2022–23 Basketball Champions League Americas

BCL Americas
BCL Americas
	The Pedrocão hosted the Final Four
Season	2022–23
Dates	9 December 2022 – 15 April 2023
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Lucas Mariano
Finals
Champions	Sesi Franca; (1st league title; 10th continental title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
Third place	123 Minas
Fourth place	Quimsa
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 4th of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) season. It was also the 24th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 61st season of South American top-level competitions.

The Final Four took place on 14 and 15 April 2023, at the Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca, Brazil. Final Four hosts Sesi Franca won their first BCLA championship, and their record 10th continental title, by defeating Flamengo in the final.^[1] As the champions, Franca qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.^[2]

São Paulo were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for the tournament and thus were unable to defend their title.

Team allocation

The following teams have been confirmed for the upcoming season:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Franca (1st)	Instituto (1st)	Biguá (1st)	Real Estelí (1st)
Flamengo (2nd)	Quimsa (2nd)	Peñarol (2nd)	Brampton Honey Badgers (1st)
Minas (3rd)	Obras Sanitarias (WC)	Universidad de Concepción (1st)	Libertadores de Querétaro (WC)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 October in Miami.^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertadores de Querétaro	6	5	1	595	538	+57	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Real Estelí	6	4	2	577	551	+26	10	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Brampton Honey Badgers	6	0	6	531	608	−77	6

Source: BCL Americas

9 December 2022	Libertadores de Querétaro	99–83	Brampton Honey Badgers	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

10 December 2022	Brampton Honey Badgers	82–94	Real Estelí	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

11 December 2022	Libertadores de Querétaro	98–87	Real Estelí	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

16 January 2023	Real Estelí	98–84	Libertadores de Querétaro	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

17 January 2023	Libertadores de Querétaro	106–90	Brampton Honey Badgers	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

18 January 2023	Real Estelí	109–93	Brampton Honey Badgers	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 28–33, 28–18, 27–9
	Pts: Robinson 33 Rebs: Robinson 13 Asts: Terrell Holloway 10	Boxscore	Pts: Rice 25 Rebs: Taylor Jr. 9 Asts: Taylor Jr. 5	Arena: CAA Centre

7 February 2023	Brampton Honey Badgers	93–99	Real Estelí	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–33, 24–25, 27–20, 24–21
				Arena: CAA Centre

8 February 2023	Real Estelí	90–101	Libertadores de Querétaro	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 29–24, 19–23, 21–24
		Boxscore		Arena: CAA Centre

9 February 2023	Brampton Honey Badgers	86–107	Libertadores de Querétaro	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 22–21, 28–24, 22–37
		Boxscore		Arena: CAA Centre

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quimsa	6	5	1	523	481	+42	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	123 Minas	6	3	3	533	473	+60	9	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Biguá	6	1	5	451	553	−102	7

Source: BCL Americas

12 December 2022	Biguá	75–93	123 Minas	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 23–33, 20–18, 10–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

13 December 2022	123 Minas	93–95	Quimsa	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 28–34, 20–18, 30–28
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

14 December 2022	Biguá	73–88	Quimsa	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 15–20, 13–22, 21–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

16 January 2023	123 Minas	74–86	Quimsa	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 21–24, 24–17, 16–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

17 January 2023	Quimsa	83–102	Biguá	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 24–23, 17–26, 20–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

18 January 2023	123 Minas	90–61	Biguá	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–14, 21–14, 22–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

3 February 2023	Quimsa	88–67	Biguá	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 12–24, 21–17, 27–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

4 February 2023	Biguá	73–111	123 Minas	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–38, 20–23, 19–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

5 February 2023	Quimsa	83–72	123 Minas	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 14–22, 23–17, 19–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	540	394	+146	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Peñarol	6	2	4	412	503	−91	8	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Instituto	6	2	4	420	475	−55	8

Source: BCL Americas

12 December 2022	Peñarol	64–56	Instituto	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 20–13, 16–16, 16–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

13 December 2022	Flamengo	81–89	Instituto	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–23, 12–21, 25–24
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

14 December 2022	Peñarol	67–94	Flamengo	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–24, 17–23, 16–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

13 January 2023	Flamengo	103–47	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 29–10, 19–22, 29–6, 26–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

14 January 2023	Instituto	80–89	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 13–18, 20–20, 25–30
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

15 January 2023	Flamengo	91–46	Instituto	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 31–21, 11–8, 31–9, 18–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

6 February 2023	Instituto	71–79	Flamengo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 16–18, 25–17, 12–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

7 February 2023	Peñarol	74–92	Flamengo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 22–24, 22–23, 12–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

8 February 2023	Instituto	78–71	Peñarol	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 16–20, 20–12, 21–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sesi Franca	6	6	0	584	459	+125	12	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Universidad de Concepción	6	2	4	500	533	−33	8	Advance to quarterfinals
3	Obras Basket	6	1	5	469	561	−92	7

Source: BCL Americas

9 December 2022	Universidad de Concepción	92–106	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 31–21, 28–29, 18–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

10 December 2022	Sesi Franca	104–87	Obras Basket	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 27–36, 28–17, 24–17
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

11 December 2022	Universidad de Concepción	92–97	Obras Basket	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–21, 31–19, 26–30
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

13 January 2023	Obras Basket	69–90	Universidad de Concepción	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 18–30, 19–17, 15–25
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

