Last Tuesday (01), Flamengo found out its opponents in the Basketball Champions League, the main challenge of the 2019/20 season. The Most Beloved will be in group C, with Instituto Córdoba, from Argentina, and Valdívia, from Chile. 

The Pride of the Nation's debut will be on October 29th, against Valdívia, away from home. Next, the Red-Blacks will travel to Argentina to face Instituto Córdoba on November 01st. The first match with the support of the Nation will be against the Chileans on November 29th. 

Marcelo Vido, Director of Olympic Sports, spoke about the new format of the continental tournament. 

"The new BCLA (Basketball Champions League Americas) format is extremely modern, as it follows a trend across all sports worldwide. It aims for balanced competition among participating clubs, an opportunity to transform it into a major business from an economic standpoint, and the participation of fans of participating clubs with home-and-away matches." 

The basketball teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo receive funding from their sponsors – BRB, TIM, AmBev, Rede D'or, IRB Brasil RE, CSN, Brasil Plural, and EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR) and the State Incentive Law/Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Sports, Recreation, and Youth (Seelje), in addition to support from the Brazilian Club Committee (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources generated by the Pelé Law. The Anjo da Guarda Rubro-Negro Project, a personal tax transfer, benefits all Olympic sports of the Most Beloved.