2021–22 Angolan Basketball League

2021–22 Angolan Basketball League
2021–22 Angolan Basketball League
Season	2021–22
Dates	22 December 2021 – 10 May 2022
Teams	13
Regular season
BAL	Petro de Luanda
Season MVP	Gerson Gonçalves (Petro)
Finals
Champions	Petro de Luanda (15th title)
Runners-up	Interclube
Awards
Regular Season MVP	Jilson Bango (Primeiro)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Angolan Basketball League, for sponsorship reasons the 2021–22 Unitel Basket, is the 44th season of the Angolan Basketball League, the highest premier basketball league in Angola. The season consisted of 13 teams and began on 22 December 2021 and ended on 10 May 2022.^[1]

Petro de Luanda won its 15th national title while also winning the Angolan Cup and Supercup this season. In all league games, Petro was unbeaten and had a 31–0 record including the playoffs.^[2]

Teams

The league expanded from nine to thirteen teams as Akira Academy, CPPL (after 6 years of absence), Clube Amigos de Benguela and Interclube B entered the league.^[3]

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	Head coach
Akira Academy	Luanda
ASA	Luanda	Pavilhão da Cidadela	6,873
Clube Amigos de Benguela	Benguela
CPPL	Lobito	Pavilhão da CPPL	2,000
Jesus Cristo	Luanda
Interclube		Pavilhão 28 de Fevereiro	700	Raúl Duarte
Interclube B		Pavilhão 28 de Fevereiro	700
Petro de Luanda		Pavilhão da Cidadela	6,873	José Neto
Petro de Luanda B		Pavilhão da Cidadela	6,873
Primeiro de Agosto		Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	1,500	Zé Carlos
Primeiro de Agosto B		Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	1,500
Vila Clotilde		Pavilhão Anexo	1,500
Depsortivo Kwanza		Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	1,500

Regular season

Pos.	Club	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Petro de Luanda (C)	26	26	0	3140	1795	+1345	52	Advance to playoffs
2	Interclube	26	21	5	2444	1786	+658	47
3	Primeiro de Agosto	26	20	6	2593	1938	+655	46
4	ASA	25	20	5	2103	1923	+180	45
5	Vila Clotilde	26	14	12	2252	2115	+137	40
6	Petro de Luanda B	26	13	13	2206	2252	–46	39
7	Interclube B	25	13	12	2072	2061	+11	38
8	CPPL	26	11	15	2071	2410	–339	37
9	Jesus Cristo	24	11	13	1941	2090	–149	35
10	Primeiro de Agosto B	24	6	18	1826	2222	–396	30
11	Akiras Academy	24	4	20	1902	2220	–318	28
12	Depsortivo Kwanza	24	4	20	1610	2084	–474	28
13	Clube Amigos de Benguela	24	0	24	1371	2635	–1264	24

(C): Champions; Source: FAB

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals

1	Petro de Luanda	2

8	CPPL	0
			1	Petro de Luanda	2

			4	Primeiro de Agosto	0
4	Primeiro de Agosto	2

5	Vila Clotilde	0
						1	Petro de Luanda	3

						2	Interclube	0
2	Interclube	2

7	Petro de Luanda B	0
			2	Interclube	2

			3	ASA	0
3	ASA	2

6	Interclube B	0

Quarterfinals

The semifinals were played on 22 April, 23 April and 24 April 2022.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2
Petro de Luanda	2–0	CPPL	120–72	128–75
ASA	2–0	Interclube B	86–80	88–87
Interclube	2–0	Petro de Luanda B	91-84	105–73
Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	Vila Clotilde	100–70	83–75

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 29 April and 30 April 2022.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Petro de Luanda	2–0	Primeiro de Agosto	100–66	95–71
Interclube	2–0	ASA	80–70	80–72

Finals

The finals were played on 6, 7 and 10 May 2022.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Petro de Luanda	3–0	Interclube	129–74	102–91	115–87

Games

6 May 2022 Game 1	Petro de Luanda	129–74	Interclube	Luanda
18:00 GMT
	Pts: Aboubakar 22 Rebs: Moreira 11 Asts: Gerson 8	Boxscore	Pts: Buiamba 18 Rebs: Buiamba 11 Asts: Félix 5	Arena: Kilamba Arena

7 May 2022 Game 2	Petro de Luanda	102–91	Interclube	Luanda
18:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 36–23, 22–26, 21–18, 23–24
	Pts: Morais 30 Rebs: Aboubakar 10 Asts: Gerson 6	Boxscore	Pts: Buiamba 20 Rebs: Cabita 9 Asts: Ventura 3	Arena: Kilamba Arena Attendance: 112

10 May 2022 Game 3	Interclube	87–115	Petro de Luanda	Luanda
18:00 GMT	Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 24–28, 31–32, 12–27
	Pts: Buiamba 31 Rebs: Buiamba 13 Asts: Buiamba, Ndjungo 3	Boxscore	Pts: Morais 25 Rebs: Moreira, Dundão 10 Asts: Dundão 6	Arena: Pavilhão da Cidadela Attendance: 890

Individual awards

Category	Player	Team(s)	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Gerson Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	^[4]
Regular Season MVP	Jilson Bango	Primeiro de Agosto
Best Coach	José Neto	Petro de Luanda
Fair Play Athlete	Glofate Buiamba	Interclube
Best Referee	Cláudio Eiuba	–

Statistics

Category	Player	Team(s)	Statistic
Points per game	Miguel Maconda	Jesus Cristo	22.2
Rebounds per game	Wilson Kassav	Jesus Cristo	15.0
Assists per game	Gerson Gonçalves	Petro de Luanda	6.2
Steals per game	Childe Dundão		2.6
2FG%	Jone Pedro		76.1%
FT%	Valdemar João	FC Vila Clotilde	92.2%
3FG%	Sebastião Quicuame	FC Vila Clotilde	39.2%

References

^ "Competitions – Federação Angolana de Basquetebol".
^ "PETRO TRICAMPEÃO NACIONAL DE BASQUETEBOL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ "Novas equipas integram o Campeonato Nacional Sénior Masculino de Basquetebol 2021/22". Pró Desporto (in European Portuguese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Petro 'walks' through the playoffs and reclaims the title of national basketball champion". VerAngola. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

External links

AfroBasket season page

[1] "Competitions – Federação Angolana de Basquetebol".

[2] "PETRO TRICAMPEÃO NACIONAL DE BASQUETEBOL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[3] "Novas equipas integram o Campeonato Nacional Sénior Masculino de Basquetebol 2021/22". Pró Desporto (in European Portuguese). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[4] "Petro 'walks' through the playoffs and reclaims the title of national basketball champion". VerAngola. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

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