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United Cup of Champions

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United Cup of Champions
Organising bodyUnited Cup
Founded2014
First season2014
CountriesAs of 2023:
 Belize
 Canada
 Costa Rica
 Dominican Republic
 United States
ConfederationFIBA Americas
Number of teams6
Current championsMexico Correcaminos UAT Victoria (1st title)
(2022)
Most championshipsUnited States GIE Maile Matrix (4 titles)
Websitewww.theunitedcup.org

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

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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

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Team Location
 Costa Rica (NT) Costa Rica
 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

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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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  1. ^ "United Cup Basketball 2014–2015, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards –". www.latinbasket.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ "News: Dates set for United Cup of Champions 2023 - theunitedcup.com". www.theunitedcup.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  3. ^ "UAT claim title at the 2022 United Cup". www.theunitedcup.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.