The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) (Spanish: Baloncesto Liga Campeones de las Américas, Portuguese: Liga dos Campeões de Basquetebol das Américas) is Pan-America's premier men's basketball club competition. Founded in 2019, it replaced the FIBA Americas League as the highest tier league on the continent. The winner of each year's competition qualifies to the annual FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

History

On 24 September 2019, FIBA launched the Panamerican competition, which derives its name and branding from the European Basketball Champions League. The competition replaced the FIBA Americas League as premier league in the Americas, President Horacio Muratore stated: "This is not a succession of Liga de las Américas, but rather a new product of our development project that will foster a balance between representation and quality". The competition consisted of twelve teams, which had to qualify through their domestic leagues. The inaugural season started on October 28, 2019. On October 30, 2021, Quimsa won the inaugural championship after winning the final in Montevideo. Canadian clubs Edmonton Stingers and Brampton Honey Badgers are the only North American teams to participate in the competition so far.

**Basketball Champions League Americas**

Basketballigaen for mestrene i Amerika er en international turnering for mænds basketballklubber i Nord- og Sydamerika. Den blev første gang afholdt i 2019 og er den kontinentale pendant til Basketball Champions League i Europa.

**Format**

* Ligaen består af 12 hold:
* Mesterhold fra hvert af de 12 deltagende landes nationale ligaer
* Holdene er opdelt i to grupper på seks
* Hvert hold spiller to kampe mod hvert hold i sin gruppe (ude og hjemme)
* De fire bedste hold fra hver gruppe går videre til slutspillet
* Slutspillet består af kvartfinaler, semifinaler og finalen
* Vinderen af turneringen får titlen som Basketball Champions League Americas-mester

**Deltagende lande**

* Argentina
* Brasilien
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Mexico
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* USA