Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB)
Founded1932 (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
(29th title)
Most championshipsBenfica
(29 titles)
TV partners
WebsiteFPB.pt
2022–23 season

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.

History

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

Team City Venue
AD Ovarense Ovar Arena Dolce Vita
Barreirense Barreiro Pavilhão Municipal Luís de Carvalho
CAB Madeira Funchal Pavilhão do CAB
Esgueira Aveiro Pavilhão Clube do Povo de Esgueira
FC Porto Porto Dragão Arena
Galitos Barreiro Pavilhão Municipal Luís de Carvalho
Illiabum Ílhavo Pavilhão Municipal Capitão Adriano Nordeste
Maia BC Maia Pavilhão Nortecoope
SC Lusitânia Angra do Heroísmo Pavilhão Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo
SL Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade
Sporting CP Lisbon Pavilhão João Rocha
Terceira BC Angra do Heroísmo Pavilhão do Complexo Desportivo Tomás de Borba
UD Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Pavilhão Doutor Salvador Machado
Sangalhos DC Sangalhos Complexo Desportivo de Sangalhos
Vitória SC Guimarães Pavilhão do Vitória Sport CLube

Portuguese champions

Source[2]

Campeonato Metropolitano champions

Liga de Clubes de Basquetebol champions

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

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

Performance by club

Team Won Years won
Benfica291940, 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
Porto121952, 1953, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2016
Sporting CP91954, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2021
Carnide71935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1943, 1944
Ovarense51988, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008
Académica de Coimbra41949, 1950, 1955, 1959
Vasco da Gama31942, 1948, 1951
Sporting de Lourenço Marques (MOZ)31968, 1971, 1973
Portugal Telecom32001, 2002, 2003
Belenenses21939, 1945
Barreirense21957, 1958
Queluz21984, 2005
Oliveirense22018, 2019
Conimbricense11933
União de Lisboa11934
Benfica de Luanda (ANG)11967
CD Malhangalene (MOZ)11974
Ginásio11977
Estrelas da Avenida11998

Records

  • 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

  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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