United Cup of Champions
| Organising body | United Cup |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| First season | 2014 |
| Countries | As of 2023: File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Confederation | FIBA Americas |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Current champions | Mexico Correcaminos UAT Victoria (1st title) (2022) |
| Most championships | United States GIE Maile Matrix (4 titles) |
| Website | www |
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The United Cup of Champions is an international annual basketball tournament for club teams in the Central Americas and Northern America. The league is traditionally held with 6 teams over a period of a week in the Gran Arena del Cibao in Santiago, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
History
[edit | edit source]The United Cup was first played in 2014.
In the United Cup's second season, in 2015, six teams for the Dominican Republic and the United States participated.[1] The GIE Maile Matrix were the inaugural champions after finishing the season with a 3–1 record and beating GUG in the finals. In the 2016, Academia de La Montana de Medellin from Colombia joined the league. In 2019, the HAB Caicos Sonics from the Turks and Caicos Islands made their debut in the league. In 2019, Fenix Santiago from Guatemala and the Tonga national team played in the United Cup. The following year, in 2020, the Chiba Seals from Japan joined. The 2022 saw the United Kingdom's Sheffield Bulldogs join the competition as well as the Correcaminos UAT Victoria from Mexico, who immediately won the title.
The 2023 season will take place from January 10 to January 13, 2023, with teams from a record 5 countries (those being Belize, Canada, Dominican Republic, United States and Costa Rica). The national teams from Belize and Costa Rica represented their countries.[2]
Current teams
[edit | edit source]| Team | Location |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (NT) | Costa Rica |
| File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize (NT) | Belize |
| United States Atlanta Savage | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Dominican Republic Immortals Cibao | Cibao, Dominican Republic |
| Dominican Republic BC Uprise | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Dominican Republic Fénix Baloncesto | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
Champions
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Season | Champions | Runners-up | Finals score | Finals MVP | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2015 | United States GIE Maile Matrix | Dominican Republic GUG | 81–76 | Ethan Bradshaw | No third place game | |
| 3 | 2016 | United States GIE Maile Matrix (2) | Dominican Republic Plaza | 90–78 | Keith Closs | ||
| 4 | 2017 | United States GIE Maile Matrix (3) | United States Houston Havoc | 86–72 | Jermaine Barnes | ||
| 5 | 2018 | United States GIE Maile Matrix (4) | Dominican Republic GUG | 85–80 | Langston Nolley | ||
| 6 | 2019 | Tonga Tonga (NT) | United States Atlanta Blaze | 101–90 | Stefan Bradford | Guatemala Fenix Santiago | Dominican Republic Plaza Fernando Valerio |
| 7 | 2020 | Dominican Republic Santiago Basket | United States GIE Maile Matrix | 90–72 | Ameth Gil | No third place game | |
| 8 | 2021 | Dominican Republic Santiago Basket (2) | United States GIE Maile Matrix | 82–77 | Oliver Garcia | ||
| 9 | 2022 | Mexico Correcaminos UAT Victoria | Dominican Republic Fénix Baloncesto | –[3] | Marquin Chandler | ||
References
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