1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

South American basketball tournament 1997 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol 1996 ARG Olimpia BRA Corinthians BRA Dharma Yara Franca BRA Rio Claro 16 6 February – 1 May 1996 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. 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 ARG Independiente de General Pico Olimpia BOL Ingavi de La Paz BRA Corinthians Dharma Yara Franca Rio Claro CHI Universidad de Concepción Universidad de Temuco COL Caimanes de Barranquilla ECU Filanbanco PAR Sol de América PER Regatas Lima URU Aguada Hebraica y Macabi VEN Cocodrilos de Caracas Panteras de Miranda Group stage Group A main WL Group A complete FIBA ArchiveApril 2025 medicmedic true DHA 5 1 DHA BRA Dharma Yara Franca IND 4 2 IND ARG Independiente de General Pico ING 2 4 ING BOL Ingavi de La Paz REG 1 5 REG PER Regatas Lima none points PO PO Q green1 Advances to final stage 100–95 134–83 112–93 123–119 154–84 94–75 117–120 96–114 93–89 77–82 88–84 99–78 Group B main WL Group B complete FIBA ArchiveApril 2025 medicmedic true RIO 6 0 RIO BRA Rio Claro CAI 4 2 CAI COL Caimanes de Barranquilla SOL 1 5 SOL PAR Sol de América AGU 1 5 AGU URU Aguada none points PO PO Q green1 Advances to final stage 94–79 118–85 80–79 87–92 97–89 98–94 72–85 96–102 123–90 77–100 84–104 97–79 Group C main WL Group C complete FIBA ArchiveApril 2025 medicmedic true COR 6 0 COR BRA Corinthians PAN 3 3 PAN VEN Panteras de Miranda FIL 2 4 FIL ECU Filanbanco CON 1 5 CON CHI Universidad de Concepción none points PO PO Q green1 Advances to final stage 98–71 109–78 128–108 92–106 127–86 104–91 81–99 106–126 97–91 98–103 124–103 107–109 Group D main WL Group D complete FIBA ArchiveApril 2025 medicmedic true OLI 5 1 OLI ARG Olimpia HEB 4 2 HEB URU Hebraica y Macabi COC 3 3 COC VEN Cocodrilos de Caracas TEM 0 6 TEM CHI Universidad de Temuco none points PO PO Q green1 Advances to final stage 84–83 119–93 107–98 98–94 107–81 113–100 97–107 113–110 91–83 82–107 91–93 99–104 Final stage main 3 high 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand Finals 30 200 BRA Dharma Yara Franca 2 VEN Panteras de Miranda 1 ARG Olimpia 2 COL Caimanes de Barranquilla 0 BRA Corinthians 2 ARG Independiente de General Pico 0 BRA Rio Claro 2 URU Hebraica y Macabi 1 BRA Dharma Yara Franca 0 ARG Olimpia 2 BRA Corinthians 2 BRA Rio Claro 0 ARG Olimpia 2 BRA Corinthians 0 Finals series The matches were played on 23 and 30 April 1996. Olimpia (VT) - SC Corinthians 112–97 SC Corinthians - Olimpia (VT) 100–101 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 ARG Jorge Racca References 1996 South American League for Men's Clubs, FIBA Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Sources 1996 season - Latinbasket.Com Olimpia 1996 Liga Sudamericana 1996