2024 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol explained

2024 Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
League:Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Season:2024
Teams:10 (from 6 countries)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Duration:15–27 October 2024 (group phase)
30 November – 1 December 2024 (Final Four)
Champions: Nacional (1st title)
Runners Up: San Lorenzo
Third Place: Olímpico
Fourth Place: Defensor Sporting
Award4:Season MVP
Award4 Winner: Manny Suárez (Nacional)
Pir Leader: Derrick Woods (23.3)[1]
Top Scorer: João Vitor França (20.8)
Rebounds Leader: Derrick Woods (10.8)
Assists Leader: Lucas Pérez (8.8)

The 2024 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2024 FIBA South American Basketball League, was the 27th season of the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), the second tier of basketball in South America organised by FIBA Americas. The season began on 15 October and ended on 1 December 2024.

Instituto were the defending champions,[2] but they did not participate in the tournament.

Nacional won their first title after a 77–76 overtime win against San Lorenzo in the final.[3]

Team allocation

The list of teams was confirmed on 25 September 2024 by FIBA.[4] The number of teams was decreased from 12 to 10.

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San Lorenzo (3rd) Español de Osorno (2nd) San José (1st)
Obras (4th) ABA Ancud (3rd) Nacional (3rd)
Olímpico (5th) Santa María (1st) Defensor Sporting (4th)
Nacional Potosí (1st)

Format

The format for this LSB season was altered, as in the group phase there will be two groups of five teams. All team will play each other once, for a total of four games per team. The top two ranked teams will advance to the Final Four, where the first ranked team from Group A will meet the second ranked team from Group B, and so forth, in single-elimination games.

Group stage

Ten teams participate in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament are held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams advance to the semifinal phase. Games are played from 15 to 27 October 2024.

Group A

The games of Group A were played from 15 to 20 October 2024 in Osorno, Chile.

Group B

The games of Group B are played from 22 to 27 October 2024 in La Banda, Argentina.

Final Four

The Final Four was held on 30 November and 1 December 2024, at the Estadio 8 de Junio in Paysandú, Uruguay.[5]

Final

References

  1. Web site: Stats - Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto 2024 | FIBA.basketball. www.fiba.basketball.
  2. Web site: Instituto remonta a Titanes y levanta su primer título en la Liga Sudamericana . FIBA.basketball . es.
  3. Web site: Nacional se convierte en el primer campeón uruguayo de la Liga Sudamericana. FIBA.basketball . es.
  4. Web site: 2024-09-25 . La Liga Sudamericana se jugará con nuevo formato a partir del mes de octubre . 2024-10-04 . www.fiba.basketball . es.
  5. Web site: Paysandú es la sede del Final 4 de la LSB 2024 . FIBA.basketball . es.