2007–08 FIBA Americas League

The 2007–08 FIBA Americas League was the first edition of the first-tier and most important professional international club basketball competition in the regions of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico, with the winner of the competition being crowned as the best team and champion of all of those regions, as well as of the FIBA Americas zone. The first FIBA Americas League also included two teams from the United States, the Miami Tropics, and the PBL All-Stars, which was an All-Star selection team from the Premier Basketball League. The competition began on December 4. The first stage was a round robin phase with four teams in each group. Each of the groups were played in different cities, (Guaynabo, Miami, Belo Horizonte, and Mar del Plata). The Final 4 of the league was played in a round-robin format from February 7 to February 9, in Mexicali, Mexico, home of the hosting team, Soles de Mexicali. == Teams == == Group stage == === Group A (Guaynabo) === === Group B (Miami) === === Group C (Belo Horizonte) === === Group D (Mar del Plata) === == Quarterfinals == === Game 1 === === Game 2 === === Game 3 === == Final 4 == Peñarol got the first place in the round-robin group and won their first Americas League title due to a better point difference than the other two teams who had the same record (Soles de Mexicali and Miami Tropics). == References == Liga Americas 2007 - Men Basketball, Latinbasket.com. == External links == FIBA Americas League (in English) FIBA Americas League (in English) FIBA Americas Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine (in English) FIBA Liga Americas Twitter (in Spanish) LatinBasket.com FIBA Americas League (in English) Liga de las Américas YouTube Channel (in Spanish)