Compal Super Cup (Portugal/Angola/Mozambique)

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The first Portugal-Angola Supercup will be played in Luanda next month. It will comprise the Portuguese and Angolan champions and two more teams. In years to come the tournament may include other Portuguese-speaking countries (Mozambique, Brazil, Cape Verde, etc.)

Benfica (Portuguese champion)
Ovarense (2009 Portuguese Cup winner)
1º de Agosto (Angolan champion)
Petro Luanda (Angolan Cup runner-up)

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First Day

Petro de Luanda 67 1º de Agosto 72

Petro de Luanda: Eduardo Mingas(01), Curtis Terry(16),Fernando Albano (00), Roberto Fortes(11),Afonso Rodrigues(00),Paulo
Santana(02),Miguel Kiala(08) ,Francisco Horácio(13),Mário Porter(04),Vlademir Pontes(00), Hermenegildo Mbunga(04),Idelfonso Kiteculo(08).

Coach: Alberto Babo

1º de Agosto: Filipe Abrão(05),Armando Costa(05), Adilson Baza(00) ,Mário Correia(08) Joaquim Gomes(08), Felizardo Ambrosio(07),Vladimir Gerónimo(08) Francisco Jordão(06), Adolfo Quimbamba (03),Carlos Almeida(05),Miguel Lutonda(17) Islando Manuel(00).


Coach:Luis Magalhães


Benfica de Lisboa 69 Ovarense 55

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2º Day

Petro 52 Benfica 87

Petro: Mingas (2), Braúlio Morais (0), Curtis Terry (13), Fernando Albano (0), Roberto Fortes (14), Afonso Rodrigues (2), Paulo Santana (8), Miguel Kiala (6), Francisco Horácio (0), Mário Porter (2), Hermenegildo Mbunga (2) e Idelfonso Kiteculo (3).

Coach: Alberto Babo

Benfica: António Tavares (4), Miguel Barroca (10), Sérgio Ramos (5), Diogo Correia (7), Cristóvão Cordeiro (2), Miguel Minheva (8),
Bem Reed (10), Ewis Évora (4), Will Frisby (2), Heshimo Evans (14), Ecky Viana (6) e João Santos (15).

Coach: Henrique Vieira.

1º de Agosto 77 Ovarense 55

1º de Agosto: Felipe Abraão (8 pontos), Armando Costa (5), Adilso Baza (7), Mário Correia (3), Kikas (10), Felizardo Ambrósio (3), Ricardino (3), Francisco Jordão (8), Adolfo Quimbamba (9), Carlos Almeida (13), Lutonda (8) e Hermegildo Santos (0).

Coach: Luís Magalhães

Ovarense: Miguel Rodrigues (0), Pedro Azevedo (9), José Barbosa (0), Nuno Avares (6), André Pinto (12), Cris Lee (1), John Waller (15), Miguel Miranda (3), Nelson Costa (6), Humberto Oliveira (3) e Nuno Morais (não jogou).

Coach: Mário Leite

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Third Day

Benfica was the best time and deserved the cup.
Miguel Lutonda was named MVP but to me Heshimu Evans of Benfica was the best player in this cup.
Next year we have more

Benfica 64 1º de Agosto 57

Benfica: António Tavares (3), Miguel Barroca (2), Sérgio Ramos (14), Diogo Correia (00), Cristóvão Cordeiro (00), Miguel Minheva (00),
Bem Reed (10), Ewis Évora (10), Will Frisby (4), Heshimo Evans (12), Ecky Viana (00) e João Santos (9).

Coach: Henrique Vieira.

1º de Agosto: Felipe Abraão (1), Armando Costa (8), Adilso Baza (2), Mário Correia (5), Kikas (6), Felizardo Ambrósio (3), Ricardino (7), Francisco Jordão (00), Adolfo Quimbamba (4), Carlos Almeida (7), Lutonda (14) e Islando Manuel (0).

Coach: Luis Magalhães



Ovarense 59 Petro de Luanda 66

Ovarense: Miguel Rodrigues(00), Pedro Azvedo(09), José Barbosa(03), Nuno Avares(03), André Pinto(12), Cris Lee(00), John Waller(13), Miguel Costa(09), Nelson Costa(05), Humberto Oliveira(05),Nuno Morais(00).

Coach: Mário Leite

Petro de Luanda: Eduardo Mingas(16), Curtis Terry(07), Fernando Albano(05), Roberto Fortes(02), Afonso Rodrigues(00), Paulo Santana(09), Miguel Kiala(11), Francisco Horácio(03) Mário Porter(09) Vladimir Pontes(00), Hermenegildo Mbunga(04), Idelfonso Kiteculo(00).

