Angolan Basketball League Explained

Angolan Basketball League
Organiser:	Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB)
First:	1978–79
Country:	Angola
Confed:	FIBA Africa
Teams:	13
Levels:	1
Domest Cup:	Taça de Angola
Supercup:	Supertaça de Angola
Confed Cup:	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Champions:	Petro de Luanda (17th title)
Season:	2023–24
Most Champs:	Primeiro de Agosto (19 titles)
Website:	Link
Current:	2023–24 Angolan Basketball League

The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos), for sponsorship reasons known as the Unitel Basket, is the top tier men's basketball league in Angola.

Primeiro de Agosto has been the most successful club in Angola with a total of 19 titles won, followed by Petro de Luanda who have 17 championships.

The champions of each Unitel Basket season qualify directly for the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Sponsorship names

In 2014, the Angolan Basketball Federation signed a sponsoring deal with Angola's Banco de Investimento e Crédito, which it claimed to be more favourable than the one with Banco Africano de Investimentos. Such agreement caused the league to be renamed as BIC Basket.^[1]

The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named after its major sponsors, formerly Banco Africano de Investimentos (BAI), Banco de Investimento e Crédito (BIC) and Unitel, the competition is organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation.

• BAI Basket (until 2024)
• BIC Basket: (2014–2017)
• Unitel Basket: (2017–present)

Teams

Current teams

The following thirteen teams play in the 2023–24 season:^[2]

Club	Location
Akiras Academy	Uíge
ASA	Luanda
Clube Amigos de Benguela	Benguela
CPPL	Lobito
Jesus Cristo	Viana
Interclube	Luanda (Rocha Pinto)
Interclube B	Luanda (Rocha Pinto)
Petro de Luanda	Luanda (Eixo Viário)
Petro de Luanda B	Luanda (Eixo Viário)
Primeiro de Agosto	Luanda
Primeiro de Agosto B	Luanda
Vila Clotilde	Luanda (Maculusso)
Desportivo Kwanza	Luanda

Former teams

Club	Location	Venue	Founded	Last season
Amigos de Viana	Luanda (Viana)			2014
	Luanda (Libolo)	Pavilhão Dream Space	1942	2018
CDUAN	Luanda	Pavilhão Anexo		2013
G.D.R. Crisgunza	Benguela			2018
Helmarc Academia	Luanda	Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda		2019
Marinha de Guerra	Luanda	Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	2014	2021
	Luanda	Pavilhão 28 de Fevereiro	1975	2017
	Benguela	Pavilhão Joaquim Araújo	1915	2016
	Luanda	Pavilhão Anexo	2007	2020

Note: denotes a team that has been dissolved.

Before independence

It wasn't until 1963 that the Portuguese national basketball championship began to include clubs from the províncias ultramarinas (overseas provinces) of Angola and Mozambique. This new format began with one team from each of the three locations and then changed to two teams from the host and one from each of the remaining two locations, who played a round-robin (then double round-robin) tournament to determine the champion of Portugal, with the championship taking place alternatively at each of the three capitals: Luanda (Angola), Lourenço Marques (Mozambique) and Lisbon/Porto (Portugal). From 1963 to 1974, 12 championships were held, with only one Angolan club succeeding to win the championship: Benfica de Luanda in 1967 ^[3]

Season	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Score	Third	Score	Fourth
1962-63	Lisboa		64–53	Desportivo de L.Marques	89–26	Atlético de Nova Lisboa
1963-64	Luanda	Benfica de Lisboa	54–44	Desportivo de L.Marques	–	?
1964-65	Lourenço Marques	Benfica de Lisboa	59–54	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	–	Sporting de Luanda
1965-66	Lisboa	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	79–78	Benfica de Lisboa	76–69	Sporting de Portugal	90–51	Sporting de Benguela
1966-67	Luanda	Benfica de Luanda	–	Académica de Coimbra	–	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	–	Ferroviário de Moçâmedes
1967-68	Lourenço Marques	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	70–58	Desportivo de L.Marques	70–54	Banco Pinto Magalhães	81–63	Benfica de Luanda
1968-69	Lisboa	Sporting de Portugal	80–52 74–45	Desportivo de L.Marques	65–52 61–52	Académica de Coimbra	64–62 81–61	Sporting de Luanda
1969-70	Luanda	Benfica de Lisboa	63–68 78–77	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	41–69 75–65	Benfica de Luanda	74–68 74–46	Belenenses de Luanda
1970-71	Lourenço Marques	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	69–65 62–65	Desportivo de L.Marques	60–54 65–61	Sporting de Portugal	88–64 60–79	Benfica de Luanda
1971-72	Porto		99–84 84–85	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	99–93 78–93	Académica de Coimbra	94–77 88–72	Benfica de Luanda
1972-73	Luanda	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	89–101 102–77	Benfica de Lisboa	84–75 86–71	Sporting de Luanda	55–50 71–62	F.C. de Luanda
1973-74	Lourenço Marques	C.D. Malhangalene	78–82 80–66	Sporting de Lourenço Marques	– –	Benfica de Lisboa	97–82 85–65	F.C. de Luanda

