2022–23 Basketball Champions League Americas

The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 4th of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) season. It was also the 24th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 61st season of South American top-level competitions.

BCL Americas
The Pedrocão hosted the Final Four
Season	2022–23
Dates	9 December 2022 – 15 April 2023
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Lucas Mariano
Finals
Champions	Sesi Franca (1st league title; 10th continental title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
Third place	123 Minas
Fourth place	Quimsa
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The Final Four took place on 14 and 15 April 2023, at the Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca, Brazil. Final Four hosts Sesi Franca won their first BCLA championship, and their record 10th continental title, by defeating Flamengo in the final.^[1] As the champions, Franca qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.^[2]

São Paulo were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for the tournament and thus were unable to defend their title.

Team allocation

The following teams have been confirmed for the upcoming season:^[3][4][5]

Franca (1st)	Instituto (1st)	Biguá (1st)	Real Estelí (1st)
Flamengo (2nd)	Quimsa (2nd)	Peñarol (2nd)	Brampton Honey Badgers (1st)
Minas (3rd)	Obras Sanitarias (WC)	Universidad de Concepción (1st)	Libertadores de Querétaro (WC)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 October in Miami.^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Libertadores de Querétaro	6	5	1	595	538	+57	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Real Estelí	6	4	2	577	551	+26	10
3	Brampton Honey Badgers	6	0	6	531	608	−77	6

Source: BCL Americas

Libertadores de Querétaro v Brampton Honey Badgers

9 December 2022	Libertadores de Querétaro	99–83	Brampton Honey Badgers	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

Brampton Honey Badgers v Real Estelí

10 December 2022	Brampton Honey Badgers	82–94	Real Estelí	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

Libertadores de Querétaro v Real Estelí

11 December 2022	Libertadores de Querétaro	98–87	Real Estelí	Querétaro, Mexico
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Auditorio José María Arteaga

Real Estelí v Libertadores de Querétaro

16 January 2023	Real Estelí	98–84	Libertadores de Querétaro	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

Libertadores de Querétaro v Brampton Honey Badgers

17 January 2023	Libertadores de Querétaro	106–90	Brampton Honey Badgers	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
				Arena: Polideportivo Alexis Argüello

Real Estelí v Brampton Honey Badgers

18 January 2023	Real Estelí	109–93	Brampton Honey Badgers	Managua, Nicaragua
	Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 28–33, 28–18, 27–9
	Pts: Robinson 33 Rebs: Robinson 13 Asts: Terrell Holloway 10	Boxscore	Pts: Rice 25 Rebs: Taylor Jr. 9 Asts: Taylor Jr. 5	Arena: CAA Centre

Brampton Honey Badgers v Real Estelí

7 February 2023	Brampton Honey Badgers	93–99	Real Estelí	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–33, 24–25, 27–20, 24–21
				Arena: CAA Centre

Real Estelí v Libertadores de Querétaro

8 February 2023	Real Estelí	90–101	Libertadores de Querétaro	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 29–24, 19–23, 21–24
		Boxscore		Arena: CAA Centre

Brampton Honey Badgers v Libertadores de Querétaro

9 February 2023	Brampton Honey Badgers	86–107	Libertadores de Querétaro	Brampton, Canada
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 22–21, 28–24, 22–37
		Boxscore		Arena: CAA Centre

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quimsa	6	5	1	523	481	+42	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	123 Minas	6	3	3	533	473	+60	9
3	Biguá	6	1	5	451	553	−102	7

Source: BCL Americas

Biguá v 123 Minas

12 December 2022	Biguá	75–93	123 Minas	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 23–33, 20–18, 10–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

123 Minas v Quimsa

13 December 2022	123 Minas	93–95	Quimsa	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 28–34, 20–18, 30–28
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

Biguá v Quimsa

14 December 2022	Biguá	73–88	Quimsa	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 15–20, 13–22, 21–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

123 Minas v Quimsa

16 January 2023	123 Minas	74–86	Quimsa	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 21–24, 24–17, 16–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

Quimsa v Biguá

17 January 2023	Quimsa	83–102	Biguá	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 24–23, 17–26, 20–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

123 Minas v Biguá

18 January 2023	123 Minas	90–61	Biguá	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–14, 21–14, 22–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas Tenis Clube

Quimsa v Biguá

3 February 2023	Quimsa	88–67	Biguá	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 12–24, 21–17, 27–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

Biguá v 123 Minas

4 February 2023	Biguá	73–111	123 Minas	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–38, 20–23, 19–29
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

Quimsa v 123 Minas

5 February 2023	Quimsa	83–72	123 Minas	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 14–22, 23–17, 19–16
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Ciudad

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	540	394	+146	11	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Peñarol	6	2	4	412	503	−91	8
3	Instituto	6	2	4	420	475	−55	8

Source: BCL Americas

Peñarol v Instituto

12 December 2022	Peñarol	64–56	Instituto	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 20–13, 16–16, 16–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

Flamengo v Instituto

13 December 2022	Flamengo	81–89	Instituto	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–23, 12–21, 25–24
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

Peñarol v Flamengo

14 December 2022	Peñarol	67–94	Flamengo	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–24, 17–23, 16–22
		Boxscore		Arena: Palacio Peñarol

Flamengo v Peñarol

13 January 2023	Flamengo	103–47	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 29–10, 19–22, 29–6, 26–9
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

Instituto v Peñarol

14 January 2023	Instituto	80–89	Peñarol	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 13–18, 20–20, 25–30
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

Flamengo v Instituto

15 January 2023	Flamengo	91–46	Instituto	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 31–21, 11–8, 31–9, 18–8
		Boxscore		Arena: Tijuca Tênis Clube

Instituto v Flamengo

6 February 2023	Instituto	71–79	Flamengo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 16–18, 25–17, 12–15
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

