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TheSouth American professional club basketball system or South American professional club basketball pyramid is a series ofinterconnected competitions for professionalbasketball clubs inSouth America. The system has ahierarchical format with apromotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels. There are currently two different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tierBasketball Champions League Americas, and the 2nd tierFIBA South American League. The 1st-tier level Basketball Champions League Americas is organized byFIBA Americas, and the 2nd-tier level FIBA South American League is organized by the South American Basketball Association (ABASU), which operates as a regional sub-zone ofFIBA Americas.
| Level | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basketball Champions League Americas (2019 – present) | ||||
| 2 | FIBA South American League (2008 – present) | ||||
The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former eras and the current era. Current tier competitions are indicated in bold.
| Level | League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basketball Champions League Americas (2019 – present) FIBA Americas League | ||||
| 2 | FIBA South American League (1996 – 2000, 2008 – present)[2] South American Championship of Champions Clubs | ||||
| 3 | South American Championship of Champions Clubs (1996 – 2000, 2008)(Defunct)[3] | ||||
The evolution of the top-tier international South American inter–continental and South American inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1946—present):
