2015–16 LPB season

Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol
Season	2015–16
Games played	110 (first phase) 20 (second phase)
Teams	11
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 13 March 2016.

The 2015–16 LPB season is the 83rd season of the premier Portuguese basketball league, and the eight season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB) format.

A total of eleven teams played a regular phase under a double round-robin format, with the odd team resting every matchday. In the second phase, contested in the same format, teams were divided into two groups according to their classification in the previous phase: Group A comprised the six best-ranked teams and Group B included the remaining teams. The six teams from Group A and the two best-placed teams from Group B qualify for the championship play-offs, while the last-placed team from Group B is relegated to the Proliga.

Benfica are the four-time defending champions.

Teams

Barcelos

Benfica

Eléctrico

Porto

Galitos

Maia Basket

Oliveirense

Ovarense

V. Guimarães

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Location of teams in 2015–16 LPB season (Mainland)

CAB Madeira

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Location of teams in 2015–16 LPB season (Madeira)

Lusitânia

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Location of teams in 2015–16 LPB season (Azores)

Due to the withdrawal of Algés, a total of 11 teams will participate in the 2015–16 LPB. The Portuguese Basketball Federation invited each of the teams relegated in the previous season, Illiabum and Sampaense, to take the place left vacant by Algés, but neither accepted. In this way, the top nine teams (excluding Algés) from the 2014–15 LPB will be joined by the top two teams from the 2014–15 Proliga: Porto, who return to the top-tier league after the 2011–12 season, and Eléctrico.

Team	City	Venue
Barcelos	Barcelos	Pavilhão da Escola Secundária de Barcelos
Benfica	Lisbon	Pavilhão da Luz Nº 1
CAB Madeira	Funchal, Madeira	Pavilhão do CAB
Eléctrico	Ponte de Sôr	Pavilhão Municipal de Ponte de Sôr
Galitos Barreiro	Barreiro	Pavilhão Municipal Luís Carvalho
Lusitânia	Angra do Heroísmo, Azores	Pavilhão Municipal de Angra do Heroísmo
Maia Basket	Maia	Pavilhão Municipal de Formigueiro
Oliveirense	Oliveira de Azeméis	Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado
Ovarense Dolce Vita	Ovar	Arena Dolce Vita
Porto	Porto	Dragão Caixa
Vitória de Guimarães	Guimarães	Pavilhão do Vitória S.C.

First phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	20	19	1	1607	1296	+311	39	Second phase (Group A)
2	Porto	20	17	3	1516	1283	+233	37
3	Ovarense Dolce Vita	20	12	8	1541	1441	+100	32
4	Oliveirense	20	11	9	1435	1404	+31	31
5	Barcelos	20	11	9	1369	1343	+26	31
6	Galitos Barreiro	20	11	9	1461	1404	+57	31
7	Lusitânia	20	9	11	1458	1526	−68	29	Second phase (Group B)
8	Vitória de Guimarães	20	8	12	1482	1474	+8	28
9	CAB Madeira	20	5	15	1400	1554	−154	25
10	Eléctrico	20	4	16	1380	1631	−251	24
11	Maia Basket	20	3	17	1282	1575	−293	23

Source: FPB

Second phase

In the second phase, teams start 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		SLB	POR	OVA	OLI	GAL	BAR
1	Benfica	20	15	5	1632	1442	+190	35	Playoffs		—	70–80	96–92	95–70	75–63	85–69
2	Porto	20	14	6	1478	1356	+122	34			97–94	—	87–74	80–69	73–77	64–58
3	Ovarense Dolce Vita	20	10	10	1507	1479	+28	30			82–77	69–64	—	62–70	92–86	76–64
4	Oliveirense	20	9	11	1423	1467	−44	29			84–77	65–82	65–74	—	75–69	82–58
5	Galitos Barreiro	20	8	12	1408	1466	−58	28			77–94	62–60	74–61	83–82	—	66–50
6	Barcelos	20	4	16	1267	1505	−238	24			70–88	57–93	65–87	85–81	60–63	—

Source: FPB

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		VIT	LUS	MAD	ELE	MAI
1	Vitória de Guimarães	16	13	3	1328	1200	+128	29	Qualification to playoffs		—	89–84	92–91	86–77	77–62
2	Lusitânia	16	11	5	1289	1211	+78	27			82–86	—	75–73	92–85	59–58
3	CAB Madeira	16	9	7	1280	1248	+32	25			87–77	88–92	—	101–79	76–64
4	Eléctrico	16	5	11	1201	1273	−72	21			63–73	84–82	64–71	—	85–74
5	Maia Basket	16	2	14	1102	1265	−163	18	Relegation to Proliga		64–76	67–89	69–86	93–79	—

Source: FPB

External links

• FPB website