2002 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

The 2002 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2002 FIBA South American League, was the seventh edition of the top-tier tournament for basketball teams from South America. The tournament began on 20 February 2001 and finished on 1 May 2002. Argentine team Libertad won their first title, defeating Vasco da Gama in the Grand Finals.

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	2002
Dates	20 February – 2 May 2002
Teams	16
Finals
Champions	Libertad
Runners-up	Vasco da Gama
Semifinalists	Cocodrilos de Caracas Estudiantes de Olavarría
← 2001

Format

Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and played each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination in the quarterfinals and the semifinals, and a best-of-five elimination series in the Grand Finals, where the champion was decided.

Teams

Country	Team
Argentina	Estudiantes de Olavarría
	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia
	Libertad
Bolivia	Real Santa Cruz
Brazil	COC/Ribeirão Preto
	Franca
	Vasco da Gama
Chile	Llanquihue
	Valdivia
Colombia	Piratas de Bogotá
Ecuador	Mavort
Paraguay	San José
Peru	Regatas Lima
Uruguay	Biguá
	Cordón
Venezuela	Cocodrilos de Caracas

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Biguá	3	2	1	5
3	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	3	1	2	4
4	Llanquihue	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

20 February 2002	Vasco da Gama	91–81	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	Montevideo, Uruguay

Vasco da Gama v Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia

20 February 2002	Biguá	91–68	'CD Provincial Llanquihue'	Montevideo, Uruguay

Biguá v 'CD Provincial Llanquihue'

21 February 2002	Biguá	86–68	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	Montevideo, Uruguay

Biguá v Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia

21 February 2002	CD Provincial Llanquihue	59–109	Vasco da Gama	Montevideo, Uruguay

CD Provincial Llanquihue v Vasco da Gama

22 February 2002	Biguá	71–75	Vasco da Gama	Montevideo, Uruguay

Biguá v Vasco da Gama

22 February 2002	CD Provincial Llanquihue	80–95	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	Montevideo, Uruguay

CD Provincial Llanquihue v Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertad	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
2	San José	3	2	1	5
3	Cordón	3	2	1	5
4	Real Santa Cruz	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

2 March 2002	Club Atlético Cordón	66–84	Libertad	Asunción, Paraguay

Club Atlético Cordón v Libertad

2 March 2002	Deportivo San José	82–66	Real Santa Cruz	Asunción, Paraguay

Deportivo San José v Real Santa Cruz

3 March 2002	Club Atlético Cordón	107–73	Real Santa Cruz	Asunción, Paraguay

Club Atlético Cordón v Real Santa Cruz

3 March 2002	Deportivo San José	77–76	Libertad	Asunción, Paraguay

Deportivo San José v Libertad

4 March 2002	Libertad	94–74	Real Santa Cruz	Asunción, Paraguay

Libertad v Real Santa Cruz

4 March 2002	Deportivo San José	87–94	Club Atlético Cordón	Asunción, Paraguay

Deportivo San José v Club Atlético Cordón

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes de Olavarría	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	COC/Ribeirão Preto	3	2	1	5
3	Valdivia	3	1	2	4
4	Regatas Lima	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

28 February 2002	Valdivia	92–100	Estudiantes de Olavarría	São Paulo, Brazil

Valdivia v Estudiantes de Olavarría

28 February 2002	COC/Ribeirão Preto	89–72	Regatas Lima	São Paulo, Brazil

COC/Ribeirão Preto v Regatas Lima

1 March 2002	COC/Ribeirão Preto	114–71	Valdivia	São Paulo, Brazil

COC/Ribeirão Preto v Valdivia

1 March 2002	Estudiantes de Olavarría	100–81	Regatas Lima	São Paulo, Brazil

Estudiantes de Olavarría v Regatas Lima

2 March 2002	Valdivia	97–94	Regatas Lima	São Paulo, Brazil

Valdivia v Regatas Lima

2 March 2002	COC/Ribeirão Preto	86–102	Estudiantes de Olavarría	São Paulo, Brazil

COC/Ribeirão Preto v Estudiantes de Olavarría

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Cocodrilos de Caracas	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
2	Mavort	3	2	1	5
3	Franca	3	2	1	5
4	Piratas de Bogotá	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

23 February 2002	Mavort	102–70	Piratas de Bogotá	Quito, Ecuador

Mavort v Piratas de Bogotá

23 February 2002	Franca	107–121	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Quito, Ecuador

Franca v Cocodrilos de Caracas

24 February 2002	Franca	102–70	Piratas de Bogotá	Quito, Ecuador

Franca v Piratas de Bogotá

24 February 2002	Mavort	110–106	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Quito, Ecuador

Mavort v Cocodrilos de Caracas

25 February 2002	Cocodrilos de Caracas	138–70	Piratas de Bogotá	Quito, Ecuador

Cocodrilos de Caracas v Piratas de Bogotá

25 February 2002	Mavort	108–112	Franca	Quito, Ecuador

Mavort v Franca

Final stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Grand Finals
	Vasco da Gama	2
	San José	0
					Vasco da Gama	2
					Cocodrilos de Caracas	0
	Cocodrilos de Caracas	2
	COC/Ribeirão Preto	1
									Vasco da Gama	1
									Libertad	3
	Estudiantes de Olavarría	2
	Mavort	0
					Estudiantes de Olavarría	1
					Libertad	2
	Libertad	2
	Biguá	1

Quarterfinals

Game 1

11 March 2002[1]	Biguá	101–96 (Series: 1–0)	Libertad	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 34–32, 24–24, 24–26, 19–14
	Pts: Rovira 20		Pts: Sucatzky 29	Referees: Carlos Pellisario (BRA), José Piovesan (BRA)

