Angolan Basketball League

Angolan Basketball League
Organising body	Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB)
Founded	1977; 48 years ago
First season	1978–79
Country	Angola
Confederation	FIBA Africa
Number of teams	13
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Taça de Angola
Supercup	Supertaça de Angola
International cup(s)	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions	Petro de Luanda ; (17th title) ; (2023–24)
Most championships	Primeiro de Agosto ; (19 titles)
Website	Link
	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.

Quick Facts Organising body, Founded ...

Club	Location
Akiras Academy	Uíge
ASA	Luanda
Clube Amigos de Benguela	Benguela
CPPL	Lobito
Desportivo Kwanza	Luanda
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
Sporting de Luanda	Luanda
Sporting de Luanda	Luanda
Vila Clotilde	Luanda (Maculusso)
Vila Clotilde B	Luanda (Maculusso)

Club	Location	Venue	Founded	Last season
Amigos de Viana	Luanda (Viana)			2014
Benfica do Libolo †	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
Jesus Cristo	Viana			2024
Marinha de Guerra	Luanda	Pavilhão Victorino Cunha	2014	2021
Progresso do Sambizanga †	Luanda	Pavilhão 28 de Fevereiro	1975	2017
Sporting de Benguela †	Benguela	Pavilhão Joaquim Araújo	1915	2016
Universidade Lusíada †	Luanda	Pavilhão Anexo	2007	2020

Season	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Score	Third	Score	Fourth
1962-63	Lisboa	Benfica de 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	F.C. do 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

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

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Series	Champion Coach	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	Petro de Luanda	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	Petro de Luanda	4–0	Mário Palma
2003–04	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–2	Mário Palma
2004–05	Primeiro de Agosto	Interclube	4–1	Jaime Covilhã
2005–06	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	Round Robin	Alberto de Carvalho
2006–07	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	88–78 ^[4]	Alberto de Carvalho
2007–08	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	Round Robin^[5]	Luís Magalhães
2008–09	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	Final Four	Luís Magalhães	^[6]
2009–10	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four^[7]	Luís Magalhães	^[8]
2010–11	Petro de Luanda	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four^[9]	Alberto Babo	^[10]
2011–12	Recreativo do Libolo	Primeiro de Agosto	Final Four^[11]	Raúl Duarte
2012–13	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four	Paulo Macedo
2013–14	Recreativo do Libolo	Primeiro de Agosto	Final Four	Norberto Alves	^[12]
2014–15	Petro de Luanda	Recreativo do Libolo	4–3	Lazare Adingono	^[13]
2015–16	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	4–1	Ricard Casas	^[14]
2016–17	Recreativo do Libolo	Petro de Luanda	4–0	Hugo López
2017–18	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–1	Paulo Macedo
2018–19	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	4–2	Lazare Adingono
2019–20	Cancelled early due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–0	José Neto
2021–22	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–0	José Neto
2022–23	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	3–1	José Neto	^[15]
2023–24	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–1	Sergio Valdeolmillos	^[16]

Angolan Basketball League

Sponsorship names

Teams

Current teams

Former teams

Before independence

Total league championships

List of champions and finals

MVP award winners and statistical leaders

Performance by club

League details (2000s)

League details (1980s)

See also

External links

References

Wikiwand - on

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
Benfica do Libolo	3	5	2012, 2014, 2017	2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
ASA^[a]	3	0	1980, 1996, 1997	—
Sporting de Luanda	2	0	1982, 1984	—
Ferroviário de Luanda	1	0	1979	—
Interclube	0	5	—	2002, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2024

Club
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	4	4		4	5	5	6	7	4	7	√
Banca de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Benfica do Libolo	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		4										9	2	5	0
C.P.P.L.	⋅	⋅	⋅	10	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
CDUAN	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	7	7	7	⋅	12	9	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Desportivo da Huíla	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	8	7	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	3
Desportivo da Nocal	⋅	⋅	⋅	7	⋅	⋅	9	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
FC de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Helmarc	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅		1
Imbondeiro de Viana	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	11	12	12	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Interclube	⋅	⋅		4	4	⋅			6	6	5		4	4	4	5	4	4
Lusíada	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	9	9	8	7	7	5	6	Q	6	√
Marinha	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Q	5	√
Misto de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Petro de Luanda			4			⋅														16	4		1
Primeiro de Agosto												4								16	11	3	1
Progresso do Sambizanga	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	9	Q	9	√	⋅
PROMADE	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	5	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Santos FC	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	11	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Benguela	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	5	?	10	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Cabinda	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	6	6	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Sporting de Luanda	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	8	10	11	11	⋅	8	8	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Vila Clotilde	⋅	⋅	⋅	9	⋅	⋅	7	9	10	10	⋅	9	10	9	8	Q	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

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