Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol

Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol
South American Basketball Championship of Champion Clubs
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Folded	2008; 16 years ago
Level on pyramid	1st ; (1946–1992); 2nd ; (1993–1996, 2001–2007); 3rd ; (1996–2000, 2008)
Last champions	Biguá
Most championships	Sírio (8 titles)

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.

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

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

Consubasquet era: (1946–2007)
- Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol (English: South American Basketball Championship of Champion 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)

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

Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1946	Buenos Aires	Olimpia Montevideo	Gimnasia y Esgrima (VdP)
1953	Antofagasta	Olimpia Flamengo Provincia de Santa Fé^[1]^[2]^[3]	Club Deportivo Palestino Paysandu	Round robin
1956	Montevideo	Sporting Club Uruguay	Ateneo de la Juventud	Round robin
1958	Guayaquil	Sporting Club Uruguay	San Lorenzo Selección Valley del Cauca	Round robin
1961	Asunción	Sírio	Olimpia	Round robin
1965	São Paulo	Corinthians	Tabaré
1966	São Paulo	Corinthians^[4]	L.D. Estudantil	100-83, 109-84
1967	Antofagasta	Thomas Bata	Welcome	65-61
1968	Montevideo	Sírio	Welcome
1969	Guayaquil	Corinthians	L.D. Estudantil
1970	Punta Arenas	Sírio	Atenas
1971	Arequipa	Sírio	Sportiva Italiana
1972	São Paulo	Sírio	Olimpia
1974	Mercedes, Salto, Montevideo	Franca	CA Peñarol
1975	La Paz	Franca	Obras Sanitarias
1977	Corrientes, Buenos Aires	Franca	Palmeiras
1978	São Paulo	Sírio	Franca
1979	Isla Margarita	Sírio	Guaiqueríes de Margarita	81-80
1980	Cúcuta	Franca	Sírio
1981	Asunción, Encarnación	Ferro Carril Oeste	São José dos Campos
1982	Buenos Aires, Montevideo	Ferro Carril Oeste	Obras Sanitarias
1983	Buenos Aires, Montevideo	Peñarol	Monte Líbano
1984	Tarija, Sucre	Sírio	River Plate
1985	Limeira, Jundiaí	Monte Líbano	San Andrés	108-85
1986	Buenos Aires	Monte Líbano	Ferro Carril Oeste
1987	Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile	Ferro Carril Oeste	Monte Líbano
1988	Caracas	Trotamundos	Atenas	Round robin
1989	Asunción	Trotamundos	Biguá	Round robin
1990	Guayaquil	Franca	San Pedro Pascual
1991	Franca	Franca	Atenas	Round robin
1992	Montevideo	Biguá	Franca	85-68
1993	Córdoba	Atenas	Franca	76-73
1994	Lima	Atenas	Olimpia (VT)	77-70
1995	Bucaramanga	Rio Claro	Hebraica y Macabi	Round robin
1996	Concepción, Talca	Independiente	Rio Claro	Round robin
1998	Tarija	Vasco da Gama	Atlético Welcome	Round robin
1999	Rio de Janeiro	Vasco da Gama	Bauru	Round robin
2000	Valencia	Trotamundos	Vasco da Gama	Round robin
2001	Isla Margarita	Delfines de Cabimas	Espartanos de Margarita	78-73
2002	Valdivia	Delfines de Miranda	Valdivia	Round robin
2003	Maracaibo	Delfines de Miranda	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Round robin
2004	Asunción	Boca Juniors	Delfines de Miranda	Round robin
2005	Rafaela	Boca Juniors	Unitri/Uberlândia	85-75
2006	Barquisimeto	Boca Juniors	Guaros de Lara	Round robin
2007	Brasília	Minas Tênis	Boca Juniors	Round robin
2008	Guayaquil	Biguá	Libertad	Round robin

Titles by club

Titles	Club	Years won
8	Sírio	1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984
6	Franca	1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991
3	Corinthians	1965, 1966, 1969
	Ferro Carril Oeste	1981, 1982, 1987
	Trotamundos	1988, 1989, 2000
	Delfines de Miranda	2001, 2002, 2003
	Boca Juniors	2004, 2005, 2006
2	Defensor	1956, 1958
	Monte Líbano	1985, 1986
	Biguá	1992, 2008
	Atenas	1993, 1994
	Vasco da Gama	1998, 1999
1	Olimpia	1946
	Olimpia	1953
	Flamengo	1953
	Provincia de Santa Fé	1953
	Thomas Bata	1967
	Peñarol	1983
	Rio Claro	1995
	Independiente	1996
	Minas	2007

