Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol

The Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol (LMB), known as the Liga Mozal for sponsorship reasons, is the highest basketball league in Mozambique. Founded in 1960, the league typically consists of eight teams. The winners of the competition earn the right to play in the qualifying tournaments of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).

Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol

Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
First season	1960
Country	Mozambique
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current champions	Ferroviário da Beira (6th title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Maxaquene (18 titles)
2023 LMB season

Maxaquene is the most successful team in league history with 18 titles. In recent years, Ferroviário da Beira and Ferroviário de Maputo have dominated the league, with one of these two teams winning all championships between 2011 and 2022.

Teams

Current teams

The following were the eight teams of the 2022 season:^[1]

Team	City
Maxaquene	Maputo
Costa do Sol	Maputo
Ferroviário da Beira	Beira
Ferroviário de Maputo	Maputo
A Politecnica Maputo	Maputo
União Juvenil de Napipine	Napipine
Sporting de Quelimane	Quelimane
Ferroviário de Nampula	Nampula

Former teams

Team	City	Last season
Clube Municipal da Beira	Maputo	2022
Universidade Pedagocica	Maputo	2022
Sporting da Beira	Beira
Atlético da Beira	Beira
Malhangalene de Lourenço Marques	Lourenço Marques (now Maputo)
Têxtil do Punguè Beira	Beira
Vaz Team da Beira	Beira	2018[2]
Ferroviário de Nacala	Nacala	2018[2]
Univ. Pedagogica Nampula	Nampula	2015

Champions

The following were the champions, runners-up and third place teams in the Mozambican League history:^[3]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Ref.
1960	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques	Sporting da Beira	–	[3]
1961	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (2)	Ferroviário da Beira		[3]
1962	Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques	Atletico da Beira	Sport Luanda e Benfica	[3]
1963	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (3)			[3]
1964	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (4)			[3]
1965	Sporting de Lourenço Marques			[3]
1966	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (2)	Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques		[3]
1967	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (3)			[3]
1968	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (5)			[3]
1969	Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (6)			[3]
1970	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (4)
1971	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (5)
1972	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (6)
1973	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (7)
1974	Sporting de Lourenço Marques (8)	Malhangalene de Lourenço Marques
1975	Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques (2)
1975a	Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques (3)
1977	Desportivo Maputo (7)	Sporting da Beira	Sporting Maputo
1978	Desportivo Maputo (8)	Maxaquene	Têxtil do Punguè Beira
1979	Maxaquene (9)	Desportivo Maputo
1980	Desportivo Maputo (9)	Maxaquene
1981	Maxaquene (10)
1982	Desportivo Maputo (10)
1983	Maxaquene (11)
1984	Maxaquene (12)
1985	Not held
1986	Maxaquene (13)
1987	Maxaquene (14)
1988	Maxaquene (15)
1989	Maxaquene (16)
1990	Desportivo Maputo (11)
1991	Maxaquene (17)
1992	Maxaquene (18)
1993	Maxaquene (19)
1994	Conseng Maputo
1995	Maxaquene (20)
1996	Conseng Maputo (2)
1997	Maxaquene (21)
1998	Acadamica Maputo
1999	Maxaquene (22)
2000	Maxaquene (23)
2001	Costa do Sol	Academica Maputo	–	[3]
2002	Desportivo Maputo (12)	Academica Maputo	Maxaquene	[3]
2003	Desportivo Maputo (13)	Ferroviário da Beira	Maxaquene	[3]
2004	Maxaquene (24)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Desportivo Maputo	[3]
2005	Ferroviário de Maputo (4)	Maxaquene	Academica Maputo	[3]
2006	Ferroviário de Maputo (5)	Maxaquene	Ferroviário da Beira	[3]
2007	Ferroviário de Maputo (6)	Ferroviário da Beira	Maxaquene	[3]
2008	Ferroviário de Maputo (7)	Maxaquene	Costa do Sol	[4]
2009	Maxaquene (25)	Ferroviário da Beira	Ferroviário de Maputo	[5]
2010	Maxaquene (26)	Desportivo Maputo	–	[6]
2011	Ferroviário de Maputo (8)	Desportivo Maputo	Maxaquene	[7]
2012	Ferroviário da Beira	Maxaquene	–	[8]
2013	Ferroviário da Beira (2)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Desportivo de Maputo	[9]
2014	Ferroviário da Beira (3)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Desportivo de Maputo	[10]
2015	Desportivo de Maputo (14)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Costa do Sol	[11]
2016	Ferroviário de Maputo (8)	Ferroviário da Beira	A Politécnica Maputo	[12]
2017	Ferroviário de Maputo (9)	Ferroviário da Beira	Costa do Sol	[13]
2018	Ferroviário de Maputo (10)	Ferroviário da Beira	A Politécnica Maputo	[2]
2019	Ferroviário de Maputo (11)	Costa do Sol	Ferroviário da Beira	[14]
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Ferroviário da Beira (4)[a]	Ferroviário de Maputo	Costa do Sol	[16]
2022	Ferroviário da Beira (5)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Costa do Sol	[17][18]
2023[b]	Costa do Sol (2)	Ferroviário de Maputo	Ferroviário da Beira	[19]
2024	Ferroviário da Beira (6)	Costa do Sol

1. In 2021, a tournament was played to determine which team would represent Mozambique in the 2022 BAL qualification games. Ferroviário da Beira defeated Ferroviário de Maputo to claim the country's spot.^[15]
2. In the 2023 season, there was also a separate qualifying tournament for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) that was organised in October and November. The tournament was won by Ferroviário da Beira, however, Costa do Sol won the 2023 LMB championship.

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Most recent title
Maxaquene[a]	26	6	4	2010
Desportivo Maputo[b]	13	3	3	2003
Ferroviário de Maputo[c]	11	6	1	2019
Ferroviário da Beira	6	7	2	2024
Conseng Maputo	2	0	0	1996
Costa do Sol	2	1	4	2023
Acadamica Maputo	1	2	0	1998
Sporting da Beira	0	2	0	–
Malhangalene	0	1	0	–
Atletico da Beira	0	1	0	–
A Politécnica Maputo	0	0	2	–
Sporting de Quelimane	0	0	1	–
Sporting de Maputo	0	0	1	–
Têxtil do Punguè Beira	0	0	1	–

Teams in bold currently play in the LMB.

Awards

At the end of each season, the Mozambican Basketball Federation awards the best performers of a given season.

Most Valuable Player

• 2015 – Pio Matos, Ferroviário de Maputo^[20]
• 2017 – Ismael Nurmamade, Ferroviário da Beira^[21]
• 2018 – Álvaro Calvo Masa, Ferroviário de Maputo^[22]
• 2019 – Álvaro Calvo Masa, Ferroviário de Maputo^[22]
• 2021 – Will Perry, Ferroviário da Beira^[23]
• 2022 – Will Perry, Ferroviário da Beira^[24]
• 2023 – Danilo Cumbe, Costa do Sol^[25]

Top scorer

• 2022 – Danilo Cumbe, Costa do Sol (147 points)^[23]
• 2023 – Baggio Chimonzo, Ferroviário de Maputo (245 points)^[25]

In the Basketball Africa League

Season	Representative team	Road to BAL	Qualified		Main competition	Record
2021	Ferroviário de Maputo	Bronze			Quarter-finalist	1–3
2022	Ferroviário da Beira	Gold			Group phase	1–4
2023		Silver			Quarter-finalist	2–4
2024		Elite 16			DNQ
2025	Costa do Sol	First round			DNQ