List of basketball champions of the Americas

The continental championship for men's basketball teams based in the Americas, a landmass that includes North America and South America, has been played since 1993. From 1946 to 1992, a competition for South American teams was run by FIBA. Historically, different leagues have been organised to determine the continental champions of the American continents. Currently, the Basketball Champions League Americas is the official first-level league.

Teams from the highest level of basketball in the United States, the National Basketball Association (NBA), do not participate in FIBA competitions. Although this league is widely accepted to be of a higher level, FIBA still awards the continental championship title to the BCLA winners.

Competitions

Competitions historically considered as the first-level continental league
Timespan	League	Note(s)
1946-1992	Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol	The league was exclusivley for teams from Latin America. The competition continued as the continental second-tier level until 1996, and later as the third-tier level until 2008.
1993-2000	Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
2000-2007	Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)	The league was exclusively for teams from Latin America. The LSB was the second-tier league between 1996 and 2000, and still is since 2008.
2007-2019	FIBA Americas League
2019-present	Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)

List of champions

From 1946 to 1992, the South American champions are listed in the absence of a FIBA-ran competition for Northern American teams.

Ed.	Pan-American ed.	Year	First place game		Third place game		Num. teams	Ref.
Ed.	Pan-American ed.	Year	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Num. teams	Ref.
1	–	1946	Olimpia Montevideo	Gimnasia y Esgrima (VdP)	–		2
2		1953	Olimpia Flamengo Provincia de Santa Fé^[1]^[2]^[3]	Club Deportivo Palestino Paysandu
3		1956	Sporting Club Uruguay	Ateneo de la Juventud
4		1958	Defensor Sporting	San Lorenzo	Selección Valley del Cauca	LDU Quito	7	^[4]
5		1961	Sírio	Olimpia
6		1965	Corinthians	Tabaré
7		1966	Corinthians^[5]	L.D. Estudantil	Two teams from Argentina and Uruguay withdrew		2
8		1967	Thomas Bata	Welcome				^[6]
9		1968	Sírio	Welcome
10		1969	Corinthians	L.D. Estudantil
11		1970	Sírio	Atenas
12		1971	Sírio	Sportiva Italiana
13		1972	Sírio	Olimpia
14		1974	Franca	CA Peñarol
15		1975	Franca	Obras Sanitarias
16		1977	Franca	Palmeiras
17		1978	Sírio	Franca
18		1979	Sírio	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
19		1980	Franca	Sírio
20		1981	Ferro C. Oeste	São José dos Campos			7	^[7]
21		1982	Ferro C. Oeste	Obras Sanitarias
22		1983	Peñarol	Monte Líbano			6
23		1984	Sírio	River Plate
24		1985	Monte Líbano	San Andrés
25		1986	Monte Líbano	Ferro C. Oeste
26		1987	Ferro C. Oeste	Monte Líbano
27		1988	Trotamundos	Atenas
28		1989	Trotamundos	Biguá
29		1990	Franca	San Pedro Pascual
30		1991	Franca	Atenas
31		1992	Biguá	Franca
Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
32	1	1993	Franca	Atenas	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	Adidas
33	2	1994	Franca^[8]	Olimpia de Venado Tuerto	União Corinthians	Atenas
34	3	1995	Rio Claro	Peñarol Mar del Plata	União Corinthians	Franca		^[9]
35	4	1996	Atenas	Franca	Dharma/Yara Franca	Independiente de General Pico		^[10]^[11]^[12]
36	5	1997	Franca	Atenas^[13]^[14]	Independiente de General Pico	Mogi das Cruzes
37	6	1998	Cancelled due to the 1999 Pacific hurricane season
38	7	1999	Franca	Vasco da Gama	Mauricio Baez	Independiente de General Pico
39	8	2000	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Aguada	Atlético Welcome	Marathon Franca		^[15]^[16]^[17]
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)
40	–^[a]	2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	GECR	Atenas	Flamengo	16
41		2002	Libertad de Sunchales	Vasco da Gama	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Estudiantes de Olavarría
42		2004	Atenas	Unitri Uberlândia	Boca Juniors	Libertad
43		2005	Uberlândia	Universo Ajax	Boca Juniors	Cocodrilos de Caracas
44		2006	Ben Hur	COC Ribeirão Preto	Unitri Uberlândia	Libertad
45		2007	Libertad de Sunchales	Unimed Franca	Ben Hur	GECR
FIBA Americas League
46	9	2007–08	Peñarol	Soles de Mexicali	Miami Tropics	Minas
47	10	2008–09	Brasília	Halcones UV Xalapa	Biguá	Minas
48	11	2009–10	Peñarol	Espartanos de Margarita	Halcones UV Xalapa	Quimsa
49	12	2010–11	Regatas Corrientes	Capitanes de Arecibo	Halcones UV Xalapa	Halcones Rojos
50	13	2012	Pioneros de Quintana Roo	La Unión	Obras Sanitarias	Brasília
51	14	2013	Pinheiros	Lanús	Capitanes de Arecibo	Brasília
52	15	2014	Flamengo	Pinheiros	Aguada	Halcones UV Xalapa
53	16	2015	Bauru	Pioneros de Quintana Roo	Flamengo	Peñarol
54	17	2016	Guaros de Lara	Bauru	Mogi das Cruzes	Flamengo
55	18	2017	Guaros de Lara	Weber Bahía Blanca	Leones de Ponce	Fuerza Regia
56	19	2018	San Lorenzo	Mogi das Cruzes	Regatas Corrientes	Estudiantes Concordia
57	20	2019	San Lorenzo	Guaros de Lara	Paulistano	Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
58	21	2019–20	Quimsa	Flamengo	Instituto and San Lorenzo^[b]		12
59	22	2021	Flamengo	Real Estelí	Minas	São Paulo
60	23	2021–22	São Paulo	Biguá	Minas	Quimsa
61	24	2022–23	Franca	Flamengo	Minas	Quimsa		^[18]
62	25	2023–24	Quimsa	Flamengo	Halcones de Xalapa	Hebraica Macabi		^[19]

