2001 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	2001
Dates	12 February – 13 April 2001
Teams	16
Finals
Champions	Estudiantes de Olavarría
Runners-up	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)
Semifinalists	Atenas ; Flamengo
	← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2001 FIBA South American League, was the sixth edition of the top-tier tournament for basketball teams from South America. The tournament began on 12 February 2001 and finished on 13 April 2001. Argentine team Estudiantes de Olavarría won their first title, defeating Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia in the finals. This tournament saw the only appearance of a team from outside South America, the NBDL Ambassadors from the United States, coached by Nate Archibald.^[1] The team played their only home game in the stadium of Unión de Santa Fe^[1] in the quarterfinals, where they lost the series 1–2 against Brazilian team Flamengo.

Format

Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and played each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination in the quarterfinals and the semifinals, and a best-of-five elimination series in the Grand Finals, where the champion was decided.

Teams

Country	Team
Argentina	Atenas
	Estudiantes de Olavarría
	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia
Bolivia	Real Santa Cruz
Brazil	Flamengo
	Uberlândia
	Vasco da Gama
Chile	Provincial Osorno
Chile	Universidad de Concepción
Colombia	Piratas de Bogotá
Ecuador	ESPE
Paraguay	San José
Peru	Universidad Alas Peruanas
United States	NBDL Ambassadors
Uruguay	Welcome
Venezuela	Cocodrilos de Caracas

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Vasco da Gama	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
3	Provincial Osorno	3	1	2	4
4	Universidad Alas Peruanas	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

12 February 2001	Vasco da Gama	87–88	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	Osorno, Chile

12 February 2001	Provincial Osorno	92–77	Universidad Alas Peruanas	Osorno, Chile

13 February 2001	Vasco da Gama	111–57	Universidad Alas Peruanas	Osorno, Chile

13 February 2001	Provincial Osorno	86–109	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	Osorno, Chile

13 February 2001	Provincial Osorno	71–88	Vasco da Gama	Osorno, Chile

13 February 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia	95–78	Universidad Alas Peruanas	Osorno, Chile

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes de Olavarría	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Uberlândia	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
3	Piratas de Bogotá	3	1	2	4
4	Real Santa Cruz	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

14 February 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	86–82	Uberlândia	Bogotá, Colombia

14 February 2001	Piratas de Bogotá	83–73	Real Santa Cruz	Bogotá, Colombia

15 February 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	136–68	Real Santa Cruz	Bogotá, Colombia

15 February 2001	Piratas de Bogotá	65–83	Uberlândia	Bogotá, Colombia

16 February 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	90–86	Piratas de Bogotá	Bogotá, Colombia

16 February 2001	Uberlândia	98–74	Real Santa Cruz	Bogotá, Colombia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Atenas	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	NBDL Ambassadors	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
3	San José	3	1	2	4
4	Universidad de Concepción	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

15 February 2001	Atenas	90–75	Universidad de Concepción	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

15 February 2001	NBDL Ambassadors	87–76	San José	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

16 February 2001	Atenas	93–74	San José	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

16 February 2001	NBDL Ambassadors	94–84	Universidad de Concepción	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

17 February 2001	Atenas	103–93	NBDL Ambassadors	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

17 February 2001	San José	97–80	Universidad de Concepción	Mar del Plata, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Islas Malvinas

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	3	2	1	5	Advances to final stage
2	Welcome	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
3	Cocodrilos de Caracas	3	1	2	4
4	ESPE	3	0	3	3

Source: FIBA Archive

17 February 2001	Cocodrilos de Caracas	83–72	Welcome	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

17 February 2001	Flamengo	118–66	ESPE	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18 February 2001	Cocodrilos de Caracas	96–56	ESPE	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18 February 2001	Flamengo	91–96	Welcome	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19 February 2001	Cocodrilos de Caracas	82–116	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

19 February 2001	Welcome	107–63	ESPE	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Final stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Grand Finals



