The 2016–17 LPB season was the 84th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league, and the ninth season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as Liga Placard.

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Season2016–17
Teams12
Regular season
RelegatedMaia Basket Escapeforte
Sampaense
Finals
ChampionsBenfica
27th title
  Runners-upPorto

Benfica won its 27th title and recovered the title after beating defending champions Porto in the finals by 3–0.

Format

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The competition format consisted of two stages: a regular season, comprising two phases, and the play-offs. In the first phase of the regular season, the twelve participating teams compete against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches. Match wins, draws and losses are worth two, one and zero points, respectively.[1][2] The second phase of the regular season comprises two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase compete in Group A, and the remaining six teams compete in Group B. Again, teams in each group compete against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches. The six Group A teams and the two best-ranked Group B teams qualify for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B are relegated to the second-tier Proliga. The play-offs are disputed as a single-elimination tournament, with fixtures determined by each team's classification in the previous round, and comprise three knockout rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) played in a best-of-five system.[1]

Teams

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Maia Basket Escapeforte avoided relegation after the resign of Atlético Clube de Portugal to promote. Also, Sampaense promoted after Barcelos decided to dissolve its senior team.

Location of teams in 2016–17 LPB season (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2016–17 LPB season (Azores)
Team City Venue
Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade
CAB Madeira Funchal, Madeira Pavilhão do CAB
Eléctrico Ponte de Sôr Municipal
Galitos Barreiro Barreiro Luís Carvalho
Illiabum Ílhavo Capitão Adriano Nordeste
Lusitânia Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Municipal
Maia Basket Escapeforte Maia Municipal de Formigueiro
Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Dr. Salvador Machado
Ovarense Dolce Vita Ovar Arena Dolce Vita
Porto Porto Dragão Caixa
Sampaense Coimbra Comendador Serafim Marques
Vitória de Guimarães Guimarães Pavilhão do Vitória S.C.

First phase

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Porto 22 19 3 1889 1491 +398 41 Second phase (Group A)
2 Benfica 22 17 5 1787 1512 +275 39
3 Vitória de Guimarães 22 16 6 1803 1682 +121 38
4 Oliveirense 22 16 6 1582 1416 +166 38
5 Galitos Barreiro 22 14 8 1669 1590 +79 36
6 Illiabum 22 12 10 1710 1677 +33 34
7 CAB Madeira 22 11 11 1752 1684 +68 33 Second phase (Group B)
8 Ovarense Dolce Vita 22 11 11 1680 1735 −55 33
9 Lusitânia 22 6 16 1658 1810 −152 28
10 Eléctrico 22 4 18 1624 1887 −263 26
11 Sampaense 22 3 19 1531 1920 −389 25
12 Maia Basket Escapeforte 22 3 19 1605 1886 −281 25
Source: FPB

Results

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Home \ Away SLB MAD ELÉ GAL ILL LUS MAI OLI OVA FCP SAM VIT
Benfica 75–66 104–66 69–57 93–74 100–65 89–66 74–81 87–69 69–56 99–65 85–64
CAB Madeira 72–90 86–87 73–81 70–71 96–79 93–77 0–20[a] 91–76 60–71 104–71 67–89
Eléctrico 62–85 82–89 58–70 90–85 82–88 75–81 56–77 70–82 67–101 75–79 71–77
Galitos Barreiro 69–68 70–83 87–85 83–74 89–77 94–55 79–77 82–71 61–67 83–54 80–68
Illiabum 85–71 84–87 91–62 59–71 79–54 86–65 86–83 72–56 67–81 80–63 68–71
Lusitânia 82–91 74–92 62–75 84–67 78–82 89–86 68–78 73–78 68–92 88–83 70–73
Maia Basket 60–66 72–93 98–84 74–75 86–89 82–89 70–76 62–72 66–90 79–68 74–94
Oliveirense 78–75 76–70 76–63 74–62 75–67 82–62 82–73 72–54 60–69 74–53 67–64
Ovarense Dolce Vita 74–83 93–88 77–83 94–90 73–84 68–61 81–71 67–65 66–79 88–67 95–102
Porto 74–76 91–68 97–76 82–66 85–73 92–83 110–60 68–66 89–73 111–62 92–71
Sampaense 59–73 79–111 91–78 61–73 73–87 65–96 89–74 70–81 67–69 59–121 77–90
Vitória de Guimarães 68–65 76–93 104–77 83–80 107–67 77–68 102–74 66–62 97–103 74–71 86–76
Source: LPB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Game CAB Madeira – Oliveirense finished 103–95 but a 0–20 was given to Oliveirense.

Second phase

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In the second phase, teams started their group matches with the results from the matches played against the remaining teams in the same group, during the first phase.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification POR SLB OLI VIT GAL ILL
1 Porto 32 26 6 2716 2194 +522 58 Qualification to playoffs 85–74 84–74 101–96 82–58 85–53
2 Benfica 32 24 8 2584 2268 +316 56 87–70 72–67 80–76 76–74 106–68
3 Oliveirense 32 22 10 2326 2132 +194 54 78–73 79–62 83–87 74–63 67–60
4 Vitória de Guimarães 32 21 11 2601 2463 +138 53 78–76 80–85 74–84 69–81 72–55
5 Galitos Barreiro 32 18 14 2379 2321 +58 50 61–83 78–79 72–64 71–80 80–61
6 Illiabum 32 13 19 2327 2483 −156 45 44–88 79–76 69–74 65–86 63–72
Source: LPB

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation MAD OVA ELE LUS SAM MAI
1 CAB Madeira 32 19 13 2662 2531 +131 51 Qualification to playoffs 76–86 92–85 97–83 87–83 98–90
2 Ovarense 32 19 13 2534 2501 +33 51 67–85 78–92 102–77 94–57 68–61
3 Eléctrico 32 11 21 2522 2744 −222 43 94–90 81–93 92–90 79–59 82–69
4 Lusitânia 32 8 24 2526 2745 −219 40 100–104 79–82 90–98 88–87 87–85
5 Sampaense (R) 32 6 26 2366 2802 −436 38 Relegation to Proliga 83–84 78–87 93–97 109–97 95–88
6 Maia Basket Escapeforte (R) 32 5 27 2424 2774 −350 37 74–97 80–97 103–96 88–77 81–91
Source: LPB
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

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Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Porto959297
 
 
 
Ovarense726368
 
Porto808395
 
 
 
Vitória de Guimarães697870
 
Vitória de Guimarães9992788881
 
 
 
Galitos Barreiro5798817979
 
Porto708153
 
 
 
Benfica738383
 
Benfica96737586
 
 
 
CAB Madeira76746772
 
Benfica979069
 
 
 
Oliveirense918160
 
Oliveirense929164
 
 
Illiabum727360
 

Portuguese clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Benfica Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Second round
Porto Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regulamento de Provas da Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Basketball Federation. September 2016. pp. 9–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Normas da LPB" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Portuguese Basketball Federation. September 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
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