2008–09 FIBA Americas League

FIBA Americas League 2008–09
FIBA Americas League 2008–09
League	FIBA Americas League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 9, 2008 – February 8, 2009
Top scorer	Leandro García Morales; (Biguá)
Finals
Champions	Brasília
Runners-up	Halcones de Xalapa
Grand Final MVP	Alex Garcia; (Brasília)
FIBA Americas League seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 FIBA Americas League was the second 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. It 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, (Arecibo, Mar del Plata, Sunchales, and Xalapa). The first team from each group advanced to the Final 4 round-robin stage that took place in the city of Xalapa, Mexico.

Teams allocation

Group phase
Regatas de Corrientes^LSH(LNB)	Brasília (2nd)	Soles de Mexicali (2nd)	Liceo de Costa Rica (1st)
Peñarol Mar del Plata (3d)	Flamengo (2nd)	Halcones de Xalapa (1st)	Merengueros (WC)
Libertad Sunchales(1st)	Minas Tênis (3d)	Biguá (1st)	Pioneros de Quintana Roo (WC)
Quimsa (2nd)	Universidad de Concepción (4th)	Deportes Castro (3d)	Capitanes de Arecibo (1st)

The labels in the brackets show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Americas League title holders, LSH: Liga Sudamerican title holders):

LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs

Group stage

Key to colors
	Top two places advanced to the Final 4

Group A (Arecibo)

Minas Tênis Clube advanced due to a better goal average.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Tie
1.	Minas Tênis Clube	3	2	1	264	234	+30	1–1 (1.128)
2.	Capitanes de Arecibo	3	2	1	286	243	+43	1–1 (1.177)
3.	Merengueros	3	2	1	248	261	−13	1–1 (.950)
4.	Pioneros de Quintana Roo	3	0	3	230	290	−60

December 9, 2008

Merengueros	65–90	Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 16–27, 16–25, 9–12
Pts: Tavares 14 Rebs: Paniagua, Tavares 5 Asts: Coronado, Mata 2		Pts: Becker 22 Rebs: Da Cruz Silva 9 Asts: Sucatzky 15

Capitanes de Arecibo	104–72	Pioneros de Quintana Roo
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 21–22, 26–27, 32–21
Pts: Figueroa 20 Rebs: Figueroa 8 Asts: Cruz 7		Pts: Wade 22 Rebs: Braggs 10 Asts: Fleming 3

Minas Tênis Clube	93–74	Pioneros de Quintana Roo
Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 14–21, 28–18, 20–21
Pts: Shipp 21 Rebs: Becker 8 Asts: Sucatzky 12		Pts: Braggs 18 Rebs: Braggs 5 Asts: Braggs 4

Merengueros	90–87 (OT)	Capitanes de Arecibo
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 12–20, 21–21, 26–21, Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Martínez 18 Rebs: Paniagua 17 Asts: Sandoval 5		Pts: Wilson 22 Rebs: Aubry 14 Asts: Cruz 5

Pioneros de Quintana Roo	84–93	Merengueros
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 13–14, 22–25, 29–27
Pts: Fleming 30 Rebs: Braggs 15 Asts: Braggs 5		Pts: Sandoval 25 Rebs: Paniagua 7 Asts: Sandoval 7

Capitanes de Arecibo	95–81	Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 27–24, 24–21, 22–17
Pts: Figueroa 26 Rebs: Aubry, Figueroa 9 Asts: Rodríguez 3		Pts: Shipp 23 Rebs: Becker, Goncalves de Oliveira 5 Asts: Sucatzky 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Tie
1.	Biguá	3	3	0	231	199	+32
2.	Peñarol	3	1	2	224	218	+6	1–1 (1.033)
3.	Regatas de Corrientes	3	1	2	233	234	−1	1–1 (.996)
4.	Universidad de Concepción	3	1	2	213	250	−37	1–1 (.852)

Biguá	71–68	Regatas de Corrientes
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–21, 14–11, 26–17
Pts: García Morales 22 Rebs: Wolkowyski 11 Asts: M. Osimani 4		Pts: Acosta 18 Rebs: Stanton 8 Asts: Montecchia, Stanton 3

Peñarol	80–63	Universidad de Concepción
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 24–9, 21–22, 18–15
Pts: Jackson 16 Rebs: Johnson 10 Asts: Rodríguez 7		Pts: Hardwick, Maxey 17 Rebs: Hardwick 10 Asts: Hernández 4

Biguá	76–54	Universidad de Concepción
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 24–7, 14–17, 19–19
Pts: J. Osimani 11 Rebs: Young 7 Asts: Rovira 3		Pts: Agba 20 Rebs: Agba 13 Asts: Hernández 5

Regatas de Corrientes	71–67	Peñarol
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 12–8, 13–26, 25–15
Pts: Tintorelli 21 Rebs: Tintorelli 10 Asts: Cequeira 2		Pts: Rodríguez 16 Rebs: González 11 Asts: Malara 5

Universidad de Concepción	96–94 (OT)	Regatas de Corrientes
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 19–21, 21–16, 20–20, Overtime: 11–11, 7–5
Pts: Maxey 26 Rebs: Hardwick 15 Asts: Hernández 6		Pts: Tintorelli 21 Rebs: López 13 Asts: López, Montecchia 4

