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 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 ...

(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 Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

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

. 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 The 2013–14 BAI Basket (36th edition), Angola's top tier basketball club competition, ran from November 15, 2013 through May 20, 2014. Recreativo do Libolo won the championship after finishing the final four with a 10-2 record. BAI Basket Par ...

, (finished 3rd in the

2013 Angola Second Division Basketball Championship The 2013 Angola 2nd Division Basketball Championship (1st edition), was a basketball tournament held in Lubango, Angola, from November 16 to 23, 2013. The tournament, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation, qualified the two top teams f ...

) CPPL was the runner-up at the 2014 tournament, thus gaining access to the 2015 BIC Basket. In November 2014, shortly before the beginning of the league, the club announced that it would not participate in the championship citing financial reasons. In the 2021–22 season, CPPL returned to the premier Angolan League after a 5-year absence since 2016.

Season by season

References

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History

Season by season

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