international club baseball tournament, see Baseball Champions League Americas.

Basketball Champions League Americas

Organising body	FIBA Americas
Founded	24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)
First season	2019–20
Country	FIBA Americas member countries
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Promotion to	Intercontinental Cup
Current champions	Boca Juniors (1st title) (2025–26)
Most championships	Quimsa Flamengo (2 titles)
TV partners	YouTube (live games occasionally)
Website	BCLAmericas.basketball
2025–26 Basketball Champions League Americas

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.

History

Background

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.

Launch

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.

Panamerican competitions (1993-present)

Competitions historically considered as the top on Panamerican level

Timespan	League	Note(s)
1993-2000	Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
2007-2019	FIBA Americas League
2019–present	Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)

Format

As for the competition's format, the first phase of the BCLA will feature four groups of three teams each, with two qualifying teams per group that move on to the Quarter-Finals, which will be a best-of-three series. The Semi-Finals and the Final will also be decided in a best-of-three format.

Clubs qualify for the competition mostly based on performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Although exceptional, some teams can be wildcarded.

Results

List of seasons

Edition	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score and Venue	Runners-up		Third place	Score and Venue	Fourth place		No. of teams
1	2019–20	Montevideo		Quimsa	92–86 Antel Arena, Montevideo	Flamengo		San Lorenzo and Instituto				12
2	2021	Managua		Flamengo	84–80 Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua	Real Estelí		Minas	75–58 Alexis Arguello Sports Complex, Managua	São Paulo
3	2021–22	Rio de Janeiro		São Paulo	98–84 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro	Biguá		123 Minas	91–81 Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro	Quimsa
4	2022–23	Franca		Sesi Franca	88–79 Pedrocão, Franca	Flamengo		123 Minas	94–81 Pedrocão, Franca	Quimsa
5	2023–24	Santiago del Estero		Quimsa	92–80 Estadio Ciudad, Santiago del Estero	Flamengo		Halcones de Xalapa	101–99 (OT) Estadio Ciudad, Santiago del Estero	Hebraica Macabi
6	2024–25	Rio de Janeiro		Flamengo	83–57 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro	Boca Juniors		Sesi Franca	74–59 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro	Instituto
7	2025–26	Buenos Aires		Boca Juniors	86–72 Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires	Sesi Franca		Nacional	94–65 Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires	Flamengo

Performance

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	4	4	4	12
2	Argentina	3	1	2	6
3	Uruguay	0	1	1	2
4	Nicaragua	0	1	0	1
5	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	8	22

Performance by club

Performances in the BCL Americas by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Flamengo	2	3	2021, 2025	2020, 2023, 2024
Quimsa	2	—	2020, 2024	—
Franca	1	1	2023	2026
Boca Juniors	1	1	2026	2025
São Paulo	1	—	2022	—
Real Estelí	—	1	—	2021
Biguá	—	1	—	2022

Performance by country

Performance by nation

Country	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Brazil	4	4	2021, 2022, 2023, 2025	2020, 2023, 2024, 2026
Argentina	3	1	2020, 2024, 2026	2025
Nicaragua	—	1	—	2021
Uruguay	—	1	—	2022

Performance by head coach

Only one head coach has appeared in multiple finals, as Gustavo de Conti of Flamengo coached in four.

Performance by head coach

Head coach	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Gustavo de Conti	1	3	2021	2020, 2023, 2024
Jorge Sebastián González	1	—	2020	—
Bruno Mortari	1	—	2022	—
Helinho	1	—	2023	—
Leandro Ramella	1	—	2024	—
Sergio Hernández	1	—	2025	—
Nicolás Casalánguida	1	—	2026	—
David Rosario	—	1	—	2021
Diego Gutiérrez	—	1	—	2022
Gonzalo Pérez	—	1	—	2025

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Basketball Champions League Americas at any time since its formation in 2019 to the current season.

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
4th	Fourth place
SF	Semifinalists
QF	Quarterfinalists
RS	Regular season
Q	Qualified for upcoming season

Team	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Total seasons
Boca Juniors	—N/a	—N/a	QF	—N/a	RS	2nd	1st	4
Instituto	SF	RS	—N/a	RS	—N/a	4th	QF	5
Obras Sanitarias	—N/a	RS	RS	RS	QF	—N/a	RS	5
Quimsa	1st	QF	4th	4th	1st	QF	—N/a	6
San Lorenzo	SF	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	2
Flamengo	2nd	1st	QF	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	7
Franca	QF	QF	—N/a	1st	QF	3rd	2nd	6
Minas	—N/a	3rd	3rd	3rd	—N/a	QF	QF	5
Mogi das Cruzes	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
São Paulo	—N/a	4th	1st	—N/a	RS	—N/a	—N/a	3
Brampton Honey Badgers	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Edmonton Stingers	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	1
CD Valdivia	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Universidad de Concepción	—N/a	RS	RS	QF	RS	—N/a	RS	5
Caimanes del Llano	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	1
Paisas Basketball	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	QF	QF	2
Titanes de Barranquilla	—N/a	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Toros del Valle	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	1
Astros de Jalisco	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	QF	1
Capitanes	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Halcones de Xalapa	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	3rd	—N/a	—N/a	1
Fuerza Regia	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Libertadores de Querétaro	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Real Estelí	QF	2nd	QF	QF	QF	QF	—N/a	6
Caballos de Coclé	—N/a	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Toros de Chiriquí	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	1
Cangrejeros de Santurce	—N/a	—N/a	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Aguada	RS	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	2
Biguá	RS	—N/a	2nd	RS	—N/a	RS	—N/a	4
Hebraica Macabi	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	4th	—N/a	—N/a	1
Nacional	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	QF	—N/a	3rd	3
Peñarol	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	QF	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	1
Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	RS	—N/a	—N/a	1

All-time table

As of the end of the 2025–26 season.

