# Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol

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:
| 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 |
| Ferroviário de Nacala | Nacala | 2018 |
| Univ. Pedagogica Nampula | Nampula | 2015 |

## Champions

The following were the champions, runners-up and third place teams in the Mozambican League history:
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Ref. |
| 1960 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques | Sporting da Beira | – | |
| 1961 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (2) | Ferroviário da Beira | | |
| 1962 | Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques | Atletico da Beira | Sport Luanda e Benfica | |
| 1963 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (3) | | | |
| 1964 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (4) | | | |
| 1965 | Sporting de Lourenço Marques | | | |
| 1966 | Sporting de Lourenço Marques (2) | Ferroviário de Lourenço Marques | | |
| 1967 | Sporting de Lourenço Marques (3) | | | |
| 1968 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (5) | | | |
| 1969 | Desportivo de Lourenço Marques (6) | | | |
| 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 | Not held | Not held | 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 | – | |
| 2002 | Desportivo Maputo (12) | Academica Maputo | Maxaquene | |
| 2003 | Desportivo Maputo (13) | Ferroviário da Beira | Maxaquene | |
| 2004 | Maxaquene (24) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Desportivo Maputo | |
| 2005 | Ferroviário de Maputo (4) | Maxaquene | Academica Maputo | |
| 2006 | Ferroviário de Maputo (5) | Maxaquene | Ferroviário da Beira | |
| 2007 | Ferroviário de Maputo (6) | Ferroviário da Beira | Maxaquene | |
| 2008 | Ferroviário de Maputo (7) | Maxaquene | Costa do Sol | |
| 2009 | Maxaquene (25) | Ferroviário da Beira | Ferroviário de Maputo | |
| 2010 | Maxaquene (26) | Desportivo Maputo | – | |
| 2011 | Ferroviário de Maputo (8) | Desportivo Maputo | Maxaquene | |
| 2012 | Ferroviário da Beira | Maxaquene | – | |
| 2013 | Ferroviário da Beira (2) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Desportivo de Maputo | |
| 2014 | Ferroviário da Beira (3) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Desportivo de Maputo | |
| 2015 | Desportivo de Maputo (14) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Costa do Sol | |
| 2016 | Ferroviário de Maputo (8) | Ferroviário da Beira | A Politécnica Maputo | |
| 2017 | Ferroviário de Maputo (9) | Ferroviário da Beira | Costa do Sol | |
| 2018 | Ferroviário de Maputo (10) | Ferroviário da Beira | A Politécnica Maputo | |
| 2019 | Ferroviário de Maputo (11) | Costa do Sol | Ferroviário da Beira | |
| 2020 | Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic | Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic | Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic | Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Ferroviário da Beira (4) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Costa do Sol | |
| 2022 | Ferroviário da Beira (5) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Costa do Sol | |
| 2023 | Costa do Sol (2) | Ferroviário de Maputo | Ferroviário da Beira | |
| 2024 | Ferroviário da Beira (6) | Costa do Sol | | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Desportivo Maputo | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2003 |
| Ferroviário de Maputo | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2019 |
| Ferroviário da Beira | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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

* 2015 – Pio Matos, Ferroviário de Maputo
* 2017 – Ismael Nurmamade, Ferroviário da Beira
* 2018 – Álvaro Calvo Masa, Ferroviário de Maputo
* 2019 – Álvaro Calvo Masa, Ferroviário de Maputo
* 2021 – Will Perry, Ferroviário da Beira
* 2022 – Will Perry, Ferroviário da Beira
* 2023 – Danilo Cumbe, Costa do Sol

### Top scorer

* 2022 – Danilo Cumbe, Costa do Sol (147 points)
* 2023 – Baggio Chimonzo, Ferroviário de Maputo (245 points)

## In the Basketball Africa League

| Season | Representative team | Road to BAL | Main competition | Record |
| 2021 | Ferroviário de Maputo | Bronze | Quarter-finalist | 1–3 |
| 2022 | Ferroviário da Beira | Gold | Group phase | 1–4 |
| 2023 | Ferroviário da Beira | Silver | Quarter-finalist | 2–4 |
| 2024 | Ferroviário da Beira | Elite 16 | DNQ | DNQ |