Titles by country

Titles	Country
24	Brazil
10	Argentina
6	Uruguay
6	Venezuela
1	Paraguay
1	Chile

Topscorers per tournament

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

Winning rosters

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

1960s

1965 Corinthians: José Edvar Simões, Pedro Yves, Bira, Rene, Wlamir Marques, Rosa Branca. Coach: Moacyr Daiuto
1967 Thomas Bata: Juan Lishnowski, Josè Pleticovic, Luis Lamig, Francisco Valenzuela, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Encina, Luis Garcìa, Enrique Espinoza, Ivan Torres, Luis Barrera.
1969 Corinthians: Ortiz, Ferraz, Bernardo, Felipe, Bira, Rene, Peninha, Amaury Pasos, Wlamir Marques, Renzo, Fernando, Rosa Branca. Coach: Moacyr Daiuto

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

1980 Franca: Hélio Rubens Garcia, Fransérgio, Fausto Giannechini, Guerrinha, Robertão - Tom Zé. Coach: Pedroca
1981 FCO: Miguel Cortijo, Bill Terry, Luis Oroño, Javier Maretto, Jorge Martin, Jose Cotic, Luis Gonzalez, George Berry, Hugo Francisco Belli. Coach: Leon Najnudel
1982 FCO: Miguel Cortijo, Bill Terry, Luis Oroño, Harthorne Wingo, Luis Chuzo Gonzalez, Alejandro Meschini, Gabriel Darrás, Sebastian Uranga. Coach: Leon Najnudel
1983 Penarol Montevideo: Daniel Wenzel, Hebert Núñez, Álvaro Tito, Juan Andrés Blanc, Gustavo Tito, Joe McColl, Pedro Malet, Alejandro Trias, Oscar Soto, Lincoln Pérez, Bo Jackson y Jimmy Wells. Coach: Victor Hugo Berardi.
1985 CA Monte Libano: Cadum, Marcel de Souza, Maury de Souza, Pipoca, Israel Andrade, Bob Miservicius, Paraguai Pisérgio, António Valliengo Toninho. Coach: José Edvar Simões
1986 CA Monte Libano: Ricardo Cardoso Cadum, Marcel de Souza, Maury de Souza, Pipoca, Israel Andrade, António Valliengo Toninho, André Ernesto Stoffel, Cadum, Zé Mauro, Antonio Valliengo Toninho. Coach: José Edvar Simões
1987 FCO: Miguel Cortijo, Luis Oroño, Jimmy Gilbert, Horacio López, Luis Chuzo Gonzalez, Gabriel Darrás, Orlando Tourn, Diego Maggi. Coach: Luis Martinez
1988 Trotamundos: Al Smith, Sam Shepherd, Jerry Corcoram, David Simmons, Alfredo Díaz, Randall Rodríguez, Luís Jiménez, Yván Olivares, Calos Dalrrimple, Allison García, Gustavo Borromé, Douglas Barinas, Efraín Ponce Alexander Nelcha, Manuel Jiménez, Ernesto Rivero. Coach: Osiris Duquela
1989 Trotamundos: Al Smith, Sam Shepherd, Carlos Dalrrimple, César Ramos, Randall Rodríguez, Roldman Toro, Rostyn González, Luís Jiménez, Elías Romero, Manuel Jiménez, Allison García, Yván Olivares, Nicolás Castillo, Luis Gómez, Alexander Nelcha, Elsren Jackson. Coach: Pedro “Camagüey” Espinoza

