# 2016–17 LPB season

The 2016–17 LPB season was the 84th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league, and the ninth season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as Liga Placard.
Benfica won its 27th title and recovered the title after beating defending champions Porto in the finals by 3–0.

## 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. Match wins, draws and losses are worth two, one and zero points, respectively. The second phase of the regular season comprises two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase compete in Group A, and the remaining six teams compete in Group B. Again, teams in each group compete 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 qualify for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B are relegated to the second-tier Proliga. The play-offs are 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

Maia Basket Escapeforte avoided relegation after the resign of Atlético Clube de Portugal to promote. Also, Sampaense promoted after Barcelos decided to dissolve its senior team.
| Team | City | Venue |
| Benfica | Lisbon | Pavilhão Fidelidade |
| CAB Madeira | Funchal, Madeira | Pavilhão do CAB |
| Eléctrico | Ponte de Sôr | Municipal |
| Galitos Barreiro | Barreiro | Luís Carvalho |
| Illiabum | Ílhavo | Capitão Adriano Nordeste |
| Lusitânia | Angra do Heroísmo, Azores | Municipal |
| Maia Basket Escapeforte | Maia | Municipal de Formigueiro |
| Oliveirense | Oliveira de Azeméis | Dr. Salvador Machado |
| Ovarense Dolce Vita | Ovar | Arena Dolce Vita |
| Porto | Porto | Dragão Caixa |
| Sampaense | Coimbra | Comendador Serafim Marques |
| Vitória de Guimarães | Guimarães | Pavilhão do Vitória S.C. |

## First phase
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1889 | 1491 | +398 | 41 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 2 | Benfica | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1787 | 1512 | +275 | 39 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 3 | Vitória de Guimarães | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1803 | 1682 | +121 | 38 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 4 | Oliveirense | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1582 | 1416 | +166 | 38 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 5 | Galitos Barreiro | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1669 | 1590 | +79 | 36 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 6 | Illiabum | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1710 | 1677 | +33 | 34 | Second phase (Group A) |
| 7 | CAB Madeira | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1752 | 1684 | +68 | 33 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 8 | Ovarense Dolce Vita | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1680 | 1735 | −55 | 33 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 9 | Lusitânia | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1658 | 1810 | −152 | 28 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 10 | Eléctrico | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1624 | 1887 | −263 | 26 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 11 | Sampaense | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1531 | 1920 | −389 | 25 | Second phase (Group B) |
| 12 | Maia Basket Escapeforte | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1605 | 1886 | −281 | 25 | Second phase (Group B) |

### Results

| Home \ Away | SLB | MAD | ELÉ | GAL | ILL | LUS | MAI | OLI | OVA | FCP | SAM | VIT |
| Benfica | | 75–66 | 104–66 | 69–57 | 93–74 | 100–65 | 89–66 | 74–81 | 87–69 | 69–56 | 99–65 | 85–64 |
| CAB Madeira | 72–90 | | 86–87 | 73–81 | 70–71 | 96–79 | 93–77 | 0–20 | 91–76 | 60–71 | 104–71 | 67–89 |
| Eléctrico | 62–85 | 82–89 | | 58–70 | 90–85 | 82–88 | 75–81 | 56–77 | 70–82 | 67–101 | 75–79 | 71–77 |
| Galitos Barreiro | 69–68 | 70–83 | 87–85 | | 83–74 | 89–77 | 94–55 | 79–77 | 82–71 | 61–67 | 83–54 | 80–68 |
| Illiabum | 85–71 | 84–87 | 91–62 | 59–71 | | 79–54 | 86–65 | 86–83 | 72–56 | 67–81 | 80–63 | 68–71 |
| Lusitânia | 82–91 | 74–92 | 62–75 | 84–67 | 78–82 | | 89–86 | 68–78 | 73–78 | 68–92 | 88–83 | 70–73 |
| Maia Basket | 60–66 | 72–93 | 98–84 | 74–75 | 86–89 | 82–89 | | 70–76 | 62–72 | 66–90 | 79–68 | 74–94 |
| Oliveirense | 78–75 | 76–70 | 76–63 | 74–62 | 75–67 | 82–62 | 82–73 | | 72–54 | 60–69 | 74–53 | 67–64 |
| Ovarense Dolce Vita | 74–83 | 93–88 | 77–83 | 94–90 | 73–84 | 68–61 | 81–71 | 67–65 | | 66–79 | 88–67 | 95–102 |
| Porto | 74–76 | 91–68 | 97–76 | 82–66 | 85–73 | 92–83 | 110–60 | 68–66 | 89–73 | | 111–62 | 92–71 |
| Sampaense | 59–73 | 79–111 | 91–78 | 61–73 | 73–87 | 65–96 | 89–74 | 70–81 | 67–69 | 59–121 | | 77–90 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 68–65 | 76–93 | 104–77 | 83–80 | 107–67 | 77–68 | 102–74 | 66–62 | 97–103 | 74–71 | 86–76 | |
* ↑ Game CAB Madeira – Oliveirense finished 103–95 but a 0–20 was given to Oliveirense.

