2023–24 BCL Americas

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League Americas season, also referred to as the BCL Americas Season 5, is the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) season. It was also the 25th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 62nd season of South American top-level competition.

BCL Americas
Season2023–24
Dates13 December 2023 – April 2024
Number of teams12
2024–25 (Season 6) →

The season will begin on 13 December 2023 and will end with the final stage in April 2024.

Franca are the defending champions, having won their first league title and seventh pan-American title in history.

Team allocation

Nine out of twelve teams were announced on 9 August 2023 by FIBA. The three representative teams from Brazil were confirmed later, in 27 October 2023 by FIBA.[1][2]

Gladiadores de Anzoátegui became the first Venezuelan team to participate in the league. The league did not feature a team from Canada, after having a representative from the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) the previous two seasons.

Brazil Franca (1st) Argentina Quimsa (1st) Uruguay Hebraica Macabi (1st) Nicaragua Real Estelí (1st)
Brazil São Paulo (2nd) Argentina Boca Juniors (2nd) Uruguay Nacional (2nd) Mexico Halcones de Xalapa (WC)
Brazil Flamengo (WC) Argentina Obras Sanitarias (WC) Chile Universidad de Concepción (1st) Venezuela Gladiadores de Anzoátegui (1st)

Draw

The draw took place on 9 August 2023 in Miami. Group A was pre-determined based on geographical reasons and Groups B, C and D were decided through the draw.[2]

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Nicaragua Real Estelí 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Mexico Halcones de Xalapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Venezuela Gladiadores de Anzoátegui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Argentina Quimsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Brazil São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Uruguay Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Uruguay Hebraica Macabi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Brazil Flamengo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Argentina Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Franca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Argentina Obras Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chile Universidad de Concepción 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

References
  1. "BCL Americas' Season 5 Brazilian clubs are confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  2. "BCL Americas Season 5 teams, groups are set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
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