2009–10 FIBA Americas League

The 2009–10 FIBA Americas League was the third 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 was played between December 6, 2009 and February 6, 2010. The tournament was won by the Argentine League club Peñarol Mar del Plata, which was their second title in three years.

FIBA Americas League 2009–10
League	FIBA Americas League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 6, 2009 – February 6, 2010
Top scorer	Leandro García Morales (Halcones Xalapa) Héctor Romero (Espartanos de Margarita)
Finals
Champions	Peñarol de Mar del Plata
Runners-up	Espartanos de Margarita
Grand Final MVP	Kyle Lamonte (Peñarol de Mar del Plata)

Group stage

Group A

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Quimsa	3	0	6	234	214
Atenas de Cordoba	2	1	5	271	234
Soles de Mexicali	1	2	4	228	252
Minas Tênis Clube	0	3	3	246	279

Group B

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Espartanos de Margarita	2	1	5	265	271
Halcones Rojos Veracruz	2	1	5	273	266
Flamengo	1	2	4	223	219
Capitanes de Arecibo	1	2	4	247	252

Group C

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Halcones de Xalapa	3	0	6	290	216
Obras Sanitarias	2	1	5	245	259
Joinville Esporte Clube	1	2	4	241	260
Malvin	0	3	3	245	286

Group D

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Peñarol	3	0	6	249	195
Brasília	2	1	5	255	245
Halcones UV Córdoba	1	2	4	237	227
Navieros de Colón	0	3	3	194	268

Final 4

Team	W	L	Pts	PF	PA
Peñarol	3	0	6	272	222
Esparantos de Margarita	1	2	4	222	236
Halcones Xalapa	1	2	4	272	272
Quimsa	1	2	4	221	257

Round 1

February 4 18:00

(Report)

Halcones Xalapa	99–101	Quimsa
Scoring by quarter: 27-30, 19-16, 24-24, 29-31
Pts: Orlando Méndez 29 Rebs: Jack Michael Martínez 11 Asts: Méndez and Martínez 3 each		Pts: Román González 31 Rebs: Dionisio Gomez 10 Asts: Jonatan Treise 6

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

February 4 20:15

(Report)

Peñarol	92–73	Espartanos de Margarita
Scoring by quarter: 32-17, 12-18, 26-24, 22-14
Pts: Leonardo Gutiérrez 20 Rebs: Leonardo Gutiérrez 7 Asts: Pablo Rodriguez 8		Pts: Kevin Freeman 16 Rebs: Herrera and Matthews 8 each Asts: Edgar Moreno 4

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Round 2

February 5 18:00

(Report)

Espartanos de Margarita	78–82	Halcones Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 26-23, 21-20, 13-20
Pts: Héctor Romero 22 Rebs: Héctor Romero 12 Asts: Rafael Guevara 4		Pts: Leandro Garcia 25 Rebs: Jack Michael Martínez 10 Asts: Leandro Garcia 5

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

February 5 20:15

(Report)

Quimsa	58–87	Peñarol
Scoring by quarter: 10-19, 15-25, 14-25, 19-18
Pts: Julio Mázzaro 18 Rebs: 3 tied with 5 Asts: 7 tied with 1		Pts: Rodriguez and Lamonte 19 each Rebs: Martín Leiva 10 Asts: Pablo Rodriguez 5

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Round 3

February 6 18:00

(Report)

Quimsa	62–71	Espartanos de Margarita
Scoring by quarter: 7-15, 22-14, 17-23, 16-19
Pts: Román González 21 Rebs: Dionisio Gomez 12 Asts: 3 tied with 2		Pts: Héctor Romero 17 Rebs: Héctor Romero 11 Asts: Rafael Guevara 5

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

February 6 20:15

(Report)

Peñarol	93–91 (OT)	Halcones Xalapa
Scoring by quarter: 20-15, 24-20, 11-19, 28-29, Overtime: 10-8
Pts: Kyle Lamonte 39 Rebs: Martín Leiva 16 Asts: Leonardo Gutiérrez 4		Pts: Gerald Brown 21 Rebs: Victor Mariscal 8 Asts: 2 tied with 3

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Argentina

External links

• FIBA Americas League (in English)
• FIBA Americas League (in English)
• FIBA Americas Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
• FIBA Liga Americas Twitter (in Spanish)
• LatinBasket.com FIBA Americas League (in English)
• Liga de las Américas YouTube Channel (in Spanish)