League BIC Basket Number of teams 10 | Sport Basketball Champion 1º de Agosto | |
Duration January 8, 2016 – June, 2016 TV partner(s) TPA2 (Angola)TPA Internacional |
The 2015–16 BIC Basket (38th edition), Angola's top tier basketball club competition, will run from January 8, 2016 through June, 2016. It consists of four stages plus the playoffs. At the initial stage (regular season) all ten teams played each other in a double round robin system. In stage 2 (group stage 1), the first six teams from the regular season played in a single round robin in each group. In stage 3 (group stage 2), the first five teams from group stage 1 played in a round robin in group A whereas the four teams in group B plus the relegated team from group A played round robin classification matches in group B. In stage 4 (semifinals), the first-seeded team played a best-of-five series with the fourth-seeded team whereas the 2nd-seeded team played the third-seeded team with the winners playing a best-of-seven series of matches for the title and the losers playing a best-of-three series for third place. The 5th-seeded team from group A joined group B to play the group's 3rd-seeded team also in a best-of-five series whereas 1st-seeded plays 2nd seeded. Winners of those group B matches played a best-of-seven series for seventh place, the losers played a best-of-three for ninth place whereas the last two teams in group B will be relegated to the 2nd division championship.
Contents
Regular Season (November 20, 2015 - March 13, 2016)
* Note: Numbers in brackets indicate round number and leg
Regular season standings
Updated as of 3 March 2016
* 1 loss by default (no point awarded)
Group stage 1 (March 25, 2016 - April 20, 2016)
Times given below are in WAT UTC+1.Group stage 2 (April 29, 2016 – May 10, 2016)
Times given below are in WAT UTC+1.Awards
MVP
Top Scorer
Top Rebounder
Top Assistor