Minas and Obras, new participants of the BCL Americas

MIAMI (United States) - Minas Tênis Clube (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Obras Sanitarias (Buenos Aires, Argentina) are the two new teams who will take part in the second season of the Basketball Champions League Americas, replacing the Uruguayan teams Aguada and Peñarol, who will not participate in the competition because of health protocols in place in Uruguay.

Obras Sanitarias will be added to Group C with San Lorenzo (Argentina) and Franca (Brazil) to play in the first bubble, which takes place in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina). San Lorenzo will play Obras (Sunday, January 31), followed by Obras playing Franca (Monday, February 1) and San Lorenzo finishes the bubble playing Franca (Tuesday, February 2).

Minas Tênis Clube joins Group D together with Flamengo (Brazil) and Instituto (Argentina). This bubble which will be played in Rio de Janeiro, where Minas will face Flamengo on Wednesday, February 3 and Instituto on Thursday, February 4. The remaining match will be between Flamengo vs Instituto, on Friday 5.

Group A remains with Real Estelí (Nicaragua), Titanes de Barranquilla (Colombia) and Caballos de Coclé (Panama), which will start the competition in Managua (Nicaragua). Group B is made up of Quimsa de Santiago del Estero (Argentina), Universidad de Concepción (Chile) and São Paulo FC (Brazil), which will meet between January 31 and February 2 in Buenos Aires as well.

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