Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1996
No. of teams	16
Country	ABASU members
Continent	South America
Most recent champion(s)	Brasília (3rd title)
Most titles	Atenas Brasília (3 titles each)
Level on pyramid	1st-tier – South America (1996–2007) 2nd-tier – South America (2008–present)
Promotion to	FIBA Americas League (Champion)
Official website	FIBA Americas.com

The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB) (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete (LSB), English: South American Basketball League) is the second-tier South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first being the FIBA Americas League. It is organized by ABASU, which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas. The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the FIBA Americas League.

The league usually includes some domestic champions, and some runner-ups, from the best leagues and basketball countries on the South American continent. Depending on the country, places may be awarded on the basis of performance in the previous season's domestic league, or over the previous two or three domestic seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996, with 2003 being the only year in which it was not held.

History

The South American Club Championship, which was founded in 1946, was the first international competition that was played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America until 1996, when the new South American League supplanted it in importance. With the emergence of the new FIBA Americas League in December of 2007, the South American League became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition.

Title holders

• 1996 Olimpia (VT)
• 1997 Atenas
• 1998 Atenas
• 1999 Vasco da Gama
• 2000 Vasco da Gama
• 2001 Estudiantes (O)
• 2002 Libertad (S)
• 2003 (Not held)
• 2004 Atenas
• 2005 Uberlândia (Unitri)
• 2006 Ben Hur
• 2007 Libertad (S)
• 2008 Regatas (C)
• 2009 Flamengo
• 2009 Quimsa
• 2010 Brasília
• 2011 Obras Sanitarias
• 2012 Regatas (C)
• 2013 Brasília
• 2014 Bauru

Finals

Year		Final				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Second place
1996 Details		Olimpia	2–0 Series	Corinthians		Franca (Cougar)	Rio Claro
1997 Details		Atenas	2–1 Series	Corinthians		Olimpia	Franca (Marathon)
1998 Details		Atenas	2–0 Series	Franca (Marathon)		Boca Juniors	Independiente
1999 Details		Vasco da Gama	2–0 Series	Boca Juniors		Independiente	Welcome
2000 Details		Vasco da Gama	3–2 Series	Atenas		Franca (Marathon)	Welcome
2001 Details		Estudiantes	3–1 Series	Gimnasia y Esgrima CR		Atenas	Flamengo
2002 Details		Libertad	3–1 Series	Vasco da Gama		Cocodrilos de Caracas	Estudiantes
2004 Details		Atenas	3–2 Series	Uberlândia (Unitri)		Boca Juniors	Libertad
2005 Details		Uberlândia (Unitri)	3–1 Series	Universo (Ajax)		Boca Juniors	Cocodrilos de Caracas
2006 Details		Ben Hur	3–1 Series	COC Ribeirão Preto		Uberlândia (Unitri)	Libertad
2007 Details		Libertad	3–2 Series	Franca (Unimed)		Ben Hur	Gimnasia y Esgrima CR
2008 Details		Regatas Corrientes	3–2 Series	Flamengo		Boca Juniors	Universo (Brasília)
2009 Details		Flamengo	Final group	Quimsa		Norte	Regatas Corrientes
2009 II Details		Quimsa	Final group	Libertad		Juventud Sionista	Minas
2010 Details		Brasília	98-86	Flamengo		Boca Juniors	Quimsa
2011 Details		Obras Sanitarias	88-73	Pinheiros (Sky)		Brasília	Atenas
2012 Details		Regatas Corrientes	Final group	Brasília		Flamengo	Peñarol MdP
2013 Details		Brasília	93–81	Aguada		Bauru (Paschoalotto)	Boca Juniors
2014 Details		Bauru	79–53	Mogi das Cruzes		Boca Juniors	Malvín
2015 Details		Brasília	2–0 Series	San Martín de Corrientes		Semifinal groups

Titles by club

Titles	Club	Years
3	Atenas	1997, 1998, 2004
	Brasília	2010, 2013, 2015
2	Vasco da Gama	1999, 2000
	Libertad	2002, 2007
	Regatas Corrientes	2008, 2012
1	Olimpia	1996
	Estudiantes	2001
	Uberlândia	2005
	Ben Hur	2006
	Flamengo	2009
	Quimsa	2009
	Obras Sanitarias	2011
	Bauru	2014

Titles by country

Titles	Country
12	Argentina
8	Brazil

MVP Award

Year	MVP	Team
1996	Jorge Racca	Olimpia
1997	Greg Dennis	Atenas
1998	Fabricio Oberto	Atenas
1999	Charles Byrd	Vasco da Gama
2000	José Vargas	Vasco da Gama
2001	Daniel Farabello	Estudiantes
2002	Mariano Cerutti	Libertad
2003	not held
2004	Héctor Campana	Atenas
2005	Valtinho	Unitri Uberlândia
2006	Leonardo Gutiérrez	Ben Hur
2007	Cleotis Brown	Libertad
2008	Alejandro Montecchia	Regatas Corrientes
2009 (I)	Marcelinho Machado	Flamengo
2009 (II)	Julio Mázzaro	Quimsa
2010	Guilherme Giovannoni	Brasília
2011	Juan Pedro Gutiérrez	Obras Sanitarias
2012	Paolo Quinteros	Regatas Corrientes
2013	Guilherme Giovannoni (2)	Brasília
2014	Alex Garcia	Bauru
2015	Deryk Ramos	Brasília

See also

• FIBA Americas League
• South American Club Championship

External links

• Liga Sudamericana Official Website
• ABASU Official Website (Spanish)
• LatinBasket.com Liga Sudamericana