2023 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

2023 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
2023 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
League	Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	2023
Duration	13 October – 3 December 2023
Teams	12
Finals
Champions	Instituto (1st title)
Runners-up	Titanes de Barranquilla
Third place	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)
Fourth place	Caribbean Storm
Awards
Season MVP	Nathan Hoover (Instituto)
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2023 FIBA South American Basketball League, was the 26th season of the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), the second tier of basketball in South America organised by FIBA Americas. The season began 13 October and ended on 3 December 2023 with the Grand Final.^[1] The quarter-finals, semi-finals and Grand Final were all hosted in Montevideo.

Bauru was the defending champion, having won the 2022 title, but did not qualify for this season. Instituto won its first LSB championship after defeating Titanes de Barranquilla in the Grand Final.^[2]

Team allocation

The following teams have been confirmed for the upcoming season:

1st, 2nd, etc.: Position in national league
WC: Wild card

Teams in the 2023 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) (3rd)	Los Leones de Quilpué (2nd)	San José (1st)
Instituto (4th)	Caribbean Storm (2nd)	Biguá (3rd)
Oberá TC (5th)	Titanes de Barranquilla (1st)	Malvín (4th)
Leones de Potosí (3rd)	Soldiers TBT (1st)	Peñarol (10th)

Group stage

Twelve teams participated in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams advanced to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 13 to 23 October, 2023.

Group A

The games of Group A were played from 13 October to 15 October 2023 in Oberá, Argentina.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	San José	3	3	0	214	201	+13	6	Advance to final stage
2	Instituto	3	2	1	242	194	+48	5	Advance to final stage
3	Oberá TC (H)	3	1	2	233	240	−7	4
4	Malvín	3	0	3	220	274	−54	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

The games of Group B were played from 16 October to 17 October 2023 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peñarol (H)	3	2	1	269	223	+46	5^[a]	Advance to final stage
2	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	3	2	1	256	204	+52	5^[a]	Advance to final stage
3	Los Leones de Quilpué	3	2	1	249	239	+10	5^[a]
4	Leones de Potosí	3	0	3	167	275	−108	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head point difference: Peñarol +13, Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) -3, Los Leones de Quilpué −13.

Group C

The games of Group A were played from 21 October to 23 October 2023 in Barranquilla, Colombia..

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Titanes de Barranquilla (H)	3	3	0	242	192	+50	6	Advance to final stage
2	Caribbean Storm	3	2	1	226	231	−5	5	Advance to final stage
3	Biguá	3	1	2	230	213	+17	4
4	Soldiers TBT	3	0	3	207	269	−62	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Final stage

Super 6

The six teams that advanced from the group stage were be paired according to their records, all matches were played in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[3] ^[4]

All times are local (GMT-3)

First round

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	68–81	Instituto	Montevideo
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–15, 14–27, 13–17
	Pts: Nazione 14 Rebs: De Vaughn 6 Asts: Webster 7	Boxscore	Pts: Pomoli 17 Rebs: Pomoli 4 Asts: Vildoza 5	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Andres Bartel (URU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR)

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)	Peñarol	82–86	Caribbean Storm	Montevideo
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 19–22, 17–30, 25–16
	Pts: Granger 24 Rebs: Granger 7 Asts: Granger 8	Boxscore	Pts: Ayarza 30 Rebs: Bethelmy 8 Asts: Liz 5	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Kristian Paez (ECU), Fernando Leite (BRA)

Second round

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)	Titanes de Barranquilla	87–82	Instituto	Montevideo
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 19–21, 22–13, 23–32
	Pts: Tello 25 Rebs: Tello 11 Asts: Zamora 9	Boxscore	Pts: Hoover 21 Rebs: Lugarini 7 Asts: Vildoza 5	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Krishna Dominguez (MEX), Fernando Leite (BRA)

29 November 2023 (2023-11-29)	Caribbean Storm	82–72	San José	Montevideo
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 28–19, 19–15, 14–15
	Pts: Jackson 22 Rebs: Bethelmy 8 Asts: Jackson 22	Boxscore	Pts: Sanchez 15 Rebs: Benitez 9 Asts: Paletta 7	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Kristian Paez (ECU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR)

