2021–22 LPB season

Liga Betclic1
Season	2021–22
Games played	190
Teams	12
Regular season
Relegated	Illiabum Clube Académica EFAPEL
Finals
Champions	SL Benfica (28th title)
Runners-up	FC Porto
Semifinalists	Sporting CP UD Oliveirense
← 2020–21 2022–23 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Betclic.

The 2021–22 LPB season, also known as Liga Betclic for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the 14th season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format. It started on 2 October 2021 with the regular season and ended on 11 June 2022 with the final.

Sporting CP was the defending champion which was swept by FC Porto in semifinals. SL Benfica won their 28th title earning their first title since the 2016–17 season.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2020–21 season and two promoted from the Proliga.

Teams promoted from Proliga

• CD Póvoa
• Illiabum Clube

Venues and locations

Académica

Benfica

Illiabum

Imortal

Oliveirense

Ovarense

Porto

Póvoa

Sporting

Vitória

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Location of teams in 2021–22 LPB

Madeira

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Location of teams in 2021–22 LPB (Madeira)

Lusitânia

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Location of teams in 2021–22 LPB (Azores)

Team	Home city	Arena
Académica EFAPEL	Coimbra	Pavilhão do Dr. Mario Mexia, Ceira
CAB Madeira	Funchal	Pavilhão do CAB
CD Póvoa	Póvoa de Varzim	Municipal Nortecoope
FC Porto	Porto	Dragão Arena
Illiabum Clube	Ílhavo	Capitão Adriano Nordeste
Imortal LUZiGÁS	Albufeira	Pavilhão do Albufeira
Lusitânia Expert	Angra do Heroísmo	Municipal
Ovarense GAVEX	Ovar	Arena Gavex
SL Benfica	Lisbon	Pavilhão Fidelidade
Sporting CP	Lisbon	Pavilhão João Rocha
UD Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Dr. Salvador Machado
Vitória SC	Guimarães	Uni Vimaranense

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	SL Benfica	22	19	3	1953	1484	+469	41	Qualification to Group A
2	Sporting CP	22	19	3	1917	1547	+370	41
3	FC Porto	22	19	3	1605	1367	+238	41
4	UD Oliveirense	22	13	9	1701	1620	+81	35
5	Imortal LUZiGÁS	22	11	11	1717	1731	−14	33	Qualification to Group B
6	CAB Madeira	22	11	11	1697	1763	−66	33
7	Lusitânia Expert	22	10	12	1684	1790	−106	32
8	CD Póvoa	22	9	13	1535	1675	−140	31
9	Ovarense GAVEX	22	8	14	1644	1749	−105	30	Qualification to Group C
10	Vitória SC	22	6	16	1662	1887	−225	28
11	Illiabum Clube	22	5	17	1666	1791	−125	27
12	Académica EFAPEL	22	2	20	1614	1991	−377	24

Source: FPB

Second phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	SL Benfica	28	24	4	2424	1898	+526	52	Qualification to playoffs
2	FC Porto	28	23	5	2054	1773	+281	51
3	Sporting CP	28	21	7	2343	1998	+345	49
4	UD Oliveirense	28	14	14	2099	2093	+6	42

Source: FPB

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
5	CAB Madeira	28	17	11	2269	2238	+31	45	Qualification to playoffs
6	Lusitânia Expert	28	12	16	2166	2309	−143	40
7	Imortal LUZiGÁS	28	12	16	2166	2220	−54	40
8	CD Póvoa	28	12	16	2009	2169	−160	40

Source: FPB

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Ovarense GAVEX	28	13	15	2182	2210	−28	41
10	Vitória SC	28	10	18	2205	2412	−207	38	Qualification to playout
11	Illiabum Clube	28	8	20	2143	2277	−134	36
12	Académica EFAPEL	28	2	26	2060	2523	−463	30	Relegation to Proliga

Source: FPB

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals								Semi-finals										Final
	1	SL Benfica	77	84		2
	8	CD Póvoa	59	67		0
									1	SL Benfica	89	93	75			3
									4	UD Oliveirense	72	80	60			0
	4	UD Oliveirense	82	72	77	2
	5	CAB Madeira	72	82	71	1
																			1	SL Benfica	79	56	47	91		3
																			2	FC Porto	58	48	65	63		1
	2	FC Porto	87	83		2
	7	Imortal LUZiGÁS	46	63		0
									2	FC Porto	87	74	95			3
									3	Sporting CP	68	71	80			0
	3	Sporting CP	82	90		2
	6	Lusitânia Expert	66	78		0

Source: FPB

Playout

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Vitória SC	3–0	Illiabum Clube	97–88	95–86	89–74	0	0

Source: FPB

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	SL Benfica (C)	37	32	5	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
2	FC Porto	37	29	8	Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup regular season
3	Sporting CP	33	23	10	Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
4	UD Oliveirense	34	16	18
5	CAB Madeira	31	18	13
6	Lusitânia Expert	30	12	18
7	Imortal LUZiGÁS	30	12	18
8	CD Póvoa	30	12	18
9	Ovarense GAVEX	28	13	15
10	Vitória SC	31	13	18
11	Illiabum Clube (R)	31	8	23	Relegation to Proliga
12	Académica EFAPEL (R)	28	2	26

Source: FPB
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Portuguese clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Sporting CP	Champions League	Qualifying round quarter-finals	Loss vs. Kalev/Cramo (69–86)	0–1
	FIBA Europe Cup	Quarter-finals	Loss vs. Bahçeşehir Koleji (124–139)	8–6
		Second round Group K	2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
		Regular season Group F	1st of 4 teams (4–2)
SL Benfica		Second round Group K	3rd of 4 teams (2–4)	9–5
		Regular season Group C	1st of 4 teams (5–1)
		Qualifying round final	Win vs. Donar (81–73)
		Qualifying round semi-finals	Win vs. Voluntari (83–77)
FC Porto		Regular season Group H	3rd of 4 teams (2–4)	4–4
		Qualifying round final	Win vs. Ironi Ness Ziona (79–70)
		Qualifying round semi-finals	Win vs. Keravnos (70–58)

External links

• Official website