The 1996 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1996 FIBA South American League, was the first edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 6 February 1996 and finished on 1 May 1996. Argentine club Olimpia won the tournament, defeating Brazilian club Corinthians in the Grand Finals.
Format Teams were split into four groups of four teams each and played each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination where the champion was decided.
Teams Country Team Independiente de General Pico Olimpia Ingavi de La Paz Corinthians Dharma Yara Franca Rio Claro Universidad de Concepción Universidad de Temuco Caimanes de Barranquilla Filanbanco Sol de América Regatas Lima Aguada Hebraica y Macabi Cocodrilos de Caracas Panteras de Miranda
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final stage
Finals series The matches were played on 23 and 30 April 1996.
Olimpia (VT) - SC Corinthians 112–97 SC Corinthians - Olimpia (VT) 100–101
Finals rosters Olimpia de Venado Tuerto: Alejandro Montecchia, Walter Guiñazú, Jorge Racca, Michael Wilson, Todd Jadlow - Sebastián Uranga, Lucas Victoria, Leonardo Gutiérrez. Coach: Horacio Segui
Corinthians: James Carter, Fernando Minucci, Oscar Schmidt, Mingão, Rich McIver. Coach: Flor Meléndez
Season MVP Jorge Racca
References
1996 South American League for Men's Clubs, FIBA Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
Sources 1996 season - Latinbasket.Com Olimpia 1996