The 2016–17 LPB season was the 84th season of the premier Portuguese

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league, and the ninth season under the current

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(LPB) format. For sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as Liga Placard. Benfica won its 27th title and recovered the title after beating defending champions

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in the finals by 3–0.

Format

The competition format consisted of two stages: a regular season, comprising two phases, and the play-offs. In the first phase of the regular season, the twelve participating teams compete against each other in a

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system, with home and away matches. Match wins, draws and losses are worth two, one and zero points, respectively. The second phase of the regular season comprises two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase compete in Group A, and the remaining six teams compete in Group B. Again, teams in each group compete against each other in a

system, with home and away matches. The six Group A teams and the two best-ranked Group B teams qualify for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B are relegated to the second-tier

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. The play-offs are disputed as a

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, with fixtures determined by each team's classification in the previous round, and comprise three knockout rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) played in a

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system.

Teams

Maia Basket Escapeforte avoided relegation after the resign of

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to promote. Also, Sampaense promoted after Barcelos decided to dissolve its senior team.

First phase

League table

Results

Second phase

In the second phase, teams started their group matches with the results from the matches played against the remaining teams in the same group, during the first phase.

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.

Portuguese clubs in European competitions

References

External links

FPB website
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