The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League Americas season, also referred to as the BCL Americas Season 5, is the 5th season of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) season. It was also the 25th season of Pan-American top-level competition, as well as the 62nd season of South American top-level competition.

The season began on 13 December 2023 and will end with the final stage in April 2024.

Franca are the defending champions, having won their first league title and seventh pan-American title in history.

Team allocation

Nine out of twelve teams were announced on 9 August 2023 by FIBA. The three representative teams from Brazil were confirmed later, in 27 October 2023 by FIBA.^[1][2]

Gladiadores de Anzoátegui became the first Venezuelan team to participate in the league. The league did not feature a team from Canada, after having a representative from the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) the previous two seasons.

Franca (1st)	Quimsa (1st)	Hebraica Macabi (1st)	Real Estelí (1st)
São Paulo (2nd)	Boca Juniors (2nd)	Nacional (2nd)	Halcones de Xalapa (WC)
Flamengo (WC)	Obras Sanitarias (WC)	Universidad de Concepción (1st)	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui (1st)

Draw

The draw took place on 9 August 2023 in Miami. Group A was pre-determined based on geographical reasons and Groups B, C and D were decided through the draw.^[2]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Estelí	2	2	0	177	162	+15	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui	2	1	1	174	173	+1	3
3	Halcones de Xalapa	2	0	2	146	162	−16	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Quimsa	2	2	0	198	143	+55	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Nacional	2	1	1	167	170	−3	3
3	São Paulo	2	0	2	149	201	−52	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors	2	1	1	142	131	+11	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Hebraica Macabi	2	1	1	156	154	+2	3
3	Flamengo	2	1	1	154	167	−13	3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sesi Franca	2	2	0	172	146	+26	4	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Obras Basket	2	1	1	180	169	+11	3
3	Universidad de Concepción	2	0	2	134	171	−37	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

References