2007–08 FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League 2007–08
LeagueFIBA Americas League
SportBasketball
DurationDecember 4, 2007 – February 9, 2008
Top scorerUnited States Quincy Wadley
(Peñarol de Mar del Plata)
Finals
ChampionsArgentina Peñarol de Mar del Plata
  Runners-upMexico Soles de Mexicali
Grand Final MVPUnited States Quincy Wadley
(Peñarol de Mar del Plata)
FIBA Americas League seasons

The 2007–08 FIBA Americas League was the first edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions, as well as of the FIBA Americas zone. The first FIBA Americas League also included two teams from the United States, the Miami Tropics, and the PBL All-Stars, which was an All-Star selection team from the Premier Basketball League. However, the NBA is the first-tier competition in the United States, and it is in fact an international league, as it contains also a team from Canada. So teams from the United States and Canada are eligible to play at the competition because they belong to the FIBA Americas region. However, at the pro club level for those two countries, the FIBA Americas League would not be considered the 1st-tier league.

The competition began on December 4. The first stage was a round robin phase with four teams in each group. Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Guaynabo, Miami, Belo Horizonte, and Mar del Plata). The Final 4 of the league was played in a round-robin format from February 7 to February 9, in Mexicali, Mexico, home of the hosting team, Soles de Mexicali.

Teams

Group phase
Argentina Boca Juniors (1st) Brazil Brasília (1st) Mexico Soles de Mexicali (1st) United States Miami Tropics (ABA)
Argentina Peñarol Mar del Plata (2nd) Brazil Flamengo (2nd) Mexico Halcones de Xalapa (2nd) United States Premier Basketball League All Stars (PBL)
Argentina Libertad SunchalesLSH(3d) Brazil Minas Tênis (WC) Mexico Fuerza Regia (WC) Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (1st)
Dominican Republic Metros de Santiago (1st) Uruguay Defensor Sporting (WC) Chile Liceo Mixto (1st) Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo (2nd)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders, LSH: Liga Sudamerican title holders):

  • LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs

Group stage

Key to colors
     Top two places advanced to Quarterfinals

Group A (Guaynabo)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1. Mexico Soles de Mexicali 3 3 0 248 227 +21
2. Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce 3 2 1 262 210 +52
3. United States PBL All-Stars 3 1 2 238 267 −29
4. Dominican Republic Metros de Santiago 3 0 3 236 280 −44


December 4, 2007
PBL All-Stars United States 95–91 Dominican Republic Metros de Santiago
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 32–22, 28–25, 26–22
Pts: Tatum 18
Rebs: Pradia 11
Asts: Pérez Tejeda 5		 Pts: Curbelo 23
Rebs: Solano 10
Asts: Ramírez Arias, Lenderborg 6
December 4, 2007
Cangrejeros de Santurce Puerto Rico 74–75 Mexico Soles de Mexicali
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 9–17, 24–16, 26–20
Pts: Falcon Meléndez 19
Rebs: Dalmau 14
Asts: Dalmau 3		 Pts: Wheat 23
Rebs: Penny 10
Asts: Wheat 5
Mario Morales Coliseum, Guaynabo
December 6, 2007
Metros de Santiago Dominican Republic 83–94 Mexico Soles de Mexicali
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 16–29, 29–17, 23–23
Pts: Solano 15
Rebs: Solano 8
Asts: Ramírez Arias 6		 Pts: Penny 25
Rebs: Llamas 12
Asts: Wheat 6
Mario Morales Coliseum, Guaynabo
December 6, 2007
PBL All-Stars United States 73–97 Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 21–24, 9–20, 27–28
Pts: Tatum 17
Rebs: Pradia 13
Asts: Russell 3		 Pts: Falcon Meléndez 19
Rebs: Falcon Meléndez 9
Asts: Falcon Meléndez, Santiago 5
Mario Morales Coliseum, Guaynabo
December 7, 2007
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 79–70 United States PBL All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 27–27, 19–10, 11–19, 22–14
Pts: Penny 19
Rebs: Carrillo García 10
Asts: Wheat, Esquer Paredes 3		 Pts: Pérez Tejeda 20
Rebs: Pittman 8
Asts: Howard, Russell 2
Mario Morales Coliseum, Guaynabo
December 7, 2007
Cangrejeros de Santurce Puerto Rico 91–62 Dominican Republic Metros de Santiago
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 26–13, 22–20, 19–11
Pts: Dalmau, Watson 22
Rebs: Traylor 10
Asts: Dalmau 5		 Pts: Solano 17
Rebs: Solano 9
Asts: Lenderborg 6
Mario Morales Coliseum, Guaynabo

