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Casa Do Pessoal Do Porto Do Lobito (basketball)
Casa do Pessoal do Porto do Lobito, commonly known as CPPL, is a multisports club from Lobito, Angola. It's men's basketball team competes at the Angolan Basketball League (also known as Unitel Basket), as well as other local competitions organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation. Other prominent sports in the club are handball and roller hockey. The club is officially the Port of Lobito (in Portuguese: ''Porto do Lobito'') and its full name literally translates as "Lobito Harbour Staff Club". History The CPPL organisation was founded in 1952 by a group of employees of the Port of Lobito with the goal of providing rest and recreation for the port workers. In the early 2000s, CPPL was a regular participant of the Angolan Basketball League. Financial shortages caused the senior basketball department to be suspended, only to be revamped in the early 2010s. After an unsuccessful attempt to access the 2013–14 BAI Basket, (finished 3rd in the 2013 Angola Second Division B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitel Basket
The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos) is the top tier men’s basketball league in Angola. 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 (Angola), Unitel, the competition is organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation. C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (basketball), Primeiro de Agosto has been the most successful club in Angola with a total of 19 titles won, followed by Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (basketball), Petro de Luanda, with 15. 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. Current teams The following 12 teams play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Angola Second Division Basketball Championship
The 2014 Angola 2nd Division Basketball Championship (2nd edition), was a basketball tournament held in Kuito, Bié, Angola, from September 17 to 25, 2014. The tournament, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation, qualified the two top teams for the 2014–15 BIC Basket and was contested by 4 clubs, that played in a double round robin system followed by the knock-out stages (semis and final). The tournament was won by Progresso do Sambizanga. Teams * Casa do Pessoal do Porto do Lobito * Marinha de Guerra de Angola * Sporting Clube do Bié * Progresso do Sambizanga Preliminary rounds ---- ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals Bronze medal match Final Final standings See also * 2014–15 BIC Basket References External links 2013 FIBA Africa Champions Cup for Women Official Website* {{Official website, http://www.fibaafrica.com/, FIBA Africa official website 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Clubs In Angola
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
