2019 FIBA Americas League
# 2019 FIBA Americas League

The 2019 FIBA Americas League was the 12th edition of the top-tier level intercontinental professional club basketball competition in the Americas and last for the FIBA Americas League. Sixteen teams from across the Americas competed over three rounds, to determine the champion.

San Lorenzo won its second continental title, giving them the right to play in the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

## Team allocation

| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| - | - | - |
| Group phase (16 teams) | 16 qualified teams | |
| Semifinal Phase (8 teams) | | 4 group winners from the group phase 4 group runners-up from the group phase |
| Final Four (4 teams) | | 2 group winners from the semifinal phase 2 group runners-up from the semifinal phase |

### Teams

Group phase :

| San Lorenzo (1st) | Mogi das Cruzes (2nd) | Soles de Mexicali (1st) | Capitanes de Arecibo (1st) |
| - | - | - | - |
| San Martín de Corrientes (2nd) | Franca | Capitanes de Ciudad de México (2nd) | Leones de Ponce (4th) |
| Atenas (3rd) | Las Animas (1st) | Libertadores de Querétaro (WC) | Malvín (1st) |
| Paulistano (1st) | Titanes de Barranquilla (1st) | Real Estelí | Guaros de Lara (1st) |

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

* 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
* TH: Americas League title holders
* LSC: Liga Sudamericana winners
* WC: Qualified through Wild Card

## Group phase

Sixteen teams participated in the group phase, in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the semifinal phase. Games were played from 18 January until 10 February 2019.

### Group A

Venue: São Paulo, Brazil

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paulistano (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 262 | 180 | +82 | 6 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 2 | Atenas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 227 | −10 | 4 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 3 | Malvín | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 253 | −39 | 4 | |
| 4 | Titanes de Barranquilla | 3 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 284 | −53 | 4 | |

### Group B

Venue: Mexico City, Mexico

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Franca | 3 | 3 | 0 | 285 | 224 | +61 | 6 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 2 | Capitanes (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 246 | +8 | 5 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 3 | Soles de Mexicali | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 249 | −24 | 4 | |
| 4 | Real Estelí | 3 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 280 | −45 | 3 | |

### Group C

Venue: Valdivia, Chile

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | San Lorenzo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 207 | +60 | 6 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 2 | Las Animas (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 271 | −19 | 5 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 3 | San Martín de Corrientes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 215 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mogi das Cruzes | 3 | 0 | 3 | 254 | 291 | −37 | 3 | |

### Group D

Venue: Ponce, Puerto Rico

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guaros de Lara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 245 | +14 | 6 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 2 | Capitanes de Arecibo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 261 | 252 | +9 | 5 | Advance to semifinal phase |
| 3 | Libertadores de Querétaro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 287 | −15 | 4 | |
| 4 | Leones de Ponce (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 281 | 289 | −8 | 3 | |

## Semifinal phase

The eight teams which advance from the group phase, played in this stage in which each team faced the other teams in the group once. Each group tournament was held at the arena of a host team. The two highest-placed teams in each group advance to the final four. Games were played from 8 March until 17 March 2019.

### Group E

Venue: Franca, Brazil

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paulistano | 3 | 3 | 0 | 275 | 231 | +44 | 6 | Advance to Final Four |
| 2 | Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 3 | 2 | 1 | 253 | 246 | +7 | 5 | Advance to Final Four |
| 3 | Franca (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 255 | 243 | +12 | 4 | |
| 4 | Atenas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 282 | −63 | 3 | |

### Group F

Venue: Buenos Aires, Argentina

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guaros de Lara | 3 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 209 | +36 | 6 | Advance to Final Four |
| 2 | San Lorenzo (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 181 | +60 | 5 | Advance to Final Four |
| 3 | Capitanes de Arecibo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 254 | −26 | 4 | |
| 4 | Las Animas | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 256 | −70 | 3 | |

## Final Four

The final four tournament decided the champion of the 2019 season. The tournament was held from 30 March and 31 March 2019 in the Polideportivo Roberto Pando in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 March | 30 March |
| Paulistano | 58 |
| Paulistano | 58 | 31 March | 31 March |
| San Lorenzo | 76 | 31 March | 31 March |
| San Lorenzo | 76 | San Lorenzo | 64 |
| 30 March | 30 March | | San Lorenzo | 64 |
| 30 March | 30 March | Guaros de Lara | 61 |
| Guaros de Lara | 81 | Guaros de Lara | 61 |
| Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 66 | | |
| Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 66 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 31 March | 31 March |
| | | Paulistano | 100 |
| | | Capitanes de Ciudad de México | 78 |
