# 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.
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.
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.

## Teams

| 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 | Qualification to Group A |
| 3 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1964 | 1768 | +196 | 38 | Qualification to Group A |
| 4 | Ovarense Gavex | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1731 | 1693 | +38 | 34 | Qualification to Group A |
| 5 | Lusitânia | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1783 | 1821 | −38 | 33 | Qualification to Group A |
| 6 | Terceira | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1735 | 1822 | −87 | 32 | Qualification to Group A |
| 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 | Qualification to Group B |
| 9 | Vitória | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1746 | 1844 | −98 | 30 | Qualification to Group B |
| 10 | Illiabum | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1737 | 1826 | −89 | 30 | Qualification to Group B |
| 11 | Galitos | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1716 | 1875 | −159 | 28 | Qualification to Group B |
| 12 | Imortal AlgarExperienc | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1674 | 1899 | −225 | 25 | Qualification to Group B |

### 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 | — |

## 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 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1964 | 1768 | +196 | 32 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Ovarense Gavex | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1731 | 1693 | +38 | 24 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Lusitânia | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1783 | 1821 | −38 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Terceira | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1735 | 1822 | −87 | 20 | Qualification to playoffs |

### 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 | — |

## 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 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 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 |

### 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 | — |

## Playoffs

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

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Oliveirense | 3 | | |
| Illiabum | 0 | | |
| Illiabum | 0 | Oliveirense | 3 |
| | | Ovarense Gavex | 0 |
| Ovarense Gavex | 3 | Ovarense Gavex | 0 |
| Lusitânia | 0 | | | | |
| Lusitânia | 0 | | | Oliveirense | 3 |
| | | | | Benfica | 1 |
| Benfica | 3 | | | Benfica | 1 |
| CAB Madeira | 0 | | | | |
| CAB Madeira | 0 | Benfica | 3 | | |
| | | Porto | 0 |
| Porto | 3 | Porto | 0 |
| Terceira | 0 | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Oliveirense | 3–0 | Illiabum | 90–68 | 88–75 | 92–69 | 0 | 0 |
| Benfica | 3–0 | CAB Madeira | 92–63 | 101–59 | 80–59 | 0 | 0 |
| Porto | 3–0 | Terceira | 92–82 | 91–77 | 85–79 | 0 | 0 |
| Ovarense Gavex | 3–0 | Lusitânia | 68–63 | 86–69 | 86–77 | 0 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Oliveirense | 3–0 | Ovarense Gavex | 99–72 | 94−68 | 93–73 | 0 | 0 |
| Benfica | 3–0 | Porto | 89−82 | 84–61 | 77–68 | 0 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Oliveirense | 3–1 | Benfica | 85–75 | 74–81 | 87-82 | 97-72 | 0 |

## Portuguese clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Porto | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Porto | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Benfica | FIBA Europe Cup | Second qualifying round |