1990s

1990 Franca: Guerrinha, Fernando Minucci, Rocky Smith, Patrick Reynolds, Paulão - Evandro, Janjão. Coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia
1991 Franca: Guerrinha, Fernando Minucci, Rocky Smith, Morgan Taylor, Paulão - Evandro, Janjão. Coach: Hélio Rubens Garcia
1992 Bigua : Perdomo, Gustavo Szczygielski, Luis Pierri, Medrick, Nebel, Toto, Luis Eduardo Larrosa, Enrique Cattivelli, Mark Stevenson, Oldham, Enrique Tucuna, Camilo Castro, Coach: Victor Hugo Berardi
1993 Asociación Deportiva Atenas: Luis Villar, Marcelo Milanesio, Jervis Cole, De la Fuente, Wallace Bryant, Carlos Colla. Coach: Rubén Magnano
1994 Asociación Deportiva Atenas: Luis Villar, Marcelo Milanesio, De la Fuente, Diego Osella, Fabricio Oberto, Bruno Lábaque, Leandro Palladino, Ben Gillery. Coach: Rubén Magnano
1995 Rio Claro: Valtinho da Silva, Scooby Tec, Taddei Cury, Paulao, Antonio Santana, Luiz Felipe Azevedo, Almir, Gibi, Daniel Ricardo Probst, Efigenio, Seu Agostinho, Walter Rosamila, Gustavo
1996 Independence de General Pico: Miguel Cortijo, Facundo Sucatzky, Jervis Cole, Melvin Johnson, Pelado Sanchez, Sergio Aispurúa, Raul Merlo, Alberto Falasconi, Luis Chuzo Gonzalez, Pablo Cariddi. Coach: Mario Guzman
1998 Vasco da Gama: Charles Byrd, Jose Mingao, Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Rogerio Klafke, Janjao, Ricardinho dos Santos, Jose Vargas, Paulinho, Carlao, Dial, Ze Carlos.
1999 Vasco da Gama: Charles Byrd, Helio Rubens Garcia Filho, Jose Mingao, Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Janjao, Rogerio Klafke, Ricardinho dos Santos, Jose Vargas. Coach: Flor Meléndez

2000s

2000 Trotamundos: Oscar Torres, Victor David Diaz, Carl Herrera, Sean Colson, Art Long, C.Estaba, A.Garcia, R.Osorio, V.Heredia, P.Barrios
2002 Delfines de Miranda: Victor David Diaz, Carl Herrera, Ruben Nembhard, Nate Johnston, Ludwing Irazabal, Jose Mora, Alejandro Quiroz, Rafael Guevara, Luis Julio, Pablo Machado, Armando Becker. Coach: Francisco "Paco" Diez
2003 Delfines de Miranda: Carl Herrera, Derrick Brown, Victor David Diaz, Alejandro Quiroz, Angel Caballero, Richard Lugo.
2004 Boca Juniors: Rotta Juan Pablo, Leonardo Peralta, Fernando Malara, Carlos Matías Sanders, Lucas Ortiz, Juan Sartorelli, Martin Leiva, Sebastian Festa, Paolo Quinteros, Raheim Brown, Alejandro Burgos
2005 Boca Juniors: Carlos Matías Sanders, Sherell Ford Lucas Ortiz, Martin Leiva, Paolo Quinteros, Diego Alba, Fernando Malara, Luis Cequeira, Carlos Strong, Fernando Funes, Leonardo Peralta. Coach: Carlos Duro.
2006 Boca Juniors: Julian Aprea, Raymundo Legaria, Lucas Ortiz, Martin Miner, Matias Fioretti, Luis Cequeira, Leonardo Gutierrez, Martin Leiva, Gustavo Orona, Lazaro Borrell, Rodrigo Sanchez, Maurice Spillers. Coach: Eduardo Cadillac
2007 Minas Tenis Clube: Soro, Maozao, Facundo Sucatzky, Wanderson Trigueiro, Evandro Fernandes Pinto, Andre, Luiz Felipe, Marcio, Romario Souza, Mauro, Guilherme, Sean Knitter. Coach: Flavio Davis Furtado
2008 Biguá: Leandro Garcia Morales, Kevin Young, Duke Freeman-McKarney, Santiago Vidal, Nathan Guillermo, Martín Osimani, Juan Cambon, Joaquin Osimani, Gonzalo Meira, Gonzalo Carvidon, Juan Jose Rovira, Matthias Calfani. Coach: Néstor Garcia

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

Sources

External links

South American Championship of Champion Clubs

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

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Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Folded	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Level on pyramid	1st (1946–1992) 2nd (1993–1996, 2001–2007) 3rd (1996–2000, 2008)
Last champions	Biguá
Most championships	Sírio (8 titles)