Performance by club

The listing includes South American championships from 1946 to 1992 and from 2001 to 2007, as there was no competition for teams from North and Central America.

There are 26 teams who have won the continental championship. Two clubs have won three championships in a row: Sírio (1970-1972) and Franca (1974-1977). Twelve teams have won two consecutive titles.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Franca	10	3	1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2022–23	1978, 1992, 1996
Sirio	8	1	1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984	1980
Flamengo	3	2	1953*, 2014, 2021	2019–20, 2022–23
Ferro Carril Oeste	3	1	1981, 1982, 1987	1986
Atenas de Cordoba	2	4	1996, 2004	1988, 1991, 1993, 1997
Monte Libano	2	2	1985, 1986	1983, 1987
San Lorenzo	2	1	2018, 2019	1958**
Peñarol Mar del Plata	2	1	2007–08, 2009–10	1995
Guaros de Lara	2	1	2016, 2017	2019
Quimsa	2	0	2019–20, 2023–24	—
Corinthians	2	0	1965, 1966	—
Defensor Sporting	2	0	1956, 1958	—
Trotamundos	2	0	1988, 1989
Estudiantes de Olavarría	2	0	2000, 2001	—
Libertad de Sunchales	2	0	2002, 2007	—
Biguá	1	2	1992	1989, 2021–22
Olimpia Montevideo	1	1	1946	1972
Olimpia	1	1	1953*	1961
Peñarol Montevideo	1	1	1983	1974
Bauru	1	1	2015	2016
Uberlândia	1	1	2005	2004
Pioneros de Quintana Roo	1	1	2012	2015
Pinheiros	1	1	2013	2014
Provincia de Santa Fé	1	0	1953*	—
Thomas Bata	1	0	1967	—
Rio Claro	1	0	1995	—
Brasília	1	0	2008–09	—
Regatas Corrientes	1	0	2010–11	—
São Paulo	1	0	2021–22	—
Estudantil	0	2	—	1966, 1969
Welcome	0	2	—	1967, 1968
Obras Sanitarias	0	2	—	1975, 1982
Vasco da Gama	0	2	—	1999, 2002
Gimnasia y Esgrima	0	1	—	1946
Palestino	0	1	—	1953*
Ateneo de la Juventud	0	1	—	1956
Valle del Cauca	0	1	—	1958**
Tabaré	0	1	—	1965
Atenas de San Carlos	0	1	—	1970
Sportiva Italiana	0	1	—	1971
Palmeiras	0	1	—	1977
Guaiqueríes de Margarita	0	1	—	1979
São José dos Campos	0	1	—	1981
San Pedro Pascual	0	1	—	1990
Olimpia de Venado Tuerto	0	1	—	1994
Aguada	0	1	—	2000
GE Comodoro Rivadavia	0	1	—	2001
Universo/Goiânia	0	1	—	2005
COC Ribeirão Preto	0	1	—	2006
Soles de Mexicali	0	1	—	2007–08
Halcones de Xalapa	0	1	—	2008–09
Espartanos de Margarita	0	1	—	2009–10
Capitanes de Arecibo	0	1	—	2010–11
La Unión	0	1	—	2012
Lanús	0	1	—	2013
Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca	0	1	—	2017
Mogi das Cruzes	0	1	—	2018
Real Estelí	0	1	—	2021