Biguá v Libertad

13 March 2002	Mavort	69–89 (Series: 0–1)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Quito, Ecuador

Mavort v Estudiantes de Olavarría

13 March 2002	San José	79–89 (Series: 0–1)	Vasco da Gama	Asunción, Paraguay

San José v Vasco da Gama

21 March 2002	COC/Ribeirão Preto	107–104 (Series: 1–0)	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

COC/Ribeirão Preto v Cocodrilos de Caracas

Game 2

19 March 2002	Vasco da Gama	104–73 (Series: 2–0)	San José	Asunción, Paraguay

Vasco da Gama v San José

19 March 2002	Libertad	101–96 (Series: 1–1)	Biguá	Sunchales, Argentina
				Arena: Hogar de los Tigres

Libertad v Biguá

23 March 2002	Estudiantes de Olavarría	109–88 (Series: 2–0)	Mavort	Olavarría, Argentina
				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

Estudiantes de Olavarría v Mavort

26 March 2002	Cocodrilos de Caracas	85–76 (Series: 1–1)	COC/Ribeirão Preto	Caracas, Venezuela

Cocodrilos de Caracas v COC/Ribeirão Preto

Game 3

22 March 2002	Libertad	99–84 (Series: 2–1)	Biguá	Sunchales, Argentina
				Arena: Hogar de los Tigres

Libertad v Biguá

27 March 2002	Cocodrilos de Caracas	92–84 (Series: 2–1)	COC/Ribeirão Preto	Caracas, Venezuela

Cocodrilos de Caracas v COC/Ribeirão Preto

Semifinals

Game 1

4 April 2002[2]	Cocodrilos de Caracas	109–116 (Series: 1–0)	Vasco da Gama	Caracas, Venezuela
				Referees: Daniel Ramallo (ARG), Alejandro Rodrigo (ARG)

Cocodrilos de Caracas v Vasco da Gama

5 April 2002[3]	Libertad	97–80 (Series: 1–0)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Sunchales, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 32–29, 27–10, 13–19, 25–22
	Pts: Ceruti 26[4]		Pts: Logrippo 24[4]	Arena: Hogar de los Tigres

Libertad v Estudiantes de Olavarría

Game 2

11 April 2002	Vasco da Gama	104–90 (Series: 2–0)	Cocodrilos de Caracas	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vasco da Gama v Cocodrilos de Caracas

12 April 2002[5]	Estudiantes de Olavarría	100–88 (Series: 1–1)	Libertad	Olavarría, Argentina
	Pts: Quinteros 20[6]		Pts: González 21[6]	Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

Estudiantes de Olavarría v Libertad

Game 3

13 April 2002	Estudiantes de Olavarría	100–106 (Series: 1–2)	Libertad	Olavarría, Argentina
				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

Estudiantes de Olavarría v Libertad

Grand Finals

23 April 2002[7]	Vasco da Gama	78–77 (Series: 1–0)	Libertad	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
				Arena: Ginásio Tijuca Tênis Clube[8]

Vasco da Gama v Libertad

24 April 2002[9]	Vasco da Gama	81–83 (Series: 1–1)	Libertad	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
				Arena: Ginásio Tijuca Tênis Clube Referees: Carlos Gómez (URU), Raúl Gondsedorf (URU)

Vasco da Gama v Libertad

30 April 2002[10]	Libertad	100–99 (Series: 2–1)	Vasco da Gama	Sunchales, Argentina
	Pts: Ceruti 25[11]		Pts: Rogério, Sandro 26[11]	Arena: Hogar de los Tigres Referees: Jorge Tovar (VEN), David Pappo (VEN)

Libertad v Vasco da Gama

1 May 2002[12]	Libertad	95–85 (Series: 3–1)	Vasco da Gama	Sunchales, Argentina
	Pts: Ceruti 24		Pts: Sandro 25	Arena: Hogar de los Tigres Referees: Jorge Tovar (VEN), David Pappo (VEN)

Libertad v Vasco da Gama

Finals rosters

Libertad Sunchales: Facundo Sucatzky [es], Mariano Cerutti, Esteban Pérez, Jorge Benítez, Román González - Sebastián Acosta. Coach: Daniel Rodríguez

Vasco da Gama: Helinho (basketball), Jamison Costa, Rogério Klafke, Jose Mingão, Sandro Varejão - Chuí. Coach: Hélio Rubens

Season MVP: Mariano Cerutti

References

1. Cayó Libertad en el debut, Pickandroll.com, 12 March 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
2. Cocodrilos recibe a Vasco, LaRed21.com, 4 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
3. Libertad - Estudiantes O., Pickandroll.com, 5 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
4. Estudiantes (O) no pudo con Libertad en Sunchales, Pickandroll.com, 6 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
5. Estudiantes O. - Libertad, Pickandroll.com, 12 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
6. Estudiantes empató la serie con Libertad y define en casa, Pickandroll.com, 13 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
7. Vasco da Gama - Libertad, Pickandroll.com, 23 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
8. Vasco, sobre el final, se quedó con todo, Pickandroll.com, 24 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
9. Ganó Libertad y puede definir en Sunchales, Pickandroll.com, 25 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
10. Libertad - Vasco da Gama, Pickandroll.com, 30 April 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
11. En las puertas de la gloria, Pickandroll.com, 1 May 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)
12. De la cuenca lechera para toda Sudamérica, Pickandroll.com, 1 May 2002. Retrieved 31 May 2017.(in Spanish)