2023–24 Basketball Champions League Americas

Basketball Champions League Americas
Season2023–24
Dates13 December 2023 – 14 April 2024
Teams12
Regular season
Season MVPBrandon Robinson (Quimsa)
Finals
Champions Quimsa
(2nd title)
Runners-up Flamengo
Third place Halcones de Xalapa
Fourth place Hebraica Macabi

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League Americas season, also referred to as the BCL Americas Season 5, was the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA). It was also the 25th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 62nd season of South American top-level competition.

The season began on 13 December 2023 and ended with the final stage in April 2024. The Final Four took place on 13 and 14 April 2024 at the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.[1] Final Four hosts Quimsa won their second BCL Americas title, defeating Flamengo 92–80 in the final.[2]

Franca were the defending champions, having won their first league title and seventh pan-American title in history. They were eliminated by Hebraica Macabi in the quarterfinals.[3]

Team allocation

Nine out of twelve teams were announced on 9 August 2023 by FIBA. The three representative teams from Brazil were confirmed later, in 27 October 2023 by FIBA.[4][5]

Gladiadores de Anzoátegui became the first Venezuelan team to participate in the league. The league did not feature a team from Canada, after having a representative from the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) the previous two seasons.

Franca (1st) Quimsa (1st) Hebraica Macabi (1st) Real Estelí (1st)
São Paulo (2nd) Boca Juniors (2nd) Nacional (2nd) Halcones de Xalapa (WC)
Flamengo (3rd) Obras Sanitarias (WC) Universidad de Concepción (1st) Gladiadores de Anzoátegui (1st)

Draw

The draw took place on 9 August 2023 in Miami. Group A was pre-determined based on geographical reasons and Groups B, C and D were decided through the draw.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Halcones de Xalapa 6 4 2 533 477 +56 10 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Real Estelí 6 3 3 483 521 −38 9
3 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui 6 2 4 490 508 −18 8
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
16 December 2023 Real Estelí 80–70 Halcones de Xalapa Managua, Nicaragua
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–15, 16–20, 27–17
Boxscore Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
17 December 2023 Halcones de Xalapa 76–82 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui Managua, Nicaragua
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–21, 15–18, 22–21
Boxscore Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
18 December 2023 Real Estelí 97–92(OT) Gladiadores de Anzoátegui Managua, Nicaragua
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 29–26, 20–27, 18–17, Overtime: 11–6
Boxscore Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
20 January 2024 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui 71–63 Real Estelí Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–16, 14–22, 20–7
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos
21 January 2024 Real Estelí 79–104 Halcones de Xalapa Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 22–33, 21–25, 16–14, 20–32
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos
22 January 2024 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui 74–92 Halcones de Xalapa Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 14–18, 15–29, 18–21
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos
7 February 2024 Halcones de Xalapa 91–87 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui Xalapa, Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 14–26, 19–27, 26–16
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio USBI
8 February 2024 Gladiadores de Anzoátegui 84–89 Real Estelí Xalapa, Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 27–19, 19–22, 24–23
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio USBI
9 February 2024 Halcones de Xalapa 100–75 Real Estelí Xalapa, Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 23–25, 25–21, 26–9
Boxscore Arena: Gimnasio USBI

