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 won 18 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.

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 fourteen teams play in the 2024–25 season:

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)

Former teams

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

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

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

Total league championships

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

List of champions and finals

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Series	Champion Coach
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	Angola Wlademiro Romero
1999–2000	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–2	Portugal Mário Palma
2000–01	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–2	Portugal Mário Palma
2001–02	Primeiro de Agosto	Interclube	4–0	Portugal Mário Palma
2002–03	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–0	Portugal Mário Palma
2003–04	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–2	Portugal Mário Palma
2004–05	Primeiro de Agosto	Interclube	4–1	Angola Jaime Covilhã
2005–06	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	Round Robin	Angola Alberto de Carvalho
2006–07	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	88–78	Angola Alberto de Carvalho
2007–08	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	Round Robin	Portugal Luís Magalhães
2008–09	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	Final Four	Portugal Luís Magalhães
2009–10	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four	Portugal Luís Magalhães
2010–11	Petro de Luanda	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four	Portugal Alberto Babo
2011–12	Recreativo do Libolo	Primeiro de Agosto	Final Four	Angola Raúl Duarte
2012–13	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	Final Four	Angola Paulo Macedo
2013–14	Recreativo do Libolo	Primeiro de Agosto	Final Four	Portugal Norberto Alves
2014–15	Petro de Luanda	Recreativo do Libolo	4–3	Cameroon Lazare Adingono
2015–16	Primeiro de Agosto	Recreativo do Libolo	4–1	Spain Ricard Casas
2016–17	Recreativo do Libolo	Petro de Luanda	4–0	Spain Hugo López
2017–18	Primeiro de Agosto	Petro de Luanda	4–1	Angola Paulo Macedo
2018–19	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	4–2	Cameroon Lazare Adingono
2019–20	Cancelled early due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–0	Brazil José Neto
2021–22	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–0	Brazil José Neto
2022–23	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	3–1	Brazil José Neto
2023–24	Petro de Luanda	Interclube	3–1	Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos
2024–25	Petro de Luanda	Primeiro de Agosto	4–1	Spain Sergio Valdeolmillos

MVP award winners and statistical leaders

Season	Champion	MVP	Top Scorer	Rebounds	Assists
1997–98	Petro de Luanda	Angola Carlos Almeida (PET)
1998–99	Petro de Luanda
1999–00	Primeiro de Agosto
2000–01	Primeiro de Agosto
2001–02	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Gerson dos Santos (VIL)
2002–03	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Miguel Lutonda (PRI)	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Angola Miguel Lutonda (PRI)
2003–04	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT)	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT) 18.6	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT) 9.6	Angola Carlos Quibato (ASA) 4.9
2004–05	Primeiro de Agosto
2005–06	Petro de Luanda	Portugal Francisco Jordão (PET)	Portugal Francisco Jordão (PET)	Angola Eduardo Mingas (PET) 69/31	United States Shannon Crooks (PET)
2006–07	Petro de Luanda	Angola Carlos Morais (PET)	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Democratic Republic of the Congo Lifetu Selengue (INT)	Angola Armando Costa (PRI)
2007–08	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (PRI)	Angola Joaquim Gomes (PRI)	Angola Armando Costa (PRI)
2008–09	Primeiro de Agosto
2009–10	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Joaquim Gomes (PRI)	United States Reggie Moore (LIB) 20.53	Angola Eduardo Mingas (PET)	Angola Paulo Santana (PET)
2010–11	Petro de Luanda	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Angola Carlos Morais (PET)	Angola Miguel Kiala (PET) 75/48	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)
2011–12	Recreativo do Libolo	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Angola Hermenegildo Mbunga (PET)	Angola Armando Costa (PRI)
2012–13	Primeiro de Agosto	United States Cedric Isom (PRI)	Angola Carlos Morais (PET) 21.66	Angola Eduardo Mingas (INT) 176/12	United States Cedric Isom (PRI) 4.8
2013–14	Recreativo do Libolo	Angola Eduardo Mingas (LIB)	United States Roderick Nealy (PET)	Angola Felizardo Ambrósio (PRI)	Angola Paulo Santana (PET)
2014–15	Petro de Luanda	Dominican Republic Manny Quezada (PET)	Angola Leonel Paulo (PET) 17.6	United States Jason Cain (PET) 11	United States Manny Quezada (PET) 3.9
2015–16	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola Gildo Santos (PRI)	Angola Carlos Morais (PET)	United States Jason Cain (PET)	Angola Gerson Domingos (INT)
2016–17	Recreativo do Libolo	Angola Olímpio Cipriano (LIB)	Dominican Republic Manny Quezada (PRI)	Angola Eduardo Mingas (LIB)	United States Je'Kel Foster (LIB)
2017–18
2018–19	Petro de Luanda	Angola Gerson Gonçalves (PET)
2019–20	Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Petro de Luanda	Angola Aboubakar Gakou (PET)	Angola Carlos Morais (PET)	Angola Jilson Bango (PRI)	Angola Elmer Félix (INT)
2021–22	Petro de Luanda	Angola Gerson Gonçalves (PET)	Angola Miguel Maconda (JC)	Angola Wilson Kassav (JC)	Angola Gerson Gonçalves (PET)
2022–23	Petro de Luanda	Angola Aboubakar Gakou (PET)	Angola Josué Bartolomeu (CAB)	Angola Keven Albino (INT-B)	Angola Childe Dundão (PET)
2023–24	Petro de Luanda	Angola Childe Dundão (PET)	Angola Elcane Paca (PRI)	Angola Joseney Joaquim (INT)	Angola Childe Dundão (PET)
2024–25	Petro de Luanda	Angola Aboubakar Gakou (PET)	Angola Danilson Jacinto (CD Kwanza)	Angola Josué Bartolomeu	Angola 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.

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	8	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, 2025
Petro de Luanda	18	6	1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2017
Benfica do Libolo	3	5	2012, 2014, 2017	2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
ASA	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

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	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

League details (1980s)

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

External links

(in Portuguese)

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