14 January 2023	Universidad de Concepción	76–83	Sesi Franca	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–24, 24–15, 20–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

15 January 2023	Obras Basket	76–83	Sesi Franca	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 18–15, 23–19, 13–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

3 February 2023	Sesi Franca	105–65	Obras Basket	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 29–16, 30–15, 22–14
		Boxscore

4 February 2023	Obras Basket	75–87	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 23–18, 14–24, 16–18
		Boxscore

5 February 2023	Sesi Franca	103–63	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 32–20, 31–8, 19–21
		Boxscore

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place in March 2023. The four winners advanced to the Final Four. Teams listed as "Team 1" hosted games 2 and 3.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sesi Franca	2–0	Peñarol	91–84	87–72	—
Flamengo	2–0	Universidad de Concepción	92–64	88–86	—
Libertadores de Querétaro	0–2	123 Minas	78–98	84–93	—
Quimsa	2–0	Real Estelí	94–86	103–67	—

Final Four

On 14 March 2023, FIBA announced the Final Four would be hosted by Franca in the Ginásio Poliesportivo Pedrocão in the Brazilian city of Franca, SP. The games took place on 14 and 15 April 2023.^[7]

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

14 April

123 Minas	75
		15 April
Flamengo	80
		Flamengo	79
14 April
		Sesi Franca	88
Sesi Franca	91

Quimsa	73
		Third place game

		15 April

		123 Minas	94

		Quimsa	81

Semifinals

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	123 Minas	75–80	Flamengo	Franca, Brazil
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–26, 20–22, 15–17
	Pts: Alexey 25 Rebs: Johnson 5 Asts: Borges 7	Boxscore	Pts: Cuello 19 Rebs: Jaú 8 Asts: Fischer 5	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Diego Chiconato (BRA)

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Sesi Franca	91–73	Quimsa	Franca, Brazil
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–10, 25–27, 29–16
	Pts: Lucas M. 22 Rebs: Dias 11 Asts: Georginho 6	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 24 Rebs: Hernández, Ramírez 5 Asts: Cosolito, Ramírez 3	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Andrés Bartel (URU)

Third place game

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	123 Minas	94–81	Quimsa	Franca, Brazil
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 24–16, 16–23, 29–19
	Pts: Alexey 20 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Alexey 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ramírez 19 Rebs: Anderson 8 Asts: Anderson 4	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Daniel García (VEN), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Final

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Flamengo	79–88	Sesi Franca	Franca, Brazil
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 21–20, 22–15, 19–24
	Pts: Deodato 25 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 6 Asts: five players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Georginho, Lucas M. 16 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Georginho 5	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Individual awards

The Most Valuable Player award, as well as the all-league team (in Spanish: el Quinteto ideal) were announced after the final on 15 April 2023.^[8]

Most Valuable Player: Lucas Mariano, Sesi Franca
All-League First Team:
- Lucas Mariano, Sesi Franca
- Georginho, Sesi Franca
- Lucas Dias, Sesi Franca
- Martín Cuello, Flamengo
- Alexey Borges, 123 Minas

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2022–23 season.^[9]

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Efficiency per game	Luis Santos	Biguá	25.5
Points per game	Ismael Romero	Libertadores de Querétaro	21.3
Rebounds per game	Luis Santos	Biguá	10.8
Assists per game	Alexey Borges	123 Minas	6.4
Steals per game	Leandro Vildoza	Instituto ACC	2.7
Blocks per game	Eric Anderson	Quimsa	2.0
Turnovers per game	Eugenio Bocaz	UdeC	3.5
Minutes per game	Jerry Evans Jr.	UdeC	33.3

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Efficiency	Ismael Romero	Libertadores de Querétaro	41
Points	Thomas Robinson	Real Estelí	33
Rebounds	Luis Santos	Biguá	16
Assists	Santiago Vidal	Biguá	14
Steals	Guilherme Deodato	Flamengo	6
Steals	Leandro Vildoza	Instituto ACC	6
Blocks	Eric Anderson	Quimsa	5
Three pointers	Five occasions		7

References

^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ "Instituto y el primer día de la pretemporada del campeón de la Liga Nacional | Básquet". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "2022 CEBL Champion to Represent Canada in FIBA BCLA Competition". www.cebl.ca. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ Ramos, Federico (18 August 2022). "A dejarla en lo más alto". Basquet Total (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "BCL Americas Season 4's groups are set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Sesi Franca to host 2023 BCL Americas Final 4". FIBA.basketball. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Tres jugadores de Sesi Franca encabezan el Quinteto ideal, Mariano se proclama Más Valioso". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

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

[2] "Sesi Franca crowned 2023 BCLA champions". FIBA.basketball. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[3] "Instituto y el primer día de la pretemporada del campeón de la Liga Nacional | Básquet". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[4] "2022 CEBL Champion to Represent Canada in FIBA BCLA Competition". www.cebl.ca. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[5] Ramos, Federico (18 August 2022). "A dejarla en lo más alto". Basquet Total (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[6] "BCL Americas Season 4's groups are set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

[7] "Sesi Franca to host 2023 BCL Americas Final 4". FIBA.basketball. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

[8] "Tres jugadores de Sesi Franca encabezan el Quinteto ideal, Mariano se proclama Más Valioso". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[9] "Players statistics of the Basketball Champions League Americas 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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