Total league championships

Team	Won	Years won
Sporting de Lourenço Marques	4	1966, 1968, 1971, 1973
	4	1963, 1964, 1965, 1970
C.D. Malhangalene	1	1974
	1	1971
Sporting de Portugal	1	1969
Benfica de Luanda	1	1967

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List of champions and finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Series	Champion Coach	class=unsortable	Reference
1978–79	Ferroviário de Luanda
1979–80	ASA
1980–81	Primeiro de Agosto
1981–82	Sporting de Luanda
1982–83	Primeiro de Agosto
1983–84	Sporting de Luanda
1984–85	Primeiro de Agosto
1985–86	Primeiro de Agosto
1986–87	Primeiro de Agosto
1987–88	Primeiro de Agosto
1988–89	Petro de Luanda
1989–90	Petro de Luanda
1990–91	Primeiro de Agosto
1991–92	Petro de Luanda
1992–93	Petro de Luanda
1993–94	Petro de Luanda
1994–95	Petro de Luanda
1995–96	ASA
1996–97	ASA
1997–98	Petro de Luanda
1998–99	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	4–0	Wlademiro Romero
1999–2000	Primeiro de Agosto		4–2	Mário Palma
2000–01	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–2	Mário Palma
2001–02	Primeiro de Agosto	Interclube	4–0	Mário Palma
2002–03	Primeiro de Agosto		4–0	Mário Palma
2003–04	Primeiro de Agosto		4–2	Mário Palma
2004–05	Primeiro de Agosto		4–1	Jaime Covilhã
	Petro de Luanda		Round Robin	Alberto de Carvalho
2006–07	Petro de Luanda		88–78 ^[5]	Alberto de Carvalho
	Primeiro de Agosto		Round Robin^[6]	Luís Magalhães
	Primeiro de Agosto		Final Four	Luís Magalhães	^[7]
	Primeiro de Agosto		Final Four^[8]	Luís Magalhães	^[9]
	Petro de Luanda		Final Four^[10]	Alberto Babo	^[11]
	Recreativo do Libolo		Final Four^[12]	Raúl Duarte
	Primeiro de Agosto		Final Four	Paulo Macedo
	Recreativo do Libolo		Final Four	Norberto Alves	^[13]
	Petro de Luanda		4–3	Lazare Adingono	^[14]
	Primeiro de Agosto		4–1	Ricard Casas	^[15]
	Recreativo do Libolo		4–0	Hugo López
	Primeiro de Agosto		4–1	Paulo Macedo
	Petro de Luanda		4–2	Lazare Adingono
	Cancelled early due to the COVID-19 pandemic
	Petro de Luanda		3–0	José Neto
	Petro de Luanda		3–0	José Neto
2022–23	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	3–1	José Neto	^[16]
2023–24	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–1	Sergio Valdeolmillos	^[17]

