2019 FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League
Season2019
Dates18 January – 31 March 2019
Games played40
Teams16
Finals
ChampionsArgentina San Lorenzo (2nd title)
  Runners-upVenezuela Guaros de Lara
Third placeBrazil Paulistano
Fourth placeMexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México
Awards
Grand Final MVPJordan Dar Tucker
2018

The 2019 FIBA Americas League was the 12th edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas and last for the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion.

San Lorenzo won its second continental title, giving them the right to play in the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Team allocation

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Group phase
(16 teams)
  • 16 qualified teams
Semifinal Phase
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the group phase
  • 4 group runners-up from the group phase
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 2 group winners from the semifinal phase
  • 2 group runners-up from the semifinal phase

Teams

Group phase
Argentina San Lorenzo TH (1st) Brazil Mogi das Cruzes (2nd) Mexico Soles de Mexicali (1st) Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo (1st)
Argentina San Martín de Corrientes (2nd) Brazil Franca LSC Mexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México (2nd) Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce (4th)
Argentina Atenas (3rd) Chile Las Animas (1st) Mexico Libertadores de Querétaro (WC) [Note WC] Uruguay Malvín (1st)
Brazil Paulistano (1st) Colombia Titanes de Barranquilla (1st) Nicaragua Real Estelí Venezuela Guaros de Lara (1st)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • TH: Americas League title holders
  • LSC: Liga Sudamericana winners
  • WC: Qualified through Wild Card
Notes
  • ^
    Note Wild Cards (WC): As Panamanian champions Universitarios declined to participate, FIBA invited Libertadores de Querétaro to the competition.[1]
  • Group phase

    Sixteen teams participated in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 18 January until 10 February 2019.

    Group A

    Venue: São Paulo, Brazil

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Brazil Paulistano (H) 3 3 0 262 180 +82 6 Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Argentina Atenas 3 1 2 217 227 −10 4
    3 Uruguay Malvín 3 1 2 214 253 −39 4
    4 Colombia Titanes de Barranquilla 3 1 2 231 284 −53 4
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Group B

    Venue: Mexico City, Mexico

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Brazil Franca 3 3 0 285 224 +61 6 Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Mexico Capitanes (H) 3 2 1 254 246 +8 5
    3 Mexico Soles de Mexicali 3 1 2 225 249 −24 4
    4 Nicaragua Real Estelí 3 0 3 235 280 −45 3
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Group C

    Venue: Valdivia, Chile

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Argentina San Lorenzo 3 3 0 267 207 +60 6 Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Chile Las Animas (H) 3 2 1 252 271 −19 5
    3 Argentina San Martín de Corrientes 3 1 2 211 215 −4 4
    4 Brazil Mogi das Cruzes 3 0 3 254 291 −37 3
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Group D

    Venue: Ponce, Puerto Rico

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Venezuela Guaros de Lara 3 3 0 259 245 +14 6 Advance to semifinal phase
    2 Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo 3 2 1 261 252 +9 5
    3 Mexico Libertadores de Querétaro 3 1 2 272 287 −15 4
    4 Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce (H) 3 0 3 281 289 −8 3
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Semifinal phase

    The eight teams which advance from the group phase, played in this stage in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the final four. Games were played from 8 March until 17 March 2019.

    Group E

    Venue: Franca, Brazil

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Brazil Paulistano 3 3 0 275 231 +44 6 Advance to Final Four
    2 Mexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México 3 2 1 253 246 +7 5
    3 Brazil Franca (H) 3 1 2 255 243 +12 4
    4 Argentina Atenas 3 0 3 219 282 −63 3
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Group F

    Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1 Venezuela Guaros de Lara 3 3 0 245 209 +36 6 Advance to Final Four
    2 Argentina San Lorenzo (H) 3 2 1 241 181 +60 5
    3 Puerto Rico Capitanes de Arecibo 3 1 2 228 254 −26 4
    4 Chile Las Animas 3 0 3 186 256 −70 3
    Source: FIBA
    (H) Hosts

    Final Four

    The final four tournament decided the champion of the 2019 season. The tournament was held from 30 March and 31 March 2019 in the Polideportivo Roberto Pando in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

     
    SemifinalsGrand Final
     
          
     
    30 March
     
     
    Brazil Paulistano58
     
    31 March
     
    Argentina San Lorenzo76
     
    Argentina San Lorenzo64
     
    30 March
     
    Venezuela Guaros de Lara61
     
    Venezuela Guaros de Lara81
     
     
    Mexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México66
     
    Third place
     
     
    31 March
     
     
    Brazil Paulistano100
     
     
    Mexico Capitanes de Ciudad de México78

    References