2023 BCL Americas Final

The Pedrocão hosted the Final
Event	2022–23 BCL Americas
Flamengo Sesi Franca (8–1) (9–0) 79 88 Head coach: Gustavo de Conti Head coach: Helinho
1 2 3 4 Total Flamengo 17 21 22 19 79 Sesi Franca 29 20 15 24 88
Date	15 April 2023
Venue	Ginásio Pedrocão, Franca
MVP	Lucas Mariano
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The 2023 BCL Americas Final was the final game of the 2022–23 BCL Americas, the 4th season of the league under its new entity and the 16th of the Pan-American premier basketball league organised by FIBA. It was played at the Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca on 15 April 2023. The game was played between Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Sesi Franca.

Franca won its tenth continental title and the first under the BCLA tournament.^[1] Lucas Mariano was the team's key player and won the league's MVP award.^[2]

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)
Flamengo	4 (1953, 2014, 2020, 2021)
Sesi Franca	13 (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

• (H): Home game
• (A): Away game
• (N): Neutral venue

Flamengo				Round	Sesi Franca
Opponent	Result			Group phase	Opponent	Result
Instituto	81–89 (Montevideo)			Gameday 1	Universidad de Concepción	106–92 (Concepción)
Peñarol	94–67 (Montevideo)			Gameday 2	Obras Sanitarias	104–87 (Concepción)
Peñarol	103-47 (H)			Gameday 3	Universidad de Concepción	83–76 (Buenos Aires)
Instituto	91-46 (H)			Gameday 4	Obras Sanitarias	83–76 (Buenos Aires)
Instituto	79–71 (Córdoba)			Gameday 5	Obras Sanitarias	105–65 (H)
Peñarol	94–72 (Córdoba)			Gameday 6	Universidad de Concepción	103–63 (H)
Group C first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Flamengo 6 11 2 Peñarol 6 8 3 Instituto 6 8 Source: BCL Americas				Group phase	Group D first place Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Sesi Franca 6 12 2 Universidad de Concepción 6 8 3 Obras Basket 6 7 Source: BCL Americas
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoffs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Universidad de Concepción	2–0	92–64 (A)	88–86 (H)	Quarterfinals	Peñarol	2–0	91–84 (A)	87–72 (H)
123 Minas	80–75 (N)			Semifinals	Quimsa	91–73 (H)

Flamengo v Sesi Franca

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Flamengo	79–88	Sesi Franca	Franca, Brazil
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 21–20, 22–15, 19–24
	Pts: Deodato 25 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 6 Asts: five players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Georginho, Lucas M. 16 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Georginho 5	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Ricardo Fischer 2 0 1 SG 7 Nicolás Aguirre 0 0 0 SF 9 Gabriel Galvanini 12 3 1 PF 44 Martín Cuello 18 4 1 C 30 Rafael Hettsheimeir 10 6 0 Reserves: SF 1 Guilherme Deodato 25 4 0 PG 11 José Vildoza 2 3 0 F 12 Rafael Mineiro 4 3 1 PF 16 Carlos Olivinha 0 0 0 PF 19 Andrés Ibargüen 2 5 0 SF 25 Lucas Martinez 4 3 1 PF 90 Emanuel Fernandes DNP Head coach: Gustavo de Conti

Flamengo Sesi Franca 0 Flamengo Statistics Sesi Franca 17/31 (55%) 2-pt field goals 22/37 (60%) 11/42 (26%) 3-pt field goals 10/21 (48%) 12/23 (52%) Free throws 14/18 (78%) 16 Offensive rebounds 7 21 Defensive rebounds 34 37 Total rebounds 41 5 Assists 11 11 Turnovers 15 11 Steals 5 0 Blocks 2 21 Fouls 22 2023 BCL Americas champions Sesi Franca 1st league title 11th continental title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 14 Georginho 16 4 5 SG 7 Jhonatan dos Santos 3 4 0 SF 9 Lucas Dias 15 7 1 PF 1 David Jackson 11 6 2 C 28 Lucas Mariano 16 7 1 Reserves: PF 0 Michael Smith 6 0 1 C 3 Márcio Santos 8 7 2 SF 6 Santiago Scala 13 0 1 PF 11 Eduardo Elevi DNP PF 29 Reynan Santos DNP PF 43 Nathan Fernandes DNP PF 58 Paulo Barbosa DNP Head coach: Helinho