CAA Centre in Brampton to Host FIBA’s Basketball Champions League of Americas in February

The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) in partnership with the City of Brampton and FIBA, the world governing body of basketball, announced Thursday that the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario will play host to the third window of group stage games of the upcoming Basketball Champions League of Americas (BCLA). 

The competition window hosted in Brampton will feature the 2022 CEBL champion Brampton Honey Badgers representing Canada, Libertadores from Mexico and Real Estelí from Nicaragua. The BCLA brings together 12 teams representing seven countries from South and Central America along with Canada’s national champion competing over the course of four months to win a berth in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, one of professional basketball’s most prestigious international competitions. 

The competition window hosted by Canada will begin February 7 when Brampton takes on Real Estelí. The two visiting teams, Real Estelí and Libertadores, will then face each other February 8, while the Honey Badgers play Libertadores on February 9. 

“I am very excited to bring this major international professional basketball event to Brampton, the new home of the Brampton Honey Badgers,” said Mike Morreale, Commissioner and Co-Founder of the CEBL. “Brampton is well known as a Canadian basketball hotbed, and these games will provide a tremendous opportunity to put the city on a global stage with games featuring some of the best players in the world.”

Fans are encouraged to take advantage of a 33% discount on game tickets as 3-game packs are now on sale for all three games. Tickets can be purchased via the link here.

All BCLA games featuring the Honey Badgers will be live streamed internationally for free on CEBL’s OTT platform, CEBL+. The BCLA begins when Brampton travels to Queretaro City, Queretaro, in Mexico to begin pool play December 9. The full schedule can be found here. 

Similar to last year, the fourth season of the BCLA will consist of 12 teams from seven countries spread across four groups. The teams will play three games against each opponent in their group starting December 9. The remaining nine clubs are CR Flamengo, Minas, and Franca from Brazil, Instituto, Obras Basket, and A.A. Quimsa from Argentina, Club Biguá and Club Penarol from Uruguay, and Basket UdeC from Chile.

At the end of the group stage, the top two ranked teams in each group will advance into the quarterfinals and play in a best-of-three game series to determine the four teams that will qualify for the “Final 4”. The Final 4 will be played as single-elimination semifinals with winners advancing to the championship game and the semifinal losers playing for third place. The 2023 BCLA champion will earn a spot into the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) is the best continental league in the Americas. It’s created through an innovative partnership between FIBA, federations and leagues with 12 teams competing from the continent.