2018–19 LPB season

The 2019–20 LPB season was the 86th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the 11th season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Season2018–19
Duration6 October 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams12
Regular season
RelegatedImortal
Finals
ChampionsOliveirense
2nd title
  Runners-upBenfica

Oliveirense retained the title achieving their second league ever.

Format

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.[1][2]

The second phase of the regular season comprised two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase competed in Group A, and the remaining six teams competed in Group B. Again, teams in each group competed 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 qualified for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B were relegated to the second-tier Proliga.

The play-offs were 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
Location of teams in 2018–19 LPB season (Mainland)
Location of teams in 2018–19 LPB season (Madeira)
Location of teams in 2018–19 LPB season (Azores)
Team City Venue
Benfica Lisbon Pavilhão Fidelidade
CAB Madeira Funchal Pavilhão do CAB
Esgueira Aveiro OLI Esgueira
Galitos Barreiro Barreiro Luís Carvalho
Illiabum Ílhavo Capitão Adriano Nordeste
Imortal AlgarExperienc Albufeira
Lusitânia Angra do Heroísmo Municipal
Oliveirense Oliveira de Azeméis Dr. Salvador Machado
Ovarense Gavex Ovar Arena Gavex
Porto Porto Dragão Caixa
Terceira Angra do Heroísmo
Vitória Guimarães Pavilhão do Vitória S.C.

First phase

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Oliveirense 22 21 1 1941 1579 +362 43 Qualification to Group A
2 Benfica 22 20 2 1961 1658 +303 42
3 Porto 22 16 6 1964 1768 +196 38
4 Ovarense Gavex 22 12 10 1731 1693 +38 34
5 Lusitânia 22 11 11 1783 1821 −38 33
6 Terceira 22 10 12 1735 1822 −87 32
7 CAB Madeira 22 9 13 1717 1781 −64 31 Qualification to Group B
8 Esgueira Aveiro OLI 22 8 14 1725 1864 −139 30
9 Vitória 22 8 14 1746 1844 −98 30
10 Illiabum 22 8 14 1737 1826 −89 30
11 Galitos 22 6 16 1716 1875 −159 28
12 Imortal AlgarExperienc 22 3 19 1674 1899 −225 25
Source: FPB

Results
Home \ Away SLB MAD ESG GAL ILL IMO LUS OLI OVA POR TER VIT
Benfica — 105–91 112–66 111–70 98–75 88–80 89–69 83–75 101–78 93–88 82–65 83–81
CAB Madeira 69–89 — 76–72 71–77 72–69 88–58 86–92 79–89 82–77 70–95 86–91 80–58
Esgueira Aveiro OLI 69–89 66–77 — 84–74 79–64 87–84 77–85 74–86 75–86 82–93 89–81 85–77
Galitos 77–81 71–88 83–69 — 83–70 101–90 66–75 70–111 74–87 98–102 69–81 83–88
Illiabum 64–71 92–90 80–83 89–73 — 86–76 85–78 75–85 67–75 90–76 86–84 88–69
Imortal AlgarExperienc 87–93 66–77 58–76 76–91 85–77 — 87–81 76–95 58–83 70–84 90–99 78–71
Lusitânia 76–88 82–78 93–92 76–65 94–86 85–84 — 57–77 67–73 85–78 77–85 84–91
Oliveirense 92–82 86–56 106–83 82–60 94–66 84–68 89–87 — 80–71 93–80 77–51 89–66
Ovarense Gavex 55–70 87–78 77–85 80–69 85–92 72–67 84–78 64–80 — 76–79 103–76 82–60
Porto 96–78 93–61 98–64 97–88 97–68 94–65 90–85 82–96 104–84 — 75–86 94–86
Terceira 64–101 78–89 86–80 79–87 82–78 100–89 74–77 63–84 84–75 73–85 — 71–76
Vitória 71–74 88–72 99–88 88–87 97–90 87–82 96–100 86–91 67–77 77–84 67–82 —
Source: FPB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group 1–6

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Oliveirense 22 21 1 1941 1579 +362 42 Qualification to playoffs
2 Benfica 22 20 2 1961 1658 +303 40
3 Porto 22 16 6 1964 1768 +196 32
4 Ovarense Gavex 22 12 10 1731 1693 +38 24
5 Lusitânia 22 11 11 1783 1821 −38 22
6 Terceira 22 10 12 1735 1822 −87 20
Source: FPB

Results
Home \ Away SLB LUS OLI OVA POR TER
Benfica — 113–76 71–78 90–61 79–84 112–60
Lusitânia 76–91 — 98–100 72–69 79–85 90–87
Oliveirense 79–84 98–74 — 87–62 88–68 103–75
Ovarense Gavex 80–57 82–90 68–70 — 73–80 98–76
Porto 73–76 103–70 81–79 99–73 — 105–69
Terceira 75–119 60–84 70–93 83–89 87–96 —
Source: FPB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group 7–12

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CAB Madeira 22 9 13 1717 1781 −64 18 Qualification to playoffs
2 Esgueira Aveiro OLI 22 8 14 1725 1864 −139 16
3 Vitória 22 8 14 1746 1844 −98 16
4 Illiabum 22 8 14 1737 1826 −89 16
5 Galitos 22 6 16 1716 1875 −159 12
6 Imortal AlgarExperienc 22 3 19 1674 1899 −225 6 Relegation to Proliga
Source: FPB

Results
Home \ Away MAD ESG GAL ILL IMO VIT
CAB Madeira — 90–72 94–90 75–80 85–66 74–79
Esgueira Aveiro OLI 62–73 — 73–76 87–66 83–81 69–66
Galitos 75–77 87–71 — 68–73 82–72 85–80
Illiabum 77–95 90–86 75–85 — 98–86 82–72
Imortal AlgarExperienc 75–80 83–77 85–92 89–82 — 79–78
Vitória 95–58 73–81 82–83 78–83 91–85 —
Source: FPB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Oliveirense3
 
 
 
Illiabum0
 
Oliveirense3
 
 
 
Ovarense Gavex0
 
Ovarense Gavex3
 
 
 
Lusitânia0
 
Oliveirense 3
 
 
 
Benfica 1
 
Benfica3
 
 
 
CAB Madeira0
 
Benfica3
 
 
 
Porto0
 
Porto3
 
 
Terceira0
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Oliveirense 3–0 Illiabum 90–68 88–75 92–6900
Benfica 3–0 CAB Madeira 92–63 101–59 80–5900
Porto 3–0 Terceira 92–82 91–77 85–7900
Ovarense Gavex 3–0 Lusitânia 68–63 86–69 86–7700

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Oliveirense 3–0 Ovarense Gavex 99–72 94−68 93–7300
Benfica 3–0 Porto 89−82 84–61 77–6800

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Oliveirense 3–1 Benfica 85–75 74–81 87-8297-720

Portuguese clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
PortoChampions LeagueFirst qualifying round
FIBA Europe CupRegular season
BenficaSecond qualifying round

References
  1. "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.
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