2023–24 BCL Americas

BCL Americas
BCL Americas
	The Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero hosted the Final Four
Season	2023–24
Dates	13 December 2023 – 14 April 2024
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Brandon Robinson (Quimsa)
Finals
Champions	Quimsa; (2nd title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
Third place	Halcones de Xalapa
Fourth place	Hebraica Macabi
	← 2022–23 (Season 4) 2024–25 (Season 6) →

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League Americas season, also referred to as the BCL Americas Season 5, was the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA). It was also the 25th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 62nd season of South American top-level competition.

The season began on 13 December 2023 and ended with the final stage in April 2024. The Final Four took place on 13 and 14 April 2024 at the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.^[1] Final Four hosts Quimsa won their second BCL Americas title, defeating Flamengo 92–80 in the final.^[2]

Franca were the defending champions, having won their first league title and seventh pan-American title in history. They were eliminated by Hebraica Macabi in the quarterfinals.^[3]

Team allocation

Nine out of twelve teams were announced on 9 August 2023 by FIBA. The three representative teams from Brazil were confirmed later, in 27 October 2023 by FIBA.^[4]^[5]

Gladiadores de Anzoátegui became the first Venezuelan team to participate in the league. The league did not feature a team from Canada, after having a representative from the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) the previous two seasons.

Franca (1st)	Quimsa (1st)	Hebraica Macabi (1st)	Real Estelí (1st)
São Paulo (2nd)	Boca Juniors (2nd)	Nacional (2nd)	Halcones de Xalapa (WC)
Flamengo (3rd)	Obras Sanitarias (WC)	Universidad de Concepción (1st)	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui (1st)

Draw

The draw took place on 9 August 2023 in Miami. Group A was pre-determined based on geographical reasons and Groups B, C and D were decided through the draw.^[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Halcones de Xalapa	6	4	2	533	477	+56	10	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Real Estelí	6	3	3	483	521	−38	9	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	6	2	4	490	508	−18	8

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

16 December 2023	Real Estelí	80–70	Halcones de Xalapa	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 22–15, 16–20, 27–17
		Boxscore		Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

17 December 2023	Halcones de Xalapa	76–82	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–21, 15–18, 22–21
		Boxscore		Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

18 December 2023	Real Estelí	97–92(OT)	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 29–26, 20–27, 18–17, Overtime: 11–6
		Boxscore		Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

20 January 2024	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	71–63	Real Estelí	Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–16, 14–22, 20–7
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos

21 January 2024	Real Estelí	79–104	Halcones de Xalapa	Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
	Scoring by quarter: 22–33, 21–25, 16–14, 20–32
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos

22 January 2024	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	74–92	Halcones de Xalapa	Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
	Scoring by quarter: 27–24, 14–18, 15–29, 18–21
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Luis Ramos

7 February 2024	Halcones de Xalapa	91–87	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	Xalapa, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 14–26, 19–27, 26–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio USBI

8 February 2024	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	84–89	Real Estelí	Xalapa, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 27–19, 19–22, 24–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio USBI

9 February 2024	Halcones de Xalapa	100–75	Real Estelí	Xalapa, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 23–25, 25–21, 26–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio USBI

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quimsa	6	3	3	522	480	+42	9^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Nacional	6	3	3	485	503	−18	9^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals
3	São Paulo	6	3	3	505	529	−24	9^[a]

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: Quimsa +42, Nacional −18, São Paulo −24.

16 December 2023	Quimsa	112–65	São Paulo	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 24–24, 39–10, 25–19
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

17 December 2023	São Paulo	84–89(OT)	Nacional	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 23–26, 24–21, 21–12, Overtime: 8–13
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

18 December 2023	Quimsa	86–78	Nacional	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 13–24, 28–13, 27–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

26 January 2024	Nacional	78–86	Quimsa	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–18, 20–25, 21–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

27 January 2024	Quimsa	84–87	São Paulo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 20–23, 22–23, 20–21
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

28 January 2024	Nacional	86–82	São Paulo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 24–22, 20–17, 20–19
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

10 February 2024	São Paulo	93–87	Nacional	São Paulo, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 32–22, 24–21, 22–24
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi

11 February 2024	Nacional	78–72	Quimsa	São Paulo, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 18–20, 18–13, 22–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi

12 February 2024	São Paulo	94–82	Quimsa	São Paulo, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 28–19, 15–21, 28–27
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Morumbi

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	495	449	+46	11	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Hebraica Macabi	6	2	4	455	496	−41	8^[a]	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Boca Juniors	6	2	4	436	441	−5	8^[a]

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head wins: Hebraica Macabi 2, Boca Juniors 1

13 December 2023	Flamengo	92–87(OT)	Hebraica Macabi	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 15–31, 28–16, 11–10, Overtime: 13–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Maracanãzinho

14 December 2023	Hebraica Macabi	69–62	Boca Juniors	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 12–11, 15–21, 19–14
		Boxscore		Arena: Maracanãzinho