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Quimsa 6 3 3 522 480 +42 9[a] Advance to quarter-finals
2 Nacional 6 3 3 485 503 −18 9[a]
3 São Paulo 6 3 3 505 529 −24 9[a]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head point difference: Quimsa +42, Nacional −18, São Paulo −24.
16 December 2023 Quimsa 112–65 São Paulo Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 24–24, 39–10, 25–19
Boxscore Arena: Estadio Ciudad
17 December 2023 São Paulo 84–89(OT) Nacional Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 23–26, 24–21, 21–12, Overtime: 8–13
Boxscore Arena: Estadio Ciudad
18 December 2023 Quimsa 86–78 Nacional Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 13–24, 28–13, 27–23
Boxscore Arena: Estadio Ciudad
26 January 2024 Nacional 78–86 Quimsa Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–18, 20–25, 21–20
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
27 January 2024 Quimsa 84–87 São Paulo Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 20–23, 22–23, 20–21
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
28 January 2024 Nacional 86–82 São Paulo Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 24–22, 20–17, 20–19
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
10 February 2024 São Paulo 93–87 Nacional São Paulo, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–22, 24–21, 22–24
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi
11 February 2024 Nacional 78–72 Quimsa São Paulo, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 18–20, 18–13, 22–16
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi
12 February 2024 São Paulo 94–82 Quimsa São Paulo, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–19, 15–21, 28–27
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Flamengo 6 5 1 495 449 +46 11 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Hebraica Macabi 6 2 4 455 496 −41 8[a]
3 Boca Juniors 6 2 4 436 441 −5 8[a]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head wins: Hebraica Macabi 2, Boca Juniors 1
13 December 2023 Flamengo 92–87(OT) Hebraica Macabi Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 15–31, 28–16, 11–10, Overtime: 13–8
Boxscore Arena: Maracanãzinho
14 December 2023 Hebraica Macabi 69–62 Boca Juniors Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 12–11, 15–21, 19–14
Boxscore Arena: Maracanãzinho
15 December 2023 Flamengo 62–80 Boca Juniors Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–19, 10–18, 12–24
Boxscore Arena: Maracanãzinho
17 January 2024 Hebraica Macabi 82–64 Boca Juniors Montevideo, Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 24–16, 21–19, 25–5
Boxscore Arena: Palacio Peñarol
18 January 2024 Boca Juniors 62–65 Flamengo Montevideo, Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 15–19, 18–15, 16–14
Boxscore Arena: Palacio Peñarol
19 January 2024 Hebraica Macabi 65–78 Flamengo Montevideo, Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–19, 10–22, 19–20
Boxscore Arena: Palacio Peñarol
10 February 2024 Boca Juniors 79–87 Flamengo Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–20, 15–20, 26–26
Boxscore Arena: La Bombonerita
11 February 2024 Flamengo 111–76 Hebraica Macabi Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 22–12, 23–24, 35–18
Boxscore Arena: La Bombonerita
12 February 2024 Boca Juniors 89–76 Hebraica Macabi Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 14–23, 26–19, 23–11
Boxscore Arena: La Bombonerita

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sesi Franca 6 5 1 583 496 +87 11 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Obras Basket 6 4 2 546 515 +31 10
3 Universidad de Concepción 6 0 6 425 543 −118 6
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 December 2023 Sesi Franca 78–59 Universidad de Concepción Franca, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–9, 17–20, 16–18
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão
14 December 2023 Universidad de Concepción 75–93 Obras Basket Franca, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 15-23, 20-26, 20-14, 20-30
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão
15 December 2023 Sesi Franca 94–87 Obras Basket Franca, Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 18-21, 34-17, 17–29
Boxscore Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão
20 January 2024 Universidad de Concepción 67–96 Obras Basket Concepción, Chile
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 22–30, 16–24, 18–20
Boxscore Arena: Casa del Deporte
21 January 2024 Obras Basket 94–118 Sesi Franca Concepción, Chile
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 20–34, 23–21, 25–34
Boxscore Arena: Casa del Deporte
22 January 2024 Universidad de Concepción 87–109 Sesi Franca Concepción, Chile
Scoring by quarter: 26–30, 17–37, 23–18, 21–24
Boxscore Arena: Casa del Deporte
7 February 2024 Obras Basket 97–96(OT) Sesi Franca Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 17–18, 25–22, 25–19, Overtime: 9–8
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
8 February 2024 Sesi Franca 88–72 Universidad de Concepción Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 26–22, 23–14, 17–14
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
9 February 2024 Obras Basket 79–65 Universidad de Concepción Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 11–19, 11–11, 31–20
Boxscore Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place in March 2024. The four winners advanced to the Final Four. Teams listed as "Team 1" hosted games 2 and 3. The schedule was confirmed on 16 February 2024.[6]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Halcones de Xalapa 2–1 Nacional 78–79 105–104 (2OT) 88–75
Quimsa 2–1 Real Estelí 98–68 94–95 99–69
Flamengo 2–0 Obras Basket 113–80 80–67 —
Sesi Franca 1–2 Hebraica Macabi 96–67 94–100 96–101

