Libertad the Champions – May 3, 2002
Argentinean team Libertad de Sunchales are the
2002 Champions, after beating two consecutive times Vasco Da Gama in the
two games played in their home court, for the final 3-1. See here the
boxscores of the last two games of Final Series:
Game 3 - Libertad 100 - Vasco 99 (30-23, 53-44, 76-59)
Referees: Jorge Tovar, David Pappo.
LIBERTAD 100 (53): Sucatzky 18, Cerutti 25, Pérez 20, Benítez 10, González
21 (FI). Grooms 0, Navarrete 2 y Acosta 4. DT: Daniel Rodríguez. VASCO DA
GAMA 99 (44): Helinho 11, Jamison 23, Rogerio 26, Mingao 5 y
Sandro 26 (FI). Manteiguinha 6, Chuí 2. DT: Helio Rubens.
Game 4 - Libertad 95 - Vasco 85 (25-25, 47-44, 68-67)
Referees: Jorge Tovar, David Pappo (Venezuela).
LIBERTAD 95 (47): Sucatzky 14, Cerutti 24, Pérez 15, Benítez 11, González
15 (FI). Grooms 4, Acosta 12. DT: Daniel Rodríguez. VASCO DA GAMA 85 (44):
Helinho 12, Jamison 12, Rogerio 20, Mingao 4 , Sandro 25 (FI).
Manteiguinha 0, Chuí 12. DT: Helio Rubens.
Vasco beat Libertad in Game 1 of Finals – April 26, 2002
In Game 1 of Final Series, Vasco da Gama beat
Libertad de Sunchales 78-77, at the end of a very close game. But in Game
2, Libertad de Sunchales took its revenge, winning 83-81, and now
aggregate is 1-1 and the next two games will be played in Argentina.
VASCO DA GAMA 81 (39): Helinho 4, Jamison 8, Rogerio 25, Mingao 23 y
Sandro 8 (FI). Manteinguinha 13. DT: Helio Rubens. LIBERTAD 83 (36):
Sucatzky 21, Cerutti 8, Pérez 0, Benítez 12 y González 19 (FI). Grooms 2,
Acosta 17 y Navarrete 4. DT: Daniel Rodríguez.
Semifinals, Game 3 - April 15, 2002
Libertad defeated Estudiantes (O) 106-100 in
game three of the south American League played last night at Olavarría an
advanced to the finals where will face Vasco da Gama of Brazil.
Serie: 2-1.
Semifinals, Game 2 - April 13, 2002
The Game 1 winner Libertad de Sunchales has
been defeated in Game 2 of semifinals by Estudiantes de Olavarría 100-88,
and now will be needed a third Game to name the contender of Vasco da Gama
in Final Series. Estudiantes – Libertad 100-88
(Ginóbili 15, Ruiz Moreno 8, Diaz 17, Logrippo 9, Osella 12 (FI). Mc Cray
19, Quinteros 20. DT: Sergio Hernández - Sucatzky 16, Cerutti 16, Perez
19, Benítez 7, González
21 (FI). Acosta 0, Michel 9. DT: Daniel Rodríguez)
Vasco da Gama beat Cocodrillos 104-90 in Game 2 of Semifinals, advancing
to the Final Game of South American League. In the other Semifinal Series,
Libertad de Sunchales is ahead 1-0 over Estudiantes de Olavarria
Semifinals – April 10, 2002
The two winners of Game 1 of Semifinals series
are Vasco da Gama (BRA) and Libertad (ARG)
Vasco da Gama defeated 116-109 Cocodrilos de Caracas in overtime, while
Libertad de Sunchales beat
Estudiantes de Olavarría por 97-80. See the boxscore of this last game:
Libertad: Sucatzky 15, Benítez 12, González 15, Cerutti 26, Pérez 5 (FI),
Grooms 10, Navarrete 0, Michel 8, Acosta 6, Boffelli 0. DT: Daniel
Rodríguez. Estudiantes (O): Logrippo 24, Díaz 11, Sebastián Ginóbili 7,
Osella 6, Ruiz Moreno 10 (FI), Drazeta 3, Marín 2, Arce 0, Quinteros 17.