Third round

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30)	San José	75–77	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Montevideo
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 25–26, 17–8, 14–18
	Pts: Wood 15 Rebs: Wood 10 Asts: Wood 7	Boxscore	Pts: Mariani 18 Rebs: Webster 7 Asts: Webster 10	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Andres Bartel (URU), Fernando Leite (BRA)

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30)	Peñarol	52–64	Instituto	Montevideo
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 10–10, 17–20, 12–18
	Pts: Granger 18 Rebs: Dime 9 Asts: Zanotta 4	Boxscore	Pts: Hoover 22 Rebs: Saiz 11 Asts: Vildoza 4	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Krishna Dominguez (MEX), Kristian Paez (ECU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA)

Final Four

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

2 December

Titanes de Barranquilla	83
		3 December
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	74
		Titanes de Barranquilla	72
2 December
		Instituto	81
Caribbean Storm	69

Instituto	83
		Third place game

		3 December

		Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	89

		Caribbean Storm	73

Semifinals

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)	Titanes de Barranquilla	83–74	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Montevideo
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 23–20, 19–14, 20–18
	Pts: Tello 20 Rebs: Tello 14 Asts: Zamora 5	Boxscore	Pts: Webster 22 Rebs: De Vaughn 7 Asts: Webster 6	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Kristian Paez (ECU), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR)

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)	Caribbean Storm	69–83	Instituto	Montevideo
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 23–26, 14–14, 21–25
	Pts: Almanza 12 Rebs: Bethelmy 7 Asts: Jackson 4	Boxscore	Pts: Saiz 17 Rebs: Lugarini 8 Asts: Vildoza 5	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Jorge Vazquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Andres Bartel (URU)

Third place game

3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	89–73	Caribbean Storm	Montevideo
18:40	Scoring by quarter: 34–12, 13–20, 19–13, 23–28
	Pts: Webster 21 Rebs: De Vaughn 8 Asts: Gramajo 9	Boxscore	Pts: Ayarza 22 Rebs: Sanchez 5 Asts: Liz 6	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Carmelo de la Rosa Alvarez (PUR), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Fernando Leite (BRA)

Final

3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)	Titanes de Barranquilla	72–81	Instituto	Montevideo
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 24–13, 11–30, 15–17
	Pts: Rodriguez 17 Rebs: Vargas 15 Asts: Tello 6	Boxscore	Pts: Jefferson 23 Rebs: Jefferson 12 Asts: Vildoza 9	Arena: Palacio Peñarol Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Andres Bartel (URU), Kristian Paez (ECU)

Individual awards

The winners of the individual awards were announced after the Grand Final on 3 December.^[5]

MVP

Nathan Hoover (Instituto)

All-Tournament Team

SG Nathan Hoover (Instituto)
PG Joshua Webster (Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR))
PF Josimar Ayarza (Caribbean Storm)
F Bryan Jefferson (Instituto)
C Eloy Vargas (Titanes de Barranquilla)

References

^ "La Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto arrancará en octubre con 12 clubes" (in Spanish).
^ "Instituto remonta a Titanes y levanta su primer título en la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).
^ "Se establecen los duelos en el Súper 6 de la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).
^ "Montevideo y Peñarol albergarán el Súper 6 de la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).
^ "Hoover se alza como el Más Valioso; Webster, Ayarza, Jefferson y Vargas se le unen en el Quinteto Ideal". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).

[table_hth_PEN0.42795071398278-3] Head-to-head point difference: Peñarol +13, Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) -3, Los Leones de Quilpué −13.

[1] "La Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto arrancará en octubre con 12 clubes" (in Spanish).

[2] "Instituto remonta a Titanes y levanta su primer título en la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).

[4] "Se establecen los duelos en el Súper 6 de la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).

[5] "Montevideo y Peñarol albergarán el Súper 6 de la Liga Sudamericana". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).

[6] "Hoover se alza como el Más Valioso; Webster, Ayarza, Jefferson y Vargas se le unen en el Quinteto Ideal". FIBA.basketball (in Spanish).

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