South American Women's Basketball League

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 CONSUBASQUET, 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".

Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenino

Organising body	CONSUBASQUET
First season	1981
Region	South America
Confederation	FIBA Americas
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	2nd-tier women's league in South America
Related competitions	Women's Basketball League Americas (1st tier)
Current champions	SESI Araraquara (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	Unimep BCN (3 titles each)[note 1]
Website	Official website
2024 Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto Femenino

History

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. ^[3] The tournament was later relaunched in 2019.

There is a hegemony of the Brazilian teams, who dominated the competition, winning the first seventeen of the contests played.^[4]

The streak was breaking in 2019, when Sampaio was eliminated in the group stage, against Club Lums and Leonas de Riobamba from Ecuador.^[5] This tournament was won by colombian team, Copacabana de Antioquia.^[6]

The tournament began to be played every year in 2021, despite the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Félix Pérez Cardozo gave the first title to Paraguay, when defeated Defensor Sporting, from Uruguay, in 2022 final.^[7]

After two editions, brazilian teams returned to the competition in 2024, taking back the crown, when SESI Araraquara was champion, defeating uruguayan, Aguada.^[8]

Format

The 8 clubs were divided into two groups of four teams, each with a host.

The two best-placed clubs in each group qualified for the Final Four.

The Final Four were established according to the standings of each team in the groups. It is organized by one of the qualified clubs. The semi-finales were played in a single-match, like the third place game, and the final.

Winners

Results

#	Year	Final host	Final[2]				Third and fourth place			MVP
			Champion	Score	Runners-up		Third	Score	Fourth
Round Robin format
1	1981	Lima	Higienópolis		Bancoper		Newell's Old Boys		Félix Pérez Cardozo	Hortência
2	1983	Presidente Prudente	Prudentina		Higienópolis		Félix Pérez Cardozo		Naga
3	1984	Sorocaba	Prudentina		Minercal		Muebles Tony del Valle		Félix Pérez Cardozo	Hortência
4	1986	Buenos Aires	Unimep[note 1]		Platense		Drogas La Rebaja		Brisas
5	1987	Quito	Unimep/BCN[note 1]		Universidad Central		Circolo Sportivo Italiano		El Nacional
6	1989	Piracicaba	Unimep/BCN[note 1]		Provincial		Emelec		Blooming
Finals and third place matches
7	1990	Guayaquil	Divino	85–77	Unimep/BCN[note 1]		Colo-Colo	84–73	Leonas	Janeth
8	1992 (I)	Guarujá	BCN[note 1]	116–58	Divino		Sport Uruguay	68–51	Olimpia
Round Robin format
9	1992 (II)	Santiago	Araçatuba		Sorocaba		Thomas Bata		Maryknoll
Finals and third place matches
10	1993	Campos do Jordão	Sorocaba	101–99	Araçatuba		Unknown
11	1996	Jacareí	Sorocaba	91–76	Vélez Sarsfield		UTE Quito	80–72	Deportivo Tatio
12	1998	Curitiba	Paraná		UTE Quito		Unknown
13	1999	Santo André	Santo André		Paraná		Unknown
Final Four Round Robin format
14	2002	Puerto Montt	Vasco da Gama		Deportivo Maullín		Sport Uruguay		Economía
Finals and third place matches
15	2009	Quito	Ourinhos	102–77	UTE Quito		Universidad de Medellín	76–63	Central Entrerriano
16	2012	Quito	Americana	82–67	Ourinhos		UTE Quito	88–84	Lanús
17	2014	Quito	Sport Recife	83–82	La Estancia		UTE Quito	99–88	Deportivo Berazategui
18	2015	Puente Alto	Unimed/Americana	70–60	UTE Quito		New Crusaders	80–51	Deportivo Berazategui
Final Four Round Robin format
19	2019	Santiago del Estero	Copacabana de Antioquia		Quimsa		Club Lums		Leonas de Riobamba
Finals and third place matches
-	2021	Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
20	2022	Paysandú	Félix Pérez Cardozo	69–51	Defensor Sporting		Sportiva Bocca	48–46	Deportivo Berazategui	Paola Ferrari
21	2023	Santiago del Estero	Indeportes Antioquia	82–69	Aguada		Búcaros	74–50	Quimsa	Jennifer Muñoz
22	2024	Luque	SESI Araraquara	87–69	Aguada		Obras	75–71	Félix Pérez Cardozo	Sossô

Statistics

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	19	8	0	27
2	Colombia	2	2	4	8
3	Paraguay	1	0	1	2
4	Argentina	0	4	2	6
5	Ecuador	0	3	8	11
6	Uruguay	0	3	0	3
7	Chile	0	1	3	4
8	Peru	0	1	1	2
Totals (8 entries)		22	22	19	63

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Winners	Runners-up
1	BCN	3	1
1	Unimep	3	1
2	Sorocaba	2	1
3	Prudentina	2	0
4	Ourinhos	1	1
4	Paraná	1	1
4	Araçatuba	1	1
4	Divino	1	1
4	Higienópolis	1	1
10	SESI Araraquara	1	0
10	Indeportes Antioquia	1	0
10	Félix Pérez Cardozo	1	0
10	Copacabana de Antioquia	1	0
10	Unimed/Americana	1	0
10	Sport Recife	1	0
10	Americana	1	0
10	Vasco Da Gama	1	0
10	Santo André	1	0

Stats leaders

Season	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top assistant	APG
2021	Katrina Pardee	26.3	Tatyana Troina	11.7	Waleska Pérez	5.0
2022	Gala Mestres	20.4	Sabrina Scévola	14.0	Kiana Johnson	6.0
2023	Jennifer Muñoz	19.0	Mayra Leiva	9.7	Andrea Boquete	5.4
2024	Agustina Marín	22.6	Diana Cabrera	15.7	Diana Cabrera	4.3

See also

Men's competitions

• Basketball Champions League Americas
• Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto

Women's competitions

• Women's Basketball League Americas

Notes

1. Unimep merged with BCN to solve salary problems in 1987. Together they won two championships, but in 1990 BCN broke the sponsorship creating a new team, which later moved to Osasco.^[1] The media of the time relate the 1989 title as a three-time championship for Unimep, and also count the 1992 title as a three-time championship for BCN.^[2] That means, Unimep won the 1986 tournament as an independent team, both won the title as a merger in 1987 and 1989, and BCN won the championship as an independent team in 1992.