Estudiantes de Olavarría	2

Vasco da Gama	0
		Estudiantes de Olavarría	2

		Atenas	1
Atenas	2

Welcome	1
				Estudiantes de Olavarría	3

				Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	2

Uberlândia	1
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	2

		Flamengo	1
Flamengo	2

NBDL Ambassadors	1

Quarterfinals

Game 1

5 March 2001^[2]	Uberlândia	83–89 (Series: 0–1)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Uberlândia, Brazil

5 March 2001^[2]	NBDL Ambassadors	114–100 (Series: 1–0)	Flamengo	Santa Fe, Argentina

9 March 2001^[3]	Welcome	88–83 (Series: 1–0)	Atenas	Montevideo, Uruguay

9 March 2001^[3]	Vasco da Gama	67–91 (Series: 0–1)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Game 2

12 March 2001	Flamengo	93–90 (Series: 1–1)	NBDL Ambassadors	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

12 March 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	90–91 (Series: 1–1)	Uberlândia	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

12 March 2001	Flamengo	93–90 (Series: 1–1)	NBDL Ambassadors	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

16 March 2001	Atenas	101–74 (Series: 1–1)	Welcome	Córdoba, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

16 March 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	107–106 (Series: 2–0)	Vasco da Gama	Olavarría, Argentina

				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

Game 3

13 March 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	120–68 (Series: 2–1)	Uberlândia	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

13 March 2001	Flamengo	95–92 (Series: 2–1)	NBDL Ambassadors	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18 March 2001	Atenas	91–86 (Series: 2–1)	Welcome	Córdoba, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

Semifinals

Game 1

24 March 2001	Atenas	92–81 (Series: 1–0)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Córdoba, Argentina

				Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

24 March 2001	Flamengo	112–105 (Series: 1–0)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Game 2

30 March 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	79–69 (Series: 1–1)	Atenas	Olavarría, Argentina

				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

30 March 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	108–91 (Series: 1–1)	Flamengo	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

Game 3

31 March 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	84–80 (Series: 2–1)	Atenas	Olavarría, Argentina

				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

31 March 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	108–105 (Series: 2–1)	Flamengo	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

Grand Finals

6 April 2001^[4]	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	93–88 (Series: 1–0)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

7 April 2001	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	86–100 (Series: 1–1)	Estudiantes de Olavarría	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

				Arena: Estadio Socios Fundadores

11 April 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	106–84 (Series: 2–1)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Olavarría, Argentina

				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

12 April 2001	Estudiantes de Olavarría	100–78 (Series: 3–1)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)	Olavarría, Argentina

				Arena: Parque Carlos Guerrero

Finals rosters

Estudiantes de Olavarría: Gustavo Fernández, Daniel Farabello, Byron Wilson, DeWayne McCray, Gabriel Fernández - Victor Baldo, Paolo Quinteros. Coach: Sérgio Hernández

Gimnasia de Comodoro Rivadavia: Leonardo Diebold, Pablo Moldú, David Scott, Leandro Masieri, Stanley Easterling. Coach: Fernando Duró

Season MVP: Daniel Farabello

References

^ ^a ^b Road Journals from the Ambassadors, NBA.com, February 25, 2001. Retrieved May 27 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gimnasia va por un buen inicio en Brasil, Olé, 5 March 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2001.(in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Afuera vale doble, Olé, 9 March 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2001.(in Spanish)
^ Pibe de moda, , Olé, 6 April 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2001.(in Spanish)

[Ambassadors-1] Road Journals from the Ambassadors, NBA.com, February 25, 2001. Retrieved May 27 2017.

[QFG1-A-2] Gimnasia va por un buen inicio en Brasil, Olé, 5 March 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2001.(in Spanish)

[QFG1-B-3] Afuera vale doble, Olé, 9 March 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2001.(in Spanish)

[4] Pibe de moda, , Olé, 6 April 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2001.(in Spanish)

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