MVP award winners and statistical leaders

Season	Champion	MVP	Top Scorer	Rebounds	Assists
1997–98	Petro de Luanda	Carlos Almeida (PET)
1998–99	Petro de Luanda
	Primeiro de Agosto
2000–01	Primeiro de Agosto
2001–02	Primeiro de Agosto	Gerson dos Santos (VIL)
2002–03	Primeiro de Agosto	Miguel Lutonda (PRI)	Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Miguel Lutonda (PRI)
2003–04^[18]	Primeiro de Agosto	Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Eduardo Mingas (INT) 18.6	Eduardo Mingas (INT) 9.6	Carlos Quibato (ASA) 4.9
2004–05	Primeiro de Agosto
2005–06^[19]	Petro de Luanda	Francisco Jordão (PET)	Francisco Jordão (PET)	Eduardo Mingas (PET) 69/31	Shannon Crooks (PET)
2006–07^[20]	Petro de Luanda	Carlos Morais (PET)	Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Lifetu Selengue (INT)	Armando Costa (PRI)
2007–08^[21]	Primeiro de Agosto	Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Joaquim Gomes (PRI)	Armando Costa (PRI)
	Primeiro de Agosto
	Primeiro de Agosto	Joaquim Gomes (PRI)	Reggie Moore (LIB) 20.53	Eduardo Mingas (PET)	Paulo Santana (PET)
2010–11^[22]	Petro de Luanda	Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Carlos Morais (PET)	Miguel Kiala (PET) 75/48	Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)
	Recreativo do Libolo	Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Hermenegildo Mbunga (PET)	Armando Costa (PRI)
	Primeiro de Agosto	Cedric Isom (PRI)	Carlos Morais (PET) 21.66	Eduardo Mingas (INT) 176/12	Cedric Isom (PRI) 4.8
	Recreativo do Libolo	Eduardo Mingas (LIB)	Roderick Nealy (PET)	Felizardo Ambrósio (PRI)	Paulo Santana (PET)
2014–15^[23]	Petro de Luanda	Manny Quezada (PET)	Leonel Paulo (PET) 17.6	Jason Cain (PET) 11	Manny Quezada (PET) 3.9
	Primeiro de Agosto	Gildo Santos (PRI)	Carlos Morais (PET)	Jason Cain (PET)	Gerson Domingos (INT)
	Recreativo do Libolo	Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Manny Quezada (PRI)	Eduardo Mingas (LIB)	Je'Kel Foster (LIB)
	Petro de Luanda	Gerson Gonçalves (PET)
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	Petro de Luanda	Aboubakar Gakou (PET)	Carlos Morais (PET)	Gilson Bango (PRI)	Elmer Félix (INT)
2021–22	Petro de Luanda	Gerson Gonçalves (PET)	Miguel Maconda (JC)	Wilson Kassav (JC)	Gerson Gonçalves (PET)
2022–23	Petro de Luanda	Aboubakar Gakou (PET)	Josué Bartolomeu (CAB)	Keven Albino (INT-B)	Childe Dundão (PET)
2023–24	Petro de Luanda	Childe Dundão (PET)	Elcane Paca (PRI)	Joseney Joaquim (INT)	Childe Dundão (PET)

Performance by club

The following table lists the performance of all teams that have won or were runners-up in the Angolan Basketball League. Six teams have won the Angolan championship over history.^[24]

Bold indicates club that are still active in the Angolan Basketball League.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Primeiro de Agosto	19	7	1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018	2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2023
Petro de Luanda	17	6	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2017
	3	5	2012, 2014, 2017	2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
ASA	3	0	1980, 1996, 1997
	2	0	1982, 1984
	1	0	1979
Interclube	0	5		2002, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2024

League details (2000s)

Club
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
–	–	–	–	10	–	–	9	11	12	12	8	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	–	–	–	–	–
Amigos de Viana	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	12	10	10	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
ASA	⋅	⋅				⋅	4	data-sort-value="04"	4	data-sort-value="04"	4		4	data-sort-value="05"	5	data-sort-value="05"	5	data-sort-value="06"	6	data-sort-value="07"	7	data-sort-value="04"	4	data-sort-value="07"	7	√
Banca de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Benfica do Libolo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		data-sort-value="04"	4										9	2	5	0
C.P.P.L.	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
CDUAN	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	data-sort-value="07"	7	data-sort-value="07"	7	data-sort-value="07"	7	⋅	12	data-sort-value="09"	9	data-sort-value="07"	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Desportivo da Huíla	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="08"	8	data-sort-value="08"	8	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	3
Desportivo da Nocal	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="07"	7	⋅	⋅	9	data-sort-value="08"	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
FC de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="08"	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Helmarc	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		1
Imbondeiro de Viana	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	11	12	12	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Interclube	⋅	⋅		data-sort-value="04"	4	4	⋅			data-sort-value="06"	6	data-sort-value="06"	6	5		data-sort-value="04"	4	data-sort-value="04"	4	data-sort-value="04"	4	data-sort-value="05"	5	data-sort-value="04"	4	4
Lusíada	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="06"	6	data-sort-value="09"	9	data-sort-value="09"	9	8	data-sort-value="07"	7	data-sort-value="07"	7	data-sort-value="05"	5	data-sort-value="06"	6	Q	data-sort-value="06"	6	√
Marinha	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Q	data-sort-value="05"	5	√
Misto de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="05"	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Petro de Luanda			4			⋅														16	4		1
Primeiro de Agosto												data-sort-value="04"	4								16	11	3	1
Progresso do Sambizanga	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="08"	8	data-sort-value="09"	9	Q	data-sort-value="09"	9	√	⋅
PROMADE	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="05"	5	data-sort-value="05"	5	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Santos FC	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	11	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Benguela	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="05"	5	?	10	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="06"	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="06"	6	data-sort-value="06"	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Luanda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	10	11	11	⋅	data-sort-value="08"	8	data-sort-value="08"	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Vila Clotilde	⋅	⋅	⋅	data-sort-value="09"	9	⋅	⋅	7	data-sort-value="09"	9	10	10	⋅	data-sort-value="09"	9	10	data-sort-value="09"	9	data-sort-value="08"	8	Q	data-sort-value="08"	8	√
Vila Estoril	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	11	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Teams	2000 –	2001 –	2002 –	2003 10	2004 –	2005 –	2006 9	2007 11	2008 12	2009 12	2010 8	2011 12	2012 12	2013 10	2014 10	2015 10	2016 10	2017 9	2018 9

