South American Women's Basketball League
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The South American Women's Basketball League (Spanish: Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenino; Portuguese: Liga Sul-Americana de Basquetebol Feminino) is a South American competition of women's basketball clubs organized by FIBA Americas, which in 2009 took over and recreated the competition. It is the successor to the "South American Women's Club Championship" and the "South American Women's Club League".
Confederation | FIBA Americas |
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Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Indeportes Antioquia (2023) |
Website | Official website |
The championship began in 1981 and stopped being played in 1999, then an attempt was made to reissue it in 2002 without success, and it was played again from 2009 to 2015. [1] The tournament was later relaunched in 2019.
There is a hegemony of the Brazilian teams, who dominated the competition, winning seventeen of the contests played.[2]