1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

The 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1996 FIBA South American League, was the first edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 6 February 1996 and finished on 1 May 1996. Argentine club Olimpia won the tournament, defeating Brazilian club Corinthians in the Grand Finals.

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	1996
Dates	6 February – 1 May 1996
Teams	16
Finals
Champions	Olimpia
Runners-up	Corinthians
Semifinalists	Dharma Yara Franca Rio Claro
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Format

Teams were split into four groups of four teams each and played each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination where the champion was decided.

Teams

Country	Team
Argentina	Independiente de General Pico
	Olimpia
Bolivia	Ingavi de La Paz
Brazil	Corinthians
	Dharma Yara Franca
	Rio Claro
Chile	Universidad de Concepción
	Universidad de Temuco
Colombia	Caimanes de Barranquilla
Ecuador	Filanbanco
Paraguay	Sol de América
Peru	Regatas Lima
Uruguay	Aguada
	Hebraica y Macabi
Venezuela	Cocodrilos de Caracas
	Panteras de Miranda

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		DHA	IND	ING	REG
1	Dharma Yara Franca	6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	100–95	134–83	112–93
2	Independiente de General Pico	6	4	2	10			123–119	—	154–84	94–75
3	Ingavi de La Paz	6	2	4	8			117–120	96–114	—	93–89
4	Regatas Lima	6	1	5	7			77–82	88–84	99–78	—

Source: FIBA Archive

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		RIO	CAI	SOL	AGU
1	Rio Claro	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	94–79	118–85	80–79
2	Caimanes de Barranquilla	6	4	2	10			87–92	—	97–89	98–94
3	Sol de América	6	1	5	7			72–85	96–102	—	123–90
4	Aguada	6	1	5	7			77–100	84–104	97–79	—

Source: FIBA Archive

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		COR	PAN	FIL	CON
1	Corinthians	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	98–71	109–78	128–108
2	Panteras de Miranda	6	3	3	9			92–106	—	127–86	104–91
3	Filanbanco	6	2	4	8			81–99	106–126	—	97–91
4	Universidad de Concepción	6	1	5	7			98–103	124–103	107–109	—

Source: FIBA Archive

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		OLI	HEB	COC	TEM
1	Olimpia	6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	84–83	119–93	107–98
2	Hebraica y Macabi	6	4	2	10			98–94	—	107–81	113–100
3	Cocodrilos de Caracas	6	3	3	9			97–107	113–110	—	91–83
4	Universidad de Temuco	6	0	6	6			82–107	91–93	99–104	—

Source: FIBA Archive

Final stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Grand Finals
	Dharma Yara Franca	2
	Panteras de Miranda	1
					Dharma Yara Franca	0
					Olimpia	2
	Olimpia	2
	Caimanes de Barranquilla	0
									Olimpia	2
									Corinthians	0
	Corinthians	2
	Independiente de General Pico	0
					Corinthians	2
					Rio Claro	0
	Rio Claro	2
	Hebraica y Macabi	1

Finals rosters

Olimpia de Venado Tuerto: Alejandro Montecchia, Walter Guiñazú, Jorge Racca, Michael Wilson, Todd Jadlow - Sebastián Uranga, Lucas Victoria, Leonardo Gutiérrez. Coach: Horacio Segui

Corinthians: James Carter, Fernando Minucci, Oscar Schmidt, Mingão, Rich McIver. Coach: Flor Meléndez

Season MVP: Jorge Racca

References

• 1996 South American League for Men's Clubs, FIBA Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2018.