2025–26 Basketball Champions League Americas

Basketball Champions League Americas
Basketball Champions League Americas
Season	2025–26
Dates	10 December 2025 – April 2026
Teams	12
	← 2024–25 (Season 6) 2026–27 (Season 8) →

The 2025–26 Basketball Champions League Americas season, also referred to as the BCL Americas Season 7, is the 7th season of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA). It is also the 27th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 64rd season of South American top-level competition.

The season began on 10 December 2025 and will end on April 2026.^[1]

Team allocation

The twelve teams were announced on 25 September 2025 by FIBA.^[1]

1st, 2nd, etc.: Position in national league
WC: Wild card

Caimanes del Llano

Montevideo

Buenos Aires

Montevideo teams
Nacional
Aguada

Buenos Aires teams
Obras Basket
Boca Juniors

Location of teams of the 2025–26 BCL Americas group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Blue: Group D.

Boca Juniors (1st)	Sesi Franca (1st)	Universidad de Concepción (1st)	Astros de Jalisco (1st)
Instituto (2nd)	KTO Minas (2nd)	Paisas (1st)	Nacional (1st)
Obras Basket (WC)	Flamengo (TH)	Caimanes del Llano (2nd)	Aguada (2nd)

Draw

The draw took place on 26 September 2025 in Miami, United States at 16:00 ET. Group A was pre-determined based on geographical reasons and Groups B, C and D were decided through the draw. It was also confirmed that the highest-ranked teams from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay in their most recent full national league season would be seeded as the heads of Groups B, C, and D. Additionally, each group was restricted to only one team per country to ensure balance.^[2]

Group stage draw
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Boca Juniors Sesi Franca Nacional	Instituto Obras Basket	KTO Minas Flamengo	Universidad de Concepción Aguada

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Paisas	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Astros de Jalisco	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Caimanes del Llano

First game(s) will be played: 27 January 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

27 January 2026	Paisas	vs.	Caimanes del Llano	Medellín, Colombia
19:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Iván de Bedout

28 January 2026	Caimanes del Llano	vs.	Astros de Jalisco	Medellín, Colombia
19:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Iván de Bedout

29 January 2026	Paisas	vs.	Astros de Jalisco	Medellín, Colombia
19:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Iván de Bedout

1 February 2026	Caimanes del Llano	vs.	Astros de Jalisco	Villavicencio, Colombia
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya

2 February 2026	Astros de Jalisco	vs.	Paisas	Villavicencio, Colombia
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya

3 February 2026	Caimanes del Llano	vs.	Paisas	Villavicencio, Colombia
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Coliseo Álvaro Mesa Amaya

10 February 2026	Astros de Jalisco	vs.	Paisas	Guadalajara, Mexico
18:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Astros

11 February 2026	Paisas	vs.	Caimanes del Llano	Guadalajara, Mexico
18:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Astros

12 February 2026	Astros de Jalisco	vs.	Caimanes del Llano	Guadalajara, Mexico
18:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Astros

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nacional	2	2	0	150	134	+16	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Flamengo	2	1	1	147	155	−8	3	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Obras Basket	2	0	2	151	159	−8	2

Updated to game(s) played on 15 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

13 December 2025	Nacional	75–63	Flamengo	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:10	Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–13, 23–11, 22–23
	Pts: Zinaich 21 Rebs: Zinaich 10 Asts: Parodi 4	Boxscore	Pts: Negrete 19 Rebs: Bost 8 Asts: Johnson 3	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Johnny Batista (PUR), Carlos Pallares (COL)

14 December 2025	Flamengo	84–80	Obras Basket	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:10	Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 20–20, 26–20, 21–21
	Pts: Negrete 19 Rebs: Bost 7 Asts: Negrete 6	Boxscore	Pts: Sabin 20 Rebs: Corum 7 Asts: Barral, Brussino 7	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Attendance: 600 Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Coopper Toppings (CAN)

15 December 2025	Nacional	75–71	Obras Basket	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:10	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 20–21, 15–19, 23–13
	Pts: Zinaich 22 Rebs: Zinaich 10 Asts: Parodi 9	Boxscore	Pts: Sabin 16 Rebs: Corum 9 Asts: Barral 7	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Grant Todey (USA), Carlos Pallares (COL)

17 January 2026	Flamengo	vs.	Obras Basket	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

18 January 2026	Obras Basket	vs.	Nacional	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

19 January 2026	Flamengo	vs.	Nacional	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

7 February 2026	Obras Basket	vs.	Nacional	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Obras Sanitarias

8 February 2026	Nacional	vs.	Flamengo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Obras Sanitarias

9 February 2026	Obras Basket	vs.	Flamengo	Buenos Aires, Argentina
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Estadio Obras Sanitarias

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	KTO Minas	2	2	0	157	135	+22	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Boca Juniors	2	1	1	149	151	−2	3	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Aguada	2	0	2	145	165	−20	2

