South American professional club basketball system

The South American professional club basketball system or South American professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in South America. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are currently two different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tier FIBA Americas League, and the 2nd tier South American League. The 1st-tier level FIBA Americas League is organized by FIBA Americas, and the 2nd-tier level South American League is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone of FIBA Americas.

The tier pyramid

The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former eras and the current era. Current tier competitions are indicated in bold.

Evolution of the South American basketball competitions

Level League
1 FIBA Americas League
(2007 – Present)[1]

South American League
(1996 – 2007)
(Current 2nd-tier)
South American Club Championship
(1946 – 1995) (Defunct)

2 South American League
(2008 – Present)[2]

South American Club Championship
(1996 – 2007) (Defunct)

3 South American Club Championship
(2008) (Defunct)[3]

History

The evolution of the top-tier international South American inter–continental and South American inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1946—present):

See also

References

  1. ↑ Liga Americas.
  2. ↑ L.Sudamericana.
  3. ↑ S.American Cup.
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