## Second phase

In the second phase, teams started their group matches with the results from the matches played against the remaining teams in the same group, during the first phase.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | POR | SLB | OLI | VIT | GAL | ILL |
| 1 | Porto | 32 | 26 | 6 | 2716 | 2194 | +522 | 58 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 85–74 | 84–74 | 101–96 | 82–58 | 85–53 |
| 2 | Benfica | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2584 | 2268 | +316 | 56 | Qualification to playoffs | 87–70 | — | 72–67 | 80–76 | 76–74 | 106–68 |
| 3 | Oliveirense | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2326 | 2132 | +194 | 54 | Qualification to playoffs | 78–73 | 79–62 | — | 83–87 | 74–63 | 67–60 |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 32 | 21 | 11 | 2601 | 2463 | +138 | 53 | Qualification to playoffs | 78–76 | 80–85 | 74–84 | — | 69–81 | 72–55 |
| 5 | Galitos Barreiro | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2379 | 2321 | +58 | 50 | Qualification to playoffs | 61–83 | 78–79 | 72–64 | 71–80 | — | 80–61 |
| 6 | Illiabum | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2327 | 2483 | −156 | 45 | Qualification to playoffs | 44–88 | 79–76 | 69–74 | 65–86 | 63–72 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | MAD | OVA | ELE | LUS | SAM | MAI |
| 1 | CAB Madeira | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2662 | 2531 | +131 | 51 | Qualification to playoffs | — | 76–86 | 92–85 | 97–83 | 87–83 | 98–90 |
| 2 | Ovarense | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2534 | 2501 | +33 | 51 | Qualification to playoffs | 67–85 | — | 78–92 | 102–77 | 94–57 | 68–61 |
| 3 | Eléctrico | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2522 | 2744 | −222 | 43 | | 94–90 | 81–93 | — | 92–90 | 79–59 | 82–69 |
| 4 | Lusitânia | 32 | 8 | 24 | 2526 | 2745 | −219 | 40 | | 100–104 | 79–82 | 90–98 | — | 88–87 | 87–85 |
| 5 | Sampaense (R) | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2366 | 2802 | −436 | 38 | Relegation to Proliga | 83–84 | 78–87 | 93–97 | 109–97 | — | 95–88 |
| 6 | Maia Basket Escapeforte (R) | 32 | 5 | 27 | 2424 | 2774 | −350 | 37 | Relegation to Proliga | 74–97 | 80–97 | 103–96 | 88–77 | 81–91 | — |

## Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Porto | Porto | Porto | 95 | 92 | 97 | | | | | | |
| Ovarense | Ovarense | Ovarense | 72 | 63 | 68 | | | | | | |
| Ovarense | Ovarense | Ovarense | 72 | 63 | 68 | Porto | Porto | Porto | 80 | 83 | 95 |
| | | | | | | Vitória de Guimarães | Vitória de Guimarães | Vitória de Guimarães | 69 | 78 | 70 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 99 | 92 | 78 | 88 | 81 | Vitória de Guimarães | Vitória de Guimarães | Vitória de Guimarães | 69 | 78 | 70 |
| Galitos Barreiro | 57 | 98 | 81 | 79 | 79 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Galitos Barreiro | 57 | 98 | 81 | 79 | 79 | | | | | | | Porto | Porto | Porto | 70 | 81 | 53 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | 73 | 83 | 83 |
| Benfica | Benfica | 96 | 73 | 75 | 86 | | | | | | | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | 73 | 83 | 83 |
| CAB Madeira | CAB Madeira | 76 | 74 | 67 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CAB Madeira | CAB Madeira | 76 | 74 | 67 | 72 | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | 97 | 90 | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Oliveirense | Oliveirense | Oliveirense | 91 | 81 | 60 |
| Oliveirense | Oliveirense | Oliveirense | 92 | 91 | 64 | Oliveirense | Oliveirense | Oliveirense | 91 | 81 | 60 |
| Illiabum | Illiabum | Illiabum | 72 | 73 | 60 | | | | | | |

## Portuguese clubs in European competitions

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