2021–22 Petro de Luanda basketball season

Petro de Luanda
2021–22 season
Chairman	Tomás Faria
Head coach	José Neto; (2nd season)
Angolan League	Champions
BAL	Runners-up; (lost to US Monastir)
Taça de Angola	Winners
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season of Petro de Luanda men's basketball team was the 42nd in the existence of the club and the 2nd in the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Petro won the national treble, winning the Angolan League, Cup and Super Cup competitions. In the BAL, it lost to US Monastir in the 2022 BAL Finals in its first finals appearance.

Transactions

Additions

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Date	Source
12	G	Anderson Correia	23	Coração do Ribatejo	14 March 2022	^[1]^[2]
2	C	Yanick Moreira	30	Peristeri	14 March 2022	^[1]
11	PG	Thierry Darlan	17	NBA Academy Africa	2 March 2022	^[3]
00	G	E. C. Matthews	25	Grindavík	8 May 2022	^[4]

Subtractions

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
12	G		Antwan Scott	29	Al-Ittihad Aleppo		End of contract
55	C		Ryan Richards	30	Aomori Wat's		End of contract

Roster

Age as of 1 March 2022.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Petro de Luanda roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	00	E. C. Matthews (WI)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	26 – (1995-10-03)3 October 1995
PG	1	Gerson Domingos	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	25 – (1996-04-16)16 April 1996
C	2	Yanick Moreira	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	30 – (1991-07-31)31 July 1991
SG	4	Olímpio Cipriano	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	39 – (1982-09-04)4 September 1982
PG	5	Childe Dundão	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	23 – (1998-05-17)17 May 1998
SG	6	Carlos Morais	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	36 – (1985-10-16)16 October 1985
SG	10	Gerson Gonçalves	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	25 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996
PG	11	Thierry Serge Darlan (E)	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		18 – (2004-02-02)2 February 2004
SG	12	Anderson Correia (AI)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		24 – (1997-10-30)30 October 1997
SF	13	Leonel Paulo	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	114 kg (251 lb)	35 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
PF	15	Aboubakar Gakou	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)		24 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
C	21	Jone Pedro	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	39 – (1982-09-04)4 September 1982
F	24	Ângelo Gouveia Alexandre	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		20 – (2001-03-09)9 March 2001
C	41	Vander Joaquim	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	31 – (1990-04-15)15 April 1990

Head coach

José Neto

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Artur Barros

Legend

(C) Team captain
(E): BAL Elevate player
(WI): World import
(AI): African import
Injured

Roster

Updated: May 20, 2022

Competitions

Unitel Basket

Regular season

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

Source: FAB

Playoffs

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Arena City
Quarterfinals
April 22, 2022	(8) CPPL	W 120-72	1–0	ISPTEC Luanda
April 23, 2022	at (8) CPPL	W 128–75	2–0	ISPTEC Luanda
Semifinals
April 29, 2022	(4) Primeiro de Agosto	W 100–66	1–0	Kilamba Arena Luanda
April 30, 2022	at (4) Primeiro de Agosto	W 95–71	2–0	Kilamba Arena Luanda
Finals
May 6, 2022	(2) Interclube	W 129–74	1–0	Kilamba Arena Luanda
May 7, 2022	(2) Interclube	W 102–91	2–0	Kilamba Arena Luanda
May 10, 2022	at (2) Interclube	W 115–87	3–0	Pavilhão da Cidadela Luanda

Angolan Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Record
Quarterfinals	30 March 2022	Jesus Cristo	H	W 20–0	1–0
Semifinals	1 April 2022	Petro de Luanda B	H	W 121–62	2–0
Final	3 April 2022	Primeiro de Agosto	H	W 107–88	3–0

Angolan Super Cup Vlademiro

Gameday	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
Final	17 December 2021	Primeiro de Agosto	N	W 98–90

Basketball Africa League

Nile Conference

10 April 2022	Cape Town Tigers	61–90	Petro de Luanda	Cairo
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 15–21, 15–21, 13–25
Replay	Pts: Evans Ganapamo 17 Rebs: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni 10 Asts: Myck Kabongo 9 PIR: Nkosinathi Sibanyoni 16	Boxscore	Pts: Carlos Morais 23 Rebs: Jone Pedro 15 Asts: Olímpio Cipriano 5 PIR: Carlos Morais 21	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 100 Referees: Paul Tuomey, Babacar Gueye, Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza

