Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol

The Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (English: Portuguese Basketball League), also known as Liga Betclic[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional club basketball league in Portugal.

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB)
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
First season1932–33
CountryPortugal
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toProliga
Domestic cup(s)Portuguese Basketball Cup
League Cup
SupercupSuper Cup
International cup(s)Basketball Champions League
Europe Cup
Current championsBenfica
(30th title)
Most championshipsBenfica
(30 titles)
TV partners
WebsiteFPB.pt
2023–24 season

History

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From the 2008–09 season onward, the competition has been again organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol (Portuguese Basketball Federation) after not having been for 13 seasons. This was caused by the fold of the LPB after many years of financial problems, with the league now being a semi-professional league.

Between the 1965–66 and 1973–74 seasons, the league champions were determined by a tournament between the winners of the Campeonato Metropolitano (representing Portugal) and the champions of the then Portuguese colonies Mozambique and Angola, as a similar fashion to the Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division, which was also played during those seasons. However, the first of these tournaments never came to be because of a protest launched by Mozambican team Sporting de Lourenço Marques.

Teams

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Team Home city Arena
AD Galomar Caniço Pavilhão do Caniço
CD Póvoa ESC ONLINE Póvoa de Varzim Pavilhão do Clube Desportivo Póvoa
Esgueira Aveiro OLI Esgueira Pavilhão Clube do Povo de Esgueira
FC Porto Porto Dragão Arena
Imortal LUZiGÁS Albufeira Pavilhão Desportivo de Albufeira
Lusitânia EXPERT Angra do Heroísmo Pavilhão Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo
Ovarense GAVEX Ovar Arena de Ovar
Portimonense Viva Portimão Portimão Pavilhão Desportivo da Boavista
SL Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade
Sporting CP Lisbon Pavilhão João Rocha
UD Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado
Vitória SC Guimarães Pavilhão Unidade Vimaranense

Portuguese champions

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Source[2]

Campeonato Metropolitano champions

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Liga de Clubes de Basquetebol champions

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Year Final
Champions Score Runners-up
1995–96 Porto (7) 3–1 Benfica
1996–97 Porto (8) 3–1 Oliveirense
1997–98 Estrelas da Avenida 3–2 Ovarense
1998–99 Porto (9) 3–1 Illiabum
1999–2000 Ovarense (2) 3–0 Porto
2000–01 Portugal Telecom 3–1 Oliveirense
2001–02 Portugal Telecom (2) 3–0 Oliveirense
2002–03 Portugal Telecom (3) 3–2 Oliveirense
2003–04 Porto (10) 3–1 Queluz
2004–05 Queluz (2) 3–0 Ovarense
2005–06 Ovarense (3) 3–0 Ginásio
2006–07 Ovarense (4) 3–2 Porto
2007–08 Ovarense (5) 4–3 Porto

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol champions

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Year Final
Champions Score Runners-up
2008–09 Benfica (21) 4–0 Ovarense
2009–10 Benfica (22) 4–1 Porto
2010–11 Porto (11) 4–3 Benfica
2011–12 Benfica (23) 3–2 Porto
2012–13 Benfica (24) 3–1 Académica de Coimbra
2013–14 Benfica (25) 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães
2014–15 Benfica (26) 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães
2015–16 Porto (12) 3–1 Benfica
2016–17 Benfica (27) 3–0 Porto
2017–18 Oliveirense 3–0 Porto
2018–19 Oliveirense (2) 3–1 Benfica
2019–20 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Sporting CP (9) 3–2 Porto
2021–22 Benfica (28) 3–1 Porto
2022–23 Benfica (29) 3–1 Sporting CP
2023–24 Benfica (30) 3–0 Porto

Performance by club

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Team Won Years won
Benfica 30 1940, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024
Porto 12 1952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016
Sporting CP 9 1954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2021
Carnide 7 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944
Ovarense 5 1988, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008
Académica de Coimbra 4 1949, 1950, 1955, 1959
Vasco da Gama 3 1942, 1948, 1951
Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ) 3 1968, 1971, 1973
Portugal Telecom 3 2001, 2002, 2003
Belenenses 2 1939, 1945
Barreirense 2 1957, 1958
Queluz 2 1984, 2005
Oliveirense 2 2018, 2019
Conimbricense 1 1933
União de Lisboa 1 1934
Benfica de Luanda (ANG) 1 1967
CD Malhangalene (MOZ) 1 1974
Ginásio 1 1977
Estrelas da Avenida 1 1998

Records

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  • Benfica became the second team in basketball history to achieve a perfect regular season (100% wins) in the 2008–09 season, after Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1970s.

References

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  1. ^ "Liga masculina 2021/22 é Betclic!". FPB (in European Portuguese). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Historial de vencedores do campeonato nacional". record.pt (in Portuguese). May 23, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
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