Group B (Miami)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1. United States Miami Tropics 3 3 0 296 264 +32
2. Mexico Halcones de Xalapa 3 1 2 310 287 +23
3. Mexico Fuerza Regia 3 1 2 274 288 −14
4. Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo 3 1 2 253 290 −37


December 11, 2007
Capitanes de Arecibo Puerto Rico 96–93 Mexico Fuerza Regia
Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 26–22, 19–30, 23–25
Pts: Figueroa 22
Rebs: Figueroa 11
Asts: Hatton 9		 Pts: Quintero, Williams, 23
Rebs: Crutchfield 11
Asts: Quintero 6
December 11, 2007
Miami Tropics United States 112–105 (OT) Mexico Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 24–22, 26–20, 21–20, Overtime: 21–14
Pts: Rosario 32
Rebs: Shelman 13
Asts: Shelman 6		 Pts: Mata 29
Rebs: Bradley, Ayón 10
Asts: Bowie, Prendes 4
FIU Arena, Miami
December 12, 2007
Capitanes de Arecibo Puerto Rico 86–116 Mexico Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 20–35, 27–27, 23–32
Pts: Figueroa 21
Rebs: Massenburg 10
Asts: Cruz 5		 Pts: Bowie 25
Rebs: Avila 8
Asts: Bradley 6
FIU Arena, Miami
December 12, 2007
Fuerza Regia Mexico 88–103 United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 26–19, 23–30, 23–29
Pts: Williams 28
Rebs: Jackson 17
Asts: Jackson, Quintero 3		 Pts: Watson 25
Rebs: Shelman 9
Asts: Mitchell, Shelman, Watson 6
FIU Arena, Miami
December 13, 2007
Fuerza Regia Mexico 93–89 Mexico Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 18–17, 27–26, 25–20
Pts: Williams 35
Rebs: Crutchfield, Jackson 9
Asts: Crutchfield 3		 Pts: Salcido 17
Rebs: Bowie 6
Asts: Bowie 5
FIU Arena, Miami
December 13, 2007
Capitanes de Arecibo Puerto Rico 71–81 United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 13–29, 22–18, 19–23
Pts: Figueroa 25
Rebs: Massenburg 9
Asts: Cruz 9		 Pts: Watson 24
Rebs: Baldonado 9
Asts: Shelman 5
FIU Arena, Miami

Group C (Belo Horizonte)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1. Brazil Minas Tênis Clube 3 2 1 241 232 +9 1–0
2. Uruguay Defensor Sporting 3 2 1 242 225 +17 0–1
3. Argentina Boca Juniors 3 1 2 215 246 −31 1–0
4. Brazil Flamengo 3 1 2 250 245 +5 0–1
December 18, 2007
Boca Juniors Argentina 73–94 Uruguay Defensor Sporting
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 18–23, 15–26, 24–28
Pts: Gutiérrez 19
Rebs: Alloatti, Gutiérrez, Stephens 6
Asts: Sartorelli 3		 Pts: Jackson 34
Rebs: Mielke 14
Asts: González 5
December 18, 2007
Minas Tênis Clube Brazil 88–99 Brazil Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–26, 24–10, 26–41
Pts: Johnson 26
Rebs: Camargos 9
Asts: Sucatzky 11		 Pts: Da Costa, Machado 25
Rebs: Coloneze 13
Asts: Lima 8
Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, Belo Horizonte
December 19, 2007
Boca Juniors Argentina 77–76 Brazil Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 16–15, 22–16, 15–23
Pts: Orona 20
Rebs: Cequeira, Stephens 6
Asts: Sartorelli 5		 Pts: Machado 23
Rebs: Machado 8
Asts: Vega 4
Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, Belo Horizonte
December 19, 2007
Brazil Minas Tênis Clube 77–68 Defensor Sporting Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 17–17, 23–17, 13–19
Pts: Machado 28
Rebs: Machado 14
Asts: Sucatzky 9		 Pts: Jackson, Castrillon 18
Rebs: Mielke 16
Asts: González Correa 8
Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, Belo Horizonte
December 20, 2007
Brazil Flamengo 75–80 Defensor Sporting Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–16, 16–17, 21–23
Pts: Da Costa 26
Rebs: Coloneze 13
Asts: Alvim, Lima 3		 Pts: Jackson 26
Rebs: Paez 10
Asts: González Correa 6
Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, Belo Horizonte
December 20, 2007
Argentina Boca Juniors 65–76 Minas Tênis Clube Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 9–26, 18–18, 19–20
Pts: Cequeira 19
Rebs: Robinson 9
Asts: Cequeira 3		 Pts: Johnson 21
Rebs: Machado 9
Asts: Sucatzky 10
Juscelino Kubitschek Arena, Belo Horizonte