League details (1980s)

Club
	1982
Ferrovia	4
Leões de Luanda
Primeiro de Agosto
Selecção Huambo	5
TAAG
Teams	1982

See also

• Angola 2nd Division Basketball
• Angola Cup
• Angola Super Cup
• Federação Angolana de Basquetebol

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014-11-11 . Basketball: BIC Bank replaces BAI as official sponsor of basketball championship . 2014-11-16 . ANGOP.com.
2. Web site: 20 December 2021 . Basquetebol: Nacional sénior ganha novo inquilino e um regresso . 3 March 2022.
3. Web site: Basquetebol Campeonato de Portugal 1967 Luanda (ANG) - Campeao Sport Luanda e Benfica . todor666 . 4 Feb 2016 . pt.
4. Web site: Basquetebol Campeonatos Nacionais de Portugal com Equipas de Mocambique e Angola . todor666 . 4 Feb 2016 . pt.
5. Web site: Both teams ended the season tied at 20 points and the winner was determined by a playoff .
6. Web site: Round Robin Tournament at 3 Rounds . ANGOP . 2013-04-10. pt.
7. Web site: 1º de Agosto beat Petro, win championship . ANGOP.com . 2009-05-19 . 2014-03-18.
8. Web site: D'Agosto secured the title 2 rounds ahead of end of final four .
9. Web site: 1º de Agosto beat ASA, get basketball title . ANGOP.com . 2010-06-11 . 2014-03-18.
10. Web site: Final Four at 3 Rounds .
11. Web site: Petro de Luanda win national basketball championship . ANGOP.com . 2011-05-25 . 2014-03-18.
12. Web site: In the last title-defining match in the final four Libolo beat D'Agosto 91-82 thus securing the title .
13. Web site: Libolo crowned champions of BAI Basket . Angop.com . 2014-05-18 . 2014-06-10.
14. Web site: Basketball: Petro de Luanda crowned national champions . Angop.com . 17 Jun 2015 . 22 Jun 2015.
15. Web site: Basketball: 1º de Agosto crowned national champions . ANGOP.com . 8 Jun 2016 . 10 Jun 2016.
16. Web site: Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Petro de Luanda conquista 16º título . 2023-04-22 . Jornal de Angola . pt.
17. Web site: Da Silva . Juscelino . 2024-05-12 . Jornal de Angola - Notícias - Basquetebol: Petro de Luanda revalida título e conquista o Penta . 2024-05-13 . Jornal de Angola . pt.
18. Web site: Basketball: Eduardo Mingas Wins MVP Award . ANGOP.com . 17 Jun 2004 . 22 Jun 2015 .
19. Web site: Basketball: Francisco Jordão Awarded MVP Title . ANGOP.com . 19 Jun 2006 . 22 Jun 2015 .
20. Web site: Basketball: Carlos Morais Elected 2007 MVP . ANGOP.com . 29 Jun 2007 . 22 Jun 2015 .
21. Web site: Basketball: Olímpio Cipriano Voted 2008 MVP . ANGOP.com . 20 Jun 2008 . 22 Jun 2015 .
22. Web site: Cipriano big winner of individual titles in basketball championship . ANGOP.com . 29 May 2011 . 22 Jun 2015 .
23. Web site: Basketball: Leonel Paulo elected regular phase's MVP . ANGOP.com . 14 May 2015 . 22 Jun 2015 .
24. Web site: Palmarés do Campeonato Nacional. ANGOP. 2013-04-10. pt.