* The 1953 edition had three joint winners and two joint runners-up.

** The 1958 season had two joint runners-up, both San Lorenzo and Selleción Valley del Cauca.

Performance by country

Club	Titles	Runners-up
Brazil	31	19
Argentina	18	16
Uruguay	5	9
Venezuela	4	3
Mexico	1	3
Chile	1	2
Paraguay	1	1
Ecuador	0	3
Colombia	0	1
Nicaragua	0	1
Puerto Rico	0	1

References

^ Urusubasket (February 22, 2012.) Páginas de la Historia Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
^ Troche, José María Los 60 años del básquetbol en el Paraguay (Oct. 12, 2004) Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)
^ Jornal do Brasil, (Dec. 23, 1953) Basket-ball em marcha (in portuguese).
^ "63 años del Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones, Quito 1958". Defensor Sporting Club | Sitio oficial (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Timoneiros (October 1, 2019.) Especial Basquete: Corinthians Tricampeão Sul-Americano 1965/66/69 Retrieved November 2, 2019. (in Portuguese)
^ P, Diego Hermosilla (28 August 2017). "A 50 años de un hito jamás repetido". La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "A 40 años de la historia". Club Ferro Carril Oeste. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ Franca en tiempo extra(in Spanish).
^ Historia del Penarol (in Spanish).
^ Nuestra Historia (in Spanish).
^ Panamericano 1996 (in Spanish).
^ Fabricio Oberto Básquetbol (in Spanish).
^ Panamericano 1997 (in Spanish).
^ Atenas in the final (in Spanish).
^ Panamericano de clubes 2000 (in Spanish).
^ Conociendo a Gustavo "Lobito" Fernández (in Spanish).
^ Estudiantes de Olavarría, un bicampeón jerarquizado (in Spanish).
^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

Notes

^ The Liga Sudamericana de Basquetebol officially was a league opened for teams from South America. In the 2001 season, however, the NBDL Ambassadors of the United States participated.
^ There was no third place game in the 2019-20 season, teams are listed in alphabetical order.

[1] Urusubasket (February 22, 2012.) Páginas de la Historia Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)

[2] Troche, José María Los 60 años del básquetbol en el Paraguay (Oct. 12, 2004) Retrieved September 2, 2012. (in Spanish)

[JB-3] Jornal do Brasil, (Dec. 23, 1953) Basket-ball em marcha (in portuguese).

[4] "63 años del Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones, Quito 1958". Defensor Sporting Club | Sitio oficial (in Spanish). 1 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[5] Timoneiros (October 1, 2019.) Especial Basquete: Corinthians Tricampeão Sul-Americano 1965/66/69 Retrieved November 2, 2019. (in Portuguese)

[6] P, Diego Hermosilla (28 August 2017). "A 50 años de un hito jamás repetido". La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[7] "A 40 años de la historia". Club Ferro Carril Oeste. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[8] Franca en tiempo extra(in Spanish).

[9] Historia del Penarol (in Spanish).

[10] Nuestra Historia (in Spanish).

[11] Panamericano 1996 (in Spanish).

[12] Fabricio Oberto Básquetbol (in Spanish).

[13] Panamericano 1997 (in Spanish).

[14] Atenas in the final (in Spanish).

[15] Panamericano de clubes 2000 (in Spanish).

[16] Conociendo a Gustavo "Lobito" Fernández (in Spanish).

[17] Estudiantes de Olavarría, un bicampeón jerarquizado (in Spanish).

[20] "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[21] "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

[18] The Liga Sudamericana de Basquetebol officially was a league opened for teams from South America. In the 2001 season, however, the NBDL Ambassadors of the United States participated.

[19] There was no third place game in the 2019-20 season, teams are listed in alphabetical order.

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