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Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
Season	2000
Dates	16 February – 17 April 2000
Teams	16
Finals
Champions	Vasco da Gama
Runners-up	Atenas
Semifinalists	Marathon Franca Welcome
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2000 FIBA South American League, was the fifth edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 16 February 2000, and finished on 17 April 2000. Brazilian team Vasco da Gama won their second title, defeating Argentine club Atenas in the Grand Finals.

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
	Boca Juniors
	Independiente de General Pico
Bolivia	UTEPSA
Brazil	Marathon Franca
	Vasco Barueri
	Vasco da Gama
Chile	Provincial Osorno
	Universidad de Concepción
Colombia	Caimanes de Barranquilla
Ecuador	UTE
Paraguay	Sol de América
Peru	Universidad Alas Peruanas
Uruguay	Cordón
	Welcome
Venezuela	Trotamundos de Carabobo

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Atenas	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Vasco Barueri	3	2	1	5
3	Universidad de Concepción	3	1	2	4
4	Cordón	3	0	3	3

23 February 2000	Atenas	103–63	Cordón	Concepción, Chile

23 February 2000	Universidad de Concepción	69–76	Vasco Barueri	Concepción, Chile

24 February 2000	Vasco Barueri	68–62	Cordón	Concepción, Chile

24 February 2000	Universidad de Concepción	52–84	Atenas	Concepción, Chile

25 February 1999	Atenas	79–64	Vasco Barueri	Concepción, Chile

25 February 2000	Universidad de Concepción	77–70	Cordón	Concepción, Chile

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Trotamundos de Carabobo	3	2	1	5
3	Caimanes de Barranquilla	3	1	2	4
4	UTE	3	0	3	3

16 February 2000	Vasco da Gama	94–68	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Barranquilla, Colombia

16 February 2000	Caimanes de Barranquilla	93–79	UTE	Barranquilla, Colombia

17 February 2000	Vasco da Gama	106–54	UTE	Barranquilla, Colombia

17 February 2000	Caimanes de Barranquilla	74–80	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Barranquilla, Colombia

18 February 2000	UTE	64–95	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Barranquilla, Colombia

18 February 2000	Caimanes de Barranquilla	75–85	Vasco da Gama	Barranquilla, Colombia

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Marathon Franca	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Boca Juniors	3	1	2	4
3	Universidad Alas Peruanas	3	1	2	4
4	Provincial Osorno	3	1	2	4

21 February 2000	Boca Juniors	70–77	Marathon Franca	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

21 February 2000	Universidad Alas Peruanas	79–85	Provincial Osorno	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

22 February 2000	Boca Juniors	81–63	Provincial Osorno	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

22 February 2000	Universidad Alas Peruanas	65–84	Marathon Franca	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

23 February 2000	Marathon Franca	101–89	Provincial Osorno	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

23 February 2000	Universidad Alas Peruanas	66–62	Boca Juniors	Lima, Peru
				Arena: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Welcome	3	3	0	6	Advances to final stage
2	Independiente de General Pico	3	2	1	5
3	Sol de América	3	1	2	4
4	UTEPSA	3	0	3	3

16 February 2000	Independiente de General Pico	88–79	Sol de América	Montevideo, Uruguay

16 February 2000	Welcome	107–58	UTEPSA	Montevideo, Uruguay

17 February 2000	Independiente de General Pico	95–70	UTEPSA	Montevideo, Uruguay

17 February 2000	Welcome	103–72	Sol de América	Montevideo, Uruguay

18 February 2000	Sol de América	101–84	UTEPSA	Montevideo, Uruguay

18 February 2000	Welcome	83–71	Independiente de General Pico	Montevideo, Uruguay

Final stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Atenas	2
	Trotamundos de Carabobo	1
					Atenas	2
					Welcome	0
	Welcome	2
	Boca Juniors	0
									Atenas	2
									Vasco da Gama	3
	Marathon Franca	2
	Independiente de General Pico	0
					Marathon Franca	0
					Vasco da Gama	2
	Vasco da Gama	2
	Vasco Barueri	0

