1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Season	1996
Champions	Olimpia
Runners-up	Corinthians
Semifinalists	Dharma Yara Franca Rio Claro
Teams	16
Dates	6 February – 1 May 1996
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The 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol was the first edition of the top-tier tournament for basketball teams 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 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
Argentina	Independiente de General Pico
	Olimpia
Bolivia	Ingavi de La Paz
Brazil	Corinthians
	Dharma Yara Franca
	Rio Claro
Chile	Universidad de Concepción
	Universidad de Temuco
Colombia	Caimanes de Barranquilla
Ecuador	Filanbanco
Paraguay	Sol de América
Peru	Regatas Lima
Uruguay	Aguada
	Hebraica y Macabi
Venezuela	Cocodrilos de Caracas
	Panteras de Miranda

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		DHA	IND	ING	REG
1	Dharma Yara Franca	6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	100–95	134–83	112–93
2	Independiente de General Pico	6	4	2	10			123–119	—	154–84	94–75
3	Ingavi de La Paz	6	2	4	8			117–120	96–114	—	93–89
4	Regatas Lima	6	1	5	7			77–82	88–84	99–78	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		RIO	CAI	SOL	AGU
1	Rio Claro	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	94–79	118–85	80–79
2	Caimanes de Barranquilla	6	4	2	10			87–92	—	97–89	98–94
3	Sol de América	6	1	5	7			72–85	96–102	—	123–90
4	Aguada	6	1	5	7			77–100	84–104	97–79	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		COR	PAN	FIL	CON
1	Corinthians	6	6	0	12	Advances to final stage		—	98–71	109–78	128–108
2	Panteras de Miranda	6	3	3	9			92–106	—	127–86	104–91
3	Filanbanco	6	2	4	8			81–99	106–126	—	97–91
4	Universidad de Concepción	6	1	5	7			98–103	124–103	107–109	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification		OLI	HEB	COC	TEM
1	Olimpia	6	5	1	11	Advances to final stage		—	84–83	119–93	107–98
2	Hebraica y Macabi	6	4	2	10			98–94	—	107–81	113–100
3	Cocodrilos de Caracas	6	3	3	9			97–107	113–110	—	91–83
4	Universidad de Temuco	6	0	6	6			82–107	91–93	99–104	—

Final stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Dharma Yara Franca	2
	Panteras de Miranda	1
					Dharma Yara Franca	0
					Olimpia	2
	Olimpia	2
	Caimanes de Barranquilla	0
									Olimpia	2
									Corinthians	0
	Corinthians	2
	Independiente de General Pico	0
					Corinthians	2
					Rio Claro	0
	Rio Claro	2
	Hebraica y Macabi	1

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