2019–20 LPB season

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Season2019–20
Teams14
Finals
ChampionsNone named

The 2019–20 LPB season was the 87th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the 12th season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.

On 29 April 2020, the FPB declared the season was void because of the COVID-19 pandemic. No champion was named and there was no relegation.[1]

Format

Fourteen teams played a double-legged regular season. The eight first teams joined the playoffs while teams 9 to 12 played for avoiding relegation. The loser of this second playoff was relegated with the two last qualified teams.[2]

Teams

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Location of teams in 2019–20 LPB season (Mainland)
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Location of teams in 2019–20 LPB season (Madeira)
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Location of teams in 2019–20 LPB season (Azores)

Barreirense Optimize and Maia promoted from Proliga and replaced Imortal, last qualified team in the last season.

Sporting CP, refounded 24 years later, joined directly the top tier after the unanimous approval of the league clubs.[2]

Team City Venue
Barreirense Optimize Barreiro Luís de Carvalho
Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade
CAB Madeira Funchal Pavilhão do CAB
Esgueira Aveiro OLI Esgueira Ginásio Esgueira
Galitos Barreiro Barreiro Luís Carvalho
Illiabum Ílhavo Capitão Adriano Nordeste
Lusitânia Angra do Heroísmo Municipal
Maia Maia Municipal Nortecoope
Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Dr. Salvador Machado
Ovarense Gavex Ovar Arena Gavex
Porto Porto Dragão Caixa
Sporting CP Lisbon Pavilhão João Rocha
Terceira Angra do Heroísmo Tornás de Borba
Vitória Guimarães Uni Vimaranense

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sporting CP 22 21 1 2055 1545 +510 43 Qualification for Champions League qualifying round
2 Benfica 22 20 2 1976 1562 +414 42
3 Porto 22 18 4 1906 1649 +257 40
4 Oliveirense 22 14 8 1846 1663 +183 36
5 Vitória 22 14 8 1796 1726 +70 36
6 Galitos 22 11 11 1821 1804 +17 33
7 CAB Madeira 22 10 12 1742 1829 −87 32
8 Esgueira Aveiro OLI 22 9 13 1743 1688 +55 31
9 Lusitânia 22 9 13 1729 1847 −118 31
10 Ovarense Gavex 22 9 13 1699 1796 −97 31
11 Barreirense Optimize 22 7 15 1662 1882 −220 29
12 Illiabum 22 6 16 1666 1758 −92 28
13 Maia 22 6 16 1703 1916 −213 28
14 Terceira 22 0 22 1570 2259 −689 22
Source: FPB


Results

Home \ Away BAR BEN ESG GAL ILL LUS MAD MAI OLI OVA POR SPO TER VIT
Barreirense Optimize — 49–95 61–78 87–75 105–100 107–79 80–89 91–80 77–85 45–93 72–73
Benfica 101–74 — 85–82 75–52 114–60 77–67 74–70 80–69 85–79 111–58 78–76
Esgueira Aveiro OLI 79–82 76–84 — 81–62 70–73 82–85 69–78 87–59 73–76 78–90 76–69 57–65
Galitos 86–83 83–94 78–79 — 81–78 96–70 92–72 92–87 92–73 73–93 72–81 96–94
Illiabum 69–82 63–72 77–88 85–90 — 78–83 66–73 93–60 76–67 63–84 89–63 64–77
Lusitânia 89–58 60–103 59–91 80–90 106–79 — 86–83 87–90 80–69 75–96 82–94 96–71 79–92
CAB Madeira 87–71 88–91 82–72 66–69 — 76–68 84–82 81–76 59–85 88–78 82–94
Maia 93–70 68–99 87–84 78–88 76–72 75–79 — 73–95 69–90 57–103 85–97 114–68
Oliveirense 89–67 75–84 88–82 85–78 78–83 92–70 97–83 74–63 — 87–69 71–81 90–63
Ovarense Gavex 81–90 74–73 91–87 76–70 91–73 79–60 49–91 — 88–84 70–93 91–57
Porto 97–76 87–79 76–70 85–69 85–64 102–80 78–90 89–87 — 78–89 92–65 99–86
Sporting CP 97–67 81–75 86–68 91–69 102–55 91–65 76–62 89–76 94–70 108–56 — 114–57 89–83
Terceira 75–89 69–131 80–112 62–88 74–125 88–111 74–100 86–98 71–110 79–111 58–119 —
Vitória 73–69 83–90 85–72 93–81 89–81 68–69 85–79 86–67 85–79 75–71 78–82 89–102 98–74 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: FPB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Portuguese clubs in European competitions

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

References

  1. ^ "Basquetebol fecha sem campeões, classificação dita lugares europeus". SAPO Desporto. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "O que muda no campeonato de basquetebol da próxima época" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 20 February 2019.