Peñarol	77–84 (OT)	Biguá
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 9–16, 17–12, 24–17, Overtime: 11–18
Pts: Jackson, Johnson 18 Rebs: Johnson 13 Asts: Jackson, Muruaga, Picarelli 2		Pts: García Morales 35 Rebs: Wolkowyski 11 Asts: M. Osimani 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Brasília	3	2	1	268	251	+17
2.	Flamengo	3	2	1	297	262	+35
3.	Libertad de Sunchales	3	2	1	277	261	+16
4.	Deportes Castro	3	0	3	250	318	−68

Libertad de Sunchales	114–88	Deportes Castro
Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 27–19, 25–27, 30–20
Pts: Farley 33 Rebs: Zilli 6 Asts: 5 Players 3		Pts: Smith 32 Rebs: Smith 9 Asts: McFadgon 4

Brasília	92–96	Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 16–23, 32–29, 27–25
Pts: Garcia 21 Rebs: Ferreira 9 Asts: Fonseca, Garcia 3		Pts: M. Machado 23 Rebs: Araújo, E. Machado 5 Asts: E. Machado, M. Machado 4

Flamengo	117–77	Deportes Castro
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 26–15, 30–20, 33–24
Pts: M. Machado 26 Rebs: Araújo, Andrade da Silva 8 Asts: M. Machado 5		Pts: McFagdon 17 Rebs: Smith 7 Asts: Smith 4

Brasília	89–70	Libertad de Sunchales
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 29–11, 16–20, 22–20
Pts: Garcia 21 Rebs: Santos 10 Asts: da Silva 4		Pts: Alston 14 Rebs: Farley 5 Asts: Ginóbili 3

Deportes Castro	85–87	Brasília
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 17–15, 27–26, 20–24
Pts: Posey 23 Rebs: Campos, Posey 6 Asts: Campos 4		Pts: Garcia 30 Rebs: Ferreira, Rodrigues 7 Asts: Garcia 4

Libertad de Sunchales	93–84	Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–15, 29–21, 17–30
Pts: Farley 25 Rebs: Alston 8 Asts: Moldú 7		Pts: M. Machado 23 Rebs: Araújo 9 Asts: E. Machado 2

2008–09 FIBA Americas League

Teams allocation

Group stage

Group A (Arecibo)

Group B (Mar del Plata)

Group C (Sunchales)

Group D (Xalapa)

Final 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Statistics

Top Scorer

Assists Leader

Awards

Grand Finals MVP

External links

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1.	Halcones de Xalapa	3	3	0	305	220	+85
2.	Soles de Mexicali	3	2	1	265	255	+10
3.	Quimsa	3	1	2	238	275	−37
4.	Liceo de Costa Rica	3	0	3	254	312	−58

Quimsa	73–87	Soles de Mexicali
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 16–21, 19–20, 14–21
Pts: Mikulas 19 Rebs: Mikulas 8 Asts: Treise 7		Pts: Pedroza 18 Rebs: Lewis, Llamas, López 5 Asts: Wheat 6

Halcones de Xalapa	116–73	Liceo de Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 23–25, 33–15, 30–14
Pts: Hickerson 21 Rebs: Hickerson 9 Asts: Hickerson 8		Pts: Jennings 26 Rebs: Julio, Leith 7 Asts: Jones 5

Soles de Mexicali	100–96	Liceo de Costa Rica
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 31–17, 26–24, 21–33
Pts: Lewis 27 Rebs: Llamas 8 Asts: Paredes, Herrera 4		Pts: Martinez 22 Rebs: Leith 8 Asts: Chavarria 8

Quimsa	69–103	Halcones de Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 14–27, 19–30, 14–26
Pts: Mikulas 17 Rebs: Treise 6 Asts: Mason, Treise 4		Pts: Truitt 24 Rebs: Ayón, Truitt 7 Asts: Mills 8

Liceo de Costa Rica	85–96	Quimsa
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 23–22, 10–25, 34–25
Pts: Leith 21 Rebs: Leith 11 Asts: Chavarria 6		Pts: Mázzaro, Mikulas 25 Rebs: Mikulas 8 Asts: Camargos, Mázzaro 4

Halcones de Xalapa	86–78	Soles de Mexicali
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 23–15, 20–24, 27–22
Pts: Ayón 27 Rebs: Ayón, Hickerson, Truitt 7 Asts: Hickerson, Mills 5		Pts: Pedroza 25 Rebs: Llamas 8 Asts: Marentez 3

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Brasília	3	0	6	262	238
Halcones de Xalapa	2	1	5	287	261
Club Biguá	1	2	4	250	263
Minas Tênis Clube	0	3	3	241	278

Brasília	90–80	Minas Tênis Clube
Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 15-21, 26-29, 29-18
Pts: Valtinho 22 Asts: Marcio Cipriano 5		Pts: Joseph Shipp 18 Asts: Facundo Sucatzky 8

Halcones de Xalapa	100–91	Club Biguá
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 15-20, 31-27, 33-36
Pts: Samuel Bowie, Abdul Mills 21 Asts: Abdul Mills, Victor Mariscal 6		Pts: Leandro Garcia Morales 29 Asts: Martin Osimani 5