Tourney Name: | FIBA Intercontinental Cup |
Year: | 2023 |
City: | San Cristóbal de La Laguna |
Num Teams: | 4 |
Venues: | 1 |
Dates: | 10–12 February 2023 |
Count: | 3 |
Games: | 4 |
Top Scorer: | Jarrett Culver (Rio Grande Valley Vipers) (45 total points) |
Mvp: | Bruno Fitipaldo (Lenovo Tenerife) |
Website: | Link |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2023 Singapore |
Champion Other: | Lenovo Tenerife |
Second Other: | São Paulo |
Fourth Other: | US Monastir |
The 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 32nd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was held on 10 and 12 February 2023 in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the Spanish island of Tenerife.[1] It was the third time that the tournament is held in Tenerife after 2017 and 2020.
Canarias (known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons) won its third Intercontinental Cup title after defeating São Paulo in the final.[2] Bruno Fitipaldo was named the MVP.[3] Rio Grande Valley Vipers came in third place, US Monastir in the fourth.
On December 6, 2021, FIBA announced the champions of the 2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup would be added to the competition.[4] The tournament was to be expanded from four to at least five teams. It would be the first time an Asian club participated since 1985. However, the Asia Champions Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no team participated.
Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Participations (bold indicates winners) | ||
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– | Competition cancelled | – | – | ||
US Monastir | Winners of the 2022 BAL season | 28 May 2022 | Debut | [5] | |
São Paulo | Winners of the 2021–22 BCL Americas | 9 April 2022 | Debut | [6] | |
Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Winners of the 2021–22 NBA G League season | 14 April 2022 | 1 (2020) | [7] | |
Lenovo Tenerife | Winners of the 2021–22 Basketball Champions League (host) | 7 May 2022 | 2 (2017, 2020) | [8] |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna | |
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Santiago Martín | |
Capacity: 5,100 |
The draw for the semi-final pairings was held on 13 January 2023 in the building of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the governing body of Tenerife.[9]