Halcones de Xalapa vs. Nacional

5 March 2024
Game 1
 Nacional 79–78
(Series: 1–0) 		Halcones de Xalapa Montevideo, Uruguay
21:40 Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 17–22, 12–14, 24–19
Pts: Semiglia 20
Rebs: Anderson 15
Asts: Acosta 5 		Boxscore Pts: Bejarano 19
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Mahalbašić 8 		Arena: Antel Arena
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Daniel García (VEN), Alan dos Santos (BRA)
9 March 2024
Game 2
 Halcones de Xalapa 105–104(2OT)
(Series: 1–1) 		Nacional Xalapa, Mexico
19:10 Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 25–21, 22–27, 19–22, Overtime: 10–10, 8–7
Pts: Fernández 28
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Stoll 12 		Boxscore Pts: Mathews 21
Rebs: Anderson 12
Asts: Semiglia 8 		Arena: Gimnasio USBI
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)
10 March 2024
Game 3
 Halcones de Xalapa 88–75
(Series: 2–1) 		Nacional Xalapa, Mexico
20:10 Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–14, 17–16, 29–25
Pts: Glynn 23
Rebs: Glynn 9
Asts: Cubillán, Stoll 5 		Boxscore Pts: Mathews 24
Rebs: Giorgetti 8
Asts: Acosta, Anderson 4 		Arena: Gimnasio USBI
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Quimsa vs. Real Estelí

6 March 2024
Game 1
 Real Estelí 68–98
(Series: 0–1) 		Quimsa Managua, Nicaragua
19:10 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–22, 20–34, 9–22
Pts: Williams 17
Rebs: Williams 9
Asts: Holloway 6 		Boxscore Pts: Acevedo 15
Rebs: Basabe, Vasirani 10
Asts: Brussino, Robinson 5 		Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), José Fernández (CRC)
10 March 2024
Game 2
 Quimsa 94–95
(Series: 1–1) 		Real Estelí Santiago del Estero, Argentina
20:40 Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 26–26, 20–22, 24–22
Pts: Robinson 27
Rebs: Ramírez 9
Asts: Sansimoni 6 		Boxscore Pts: Romero 27
Rebs: Romero 12
Asts: Ruiz 9 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Alan dos Santos (BRA)
11 March 2024
Game 3
 Quimsa 99–69
(Series: 2–1) 		Real Estelí Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10 Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–25, 21–11, 27–12
Pts: Robinson 22
Rebs: Robinson, Vasirani 7
Asts: Brussino 6 		Boxscore Pts: Romero 16
Rebs: Bishop 7
Asts: Holloway, Lucas 3 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Fernando Leite (BRA)

Flamengo vs. Obras Basket

4 March 2024
Game 1
 Obras Basket 80–113
(Series: 0–1) 		Flamengo Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10 Scoring by quarter: 22–37, 17–25, 27–30, 14–21
Pts: Spight 20
Rebs: Ruiz 6
Asts: Barral 5 		Boxscore Pts: Manfio 28
Rebs: Galvanini 12
Asts: Balbi 9 		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Nicolás Flores (PAR)
7 March 2024
Game 2
 Flamengo 80–67
(Series: 2–0) 		Obras Basket Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20:10 Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 19–19, 27–17, 12–13
Pts: Galvanini 24
Rebs: Manfio 8
Asts: Balbi 6 		Boxscore Pts: Spight 25
Rebs: Tha Andela 9
Asts: Spight, Venegas 3 		Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Kristian Páez (ECU), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

