2017 FIBA Americas League Basketball league season
The 2017 FIBA Americas League was the tenth edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas , the FIBA Americas League . Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion.[ 1] Brazilian teams were not allowed to compete in the competition, due to the suspension of the Brazilian Basketball Confederation by FIBA , in November 2016.[ 2]
Guaros de Lara were the defending champions, and they successfully defended their title.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders):
LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
Notes
^ Note Wild Cards (WC): As the Brazilian sides were banned from the competition,
FIBA invited
Cocodrilos de Caracas and
Bucaneros de La Guaira to the competition.
[ 3]
Group phase
Group A
Source:
FIBA (H) Hosts
Notes:
^ a b c Soles de Mexicali 1–1, +2; La Unión de Formosa 1–1, +2; Aguada 1–1, –4
20 January 2017
18:00 PST
20 January 2017
20:15 PST
21 January 2017
16:15 PST
21 January 2017
18:30 PST
22 January 2017
16:15 PST
22 January 2017
18:30 PST
Group B
27 January 2017
18:00 CST
27 January 2017
20:15 CST
28 January 2017
18:00 CST
28 January 2017
20:15 CST
29 January 2017
16:15 CST
29 January 2017
18:30 CST
Group C
3 February 2017
19:15 ART
3 February 2017
21:30 ART
4 February 2017
19:15 ART
4 February 2017
21:30 ART
5 February 2017
19:15 ART
5 February 2017
21:30 ART
Group D
10 February 2017
17:45 AST
10 February 2017
20:00 AST
11 February 2017
17:45 AST
11 February 2017
20:00 AST
12 February 2017
17:00 AST
12 February 2017
19:15 AST
Semifinals
Group E
24 February 2017
18:00 CST
24 February 2017
20:15 CST
25 February 2017
16:15 CST
25 February 2017
18:30 CST
26 February 2017
16:15 CST
26 February 2017
18:30 CST
Group F
Source:
FIBA (H) Hosts
Notes:
^ a b Leones de Ponce–Weber Bahía Blanca 95–82
^ a b San Lorenzo de Almagro–Hebraica Macabi 100–84
Final 4
Semifinals
Third Place Game
Grand Final
Awards
Quinteto Ideal (Ideal Quintet)
References
External links
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