15 December 2023	Flamengo	62–80	Boca Juniors	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–19, 10–18, 12–24
		Boxscore		Arena: Maracanãzinho

17 January 2024	Hebraica Macabi	82–64	Boca Juniors	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 24–16, 21–19, 25–5
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

18 January 2024	Boca Juniors	62–65	Flamengo	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 15–19, 18–15, 16–14
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

19 January 2024	Hebraica Macabi	65–78	Flamengo	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–19, 10–22, 19–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

10 February 2024	Boca Juniors	79–87	Flamengo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–20, 15–20, 26–26
		Boxscore		Arena: La Bombonerita

11 February 2024	Flamengo	111–76	Hebraica Macabi	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 22–12, 23–24, 35–18
		Boxscore		Arena: La Bombonerita

12 February 2024	Boca Juniors	89–76	Hebraica Macabi	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 14–23, 26–19, 23–11
		Boxscore		Arena: La Bombonerita

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sesi Franca	6	5	1	583	496	+87	11	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Obras Basket	6	4	2	546	515	+31	10	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Universidad de Concepción	6	0	6	425	543	−118	6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

13 December 2023	Sesi Franca	78–59	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 22–9, 17–20, 16–18
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

14 December 2023	Universidad de Concepción	75–93	Obras Basket	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 15-23, 20-26, 20-14, 20-30
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

15 December 2023	Sesi Franca	94–87	Obras Basket	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 18-21, 34-17, 17–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

20 January 2024	Universidad de Concepción	67–96	Obras Basket	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 22–30, 16–24, 18–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

21 January 2024	Obras Basket	94–118	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 20–34, 23–21, 25–34
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

22 January 2024	Universidad de Concepción	87–109	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 26–30, 17–37, 23–18, 21–24
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

7 February 2024	Obras Basket	97–96(OT)	Sesi Franca	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 17–18, 25–22, 25–19, Overtime: 9–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

8 February 2024	Sesi Franca	88–72	Universidad de Concepción	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 26–22, 23–14, 17–14
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

9 February 2024	Obras Basket	79–65	Universidad de Concepción	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 11–19, 11–11, 31–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place in March 2024. The four winners advanced to the Final Four. Teams listed as "Team 1" hosted games 2 and 3. The schedule was confirmed on 16 February 2024.^[6]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Halcones de Xalapa	2–1	Nacional	78–79	105–104 (2OT)	88–75
Quimsa	2–1	Real Estelí	98–68	94–95	99–69
Flamengo	2–0	Obras Basket	113–80	80–67	—
Sesi Franca	1–2	Hebraica Macabi	96–67	94–100	96–101

Halcones de Xalapa vs. Nacional

5 March 2024 Game 1	Nacional	79–78 (Series: 1–0)	Halcones de Xalapa	Montevideo, Uruguay
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 17–22, 12–14, 24–19
	Pts: Semiglia 20 Rebs: Anderson 15 Asts: Acosta 5	Boxscore	Pts: Bejarano 19 Rebs: Mahalbašić 8 Asts: Mahalbašić 8	Arena: Antel Arena Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Daniel García (VEN), Alan dos Santos (BRA)

9 March 2024 Game 2	Halcones de Xalapa	105–104(2OT) (Series: 1–1)	Nacional	Xalapa, Mexico
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 25–21, 22–27, 19–22, Overtime: 10–10, 8–7
	Pts: Fernández 28 Rebs: Mahalbašić 8 Asts: Stoll 12	Boxscore	Pts: Mathews 21 Rebs: Anderson 12 Asts: Semiglia 8	Arena: Gimnasio USBI Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR)

10 March 2024 Game 3	Halcones de Xalapa	88–75 (Series: 2–1)	Nacional	Xalapa, Mexico
20:10	Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–14, 17–16, 29–25
	Pts: Glynn 23 Rebs: Glynn 9 Asts: Cubillán, Stoll 5	Boxscore	Pts: Mathews 24 Rebs: Giorgetti 8 Asts: Acosta, Anderson 4	Arena: Gimnasio USBI Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Quimsa vs. Real Estelí

6 March 2024 Game 1	Real Estelí	68–98 (Series: 0–1)	Quimsa	Managua, Nicaragua
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–22, 20–34, 9–22
	Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Williams 9 Asts: Holloway 6	Boxscore	Pts: Acevedo 15 Rebs: Basabe, Vasirani 10 Asts: Brussino, Robinson 5	Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Carmelo de la Rosa (PUR), José Fernández (CRC)

10 March 2024 Game 2	Quimsa	94–95 (Series: 1–1)	Real Estelí	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
20:40	Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 26–26, 20–22, 24–22
	Pts: Robinson 27 Rebs: Ramírez 9 Asts: Sansimoni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Romero 27 Rebs: Romero 12 Asts: Ruiz 9	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Alan dos Santos (BRA)