DT: Sergio Hernández.
Libertad in the Semifinals - March 23, 2002
Libertad de Sunchales advanced to semifinals
beating in Game 3 Biguà 99-84 for the definitive 2-1 Libertad - Bigua 99-84
(Grooms 12, Sucatzky 24, Benítez 14, González
14 y Cerutti 19 (FI). Navarrete 4, Michel 3, Acosta 9. DT: Daniel
Rodríguez - Pierri 18, Otatti 4, Lacasa 13, Rovira 15 y Washington 16
(FI). Garcín 6, De Pena 0, Niquichenko 12. DT: Francisco Bolaña)
Now, Libertad will meet in Semifinals Estudiantes de Olavarría, winner
over Mavort 109-88 (aggregate 2-0),
Estudiantes - Mavort 109-88
(S.Ginóbili 15, P.Quinteros 40,. L.Ruiz Moreno
19, D.Logrippo 16, D.Osella 6; F.Arce 6, L.Drazeta 4, F.Marín 3,
N.Lorenzo. Entrenador, Sergio Hernández - R.Cárdenas 8, T.Williams 28,
V.Díaz 5, J.Obando 12, C.Williams 28; M.Nazareno 7, G.González,
C.Fernández, Entrenador, Telémaco Poroso)
Quarterfinals - March 21, 2002 Libertad de Sunchales beat in Game 2 of
Quarterfinals Biguá de Montevideo por 110-86, tieing 1-1 the aggregat
result. Tonight will be played the third and decisive game.
Libertad: Sucatzky 7, Benítez 5, González 13, Cerutti 33, Pérez 1 (FI);
Grooms 15, Navarrete 2, Michel 14, Acosta 16, Boffelli 3, Zago 1.
DT: Daniel Rodríguez. Biguá: Pierri 12, Otatti 2, Lacasa 15, Rovira 10,
Washington 16 (FI), Contreras 0, Garcín 19, De Pena 2, Niquichenko 10. DT:
Francisco Bolaña
Ribeirão Preto/COC beat Cocodrilos, 107-104, at the end of a close game,
in another Quarterfinal Series.
Quarterfinals - March 19, 2002
Vasco da Gama eliminated Deportivo San José de
Paraguay 104-73 closing Series on 2-0.
Tonight, in Riberao Preto, Brazil, Cocodrilos (VEN) and hosts of Ribeirao
Preto will meet again (the winner will play semifinals vs. Vasco da Gama),
and Libertad de Sunchales will host Uruguayan team Biguá in two other
Quarterfinal series
Quarterfinals - March 13-16, 2002
In Game 1 of Quarterfinals, Deportivo San José
has been beaten at home by Vasco da Gama Río de Janeiro (Brasil) 89-79 Dep.San Jose - Vasco da Gama 79-89
SAN JOSE: Javier Martínez 25, Bruno Zanotti 2,
Shanne Jones 29, José Carrillo 2, Michael Robinson 6.
D.T.: Juan Pablo Feliú. Reserves: Humberto Rivero 11, Luis Fernando Dose
2, Giulio Laratro, Aldo Acosta, Guillermo Araújo 2, Gustavo Paniagua.
VASCO DA GAMA: Helinho 12, Chuí 12, Rogerio 17, Nené 13, Sandro 15. D.T.:
Elio Rubens. Reserves: Jamison 6, Mingao 8 y Manteiguinha 6.
In first game of Quarterfinal Series, Libertad de Sunchales was beaten in Montevideo by Biguá
101-96
In another Series, Estudiantes de Olavarría traveled to Ecuador, to beat Mavort 89-69. In this last team, the announced USA player Sean Houston has been at the last time replaced by Curtis Williams, ex Estiduantes Bahia Blanca. The other import of Mavort is Todd Williams. Libertad - Bigua 101-96
Biguá: Rovira 22, Washington 20, Pierri 17, Lacasa 14, Otatti 1 (FI), Garcín 16, Contreras 2, Suárez 4, De Pena 5. DT: Francisco Bolaña. Libertad: Sucatzky 29, Cerutti 15, Pérez 17, Benítez 8, González 14 (FI), Michel 4, Acosta 5, Grooms 0, Navarrete 4. DT: Daniel Rodríguez. Mavort - Estudiantes 69-89
Mavort (69): J. Obando 27, V. Díaz 13, R. Cárdenas 5, A. Sánchez 4, C.Williams 3 , T. Williams 11, N. Vernazza 6. COACH Telemaco Poroso. Estudiantes O (89): S. Ginóbili 14, L. Ruiz Moreno 20, G. Díaz 8, D.
