2023 LMB season

2023 LMB season
League	Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol
Sport	Basketball
Duration	14 December – 20 December 2023
Number of teams	8
Season MVP	Danilo Cumbe (Costa do Sol)
Top scorer	Baggio Chimonzo (Ferroviário de Maputo)
Finals champions	Costa do Sol (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ferroviário de Maputo

The 2023 LMB season (also known as the Liga Mozal) was the 14th season of the Liga Moçambicana de Basquetebol, the highest level of men's basketball in Mozambique. The season took place between 14 December to 20 December 2023.[1]

Costa do Sol won its second championship, 21 years after its first championship.[2]

Teams

União Juvenil de Napipine left the league after the 2022 season, while New Vision from Pemba entered the league.

Team	City
A Poltiécnica	Maputo
Costa do Sol	Maputo
Ferroviário da Beira	Beira
Ferroviário de Maputo	Maputo
Ferroviário de Nampula	Nampula
Maxaquene	Maputo
New Vision	Pemba
Sporting de Quelimane	Quelimane

Regular season

The eight teams played each other team once. The top four teams advance to the playoffs, while the bottom four qualified for the classification round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa do Sol	7	7	0	529	394	+135	14	Advance to playoffs
2	Ferroviário da Beira	7	6	1	520	352	+168	13
3	Ferroviário de Maputo	7	5	2	488	434	+54	12
4	A Politécnica	7	3	4	369	411	−42	10
5	Sporting de Quelimane	7	3	4	439	495	−56	10	Qualification for classification round for 5th–8th places
6	Maxaquene	7	2	5	458	491	−33	9
7	New Vision	7	1	6	467	547	−80	8
8	Ferroviário de Nampula	7	1	6	324	402	−78	8

Source: LMB on Facebook

Classification rounds for 5th–8th places

	First round					5th-6th place game
	5	Sporting de Quelimane	57
	8	Ferroviário de Nampula	66
						8	Ferroviário de Nampula	75
						7	New Vision	64
	6	Maxaquene	69
	7	New Vision	75			7th-8th place game
						5	Sporting de Quelimane	60
						6	Maxaquene	72

Playoffs

The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the finals were played in a best-of-five format.

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Costa do Sol	2
	4	A Politécnica	0
						1	Costa do Sol	3
						3	Ferroviário de Maputo	2
	2	Ferroviário da Beira	1
	3	Ferroviário de Maputo	2			Third place series
						2	Ferroviário da Beira	2
						4	A Politécnica	0

Individual awards

After the final gameday, the following individual awards were awarded by the Mozambican Basketball Federation:[3]

• Most Valuable Player: Danilo Cumbe (Costa do Sol)
• Top Scorer: Baggio Chimonzo, 245 points (Ferroviário de Maputo)
• Best Three-point Shooter: Baggio Chimonzo (Ferroviário de Maputo)

References

1. Bernardo, Selemane (2 December 2023). "Vem aí a Liga Mozal". Rádio Moçambique (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
2. Nhamurave, Samuel. "basquetebol: costa do sol sagra-se campeão 20 anos depois" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
3. "Danilo Cumbe é o MVP e Baggio Chimonzo o melhor marcador e triplista da Liga Mozal". lance.co.mz (in Portuguese). 23 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links

• LMB on Facebook