Angolan Basketball League


The Angolan Men's Basketball League,, for sponsorship reasons known as the Unitel Basket, is the top tier men's basketball league in Angola.
Primeiro de Agosto has been the most successful club in Angola with a total of 19 titles won, followed by Petro de Luanda who have won 18 championships.
The champions of each Unitel Basket season qualify directly for the Basketball Africa League.

Sponsorship names

In 2014, the Angolan Basketball Federation signed a sponsoring deal with Angola's Banco de Investimento e Crédito, which it claimed to be more favourable than the one with Banco Africano de Investimentos. Such agreement caused the league to be renamed as BIC Basket.
The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named after its major sponsors, formerly Banco Africano de Investimentos, Banco de Investimento e Crédito and Unitel, the competition is organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation.
  • BAI Basket
  • BIC Basket:
  • Unitel Basket:

    Teams

Current teams

The following fourteen teams play in the 2024–25 season:
ClubLocation
Akiras AcademyUíge
ASALuanda
Clube Amigos de BenguelaBenguela
CPPLLobito
Desportivo KwanzaLuanda
InterclubeLuanda
Interclube BLuanda
Petro de LuandaLuanda
Petro de Luanda BLuanda
Primeiro de AgostoLuanda
Sporting de LuandaLuanda
Sporting de LuandaLuanda
Vila ClotildeLuanda
Vila Clotilde BLuanda

Former teams

Note: denotes a team that has been dissolved.

Before independence

It wasn't until 1963 that the Portuguese national basketball championship began to include clubs from the províncias ultramarinas of Angola and Mozambique. This new format began with one team from each of the three locations and then changed to two teams from the host and one from each of the remaining two locations, who played a round-robin tournament to determine the champion of Portugal, with the championship taking place alternatively at each of the three capitals: Luanda, Lourenço Marques and Lisbon/Porto. From 1963 to 1974, 12 championships were held, with only one Angolan club succeeding to win the championship: Benfica de Luanda in 1967
SeasonLocationChampionScoreRunner-upScoreThirdScoreFourth
1962-63

Total league championships

TeamWonYears won

List of champions and finals

MVP award winners and statistical leaders

Performance by club

The following table lists the performance of all teams that have won or were runners-up in the Angolan Basketball League. Six teams have won the Angolan championship over history.
Bold indicates club that are still active in the Angolan Basketball League.
ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Primeiro de Agosto 1981981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 20182006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2023, 2025
Petro de Luanda 1861989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20252000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2017
Benfica do Libolo352012, 2014, 20172010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
ASA301980, 1996, 1997
Sporting de Luanda201982, 1984
Ferroviário de Luanda101979
Interclube052002, 2005, 2021, 2022, 2024

League details (2000s)

League details (1980s)