Logrippo 12, D. Osella 12, P. Quinteros 19, J..Rivera 2, F. Marín 2. COACH, Sergio Hernández.
Finals on the way - March 8, 2002
At the end of the Qualifying Groups of VII edition of the League, the team advanced to quarterfinals are Vasco Da Gama (BRA) and Bigua (URU) [Groupo A], Libertad (ARG) and San José (PAR) [Group B], Estudiantes Olavarria (ARG) and COC Riberao Preto (BRA) [Group C], and from Group D Cocodrilos (VEN) and Mavort (ECU). Now, quarterfinals will be played at the best of 3 games, with the first placed team of each group keeping the advantage of the third game at home. The Pairings will be Vasco da Gama - San Jose, Libertad – Biguà, Estudiantes - Mavort, Cocodrilos - COC Riberao Preto
The first series will be the one between Biguà and Libertad, to start on March 11, all the ther ones will start some days after
Eliminations Group A -
Montevideo (20/Feb - 22/Feb)
Feb.20, 2002: Vasco da Gama (BRA) - Gimnasia CR (ARG) 91-81 Vasco
Da Gama (91): Helinho 23, Chuí 11, Rogerio 26, Nené (x) 0, Sandro 18
(fi); Jamison (x) 6, Mingao 7 y Manteguinha 0. DT: Helio Rubens.
Gimnasia (81): Leonardo Diebold (x) 13, Alejandro Ferrari 11, Mauricio
Pedemonte 30, Marcus Williams 7, Pablo Maglia 9 (fi); Eddie Robertson 8,
Eloy Martín 3 y Esteban Bonzano 0. DT: Marcelo Richotti.
Feb.20, 2002: Bigua (URU) - Prov.Lalanguihue (CHI) 91-68
Feb.21, 2002: Prov.Lalanguihue (CHI) - Vasco da Gama (BRA) 59-109
Feb.21, 2002: Bigua (URU) - Gimnasia CR (ARG) 86-68 Biguá
(86): Rovira 5, Suárez 7, Otatti 3, Washington 25, Pierri 17 (fi); Garcían
10, Lacasa 9 y Niquichenko 10. DT: Francisco Bolaña. Gimnasia (68):
Diebold (x) 6, Marcus Williams 9, Alejandro Ferrari 3, Mauricio Pedemonte
26, Pablo Maglia 3 (fi); Eddie Robertson (x) 10, Eloy Martín (x) 4,
Esteban Bonzano 2 y Bruno Jovanovich (x) 5. DT: Marcelo Richotti.
Feb.22, 2002: Bigua (URU) - Vasco da Gama (BRA) 71-75
Feb.22,
2002: Prov.Lalanguihue (CHI) - Gimnasia CR (ARG) 80-95 Llanquihue
(71): Cárcamo (x) 0, Espinoza 17, Brown 2, Hilton 14, Briones 27 (fi);
Franckle 0, Kairath 0, París 8 y Campos 3. DT: Iván Gallardo.
Gimnasia (75): Eloy Martín 13, Marcus Williams 15, Mauricio Pedemonte 25,
Esteban Bonzano 9, Bruno Jovanovich 6 (fi); Leonardo Diebold 4, Eddie
Robertson 0, Pablo Maglia 1 y Alejandro Ferrari 2. DT: Marcelo Richotti.
