António Pratas Trophy
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The trophy at Museu Cosme Damião
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Inaugural season | 2007 |
| No. of teams | 5 and 16 |
| Country |
 Portugal
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| Continent |
 Europe
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| Most recent champion(s) |
LPB: Benfica (5h title) Proliga: Terceira Basket (1st title) |
| Most titles | LPB: Benfica (5 titles) Proliga: Illiabum (3 titles) |
| Related competitions |
LPB Proliga |
The Troféu António Pratas (English: António Pratas Trophy) is an annual cup competition for Portuguese basketball teams organized by the Portuguese Basketball Federation. Created in 2007 to honour António Pratas, its first edition was only open to Proliga clubs. A year later, it expanded to include teams from the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol and has since established itself as a "curtain-raiser" for the season.
Played in early October in two different levels, Proliga and LPB, each winner receives a trophy for their respective competition. After the inaugural season won by Benfica, its second had six winners in the three different regions. Its third year was a one-off edition were both leagues played together. Since 2010, the competition stabilized in the current format, where a qualification stage pre-dates a Final Four, which determines the winner. Benfica has five wins at LPB level, and Illiabum three at Proliga.
The Troféu António Pratas is a tournament created in September 2007 to honour the recently deceased António Pratas, a Portuguese basketball player who competed in the 1970s. The first edition was exclusivity for Proliga clubs and was played at the Pavilhão Henrique Miranda in Queluz. From the original fourteen teams, only Benfica and Física Torres Novas resisted through the three knock-out stages. The final played on 7 October 2007, was won by Benfica for 76–58 with Miguel Minhava scoring 17 points and being named man of the match. The trophy returned in 2008 and was expanded to include the teams from the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol, or LPB. In this new format, the tournament was split between three regions: north; centre; and south, and with Proliga and LPB teams playing in two different levels. Lasting from 26 to 28 September, the tournament produced six winners: in the LPB, Ovarense, Académica and Benfica, and at the Proliga, Illiabum, Sampaense and Galitos. A year later, the tournament changed format again and the Proliga and LPB played in one single competitions. To determine four teams for a Final Four, two stages of competition were needed, running from 3 to 24 October. The Final Four was played in Leiria, at Pavilhão dos Pousos, putting up Benfica against Académica and Vitória de Guimarães with Ovarense. Vitória beat Ovarense by 83–82, and Benfica defeated Académica by 80–50. However, the final itself was postponed after the collapse and sudden death of Kevin Widemond at the half time of the match between Ovarense and Académica to determine the third place. The final was rescheduled to 1 November, at the Pavilhão Multidesportos de Coimbra, where Vitória de Guimarães beat Benfica 76–69, aided by the 18 points from Rod Nealy, who was man of the match.
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