South American League 2010

[rikhardur]

Liga Sudamericana will tip off on October 21

The South American Basketball Association announced the dates and groups for the 2010 edition of Liga Sudamericana tournament. The competition will tip off on October 21 in Franca, Brazil.
The teams have been divided into three pools with four teams in each. Best two teams from each pool will qualify into the final round.

Group A (October 21-23, Franca, Brazil)
Franca
Boca Juniors
Mavort
Defensor

Group B (October 28-30, Santiago del Estero, Argentina)
Flamengo
Malvin
Quimsa
Chilean champions

Group C (November 4-6, Cucuta, Colombia)
Libertad
Tiburones
Universo/BRB
Cucuta
The final round is slated for November 24-28.

http://www.latinbasket.com/Liga-Sudamericana/basketball.asp?NewsID=193865

[alermac]

Again, it will be a very competitive tournament, especially this year with those all big Brazilian signings. I just can't find much sense on insisting with this League, when the Americas League has so much more marketing and competitive potential

[planaria]

I cant understand why Brazil still sending its best 3 teams, while it should be the 4th, 5th and 6th just like Argentina does.

It would make much more sense give some gift to those teams, instead of have 3 teams playing 3 big international tournamentes (Americas League, South American League and Interligas).

And we all know already the Top6: Flamengo, Quimsa, Libertad, Universo, Franca and Boca Juniors.

The only team that can upset, IMO, is Defensor/URU.

[busy]

2010 South American League for Men's Clubs

Group A Oct 21-23 begins in Franca ,Brazil with following teams :Biguá (Uruguay), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Franca (Brazil) and Mavort (Ecuador).

Rosters :

Biguá: Nick Billings, Elgrace Wilborn, Juan José Rovira, Emilio Taboada, Juan Cambón, Gonzalo Meira, Mathías Calfani, Santiago Vidal, Iván Loriente, Juan Pablo Álvarez.

Boca Juniors: Juan Brussino, Nicolás Copello, Scott Cutley, Marcos Delia, Mariano Fierro, Nelson Ingles, Fernando Martina, Cedric Moodie, Fernando Titarelli, Sebastián Vega.

Franca: Vitor Alves, Fernando Feres, Lucas Fernandes, William Drudi, Rogério Klafke, Chas Mc Farland, Ricardo Probst, Pedro Rodrigues, Helio Rubens, Marcio Silva, Daniel Spillers, Andre Stefanelli, Felipe Taddei.

Mavort: Engels Tenorio, Mairon Cuero, Alex Guerra, Eduard Caicedo, Reynaldo García, Marcus Morgan, Engels Marx Tenorio, José Obando, Carlos Carcelen, Jonathan Morris, Mario Gordon, Charles Bailey.

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Group B Oct 28-30 will begin in Santiago del Estero, Argentina with following teams :Flamengo (Brazil), Inacap de Punta Arenas (Chile), Malvín (Uruguay) and Quimsa Santiago del Estero (Argentina).

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Group A :

Franca Basketball Clube (BRA)
Boca Juniors (ARG)
Bigua (URU)
Mavort (ECU)

ARG 87-82 URU

BRA 94-76 ECU

Group B :

Quimsa (ARG)
Flamengo (BRA)
Malvin (URU)
Inacap (CHI)

Group C :

Cucuta - Norte (ECU)
Universo BRB (BRA)
Libertad Sunchales (ARG)
Espartanos de Margarita (VEN)

[mvblair]

Boca and Flamenco have the most well-known names. I suppose they are the favorites. But don't count any team out! In this day and age of basketball, any team can win any game.

[JGX]

Group A Oct 21-23 begins in Franca ,Brazil with following teams :Biguá (Uruguay), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Franca (Brazil) and Mavort (Ecuador).

Some interesting names on these rosters:

Nick Billings

Out of Kodiak, Alaska, which has a large Filipino population. Has there ever been a bad player from Alaska?

Rogério Klafke

How old is he now? Wasn't he supposed to be the new Oscar Schmidt at one point?

Chas Mc Farland

The pride of Lovington, Illinois! I saw him play in high school. A lot of people doubted that he could even play Division I in college so it's nice to see him having a pro career.

Engels Tenorio, Engels Marx Tenorio

This is a father-son duo. The father is well into his forties. Too bad they're not going up against Stalin Ortiz in this tournament.

[planaria]

Rogério Klafke

How old is he now? Wasn't he supposed to be the new Oscar Schmidt at one point?

Exactly! He is 39 years old. If Im not wrong, he´s the top scorer of the brazilian national leagues (of course, you should consider that Oscar had a long career in Europe).

Chas McFarland

The pride of Lovington, Illinois! I saw him play in high school. A lot of people doubted that he could even play Division I in college so it's nice to see him having a pro career.

The guy isnt having a good season, but looks like Franca fans like him.

[planaria]

Boca and Flamenco have the most well-known names. I suppose they are the favorites. But don't count any team out! In this day and age of basketball, any team can win any game.

Now that Boca beat Bigua, I´d be surprised if the second round of the league dont be played only for brazilians and argentines.

[planaria]

Mc happy with Franca "title" of the Group A.

[rikhardur]

Uniceub/BRB Brasília is the champion after beating Flamengo 96-86.

[¹²³]

Uniceub/BRB Brasília is the champion after beating Flamengo 96-86.

Unfortunally I couldn't catch this tournament, but I heard Brasilia's coach is doing an amazing job. Congrats to them.