Group B -
Asunción (02/Mar - 04/Mar) Libertad
Sunchales at the top of the standings after they easily defeated Real
Santa Cruz, and San Jose lost to Cordon. A
great surprise came from the win of host team Deportivo San José over Libertad
de Sunchales (ARG). With this result, San Jose is very near to gain
qualification. At
the last time Uruguayan team of Welcome de Montevideo decided not to
participate, and Copaba and Uruguayan Federation agreed to replace Welcome
with new champions of Cordon, which will go travel Paraguay with the
same roster of National League. The teams which will start playing today
in Group B are in consequence Deportivo San José (PAR), Libertad
de Sunchales (Argentina), Real Santa Cruz (Bolivia) and Cordón de
Montevideo (Uruguay) 02-Mar-02 Cordon 66 - 84 Libertad de Sunchales
02-Mar-02 San José 82 - 68 Real Santa Cruz
03-Mar-02 Cordon 107 - 73 Real Santa Cruz
03-Mar-02 San José 77 - 76 Libertad de Sunchales SAN
JOSE: Javier Martínez 19 puntos, Bruno Zanotti 5, Luis Fernando Dose 8,
Shanne Jones 12, Chuckie Robinson 27. Coach: Juan Pablo Feliú.
Reserves: Humberto Rivero 4, Giulio Laratro 2, Guillermo Araújo, Gustavo
Paniagua, Aldo Acosta. LIBERTAD: Facundo Sucatzky 8 puntos,
Mariano Ceruti 15, Esteban Pérez 9, Jorge Benítez 17, Román González
14. Coach: Daniel Rodríguez. Reserves: Freddy Navarrete 6,
Ernesto Michel 4, Sebastián Acosta 3. 04-Mar-02
Libertad de Sunchales (ARG) 96 - 74 Real Santa Cruz (BOL)
04-Mar-02 San José (PAR) 87 - 94 Cordon (URU)
Group C - Sao Paulo (28/Feb - 02/Mar) Once
again the Argentineans are reigning. Significant is also the
disappointment of Chilean Champions of Valdivia, swept by Brazilians
and beaten a minor edition of Estudiantes. Feb.28, 2002: Dep.Valdivia (CHI) - Estudiantes O. (ARG) 92-100 Deportes
Valdivia (92): Nelson Méndez 4, Francisco Zepeda 5, Paulo Henríquez 7,
Reginald Poole 32, Antohy Bishop 10 (fi); Sandor Bravo 2, Leonel Méndez
14, Ramiro Vera 7 y Víctor Zamora 11. DT: Marcos Guzmán.
Estudiantes (100): Sebastián Ginóbilli 11, Leopoldo Ruíz Moreno 8,
Gabriel Díaz 16, Diego Osella 12, Diego Logrippo 8 (fi); Federico Marín
6, Paolo Quinteros 34 y Juliano Rivera 5. DT: Sergio Hernández.Estudiantes de Olavaria (Argentina)
Feb.28, 2002: Ribeirao Preto (BRA) - Regatas Lima (PER) 89-72
March 1, 2002: Ribeirao Preto (BRA) - Dep.Valdivia (CHI) 114-71
March
1, 2002: Estudiantes O. (ARG) - Regatas Lima (PER) 100-81
March 2, 2002: Dep.Valdivia (CHI) - Regatas Lima (PER) 97-94
March
2, 2002: Ribeirao Preto (BRA) - Estudiantes O. (ARG) 86-102
Group D - Quito (23/Feb - 25/Feb) Very big surprise from Group D. The Ecuadorian team advanced to the next step of the League, and the same made Cocodrilos, while Franca has been eliminated. No surprise, insted, for
the elimination of Piratas, which sent on the court a large group of junior and cadet players. To give an idea, while
Mavort started game with Sean Houston, Jeff Escalante, Marco Sánchez, José Obando, and Todd Wiliams,
Piratas had in starting five Jairo Mendoza, John Galindo, John Cardona, Steward Baldonado and Daniel Restrepo. No surprise the win of Ecuadorians by 32 points
Feb.23, 2002: Mavort (ECU) - Piratas (COL) 102-70
Feb.23, 2002:
Franca (BRA) - Cocodrilos (VEN) 107-121
Feb.24, 2002: Franca (BRA) - Piratas (COL) 102-70
Feb.24, 2002: Mavort (ECU) - Cocodrilos (VEN) 110-106
Feb.25, 2002: Cocodrilos (VEN) - Piratas (COL) 138-70
Feb.25, 2002: Mavort (ECU) - Franca 108-112
