2018 FIBA Americas League

The 2018 FIBA Americas League was the 11th edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas, the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion.

FIBA Americas League
Season	2018
Dates	19 January – 25 March 2018
Games played	40
Teams	16
Finals
Champions	San Lorenzo (1st title)
Runners-up	Mogi das Cruzes
Third place	Regatas Corrientes
Fourth place	Estudiantes Concordia
Awards
Grand Final MVP	Gabriel Deck
Statistical leaders
Points Gabriel Deck 19.1 Rebounds Tyrone Curnell 8.1 Assists Nicolás Aguirre 7.5
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Team allocation

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Group phase (16 teams)	16 qualified teams
Semifinal Phase (8 teams)		4 group winners from the group phase 4 group runners-up from the group phase
Final Four (4 teams)		2 group winners from the semifinal phase 2 group runners-up from the semifinal phase

Teams

Group phase
San Lorenzo (1st)	Bauru (1st)	Fuerza Regia (1st)	Hebraica Macabi (1st)
Regatas Corrientes (2nd)	Paulistano (2nd)	Soles de Mexicali (2nd)	San Salvador
Estudiantes Concordia (5th)	Mogi das Cruzes (WC)[Note WC]	Capitanes de Arecibo (2nd)	Guaros de LaraTH (1st)
Ferro (WC)[Note WC]	Correcaminos Colon (1st)	Leones de Ponce (4th)	Español de Talca (1st)

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders):

• LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs

Notes

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Note Wild Cards (WC): As two Venezuelan sides faced financial troubles, FIBA invited Mogi das Cruzes and Ferro to the competition.^[1]

Group phase

Monterrey

Mexican venues of the 2018 FIBA Americas League.
Yellow: Group A.

Bauru

Corrientes

Talca

Buenos Aires

Venues of the 2018 FIBA Americas League.
Pink: Group B. Red: Group C, Group F. Green: Group D. Orange: Group E, Final Four.

Sixteen 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 in each group advance to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 19 January until 11 February 2018.

Group A

Venue: Monterrey, Mexico

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferro	3	3	0	265	228	+37	6	Advance to semifinal phase
2	Fuerza Regia (H)	3	2	1	236	236	0	5
3	Soles de Mexicali	3	1	2	265	259	+6	4
4	Capitanes de Arecibo	3	0	3	241	284	−43	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Venue: Talca, Chile

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo	3	3	0	304	229	+75	6	Advance to semifinal phase
2	Mogi das Cruzes	3	2	1	288	256	+32	5
3	Paulistano	3	1	2	262	256	+6	4
4	Español de Talca (H)	3	0	3	202	315	−113	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group C

Venue: Corrientes, Argentina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Regatas Corrientes (H)	3	3	0	258	211	+47	6	Advance to semifinal phase
2	Estudiantes Concordia	3	2	1	214	200	+14	5
3	Leones de Ponce	3	1	2	228	240	−12	4
4	Hebraica Macabi	3	0	3	196	245	−49	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group D

Venue: Bauru, Brazil

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guaros de Lara	3	3	0	275	231	+44	6	Advance to semifinal phase
2	Bauru (H)	3	2	1	245	210	+35	5
3	Correcaminos Colon	3	1	2	199	236	−37	4
4	San Salvador	3	0	3	214	256	−42	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Semifinal phase

The eight teams which advance from the group phase, played in this stage 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 in each group advance to the final four. Games were played from 2 March until 11 March 2018.

Group E

Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Lorenzo (H)	3	3	0	224	188	+36	6	Advance to Final Four
2	Mogi das Cruzes	3	2	1	213	205	+8	5
3	Ferro	3	1	2	213	217	−4	4
4	Fuerza Regia	3	0	3	198	238	−40	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group F

Venue: Corrientes, Argentina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Regatas Corrientes (H)	3	2	1	251	224	+27	5	Advance to Final Four
2	Estudiantes Concordia	3	2	1	232	252	−20	5
3	Bauru	3	1	2	253	262	−9	4
4	Guaros de Lara	3	1	2	229	227	+2	4

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

Final Four

The final four tournament decided the champion of the 2018 season. The tournament was held from 24 March and 25 March 2018 in the Polideportivo Roberto Pando in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

	Semifinals				Grand Final
	24 March
	San Lorenzo	101
					25 March
	Estudiantes Concordia	71
					San Lorenzo	79
	24 March
					Mogi das Cruzes	71
	Mogi das Cruzes	78
	Regatas Corrientes	74
					Third place
					25 March
					Estudiantes Concordia	59
					Regatas Corrientes	60

Statistical leaders

Category	Player	Club	Average	Games	Total
Points	Gabriel Deck	San Lorenzo	19.1	8	153
Rebounds	Tyrone Curnell	Mogi das Cruzes	8.1	8	65
Assists	Nicolás Aguirre	San Lorenzo	7.5	8	60
Blocks	Javier Justiz	San Lorenzo	1.0	8	8
Steals	Clay Tucker	Estudiantes Concordia	1.8	8	14
FT%	Kendall Anthony	Bauru	92.6%	6	25/27
3P%	Kendall Anthony	Bauru	69.2%	6	9/13
Free throws	Gabriel Deck	San Lorenzo	5.8	8	46
Three-point field goals	Clay Tucker	Estudiantes Concordia	2.9	8	23