Coach: Alberto Babo

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Benfica keeps unstoppable since last season. Back to the old days. Ovarense showed very poor game...

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Compal Cup 2011

The tournament is now called Compal Cup and will be played in Portugal this year (11-13 February) with the following teams:

1º de Agosto (ANG)
Recreativo Libolo (ANG)
Benfica (POR)
Porto (POR)

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The tournament is now called Compal Cup and will be played in Portugal this year (11-13 February) with the following teams:

1º de Agosto (ANG)
Recreativo Libolo (ANG)
Benfica (POR)
Porto (POR)

How strong is the connection between the two countries in terms of basketball?

Since Angola is considered a more developed basketball countries do they try to send some of their players to Portugal to up lift the level of the league?

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How strong is the connection between the two countries in terms of basketball?

Since Angola is considered a more developed basketball countries do they try to send some of their players to Portugal to up lift the level of the league?

Actually no, it's more the other way around. Many players from the Portuguese league (not necessarily Portuguese) go to play in Angola. Afaik wages are generally higher there for more high-calibre players. Just recently Angola NT guard Armando Costa rejected proposals from Benfica and Ovarense and chose to stay in Angola. I guess you get the general scenario with this example
There used to be many Angolan players in the Portuguese league, but back then they had double citizenship (born before 1974). Since that does not happen anymore, clubs usually prefer to sign Americans...

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Since that does not happen anymore, clubs usually prefer to sign Americans...

I heard that one of Australia's favourite (well more like Sydney Kings' fans) import played in Portugal after playing in the Australian National Basketball League. His name was Rolan "Mack Truck" Roberts. I remembered him very well as he help led Sydney to their third consecutive championship and the following year to the NBL Finals. He was amazing since he was only 6'6" but weas built like a tank thus, he was able to make his presence felt on the defensive and offensive end. He demonstrated that you do not have to be a high jumper to be a great shot blocker as he was in the top 4 in blocks per game but was clearly not one of the highest jumpers in the league.

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Day 1

1º de Agosto 77 Recreativo Libolo 76

Benfica 64 Porto 72

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Day 2

1º de Agosto 95 Benfica 89

Porto 74 Recreativo Libolo 83

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Day 3

Recreativo Libolo 109 Benfica 107 OT

1º de Agosto 96 Porto 87

1º de Agosto claims the cup!

Final standings:
1. 1º de Agosto 3-0
2. Recreativo Libolo 2-1
3. Porto 1-2
4. Benfica 0-3

Conclusion: Angolan basketball is now officially ahead of Portuguese basketball

[Dtown]

Taking first and second, wow. Perhaps Benfica should give up their Eurochallenge spot to 1º de Agosto

[Khalid80]

Recreativo Libolo 109 Benfica 107 OT

1º de Agosto 96 Porto 87

1º de Agosto claims the cup!

Final standings:
1. 1º de Agosto 3-0
2. Recreativo Libolo 2-1
3. Porto 1-2
4. Benfica 0-3

Conclusion: Angolan basketball is now officially ahead of Portuguese basketball

Sweet! Is that a 1 Million Euro prize as well that comes with winning the tournament ?

I would like to see how Angola would fare if they played in the Euro-Championship qualifiers.... I'm definitely sure they would qualify to this years' Championship (with 24 teams) but not sure if they would make it to the 2nd round. (Depending on which group they were placed in)....When Angola made it to the second round of the World Championships last year they beat Germany and Jordan but we can't really compare the 2 events..... I believe in European championship the level of the teams is closer to one another as compared to that in the WC...

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Sweet! Is that a 1 Million Euro prize as well that comes with winning the tournament ?

Glad you mentioned that, since it says there it's 10 thousand euros, but the number shows 1 million The number wrong

I would like to see how Angola would fare if they played in the Euro-Championship qualifiers.... I'm definitely sure they would qualify to this years' Championship (with 24 teams) but not sure if they would make it to the 2nd round. (Depending on which group they were placed in)....When Angola made it to the second round of the World Championships last year they beat Germany and Jordan but we can't really compare the 2 events..... I believe in European championship the level of the teams is closer to one another as compared to that in the WC...

I thought of that too some days ago. I think Angola would qualify as well with the current system, but I believe they'd still be able to qualify with the previous one. Interesting discussion worth a thread imo.