11 March 2024 Game 3	Quimsa	99–69 (Series: 2–1)	Real Estelí	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 23–25, 21–11, 27–12
	Pts: Robinson 22 Rebs: Robinson, Vasirani 7 Asts: Brussino 6	Boxscore	Pts: Romero 16 Rebs: Bishop 7 Asts: Holloway, Lucas 3	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Fernando Leite (BRA)

Flamengo vs. Obras Basket

4 March 2024 Game 1	Obras Basket	80–113 (Series: 0–1)	Flamengo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 22–37, 17–25, 27–30, 14–21
	Pts: Spight 20 Rebs: Ruiz 6 Asts: Barral 5	Boxscore	Pts: Manfio 28 Rebs: Galvanini 12 Asts: Balbi 9	Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Nicolás Flores (PAR)

7 March 2024 Game 2	Flamengo	80–67 (Series: 2–0)	Obras Basket	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20:10	Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 19–19, 27–17, 12–13
	Pts: Galvanini 24 Rebs: Manfio 8 Asts: Balbi 6	Boxscore	Pts: Spight 25 Rebs: Tha Andela 9 Asts: Spight, Venegas 3	Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Kristian Páez (ECU), Samuel Hidalgo (DOM)

Sesi Franca vs. Hebraica Macabi

5 March 2024 Game 1	Hebraica Macabi	67–96 (Series: 0–1)	Sesi Franca	Montevideo, Uruguay
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–28, 18–19, 18–25
	Pts: Hassell 16 Rebs: Hassell 9 Asts: Parodi 6	Boxscore	Pts: Dias 19 Rebs: Santos 8 Asts: three players 5	Arena: Antel Arena Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL)

8 March 2024 Game 2	Sesi Franca	94–100 (Series: 1–1)	Hebraica Macabi	Franca, Brazil
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 23–27, 25–24, 22–21
	Pts: Jackson 24 Rebs: Ferreira 7 Asts: Scala 7	Boxscore	Pts: Hassell 25 Rebs: Hassell 11 Asts: Parodi 8	Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Franco Ronconi (ARG)

9 March 2024 Game 3	Sesi Franca	96–101 (Series: 1–2)	Hebraica Macabi	Franca, Brazil
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 31–32, 18–15, 27–25, 20–29
	Pts: Hinkle 23 Rebs: Santos 7 Asts: Scala 8	Boxscore	Pts: Parodi 26 Rebs: Hassell 11 Asts: Parodi 10	Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão Referees: Leonardo Zalazar (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Alexis Mercado (PUR)

Final Four

The Final Four took place on 13 and 14 April 2024. On 19 March, FIBA announced the round will be hosted by Quimsa at the Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.^[1]

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

13 April

Halcones de Xalapa	87
		14 April
Flamengo	90
		Flamengo	80
13 April
		Quimsa	92
Quimsa	89

Hebraica Macabi	75
		Third place game

		14 April

		Halcones de Xalapa (OT)	101

		Hebraica Macabi	99

Semifinals

13 April 2024	Halcones de Xalapa	87–90	Flamengo	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 19–26, 29–12, 28–31
	Pts: Glynn 26 Rebs: Glynn 9 Asts: Stoll 10	Boxscore	Pts: Deodato 25 Rebs: Galvanini 12 Asts: Balbi 7	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Juan Fernández (ARG)

13 April 2024	Quimsa	89–75	Hebraica Macabi	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 20–10, 26–16, 24–25
	Pts: Basabe, Brussino 14 Rebs: Vasirani 8 Asts: Sansimoni 6	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 25 Rebs: Hassell, Oglivie 8 Asts: Parodi 6	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Daniel García (VEN), Kristian Páez (ECU)

Third place game

14 April 2024	Halcones de Xalapa	101–99(OT)	Hebraica Macabi	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 16–25, 26–17, 26–24, Overtime: 10–8
	Pts: Bejarano, Glynn 20 Rebs: Mahalbašić 9 Asts: Stoll 10	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 32 Rebs: Oglivie 12 Asts: Hassell 4	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Kristian Páez (ECU)

Final

14 April 2024	Flamengo	80–92	Quimsa	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 21–22, 26–20, 21–22
	Pts: Balbi 16 Rebs: Galvanini 7 Asts: Machado 4	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 23 Rebs: Basabe 14 Asts: Brussino 7	Arena: Estadio Ciudad de Santiago del Estero Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Andrés Bartel (URU), Johnny Batista (PUR)

References

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[table_hth_QUI0.7495342165928-6] Head-to-head point difference: Quimsa +42, Nacional −18, São Paulo −24.

[table_hth_HEB0.4954905139727-7] Head-to-head wins: Hebraica Macabi 2, Boca Juniors 1

[f4-1] "The BCL Americas board of directors defines the venue for the Final 4 2023/24". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-19.

[2] "Quimsa dominates Flamengo to become BCLA's first repeat champion". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-16.

[3] "Hebraica completes upset, defeating Franca to make the Final 4". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-12.

[:1-4] "BCL Americas' Season 5 Brazilian clubs are confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-10-27.

[:0-5] "BCL Americas Season 5 teams, groups are set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2023-08-10.

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