In Cape Verde, the finals were televised live on TCV and listened on radio on RCV.
The final was played between clubs from the Barlavento Islands, CS Mindelense, champion of the previous national season and regional winner and Académica do Porto Novo, champion of the Santo Antão South Zone. This was the recent finals appearance that featured clubs from the island chain. The winners did not compete into the Cape Verdean Super Cup and the 2017 CAF Champions League in the following season, primarily due to its schedule, a part of it, the regional championship and cup competitions within it.
The 2016 football championship final was Mindelense's was their fourteenth and recent appearance in their 97 year history and also their fourth consecutive and Académica do Porto Novo was their second appearance in their 32 year history.
Unlike the 2008 season which ended the finals in an away goals rule, the 2016 final was the second straight that the finals ended in both extra time and with a penalty shootout and the first with two legs, this was the only time it ever happened in Cape Verde.
Background
At group stage, both clubs participated in Group B, second them in two years that both clubs of the group appeared in the finals as they were the top two in that group and both advanced in the semis, the other under the away goals rule.
CS Mindelense had reached the national championship final fourteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time they won a championship title was last season in 2015 where they defeated FC Derby with a total of 2 goals to 1 in two of its matches. Académica do Porto Novo never won a championship title.
Mindelense won their 12th and recent national football championship title and was also their third consecutive. Mindelense qualified into the 2017 national championships in the following season.[1]
