South American Club Championships Basketball League (Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Basquetbol) History

The South American Championship of Champion Clubs was founded in 1946, and it was the first international tournament in South America.

The league was dissolved at 1992

League name history

1946-1992: Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones de Basquetbol 1946 1953 1956 1958 1961 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Title holders

Championships by club

Titles	Club	Years
8	Sirio	1971-72, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1983-84
6	Sesi/Franca	1979-80, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1989-90, 1990-91
3	Ferro	1981-82, 1980-81, 1986-87
3	Boca	2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
3	Trotamundos	1987-88, 1988-89, 1999-00
3	Delfines	2002-03, 2000-01, 2001-02
3	Corinthians	1964-65, 1965-66, 1968-69
2	Defensor	1955-56, 1957-58
2	Atenas	1992-93, 1993-94
2	Monte Libano	1985-86, 1984-85
2	Vasco da Gama	1997-98, 1998-99
2	Bigua	1991-92, 2007-08
1	Independ.GP	1995-96
1	Minas	2006-07
1	Olimpia	1952-53
1	Olimpia	1945-46
1	Rio Claro	1994-95
1	Thomas Bata	1966-67
1	Penarol	1982-83

Finals year-by-year

Season	Champion	Runner-Up
1945-46	Club Atletico Olimpia Montevideo	Gimnasia y Esgrima Comodoro Rivadavia
1951-52	Not held
1952-53	Olimpia de Asuncion	Club Palestino
1954-55	Not held
1955-56	Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo	Ateneo de la Juventud
1956-57	Not held
1957-58	Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo	San Lorenzo de Almagro
1959-60	Not held
1960-61	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Olimpia de Asuncion
1963-64	Not held
1964-65	Sport Club Corinthians Paulista	Atletico Tabare
1965-66	Sport Club Corinthians Paulista	Liga Deportiva Estudiantil
1966-67	Thomas Bata	Atletico Welcome Montevideo
1967-68	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Atletico Welcome Montevideo
1968-69	Sport Club Corinthians Paulista	Liga Deportiva Estudiantil
1969-70	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Atletico Atenas Montevideo
1970-71	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Sportiva Italiana Valparaiso
1971-72	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Club Atletico Olimpia Montevideo
1972-73	Not held
1973-74	Emmanuel Franca Esporte Clube Sao Paulo	Club Atletico Penarol Montevideo
1974-75	Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca Sao Paulo	Obras Basket Buenos Aires
1975-76	Not held
1976-77	Esporte Clube Amazonas Franca Sao Paulo	Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
1977-78	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Associacao Atletica Francana Sao Paulo
1978-79	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Guaiqueries de Margarita
1979-80	Associacao Atletica Francana Sao Paulo	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo
1980-81	Ferrocarril Oeste Buenos Aires	Coop/Sao Jose Basketball
1981-82	Ferrocarril Oeste Buenos Aires	Obras Basket Buenos Aires
1982-83	Club Atletico Penarol Montevideo	Clube Atletico Monte Libano Sao Paulo
1983-84	Esporte Clube Sirio Sao Paulo	Club Atletico River Plate Buenos Aires
1984-85	Clube Atletico Monte Libano Sao Paulo	Deportivo San Andres Buenos Aires
1985-86	Clube Atletico Monte Libano Sao Paulo	Ferrocarril Oeste Buenos Aires
1986-87	Ferrocarril Oeste Buenos Aires	Clube Atletico Monte Libano Sao Paulo
1987-88	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Atenas Cordoba
1988-89	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Atletico Bigua Montevideo
1989-90	Ravelli Franca Basquetebol Sao Paulo	San Pedro Pascual
1990-91	Ravelli Franca Basquetebol Sao Paulo	Atenas Cordoba
1991-92	Atletico Bigua Montevideo	All-Star/Franca
1992-93	Atenas Cordoba	Satierf/Sabesp/Franca
1993-94	Atenas Cordoba	Olimpia Venado Tuerto Santa Fe
1994-95	Clube de Campo de Rio Claro	Hebraica Macabi Montevideo
1995-96	Independiente General Pico	Polti Vaporetto/Blue Life/Rio Claro
1996-97	Not held
1997-98	CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro	Atletico Welcome Montevideo
1998-99	CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro	Bauru Tilibra Copimax
1999-00	Trotamundos de Carabobo	CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro
2000-01	Delfines de Cabimas	Espartanos de Margarita
2001-02	Delfines de Cabimas	Club Deportivo Valdivia
2002-03	Delfines de Miranda	Club Atletico Olimpia Montevideo
2003-04	Boca Juniors Buenos Aires	Delfines de Miranda
2004-05	Boca Juniors Buenos Aires	Unit/Uberlandia Salvador
2005-06	Boca Juniors Buenos Aires	Guaros de Lara
2006-07	Minas Belo Horizonte	Boca Juniors Buenos Aires
2007-08	Atletico Bigua Montevideo	Libertad Sunchales

Finals participants

Club	W	L	Total
Sesi/Franca	6	3	9
Sirio	8	1	9
Atenas	2	2	4
Ferro	3	1	4
Boca	3	1	4
Monte Libano	2	2	4
Delfines	3	1	4
Welcome	0	3	3
Trotamundos	3	0	3
Vasco da Gama	2	1	3
Olimpia	1	2	3
Bigua	2	1	3
Corinthians	3	0	3
Defensor	2	0	2
Obras	0	2	2
Olimpia	1	1	2
Rio Claro	1	1	2
Penarol	1	1	2
LD Estudiantil	0	2	2
Olimpia VT	0	1	1
San Andres	0	1	1
Gimnasia	0	1	1
Independ.GP	1	0	1
Palmeiras	0	1	1
Valdivia	0	1	1
Minas	1	0	1
Hebraica	0	1	1
Guaiqueries	0	1	1
Guaros	0	1	1
Libertad	0	1	1
Atenas	0	1	1
Tabare	0	1	1
Unitri	0	1	1
Bauru	0	1	1
Espartanos	0	1	1
San Pedro	0	1	1
River Plate	0	1	1
Sportiva Italiana	0	1	1
Sao Jose	0	1	1
San Lorenzo	0	1	1
Palestino	0	1	1
Thomas Bata	1	0	1
Ateneo	0	1	1

Players with the most appearances in the South American Club Championships Finals

Player	Finals Appearances	Years
Dodi Joseph	7	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980
Antonio Sucar	5	1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Ubiratan Maciel	5	1965, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1981
Gilson Trindade	5	1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1990
Jorge Guerra	5	1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Ubiratan Maciel	4	1965, 1966, 1969, 1981
Radvilas Gorauskas	4	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Marquinhos Abdalla	4	1972, 1978, 1979, 1980
Marcel de Souza	4	1978, 1979, 1980, 1985
Cadum Guimaraes	4	1983, 1985, 1986, 1987

Players with the most South American Club Championships titles

Player	Count	Years Won
Dodi Joseph	6	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979
Antonio Sucar	5	1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Radvilas Gorauskas	4	1968, 1970, 1971, 1972
Gilson Trindade	4	1975, 1977, 1980, 1990
Ubiratan Maciel	3	1965, 1966, 1969
Ubiratan Maciel	3	1965, 1966, 1969
Wlamir Marques	3	1965, 1966, 1969
Carmo de Souza	3	1965, 1966, 1969
Marquinhos Abdalla	3	1972, 1978, 1979
Marcel de Souza	3	1978, 1979, 1985