Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto

The Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto (Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete, English: South American Basketball League), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the second-tier level South American professional basketball competition at the club level, with the first-tier level now considered the panamerican competition of the Champions League. The competition is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas, following the dissolution of the South American Basketball Confederation (CONSUBASQUET). The winner of each year's competition gets a place at the upcoming edition of the Basketball Champions League Americas.

The league usually includes some national domestic champions, and some runners-up, from the best national 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 national domestic league, or over the previous two or three national domestic seasons. The tournament has been played since 1996, aside from 2003, 2020 and 2021.

The South American Championship of Champions Clubs, which was founded in 1946, was the first international club tournament played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America. In 1993, the Pan American Club Championship was launched including also Central American teams and was held annually until 2000.
The FIBA South American League was founded in 1996 and became the top South American competition, with the historical South American Basketball Championship becoming now the second tier. The champions of the FIBA South American League would automatically earn a spot to the biennial World club competition of the McDonald's Championship which was supported by FIBA. Atenas in 1997 and Vasco da Gama in 1999 were the only two teams that represented South America in the competition which also included NBA champions. Atenas also represented South America as champions in the 1996 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

With the emergence of the new panamerican competition called the FIBA Americas League, in December 2007, the FIBA South American League became the second-tier international club championship in South America, beginning with the 2008 edition of the competition. The winner was also allocated a spot in the following year's FIBA Americas League.

On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the competition, which derives its name and branding from the European Basketball Champions League. The competition replaced the FIBA Americas League as premier league in the Americas. The competition will consist of twelve teams, which have to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season is expected to start in October 2019.

The 2020 and 2021 seasons were cancelled because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] In 2022, the league returned.

• 1st-tier: (2001 – 2007)
• 2nd-tier: (1996 – 2000, 2008 – Present)

• CONSUBASQUET era: (1946–2007)
  • Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol (English: South American Basketball Championship of Champions 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)
  • Basketball Champions League Americas: (2019 – present)

The season usually started in February and ended in May until 2009 (I). Then after the South American Champions Cup folded, it to moved to October until November.

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (Points Per Game):

• 2007 Cleotis Brown III (Libertad de Sunchales): 17.4
• 2008 Leandro García Morales (Club Atlético Aguada): 23.5 ^[2]
• 2009 (I) Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 24.9 ^[3]
• 2009 (II) Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 23.7 ^[4]
• 2010 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.6 ^[5]
• 2011 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 18.8 ^[6]
• 2012 Paulinho Boracini (Pinheiros): 22.3 ^[7]
• 2013 Leandro García Morales (Club Atlético Aguada): 25.9 ^[8]
• 2014 Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 22 ^[9]
• 2015 Jeremiah Wood (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 18.5
• 2016 Leandro García Morales (Hebraica Macabi): 23.3
• 2017 Heissler Guillent (Guaros de Lara): 16.8 ^[10]
• 2018 Marquinhos Vieira (Flamengo Basketball): 22
• 2019 Samuel Yeager (Piratas de los Lagos ): 26.9
• 2022 Charles Mitchell (Regatas Corrientes): 18.1
• 2023 Emilio Cappare Guzmán (Caballeros de Culiacan): 20.7 ^[11]
• 2024 Derrick Woods (ABA Ancud): 20.5 ^[12]

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (rebounds Per Game):

• 2007 Robert Battle (Libertad de Sunchales): 10.9
• 2008 Shilton dos Santos (Joinville): 8.6
• 2009 (I) Roberto Sebastian Lopez (Regatas de Corrientes): 8.2
• 2009 (II) Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 9.8
• 2010 Ricardo Luis Probst (Minas Tênis Clube): 9.8
• 2011 Federico Kammerichs (Regatas): 11.6
• 2012 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez (Obras Sanitarias): 9.3
• 2013 Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 10
• 2014 Bruno Fiorotto (Limeira): 9.5
• 2015 Mathías Calfani (Club Malvín): 8.5
• 2016 Justin Douglas Williams (Ciclista Olímpico): 13
• 2017 Néstor Colmenares (Guaros de Lara): 8.8
• 2018 Pablo Espinoza (Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba): 8.6
• 2019 Erik Thomas (Ferro Carril Oeste ): 7.4
• 2022 Eloy Vargas (Club Atlético Aguada): 11.6
• 2023 Eloy Vargas (Titanes de Barranquilla): 11 ^[13]
• 2024 Derrick Woods (ABA Ancud): 10.8^[14]

Since the beginning of the 1996 season (assists Per Game):

• 2007 Helio Rubens Garcia Filho (Unitri/Uberlândia ): 5.9
• 2008 Facundo Sucatzky (Minas Tênis Clube): 5.8
• 2009 (I) Valtinho da Silva (Brasilia): 5
• 2009 (II) Valtinho da Silva (Brasilia): 8
• 2010 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 5.3
• 2011 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 5.3
• 2012 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 6.5
• 2013 Nezinho dos Santos (Brasilia): 6
• 2014 Fúlvio de Assis (Brasilia): 7.5
• 2015 Diego Ciorciari (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 5
• 2016 Maximiliano Stanic (Ciclista Olímpico): 8
• 2017 Leandro Vildoza (Estudiantes Concordia): 4
• 2018 Gegê Chaia (Minas Tênis Clube): 7.2
• 2019 Cordero Bennett (Esporte Clube Pinheiros): 5
• 2022 Jhornan Zamora (Titanes de Barranquilla): 6.3
• 2023 Joshua Webster (Club Gimnasia & Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia): 5.6
• 2024 Lucas Perez (San Lorenzo): 8.8

• 2007 Robert Battle (Libertad de Sunchales): 21.5
• 2008 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.8
• 2009 (I) Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 25.5
• 2009 (II) Murilo Becker (Minas Tênis Clube): 27
• 2010 Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo Basketball): 21.9
• 2011 Federico Kammerichs (Regatas): 24.6
• 2012 Juan Pedro Gutiérrez (Obras): 21.8
• 2013 Alex Garcia (Brasilia): 23.3
• 2014 Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasilia): 24.5
• 2015 Jeremiah Wood (Club San Martín de Corrientes): 24.3
• 2016 Leandro García Morales (Hebraica Macabi): 22.2

The competition was held in a play-off format of at least 2 games, before it shifted to a single final.

• List of basketball champions of the Americas
• South American Women's Basketball League
• Basketball Champions League Americas
• FIBA Americas League
• Pan American Championship
• South American Championship of Champions Clubs

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