Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol

Professional basketball league in Mozambique
Basketball league
Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
First season1960
CountryMozambique
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Current championsCosta do Sol (2nd title)
(2023)
Most championshipsMaxaquene (18 titles)
2023 LMB season

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).

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 Not held[a]
2022 Ferroviário da Beira (4) Ferroviário de Maputo Costa do Sol [16][17]
2023[b] Costa do Sol (2) Ferroviário de Maputo Ferroviário da Beira [18]
  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 4 7 2 2022
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

Top scorer

  • 2022 – Danilo Cumbe, Costa do Sol (147 points)[22]
  • 2023 – Baggio Chimonzo, Ferroviário de Maputo (245 points)[24]

In the Basketball Africa League

Season Representative team Road to BAL Qualified Main competition Record
2021 Ferroviário de Maputo  Bronze Yes Quarter-finalist
1–3
2022 Ferroviário da Beira  Gold Yes Group phase
1–4
2023  Silver Yes Quarter-finalist
2–4
2024 Elite 16 No DNQ

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Men Basquetebol Mocambique Liga Nacional 2018 Beira 03 - 24.08 - Campeao Ferroviário Maputo".
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Basquetebol Arquivo de Campeonatos Nacionais de Mocambique". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol 2008 - Campeao Maxaquene Maputo". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol 2009 - Campeao Maxaquene Maputo". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol 2010 - Campeao Maxaquene Maputo". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Campeonato Moçambicano de Basquetebol 2011 - Campeao Ferroviário Maputo". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol 2012 - Campeao Ferroviário da Beira". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Basquetebol Mocambique Campeonato Nacional Masculino 2013 jogado 2014 - Campeao Ferroviário da Beira". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Basquetebol Mocambique Campeonato Nacional Masculino 2013 jogado 2014 - Campeao Ferroviário da Beira".
  11. ^ "Desportivo de Maputo crowned champions - afrobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Ferroviario de Maputo celebrate the title". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Men Basquetebol Mocambique Liga Nacional 2018 Beira 03 - 24.08 - Campeao Ferroviário Maputo".
  14. ^ "Men Basquetebol Mocambique Liga Nacional 2019 Maputo 20.08-07.09 - Campeao Ferroviário Maputo".
  15. ^ "Ferroviário da Beira qualifica-se para a Liga Africana de Basquetebol (Moçambique)". A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Basquetebol: Ferroviário da Beira campeão nacional depois de vencer homónimo de Maputo por 3-0 » Desporto » Jornal Visão Moçambique". jornalvisaomoz.com. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Men Basquetebol Mocambique Liga Nacional 2022 Liga Mozal - Maputo 22nd March - 6th Abril - Campeao Ferroviario da Beira". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  18. ^ Nhamurave, Samuel. "basquetebol: costa do sol sagra-se campeão 20 anos depois" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  19. ^ "Pio Matos o mais valioso basquetebolista de Moçambique – Verdade" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  20. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Africa Champions Cup 2017". AIPS AFRICA. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  21. ^ a b "Calvo Alvaro". www.interperformances.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Basquetebol: Danilo Cumbe é melhor marcador da Liga Mozal". Folha de Maputo (in Portuguese). 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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  24. ^ a b "Danilo Cumbe é o MVP e Baggio Chimonzo o melhor marcador e triplista da Liga Mozal". lance.co.mz (in Portuguese). 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

Notes

  1. ^ Including championships when the team was known as Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques (until 1976).
  2. ^ Including when the team was named Desportivo de Lourenço Marques.
  3. ^ Known as Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques.

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