12 April 2022	Petro de Luanda	92–56	Cobra Sport	Cairo
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 37–13, 16–16, 24–11, 15–16
Replay	Pts: Aboubakar Gakou 17 Rebs: Aboubakar Gakou 8 Asts: Carlos Morais 6 PIR: Aboubakar Gakou 22	Boxscore	Pts: Padiet Wang 15 Rebs: Mayan Kiir, Khaman Maluach 6 Asts: Padiet Wang 3 PIR: Padiet Wang 13	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 250 Referees: Omar Bermudez, Amir Taboubi, Monicca Nassuuna

15 April 2022	Zamalek	85–72	Petro de Luanda	Cairo
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 25–19, 17–14, 23–16
Replay	Pts: Édgar Sosa 19 Rebs: Anas Mahmoud 11 Asts: D. J. Strawberry 6 PIR: Anas Mahmoud 26	Boxscore	Pts: Childe Dundão 16 Rebs: Jone Pedro, Aboubakar Gakou 8 Asts: Gerson Gonçalves 5 PIR: Childe Dundão, Jone Pedro 14	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 1,132 Referees: Stephanie Barksdale, Mbaye Seye, Amir Taboubi

16 April 2022	Petro de Luanda	73–60	FAP	Cairo
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–15, 20–15, 19–20
Replay	Pts: Childe Dundão 16 Rebs: Aboubakar Gakou 9 Asts: Gerson Gonçalves 8 PIR: Yanick Moreira 17	Boxscore	Pts: Joel Almeida 13 Rebs: Tyjhai Byers 8 Asts: Cyrille Keumoe 3 PIR: Joel Almeida 12	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 105 Referees: Paul Tuomey, Mbaye Seye, Yann Vezo Davidson

18 April 2022	Petro de Luanda	94–64	Espoir Fukash	Cairo
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 25–15, 22–13, 22–20
Replay	Pts: Yanick Moreira 17 Rebs: Valdelicio Joaquim 6 Asts: Childe Dundão 8 PIR: Yanick Moreira 21	Boxscore	Pts: Narcisse Ambanza 12 Rebs: Narcisse Ambanza 11 Asts: Arsène Mwamba, Emmanuel Isungu 4 PIR: Narcisse Ambanza 17	Arena: Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall Attendance: 49 Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Mbaye Seye, Monicca Nassuuna

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

21 May 2022	Petro de Luanda	102–89	AS Salé	Kigali
14:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 30–19, 30–17, 22–37
	Pts: Morais 27 Rebs: Gonçalves 10 Asts: Dundão 5 PIR: Gonçalves 27	Boxscore	Pts: Harouna 20 Rebs: Dramé 13 Asts: Lahrichi, Stoglin 3 PIR: Dramé 28	Arena: Kigali Arena Attendance: 1,950 Referees: JD Ralls, Kalume Tonton Banza, Marie Leslie Cherubin

Semifinals

25 May 2022	Petro de Luanda	88–74	FAP	Kigali
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 24–22, 23–12, 19–27
	Pts: Dundão 18 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Domingos 7 PIR: Dundão 23	Boxscore	Pts: Tsangue 13 Rebs: Tametong Toko 7 Asts: Morman 6 PIR: Tametong Toko 13	Arena: Kigali Arena Referees: Tyler Ricks, Sara Elsharnouby, Mahamadou Diallo

Final

28 May 2022	Petro de Luanda	72–83	US Monastir	Kigali
18:00 CAT	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 23–15, 19–24, 13–26
	Pts: Gonçalves 28 Rebs: Moreira 7 Asts: Gonçalves 4 PIR: Gonçalves 27	Boxscore v t e	Pts: Dixon, Lahyani 21 Rebs: Lahyani 10 Asts: Dixon 6 PIR: Lahyani 24	Arena: BK Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Hortensia Sanchez-Carrizales, Wael Ibrahim Mostafa, Marie Leslie Cherubin

Individual awards

Angolan Basketball League MVP
- Gerson Gonçalves
All-BAL First Team
- Carlos Morais
BAL All-Defensive Team
- Childe Dundão
BAL Coach of the Year
- José Neto
Angolan League Coach of the Year
- José Neto

References

^ ^a ^b "Basquetebol: Internacional cabo-verdiano Anderson Correia reforça o Petro de Luanda". Balai (in European Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "YANICK MOREIRA E ANDERSON CORREIA APRESENTADOS". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "BAL teams to field one NBA Academy player each in 2022". ESPN.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ "NOVO JOGADOR PARA A BAL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

[correia-1] "Basquetebol: Internacional cabo-verdiano Anderson Correia reforça o Petro de Luanda". Balai (in European Portuguese). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[2] "YANICK MOREIRA E ANDERSON CORREIA APRESENTADOS". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 14 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

[elevate-3] "BAL teams to field one NBA Academy player each in 2022". ESPN.com. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[4] "NOVO JOGADOR PARA A BAL". Petro de Luanda (in European Portuguese). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.

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