Top Basketball Tournaments: South American Championships
South American Championships information, including champions, results, summary of winners and more.
Year by year South American Championships Winners:
| Year | Location |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| 2008 | Puerto Montt (Chile) | Argentina | Uruguay | Venezuela |
| 2006 | Caracas (Venezuela) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 2004 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Argentina | Brazil | Venezuela |
| 2003 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay |
| 2001 | Valdivia (Chile) | Argentina | Brazil | Venezuela |
| 1999 | Bahia Blanca (Argentina) | Brazil | Argentina | Venezuela |
| 1997 | Maracaibo (ven) | Uruguay | Venezuela | Argentina |
| 1995 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Argentina | Brazil |
| 1993 | Brazil | Brazil | Argentina | Venezuela |
| 1991 | Valencia (ven) | Venezuela | Brazil | Argentina |
| 1989 | Guayaquil (Ecuador) | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay |
| 1987 | Asunción (Paraguay) | Argentina | Venezuela | Brazil |
| 1985 | Medellín (Colombia) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1983 | São Paulo (Brazil) | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay |
| 1981 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Brazil | Argentina |
| 1979 | Bahia Blanca (Argentina) | Argentina | Brazil | Uruguay |
| 1977 | Valdivia (Chile) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1976 | Medellín (Colombia) | Argentina | Brazil | Uruguay |
| 1973 | Bogotá (Colombia) | Brazil | Argentina | Peru |
| 1971 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1969 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Brazil | Argentina |
| 1968 | Asunción (Paraguay) | Brazil | Uruguay | Peru |
| 1966 | Mendoza (Argentina) | Argentina | Brazil | Peru |
| 1963 | Lima (Peru) | Brazil | Peru | Uruguay |
| 1961 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1960 | Córdoba (Argentina) | Brazil | Paraguay | Argentina |
| 1958 | Santiago (Chile) | Brazil | Uruguay | Paraguay |
| 1955 | San José de Cúcuta (Colombia) | Uruguay | Paraguay | Brazil |
| 1953 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Brazil | Chile |
| 1949 | Asunción (Paraguay) | Uruguay | Brazil | Chile |
| 1947 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Uruguay | Brazil | Chile |
| 1945 | Guayaquil (Ecuador) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1943 | Lima (Peru) | Argentina | Uruguay | Peru |
| 1942 | Santiago (Chile) | Argentina | Uruguay | Chile |
| 1941 | Mendoza (Argentina) | Argentina | Peru | Uruguay |
| 1940 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Argentina | Brazil |
| 1939 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Brazil | Uruguay | Argentina |
| 1938 | Lima (Peru) | Peru | Argentina | Uruguay |
| 1937 | Valparaiso (Chile) | Chile | Uruguay | Brazil |
| 1935 | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Argentina | Brazil | Uruguay |
| 1934 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) | Argentina | Chile | Brazil |
| 1932 | Santiago (Chile) | Uruguay | Chile | Argentina |
| 1930 | Montevideo (Uruguay) | Uruguay | Argentina | Brazil |