Quarterfinals

Game 1

28 February 2000	Boca Juniors	73–75 (Series: 0–1)	Welcome	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pts: O'Bannon 24		Pts: Szczygielsk 17	Arena: Estadio Luis Conde

2 March 2000	Vasco Barueri	97–100 (Series: 0–1)	Vasco da Gama	Barueri, Brazil

3 March 2000	Trotamundos de Carabobo	70–59 (Series: 1–0)	Atenas	Valencia, Venezuela
	Pts: Dalmau 19		Pts: Campana, Milanesio 14	Arena: Forum de Valencia

3 March 2000	Independiente de General Pico	85–96 (Series: 0–1)	Marathon Franca	General Pico, Argentina
	Pts: Sucatzky 25		Pts: Jorginho 21

Game 2

13 March 2000	Marathon Franca	88–81 (Series: 2–0)	Independiente de General Pico	Franca, Brazil
	Pts: Douglas 20		Pts: Malara, Sucatzky 14	Arena: Ginásio Pedrocão

14 March 2000	Vasco da Gama	83–73 (Series: 2–0)	Vasco Barueri	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

15 March 2000	Atenas	92–57 (Series: 1–1)	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Pts: Osborne 19		Pts: Dalmau 22	Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

17 March 2000	Welcome	71–64 (Series: 2–0)	Boca Juniors	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Pts: Owens 15		Pts: O'Bannon 18

Game 3

16 March 2000	Atenas	77–65 (Series: 2–1)	Trotamundos de Carabobo	Córdoba, Argentina
	Pts: Campana 23		Pts: Nwosu 18	Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

Semifinals

Game 1

24 March 2000	Atenas	83–55 (Series: 1–0)	Welcome	Córdoba, Argentina
	Pts: Campana 19		Pts: Moglia 12	Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

27 March 2000	Vasco da Gama	82–57 (Series: 1–0)	Marathon Franca	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Game 2

1 April 2000	Welcome	85–90 (Series: 0–2)	Atenas	Montevideo, Uruguay

3 April 2000	Marathon Franca	86–96 (Series: 0–2)	Vasco da Gama	Franca, Brazil

Grand Finals

10 April 2000	Vasco da Gama	71–78 (Series: 0–1)	Atenas	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11 April 2000	Vasco da Gama	70–67 (Series: 1–1)	Atenas	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

14 April 2000	Atenas	84–69 (Series: 2–1)	Vasco da Gama	Córdoba, Argentina
				Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

15 April 2000	Atenas	75–87 (Series: 2–2)	Vasco da Gama	Córdoba, Argentina
				Arena: Polideportivo Municipal Carlos Cerutti

17 April 2000	Vasco da Gama	64–61 (Series: 3–2)	Atenas	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Finals rosters

Vasco da Gama: Charles Byrd, Demétrius Conrado Ferraciú, Rogério Klafke, Sandro Varejão, Jose Vargas - Helinho. Coach: Hélio Rubens

Atenas Cordoba: Marcelo Milanesio, Leandro Palladino, Héctor Campana, Jason Osborne - Leonardo Gutierrez. Coach: Pablo Coleffi

Season MVP: Jose Vargas

References

1. ^ Tropezón de Boca, Clarín, 29 February 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
2. ^ Inicio negativo, , Clarín, 4 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
3. ^ Franca dejó afuera a Independiente, , Clarín, 14 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
4. ^ Ganó Atenas y va por las semifinales, , Clarín, 16 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
5. ^ Welcome dejó sin nada a Boca, Clarín, 18 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
6. ^ Atenas avanza en la Liga Sudamericana, , Clarín, 17 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)
7. ^ Atenas le dio una paliza a Welcome, , Clarín, 25 March 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.(in Spanish)

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