Updated to game(s) played on 12 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

10 December 2025	Aguada	71–88	Boca Juniors	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–19, 14–19, 23–26
	Pts: Clark 18 Rebs: Clark, Pereiras 7 Asts: Santiso, Sims 3	Boxscore	Pts: Smith 18 Rebs: Cáffaro 11 Asts: Smith 9	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Attendance: 1,205 Referees: Johnny Batista (PUR), Daniel García (VEN), Carlos Pallares (COL)

11 December 2025	Boca Juniors	61–80	KTO Minas	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 18–19, 14–19, 10–27
	Pts: Smith 19 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Smith, Vega 4	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 16 Rebs: Fuzaro 6 Asts: Davis 5	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Attendance: 352 Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Daniel García (VEN), Grant Todey (USA)

12 December 2025	Aguada	74–77	KTO Minas	Paysandú, Uruguay
21:40	Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–16, 20–14, 16–23
	Pts: Clark 14 Rebs: Clark 6 Asts: Santiso 6	Boxscore	Pts: McCree 19 Rebs: Braga, McCree 7 Asts: three players 2	Arena: Estadio 8 de Junio Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Grant Todey (USA), Cooper Toppings (CAN)

14 January 2026	Boca Juniors	vs.	KTO Minas	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore

15 January 2026	KTO Minas	vs.	Aguada	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore

16 January 2026	Boca Juniors	vs.	Aguada	Buenos Aires, Argentina
21:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore

4 February 2026	KTO Minas	vs.	Aguada	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas

5 February 2026	Aguada	vs.	Boca Juniors	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas

6 February 2026	KTO Minas	vs.	Boca Juniors	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
19:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Arena Minas

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Instituto	2	2	0	173	163	+10	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Sesi Franca	2	1	1	174	172	+2	3	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Universidad de Concepción	2	0	2	153	165	−12	2

Updated to game(s) played on 12 December 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

10 December 2025	Universidad de Concepción	74–80	Instituto	Concepción, Chile
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 12–26, 23–19, 20–21, 19–14
	Pts: Maxwell 26 Rebs: Low 8 Asts: Bocaz 6	Boxscore	Pts: Boone 20 Rebs: Boone 12 Asts: Copello, Whelan 5	Arena: Casa del Deporte Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Carlos Vélez (COL), Nicolás Flores (PAR)

11 December 2025	Instituto	93–89(OT)	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 22–26, 17–16, 22–16, Overtime: 14–10
	Pts: Saiz 18 Rebs: Boone 10 Asts: Copello 6	Boxscore	Pts: De Paula 24 Rebs: Jackson 7 Asts: De Paula 5	Arena: Casa del Deporte Attendance: 300 Referees: Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Orlando Varela (HON), Claudio Osorio (CHI)

12 December 2025	Universidad de Concepción	79–85	Sesi Franca	Concepción, Chile
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 19–22, 15–20, 27–16
	Pts: Maxwell 22 Rebs: Maxwell 10 Asts: Bocaz 9	Boxscore	Pts: Dias 20 Rebs: Felício 8 Asts: De Paula 9	Arena: Casa del Deporte Attendance: 500 Referees: Carlos Vélez (COL), Orlando Varela (HON), Nicolás Flores (PAR)

14 January 2026	Sesi Franca	vs.	Universidad de Concepción	Franca, Brazil
18:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

15 January 2026	Universidad de Concepción	vs.	Instituto	Franca, Brazil
18:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

16 January 2026	Sesi Franca	vs.	Instituto	Franca, Brazil
18:40	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

7 February 2026	Instituto	vs.	Sesi Franca	Córdoba, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

8 February 2026	Sesi Franca	vs.	Universidad de Concepción	Córdoba, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

9 February 2026	Instituto	vs.	Universidad de Concepción	Córdoba, Argentina
22:10	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Gimnasio Ángel Sandrín

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals will take place in March 2026. The four winners will advance to the Final Four. Teams listed as "Team 1" hosted games 2 and 3.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
A1	–	B2	–	–	–
C1	–	D2	–	–	–
D1	–	C2	–	–	–
B1	–	A2	–	–	–

A1 vs. B2

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C1 vs. D2

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D1 vs. C2

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B1 vs. A2

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Final Four

The Final Four will take place on TBD 2026.

Semifinals

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Third place game

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Final

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Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "BCL Americas Season 7: These are the 12 teams chasing the crown". www.fiba.basketball.
^ "BCL Americas 2025-26: Official draw results, groups revealed for Season 7". www.fiba.basketball.

[:0-1] "BCL Americas Season 7: These are the 12 teams chasing the crown". www.fiba.basketball.

[2] "BCL Americas 2025-26: Official draw results, groups revealed for Season 7". www.fiba.basketball.

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Basketball Champions League Americas
Seasons	2019–20 2021 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Awards	Most Valuable Player All-Star Five
FIBA FIBA Americas List of basketball champions of the Americas