en Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol

Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol
Pan American Basketball Club Championship
Founded	1993; 32 years ago
First season	1993
Folded	2000; 25 years ago
Country	Latin America
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Related competitions	FIBA South American League
Last champions	Estudiantes de Olavarría; (1 title)
Most championships	Franca; (4 titles)

The Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship) was an international professional basketball tournament that was contested from 1993 to 2000, with the exception of 1998, when it was scheduled to be held in the Dominican Republic, and was cancelled due to Hurricane Georges. The team that won the most championships was Franca Basquetebol Clube, with 4 titles.

This tournament was a predecessor of the current FIBA Americas League, that was created in 2007.^[1]

History

The Pan American Club Championship,^[2]^[3] founded in 1993, was the top-tier level annual professional basketball competition for all of Latin America. It was not held in 1998, due to Hurricane Georges. The competition's last season was held in 2000. A new version of the Pan American Club Championship, called the FIBA Americas League, was created in 2007^[4] and it was then replaced by the BCL in 2019.

Names of the top-tier level Pan-American competition

- Campeonato Panamericano de Clubes de Básquetbol (English: Pan American Basketball Club Championship): (1993–2000)
FIBA Americas era: (2007–present)
- FIBA Americas League: (2007 – 2019)
- Basketball Champions League Americas: (2019–present)

Championship results

Year	Host City	Champions	Finalists	Third place	Fourth place
1993	Quito^[5]	Franca	Atenas	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	Adidas
1994	Córdoba / Olavarría	Franca^[6]	Olimpia de Venado Tuerto	Esporte Clube União Corinthians	Atenas
1995	Santa Cruz do Sul / Porto Alegre	Rio Claro	Peñarol Mar del Plata^[7]	Pony EC União Corinthians	Franca
1996	Franca^[8]	Atenas^[9]^[10]^[11]	Cougar/Franca	Dharma/Yara Franca	Independiente de General Pico
1997	General Pico^[12]^[13]	Marathon/Franca	Atenas^[14]^[15]	Independiente de General Pico	Mogi das Cruzes
1998	Santo Domingo^[16] (cancelled due to Hurricane Georges)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	Santo Domingo^[17]	Franca	Vasco da Gama	Mauricio Baez	Independiente de General Pico
2000	Montevideo	Estudiantes de Olavarría^[18]^[19]^[20]	Aguada	Atlético Welcome	Marathon Franca

Champions

Titles by club

Club	Champions	Years Won	Runners-up	Years Finalists
Franca	4	1993, 1994, 1997, 1999	1	1996
Atenas	1	1996	2	1993, 1997
Rio Claro	1	1995	0	–
Estudiantes de Olavarría	1	2000	0	–
Olimpia de Venado Tuerto	0	–	1	1994
Peñarol de Mar del Plata	0	–	1	1995
Vasco da Gama	0	–	1	1999
Aguada	0	–	1	2000

Titles by country

Country (national league)	Champions	Years Won	Runners-up	Years Finalists
Brazil (CBB)	5	1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999	2	1996, 1999
Argentina (LNB)	2	1996, 2000	4	1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Uruguay (CFB)	0	–	1	2000

Rosters

1994 Final

Cougar Franca: Maury, Chuí, Dexter Shouse, Rogério Klafke, Fábio Pira - Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Janjao. Coach: Hélio Rubens
Olimpia: Héctor Campana, Alejandro Montecchia, Jorge Racca, Lucas Victoriano, Sebastian Uranga, Gabriel Darrás^[es], Orlando Tourn^[es], Orlando Lightfoot, George Montgomery, Leonardo Gutiérrez. Coach: Julio Lamas

1995 Final

Rio Claro: Valtinho da Silva, Scooby Tec, Taddei Cury, Paulao, Antonio Santana, Luiz Felipe Azevedo, Almir, Gibi, Daniel Ricardo Probst, Efigenio, Seu Agostinho, Walter Rosamila, Gustavo
Penarol: Marcelo Richotti^[es], Ariel Bernardini ^[es], Héctor Campana, Diego Maggi^[es], Pablo Sebastián Rodríguez. Coach: Néstor García

1996 Final

Atenas Cordoba: Marcelo Milanesio, Greg Dennis, Wallace Bryant, Fabricio Oberto, Diego Osella - Héctor Campana, Bruno Lábaque, Leandro Palladino, Alejandro Olivares. Coach: Rubén Magnano
Cougar Franca: Helinho, Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Ronnie Thompkins, Rogério Klafke, Jose Vargas, Isaías, Fernando Reis, Evandro. Coach: Hélio Rubens

1997 Final

Cougar Franca: Helinho, Chui, Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Rogério Klafke, Jose Vargas, Fabio Pira, Evandro, Ricardo Giannecchini, Guillherme da Luz, Serafin. Coach: Hélio Rubens
Atenas Cordoba: Bruno Lábaque, Leandro Palladino Steve Edwards, Stephen Rich, Fabricio Oberto - Marcelo Milanesio, Diego Osella, Héctor Campana, Gabriel Riofrio^[es], Pellusi. Coach: Rubén Magnano

1999 Final

Cougar Franca: Helinho, Chui, Sandro Varejao, Guillherme da Luz, Gilsinho, Mike Higgins, Rodrigo Bahia, Fernando Reis, Fransergio, Ricardo Giannecchini, Valtinho da Silva, Edu Mineiro, Jorginho, Marcio Dornelles. Coach: Hélio Rubens
Vasco da Gama: Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Paulinho, Jose Vargas, Charles Byrd, Janjao, Mingao, Joao Batista, Rogerio, Diego, Espiga, Ricardinho. Coach: Flor Meléndez

2000 Final

Estudiantes de Olavarria: Gustavo Fernández, Daniel Farabello, Gabriel Díaz, Dwight McGray, Gabriel Fernández - Byron Wilson, Victor Baldo^[es], Paolo Quinteros. Coach: Sergio Hernandez
Aguada: Jorge Cabrera, Diego Losada, Sterling Davis, Bill Washington, Fredy Navarrete, Hébert Núñez, Diego Castrillón, González. Coach: Alberto Espasandín

Sources

References

External links

FIBA Americas Official Website

[1] Equipo de baloncesto salvadoreño jugará Liga de las Américas (in Spanish).

[2] Historia de los panamericanos (in Spanish).

[3] Helio Rubens versus equipos Argentinos (in Spanish).

[4] Equipo de baloncesto salvadoreño jugará Liga de las Américas (in Spanish).

[5] Atenas vs Adidas (in Spanish).

[6] Franca en tiempo extra(in Spanish).

[7] Historia del Penarol (in Spanish).

[8] Panamericano 96 (in Spanish).

[9] "Nuestra Historia " (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2018-11-21.

[10] Fabricio Oberto Básquetbol (in Spanish).

[11] Panamericano 1996 (in Spanish).

[12] BASQUET: DEBUTAN INDEPENDIENTE Y ATENAS El turno del Panamericano (in Spanish).

[13] Panamericano 97 (in Spanish).

[14] Panamericano 1997 (in Spanish).

[15] Atenas in the final (in Spanish).

[16] Panamericano de clubes 1998: teams confirmed (in Spanish).

[17] Panamericano de clubes 1999 (in Spanish).

[18] Panamericano de clubes 2000 (in Spanish).

[19] Conociendo a Gustavo "Lobito" Fernández (in Spanish).

[20] Estudiantes de Olavarría, un bicampeón jerarquizado (in Spanish).

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