Rank	Club	SP	Pld	W	L	C	RU	3rd	4th	QF	RS
1	Flamengo	7	64	50	14	2	3	0	1	1	0
2	Franca	6	53	37	16	1	1	1	0	3	0
3	Quimsa	6	54	31	23	2	0	0	2	2	0
4	Minas	5	46	27	19	0	0	3	0	2	0
5	Real Estelí	6	49	27	22	0	1	0	0	5	0
6	Boca Juniors	4	34	21	13	1	1	0	0	1	1
7	Instituto	5	39	16	23	0	0	1	1	1	2
8	São Paulo	3	22	15	7	1	0	0	1	0	1
9	Nacional	3	25	14	11	0	0	1	0	1	1
10	San Lorenzo	2	15	11	4	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	Biguá	4	25	8	17	0	1	0	0	0	3
12	Obras Sanitarias	5	30	8	22	0	0	0	0	1	4
13	Halcones de Xalapa	1	11	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	Astros de Jalisco	1	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Paisas	2	16	6	10	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	Libertadores de Querétaro	1	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	Hebraica Macabi	1	11	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Universidad de Concepción	5	30	4	26	0	0	0	0	1	4
19	Edmonton Stingers	1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	Caballos de Coclé	1	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Cangrejeros de Santurce	1	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Mogi das Cruzes	1	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	1	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
24	Titanes de Barranquilla	1	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Toros del Valle	1	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	Peñarol	1	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Aguada	2	10	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	2
28	Capitanes	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
29	Fuerza Regia	1	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Brampton Honey Badgers	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
31	Caimanes del Llano	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	CD Valdivia	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Toros de Chiriquí	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1

Awards

Season MVP

Season	Player	Nationality	Club
2019-20	Robinson	United States	Quimsa
2021	Hettsheimeir	Brazil	Flamengo
2021-22	Caboclo	Brazil	São Paulo
2022-23	Mariano	Brazil	Franca
2023-24	Frank Hassell	United States	Hebraica Macabi
2024-25	Borges	Brazil	Flamengo

Final MVP

Season	Player	Nationality	Club
2020	Robinson	United States	Quimsa
2021	Hettsheimeir	Brazil	Flamengo
2022	Caboclo	Brazil	São Paulo
2023	Mariano	Brazil	Franca
2024	Robinson (2)	United States	Quimsa
2025	Borges	Brazil	Flamengo
2026	Francisco Cáffaro	Argentina	Boca Juniors

Statistical leaders

Topscorer

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	PPG
2019-20	Dwayne Davis	United States	Instituto ACC	22.0
2021	Jezreel De Jesús	Puerto Rico	Real Estelí	20.1
2021-22	Donald Sims	United States	Biguá	24.8
2022-23	Ismael Romero	Puerto Rico	Libertadores de Querétaro	21.3
2023-24	Andre Spight	United States	Obras	18.2
2024-25	Victor Luiz	Dominican Republic	Paisas de Medellin	23.7
2025-26	Trey Burke	United States	Astros de Jalisco	19.3

Rebounds

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	RPG
2019-20	Alexandre De Sousa	Brazil	Mogi das Cruzes	8.8
2021	Ernesto Oglivie	Panama	Caballos de Coclé	9.7
2021-22	Ismael Romero	United States	Real Estelí	11.1
2022-23	Luis Santos	Dominican Republic	Biguá	10.8
2023-24	Eric Anderson	United States	Nacional	10.0
2024-25	Eloy Vargas	Dominican Republic	Paisas	10.0
2025-26	Connor Zinaich	United States	Nacional	9.7

Assists

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	APG
2019-20	Franco Balbi	Argentina	Flamengo	6.4
2021	Fernando Zurbriggen	Argentina	Obras	6.3
2021-22	Santiago Vidal	Uruguay	Bigua	9.0
2022-23	Alexy Borges	Brazil	Minas Tenis	6.4
2023-24	Luciano Parodi	Uruguay	Hebraica Macabi	6.7
2024-25	Alexey Borges	Brazil	Flamengo	8.0
2025-26	Pedro Barral	Argentina	Obras Basket	5.7

Index rating

Season	Player	Nationality	Club	RPG
2019-20	Danilo Fuzaro	Brazil	Mogi das Cruzes	22.0
2021	Fernando Zurbriggen	Argentina	Obras	21.8
2021-22	Bruno Caboclo	Brazil	São Paulo	32.8
2022-23	Luis Santos	Dominican Republic	Biguá	25.5
2023-24	Frank Hassell	United States	Hebraica Macabi	22.6
2024-25	Alexey Borges	Brazil	Flamengo	21.6
2025-26	Connor Zinaich	United States	Nacional	21.6

Broadcasting rights

In selected South American countries, the tournament aired live on DSports. In Puerto Rico, available via WAPA-TV. In the United States, available via FanDuel TV. In Brazil, available via Globo's SporTV. For countries without broadcasting rights, BCLA also available via Basketball Champions League Americas YouTube channel.

Americas' top tier competitions

• 1993-2000: Panamerican Basketball Championship (es)
• 2000-2007: none
• 2007-2019: FIBA Americas League
• 2019-present: Basketball Champions League Americas

See also

• FIBA Americas League
• Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
• Basketball Champions League
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

External links

• Official website
• BCL Americas on Twitter