Group D (Mar del Plata)

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1. Argentina Peñarol 3 3 0 248 207 +41
2. Argentina Libertad 3 2 1 228 204 +24
3. Brazil Brasília 3 1 2 218 238 −20
4. Chile Liceo Mixto 3 0 3 224 269 −45
January 8, 2008
Libertad Argentina 76–65 Brazil Brasília
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 20–16, 21–20, 15–17
Pts: Battle 19
Rebs: Battle, Ceruti 7
Asts: Pelussi 4		 Pts: Ferreira 15
Rebs: Ferreira 8
Asts: Silva 9
January 8, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 95–76 Chile Liceo Mixto
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 17–17, 27–15, 26–23
Pts: González 21
Rebs: Osborne 10
Asts: Rodríguez 7		 Pts: Hill 22
Rebs: Briones, Madison 8
Asts: Saez 6
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
January 9, 2008
Brasília Brazil 86–78 Chile Liceo Mixto
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 34–18, 27–21, 10–20
Pts: Belchor 30
Rebs: De Souza 7
Asts: Santos, Spillers, Silva, Fonseca 3		 Pts: Briones, Werth 14
Rebs: Madison 8
Asts: Madison 3
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
January 9, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 69–64 Argentina Libertad
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 18–10, 13–15, 17–21
Pts: Wadley 22
Rebs: González 7
Asts: Picarelli 6		 Pts: Battle, Ginóbili 16
Rebs: Battle, Pelussi 8
Asts: Ceruti, Ginóbili 4
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
January 10, 2008
Libertad Argentina 88–70 Chile Liceo Mixto
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 22–16, 26–20, 16–13
Pts: Battle 22
Rebs: Pelussi 7
Asts: Ginóbili 6		 Pts: Madison 17
Rebs: Madison 8
Asts: Werth 6
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
January 10, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 84–67 Brazil Brasília
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 21–12, 14–24, 29–19
Pts: Wadley 22
Rebs: Osborne 7
Asts: Rodríguez 6		 Pts: Spillers 22
Rebs: Santos Cipriano 8
Asts: Silva 3
Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata

Quarterfinals

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
1. Halcones de Xalapa Mexico 1–2 Mexico Soles de Mexicali 93–78 60–72 84–67
2. Libertad Argentina 0–2 Brazil Minas Tênis Clube 72–74 73–80
3. Cangrejeros de Santurce Puerto Rico 1–2 United States Miami Tropics 102–94 64–91 83–91
4. Defensor Sporting Uruguay 1–2 Argentina Peñarol 98–95 74-98 68–77


Game 1

January 14, 2008
Halcones de Xalapa Mexico 93–78 Mexico Soles de Mexicali
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 29–30, 24–13, 15–21
Pts: Ayón 20
Rebs: Selleaze 8
Asts: Johnson 7		 Pts: Lewis 23
Rebs: Lewis 12
Asts: Chávez, Penny, Wheat 3
January 15, 2008
Libertad Argentina 72–74 Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 18–14, 22–17, 14–17
Pts: Pelussi 19
Rebs: Battle 11
Asts: Müller, Ginóbili, Pelussi 4		 Pts: Campos 15
Rebs: Johnson 7
Asts: Sucatzky 6
January 16, 2008
Cangrejeros de Santurce Puerto Rico 102–94 United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 17–26, 28–19, 31–32
Pts: Dalmau 29
Rebs: Traylor 10
Asts: Santiago 9		 Pts: Barnes 19
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Mitchell 5
January 17, 2008
Defensor Sporting Uruguay 98–95 Argentina Peñarol
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 30–24, 23–27, 20–21
Pts: Jackson 29
Rebs: Mielke 9
Asts: Jackson 7		 Pts: Wadley 32
Rebs: Osborne 7
Asts: Osborne 6
Estadio Alberto Casal, Montevideo

