Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol


The Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Básquetbol, or Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol, was an international men's professional basketball cup competition that took place between South American sports clubs. It was originally organized by the South American Basketball Confederation, and then later by FIBA Americas. It was played annually between the league champions in each country, plus the winner of the previous edition.

History

The South American Championship of Champions Clubs, which was founded in 1946, was the first international competition that was played between basketball clubs from South America, and it was the first-tier and most important club competition in South America until 1993, when the Pan American Club Championship supplanted it in importance. With the emergence of the new FIBA South American League in 1996, the South American Championship of Champions Clubs became the third-tier international club championship in South America. The competition was finally discontinued in the year 2008, after the new top-tier level FIBA Americas League had been recently formed in December 2007.

South American Championship of Champions Clubs levels on the South American pyramid

The competition was hosted in one or more cities. In the first round, the eight clubs were divided in two groups of four teams each. The two best placed teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the first placed team of a group played against the other group's runner-up. The final was contested by the semifinal winners.

List of champions

Finals

YearHostChampionRunner-up
1946
 Buenos Aires Olimpia Gimnasia y Esgrima
1953
 Antofagasta Olimpia
Flamengo
Provincia de Santa Fé
1956
 Montevideo Sporting Club Uruguay Ateneo de la Juventud
1958
 Guayaquil Sporting Club Uruguay San Lorenzo
1961
 Asunción Sírio Olimpia
1965
 São Paulo Corinthians Tabaré
1966
 São Paulo Corinthians L.D. Estudantil
1967
 Antofagasta Thomas Bata Welcome
1968
 Montevideo Sírio Welcome
1969
 Guayaquil Corinthians L.D. Estudantil
1970
 Punta Arenas Sírio Atenas
1971
 Arequipa Sírio Sportiva Italiana
1972
 São Paulo Sírio Olimpia
1974
 Mercedes, Salto, Montevideo Franca CA Peñarol
1975
 La Paz Franca Obras Sanitarias
1977
 Corrientes, Buenos Aires Franca Palmeiras
1978
 São Paulo Sírio Franca
1979
 Isla Margarita Sírio Guaiqueríes de Margarita
1980
 Cúcuta Franca Sírio
1981
 Asunción, Encarnación Ferro C. Oeste São José dos Campos
1982
 Buenos Aires, Montevideo Ferro C. Oeste Obras Sanitarias
1983
 Buenos Aires, Montevideo Peñarol Monte Líbano
1984
 Tarija, Sucre Sírio River Plate
1985
 Limeira, Jundiaí Monte Líbano San Andrés
1986
 Buenos Aires Monte Líbano Ferro C. Oeste
1987
 Valparaíso, Santiago de Chile Ferro C. Oeste Monte Líbano
1988
 Caracas Trotamundos Atenas
1989
 Asunción Trotamundos Biguá
1990
 Guayaquil Franca San Pedro Pascual
1991
 Franca Franca Atenas
1992
 Montevideo Biguá Franca
1993
 Córdoba Atenas Franca
1994
 Lima Atenas Olimpia
1995
 Bucaramanga Rio Claro Hebraica y Macabi
1996
 Concepción, Talca Independiente Rio Claro
1998
 Tarija Vasco da Gama Welcome
1999
 Rio de Janeiro Vasco da Gama Bauru
2000
 Valencia Trotamundos Vasco da Gama
2001
 Isla Margarita Delfines de Cabimas Espartanos de Margarita
2002
 Valdivia Delfines de Miranda Valdivia
2003
 Maracaibo Delfines de Miranda Gimnasia y Esgrima
2004
 Asunción Boca Juniors Delfines de Miranda
2005
 Rafaela Boca Juniors Unitri/Uberlândia
2006
 Barquisimeto Boca Juniors Guaros de Lara
2007
 Brasília Minas Tênis Boca Juniors
2008
 Guayaquil Biguá Libertad

Titles by club

TitlesClubYears won
8 Sírio1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984
6 Franca1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 1991
3
 Corinthians1965, 1966, 1969
3
 Ferro C. Oeste1981, 1982, 1987
3
 Trotamundos1988, 1989, 2000
3
 Delfines de Miranda2001, 2002, 2003
3
 Boca Juniors2004, 2005, 2006
2
 Defensor1956, 1958
2
 Monte Líbano1985, 1986
2
 Biguá1992, 2008
2
 Atenas1993, 1994
2
 Vasco da Gama1998, 1999
1
 Olimpia1946
1
 Olimpia1953
1
 Flamengo1953
1
 Provincia de Santa Fé1953
1
 Thomas Bata1967
1
 Peñarol1983
1
 Rio Claro1995
1
 Independiente1996
1
 Minas2007

Titles by country