Sesi Franca vs. Hebraica Macabi

5 March 2024
Game 1
 Hebraica Macabi 67–96
(Series: 0–1) 		Sesi Franca Montevideo, Uruguay
19:10 Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–28, 18–19, 18–25
Pts: Hassell 16
Rebs: Hassell 9
Asts: Parodi 6 		Boxscore Pts: Dias 19
Rebs: Santos 8
Asts: three players 5 		Arena: Antel Arena
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL)
8 March 2024
Game 2
 Sesi Franca 94–100
(Series: 1–1) 		Hebraica Macabi Franca, Brazil
18:40 Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 23–27, 25–24, 22–21
Pts: Jackson 24
Rebs: Ferreira 7
Asts: Scala 7 		Boxscore Pts: Hassell 25
Rebs: Hassell 11
Asts: Parodi 8 		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Franco Ronconi (ARG)
9 March 2024
Game 3
 Sesi Franca 96–101
(Series: 1–2) 		Hebraica Macabi Franca, Brazil
18:40 Scoring by quarter: 31–32, 18–15, 27–25, 20–29
Pts: Hinkle 23
Rebs: Santos 7
Asts: Scala 8 		Boxscore Pts: Parodi 26
Rebs: Hassell 11
Asts: Parodi 10 		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão
Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Alexis Mercado (PUR)

Final Four

The Final Four took place on 13 and 14 April 2024. On 19 March, FIBA announced the round will be hosted by Quimsa at the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.[1]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 April
 
 
 Halcones de Xalapa87
 
14 April
 
 Flamengo90
 
 Flamengo80
 
13 April
 
 Quimsa92
 
 Quimsa89
 
 
 Hebraica Macabi75
 
Third place game
 
 
14 April
 
 
 Halcones de Xalapa (OT)101
 
 
 Hebraica Macabi99

Semifinals

13 April 2024 Halcones de Xalapa 87–90 Flamengo Santiago del Estero, Argentina
19:10 Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 19–26, 29–12, 28–31
Pts: Glynn 26
Rebs: Glynn 9
Asts: Stoll 10 		Boxscore Pts: Deodato 25
Rebs: Galvanini 12
Asts: Balbi 7 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Juan Fernández (ARG)
13 April 2024 Quimsa 89–75 Hebraica Macabi Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10 Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 20–10, 26–16, 24–25
Pts: Basabe, Brussino 14
Rebs: Vasirani 8
Asts: Sansimoni 6 		Boxscore Pts: Williams 25
Rebs: Hassell, Oglivie 8
Asts: Parodi 6 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Páez (ECU)

Third place game

14 April 2024 Halcones de Xalapa 101–99(OT) Hebraica Macabi Santiago del Estero, Argentina
18:40 Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 16–25, 26–17, 26–24, Overtime: 10–8
Pts: Bejarano, Glynn 20
Rebs: Mahalbašić 9
Asts: Stoll 10 		Boxscore Pts: Williams 32
Rebs: Oglivie 12
Asts: Hassell 4 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Kristian Páez (ECU)

Final

Main article: 2024 BCL Americas Final
14 April 2024 Flamengo 80–92 Quimsa Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10 Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 21–22, 26–20, 21–22
Pts: Balbi 16
Rebs: Galvanini 7
Asts: Machado 4 		Boxscore Pts: Robinson 23
Rebs: Basabe 14
Asts: Brussino 7 		Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Johnny Batista (PUR)

References

  1. ^ a b "The BCL Americas board of directors defines the venue for the Final 4 2023/24". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  2. ^ "Quimsa dominates Flamengo to become BCLA's first repeat champion". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ^ "Hebraica completes upset, defeating Franca to make the Final 4". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  4. ^ "BCL Americas' Season 5 Brazilian clubs are confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  5. ^ a b "BCL Americas Season 5 teams, groups are set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. ^ "Quarterfinals schedule is set for BCL Americas Season 5". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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