Game 2

January 21, 2008
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 72–60 Mexico Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 8–10, 25–11, 13–13
Pts: Llamas 19
Rebs: Llamas 7
Asts: Wheat 4		 Pts: Bowie 12
Rebs: Ayón 9
Asts: Johnson 4
January 22, 2008
Minas Tênis Clube Brazil 80–73 Argentina Libertad
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 19–13, 11–17, 23–25
Pts: Sucatzky 25
Rebs: Camargos, Sucatzky 5
Asts: Sucatzky 10		 Pts: Pelussi 21
Rebs: Battle 10
Asts: Moldu 4
January 24, 2008
Miami Tropics United States 91–64 Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–13, 30–18, 25–15
Pts: Barnes 23
Rebs: Rosario 12
Asts: Mitchell 7		 Pts: Traylor 14
Rebs: Traylor 9
Asts: Santiago 3
January 22, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 98–74 Uruguay Defensor Sporting
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 24–16, 26–16, 28–18
Pts: Wadley 19
Rebs: Osborne 9
Asts: Wadley 7		 Pts: Jackson 19
Rebs: Manciel 7
Asts: González Correa 8

Game 3

January 22, 2008
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 84–67 Mexico Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 19–19, 21–9, 28–19
Pts: Lewis, Wheat 20
Rebs: Llamas 12
Asts: Lewis, Lopez, Penny, Wheat 3		 Pts: Johnson 23
Rebs: Ayón 10
Asts: Johnson 4
January 25, 2008
Miami Tropics United States 91–83 Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 28–24, 19–18, 28–25
Pts: Shelman 29
Rebs: Robinson 7
Asts: Shelman 4		 Pts: Traylor 27
Rebs: Traylor 16
Asts: Dalmau, Santiago, Traylor, Watson 3
January 23, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 77–68 Uruguay Defensor Sporting
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 21–16, 16–12, 19–20
Pts: Rodríguez 17
Rebs: Locatelli 10
Asts: Rodríguez 6		 Pts: Jackson 21
Rebs: Paez 14
Asts: Castrillón 4

Final 4

Peñarol got the first place in the round-robin group and won their first Americas League title due to a better point difference than the other two teams who had the same record (Soles de Mexicali and Miami Tropics).


Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Tie
1. Argentina Peñarol 3 2 1 270 246 +24 1–1 (+24)
2. Mexico Soles de Mexicali 3 2 1 287 278 +9 1–1 (+9)
3. United States Miami Tropics 3 2 1 260 267 −7 1–1 (–7)
4. Brazil Minas Tênis Clube 3 0 3 236 280 −44  
February 7, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 94–77 United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 22–20, 25–18, 22–22
Pts: Wadley 32
Rebs: Osborne 11
Asts: Wadley 4		 Pts: Shelman 16
Rebs: Rosario 8
Asts: Watson 5
February 7, 2008
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 95–83 Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 31–16, 14–24, 28–17
Pts: Lewis 27
Rebs: Lewis 16
Asts: López 6		 Pts: Johnson 23
Rebs: Machado 8
Asts: Sucatzky 8
Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali
February 8, 2008
Peñarol Argentina 97–85 Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 27–19, 16–20, 27–27
Pts: Wadley 26
Rebs: Locatelli 7
Asts: Locatelli, Rodríguez, Wasdley 5		 Pts: Johnson 23
Rebs: Johnson 11
Asts: Sucatzky 14
Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali
February 8, 2008
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 108–116 (OT) United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 38–25, 20–24, 18–23, Overtime: 8–16
Pts: Llamas 26
Rebs: Llamas 13
Asts: Wheat 10		 Pts: Barnes 29
Rebs: Watson 11
Asts: Mitchell 7
Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali
February 9, 2008
Minas Tênis Clube Brazil 65–67 United States Miami Tropics
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 13–20, 24–8, 9–21
Pts: Fernandes 21
Rebs: Johnson, Santos 8
Asts: Sucatzky 9		 Pts: Watson 15
Rebs: Rosario 11
Asts: Mitchell 3
Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali
February 9, 2008
Soles de Mexicali Mexico 84–79 Argentina Peñarol
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 16–27, 27–23, 16–11
Pts: Lewis 22
Rebs: Lewis 12
Asts: Penny, Wheat, López, Lewis 3		 Pts: Wadley 28
Rebs: Osborne 9
Asts: Rodríguez 3
Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali
FIBA Americas League 2007–08 Champions
Argentina
Peñarol de Mar del Plata
1st title

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