2025 Basketball Champions League Americas Final
The Ginásio do Maracanãzinho hosted the Final. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 2024–25 BCL Americas | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 April 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Alexey Borges | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Orlando Varela (HON) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2024–25 BCL Americas, the sixth season of the league under its new entity and the 18th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro on 20 April 2025. The game was played between Brazilian club Flamengo and the Argentinean club Boca Juniors.
Flamengo won its fourth continental title, becoming the first Brazilian team to win the competition twice. Also they qualified for 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.[1] Alexey Borges was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.[2]
Teams
In the following table, finals until 2020 were in the FIBA Americas League and South American Championship eras.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Flamengo | 6 (1953, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024) |
| Boca Juniors | None |
Road to the final
- (H): Home game
- (A): Away game
- (N): Neutral venue
| Flamengo | Round | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group phase | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 70–69 (H) | Gameday 1 | Flamengo | 69–70 (Rio de Janeiro) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toros de Chiriquí | 99–72 (H) | Gameday 2 | Toros de Chiriquí | 92–71 (Rio de Janeiro) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toros de Chiriquí | 96–50 (Panama City) | Gameday 3 | Flamengo | 61–96 (Panama City) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 96–61 (Panama City) | Gameday 4 | Toros de Chiriquí | 83–63 (Panama City) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 71–96 (Buenos Aires) | Gameday 5 | Flamengo | 96–71 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toros de Chiriquí | 110–65 (Buenos Aires) | Gameday 6 | Toros de Chiriquí | 114–70 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group B first place
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Group phase | Group B second place
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| Opponent | Series | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Playoffs | Opponent | Series | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paisas | 2–0 | 89–72 (A) | 102–65 (H) | – | Quarterfinals | Real Estelí | 2–1 | 93–79 (H) | 89–97 (A) | 72–58 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sesi Franca | 91–67 (H) | Semifinals | Instituto | 80–73 (N) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game details
| 20 April 2025 | Flamengo | 83–57 | Boca Juniors | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| 21:10 | Scoring by quarter: 30–13, 19–16, 11–16, 23–12 | |||
| Pts: Deodato 16 Rebs: Miranda 9 Asts: Borges 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Martín Cuello 16 Rebs: Delía 14 Asts: Vildoza 5 |
Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Orlando Varela (HON) |
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| 2024 BCL Americas champions |
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Flamengo 2nd league title 4th continental title |
References
- ^ "Flamengo wins second BCL Americas crown". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ "Alexey Borges wins MVP honors". FIBA.basketball.