Peñarol v Flamengo

7 February 2023	Peñarol	74–92	Flamengo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 22–24, 22–23, 12–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

Instituto v Peñarol

8 February 2023	Instituto	78–71	Peñarol	Córdoba, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 16–20, 20–12, 21–20
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sesi Franca	6	6	0	584	459	+125	12	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Universidad de Concepción	6	2	4	500	533	−33	8
3	Obras Basket	6	1	5	469	561	−92	7

Source: BCL Americas

Universidad de Concepción v Sesi Franca

9 December 2022	Universidad de Concepción	92–106	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 31–21, 28–29, 18–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

Sesi Franca v Obras Basket

10 December 2022	Sesi Franca	104–87	Obras Basket	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 27–36, 28–17, 24–17
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

Universidad de Concepción v Obras Basket

11 December 2022	Universidad de Concepción	92–97	Obras Basket	Concepción, Chile
	Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–21, 31–19, 26–30
		Boxscore		Arena: Casa del Deporte

Obras Basket v Universidad de Concepción

13 January 2023	Obras Basket	69–90	Universidad de Concepción	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 18–30, 19–17, 15–25
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

Universidad de Concepción v Sesi Franca

14 January 2023	Universidad de Concepción	76–83	Sesi Franca	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 13–24, 24–15, 20–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

Obras Basket v Sesi Franca

15 January 2023	Obras Basket	76–83	Sesi Franca	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 18–15, 23–19, 13–23
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Obras Sanitarias

Sesi Franca v Obras Basket

3 February 2023	Sesi Franca	105–65	Obras Basket	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 29–16, 30–15, 22–14
		Boxscore

Obras Basket v Universidad de Concepción

4 February 2023	Obras Basket	75–87	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 23–18, 14–24, 16–18
		Boxscore

Sesi Franca v Universidad de Concepción

5 February 2023	Sesi Franca	103–63	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 32–20, 31–8, 19–21
		Boxscore

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place in March 2023. The four winners advanced to the Final Four. Teams listed as "Team 1" hosted games 2 and 3.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sesi Franca	2–0	Peñarol	91–84	87–72	—
Flamengo	2–0	Universidad de Concepción	92–64	88–86	—
Libertadores de Querétaro	0–2	123 Minas	78–98	84–93	—
Quimsa	2–0	Real Estelí	94–86	103–67	—

Final Four

On 14 March 2023, FIBA announced the Final Four would be hosted by Franca in the Ginásio Poliesportivo Pedrocão in the Brazilian city of Franca, SP. The games took place on 14 and 15 April 2023.^[7]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	14 April
	123 Minas	75
					15 April
	Flamengo	80
					Flamengo	79
	14 April
					Sesi Franca	88
	Sesi Franca	91
	Quimsa	73
					Third place game
					15 April
					123 Minas	94
					Quimsa	81

Semifinals

123 Minas v Flamengo

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	123 Minas	75–80	Flamengo	Franca, Brazil
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 18–26, 20–22, 15–17
	Pts: Alexey 25 Rebs: Johnson 5 Asts: Borges 7	Boxscore	Pts: Cuello 19 Rebs: Jaú 8 Asts: Fischer 5	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Daniel García (VEN), Diego Chiconato (BRA)

Sesi Franca v Quimsa

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)	Sesi Franca	91–73	Quimsa	Franca, Brazil
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–10, 25–27, 29–16
	Pts: Lucas M. 22 Rebs: Dias 11 Asts: Georginho 6	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 24 Rebs: Hernández, Ramírez 5 Asts: Cosolito, Ramírez 3	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Andrés Bartel (URU)

Third place game

123 Minas v Quimsa

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	123 Minas	94–81	Quimsa	Franca, Brazil
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 24–16, 16–23, 29–19
	Pts: Alexey 20 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Alexey 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ramírez 19 Rebs: Anderson 8 Asts: Anderson 4	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Daniel García (VEN), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Final

Main article: 2023 BCL Americas Final

Flamengo v Sesi Franca

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)	Flamengo	79–88	Sesi Franca	Franca, Brazil
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–29, 21–20, 22–15, 19–24
	Pts: Deodato 25 Rebs: Hettsheimeir 6 Asts: five players 1	Boxscore	Pts: Georginho, Lucas M. 16 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Georginho 5	Arena: Pedrocão Referees: Roberto Vásquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Individual awards

The Most Valuable Player award, as well as the all-league team (in Spanish: el Quinteto ideal) were announced after the final on 15 April 2023.^[8]

• Most Valuable Player: Lucas Mariano, Sesi Franca
• All-League First Team:
  • Lucas Mariano, Sesi Franca
  • Georginho, Sesi Franca
  • Lucas Dias, Sesi Franca
  • Martín Cuello, Flamengo
  • Alexey Borges, 123 Minas

Statistics

The following were the statistical leaders in the 2022–23 season.^[9]

Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Efficiency per game Luis Santos Biguá 25.5 Points per game Ismael Romero Libertadores de Querétaro 21.3 Rebounds per game Luis Santos Biguá 10.8 Assists per game Alexey Borges 123 Minas 6.4 Steals per game Leandro Vildoza Instituto ACC 2.7 Blocks per game Eric Anderson Quimsa 2.0 Turnovers per game Eugenio Bocaz UdeC 3.5 Minutes per game Jerry Evans Jr. UdeC 33.3

Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Efficiency Ismael Romero Libertadores de Querétaro 41 Points Thomas Robinson Real Estelí 33 Rebounds Luis Santos Biguá 16 Assists Santiago Vidal Biguá 14 Steals Guilherme Deodato Flamengo 6 Leandro Vildoza Instituto ACC Blocks Eric Anderson Quimsa 5 Three pointers Five occasions 7