2016-17_Euroleague

2016–17 EuroLeague

2016–17 EuroLeague

EuroLeague season


The 2016–17 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 17th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the seventh under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 60th season of the premier level competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

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This was the first season in which the competition changed to a league format, with sixteen teams playing each other in a home-and-away round-robin competition. Regular season groups were abolished, as well as the Top 16 group stage.

The Final Four was hosted by the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey.[1] Fenerbahçe won its inaugural European championship in its home city after defeating Olympiacos in the final.[2]

Format changes

In July 2015, FIBA tried to take the helm of the EuroLeague, by trying to convince eight of the eleven teams with an A-Licence to play in a new competition organized by FIBA instead of the current EuroLeague.[3] This proposal was unanimously rejected by the EuroLeague clubs.[4] In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's first tier club competition,[5][6] by proposing that the Basketball Champions League become Europe's new 1st tier competition, with 16 teams playing in a round-robin format, granting eight guaranteed spots to different clubs.

In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball agreed to a 10-year joint venture with IMG.[7] In its press release, the EuroLeague announced a new competition format for the 2016–17 season, with only 16 teams, including the eleven licensed clubs (Anadolu Efes, Baskonia, CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Fenerbahçe, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olimpia Milan, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, and Žalgiris).

The regular season features a single group with a double round-robin. The first eight qualified teams will then play in a best-of-five playoff round for qualification to the Final Four. As a result, the maximum number of games per team increased from 31 to 37.

Team allocation

A total of 16 teams participated in the 2016–17 EuroLeague.[8] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.[8][9]

  • LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • EC: EuroCup champion
  • WC: Wild card
Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Serbian Crvena zvezda mts qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^
    VTB United League (VTB): Russian UNICS qualified through the VTB United League.

Teams

A total of 16 teams from nine countries contest the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2015–16 season, one team qualified from the EuroCup, three highest-placed teams from ABA League, Germany and VTB United League and one team qualified with a wild card.[10]

Brose Bamberg and Crvena zvezda mts qualified after clinching respectively the Bundesliga and ABA League titles. UNICS qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Galatasaray Odeabank qualified as the Eurocup champions and Darüşşafaka Doğuş qualified with a wild card.

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

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Managerial changes

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Regular season

Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray Odeabank pre-match ceremony

In the regular season, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams were eliminated. The matchdays are from 12 October 2016 to 7 April 2017.

League table

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Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

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Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first two games will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the third game and, if necessary, the fourth, will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams.

Game 1 was played on 18 and 19 April, game 2 was played on 20 and 21 April, game 3 was played on 25 and 26 April, game 4, if necessary, was played on 28 April, and game 5, if necessary, was played on 2 May 2017.

Series

Final Four

The Final Four was the last phase of the season, and was held over a weekend. The Final Four was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey on 19 and 21 May 2017.[34]

 
Semifinals
19 May
Championship game
21 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe 84
 
 
 
Spain Real Madrid 75
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe 80
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos 64
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 78
 
 
Greece Olympiacos 82
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Spain Real Madrid 70
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 94

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

Source:[36]

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

Magic Moment

Round MVP

Regular season

Playoffs

MVP of the Month

Individual statistics

Rating

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Points

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Rebounds

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Assists

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Other statistics

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Source: EuroLeague

Individual game highs

Source: EuroLeague

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

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Updated to games played on 21 May 2017
Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2015–16 season average applied to EuroCup games.


References

  1. "Historic season to culminate with 2017 Final Four in Istanbul!". Euroleague Basketball. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. "Fenerbahçe Istanbul is EuroLeague champion!". Euroleague.net. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  3. "FIBA ready to shake up the European club competition". TalkBasket. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. "Euroleague Commercial Assets and A-Licence clubs issue joint communication to FIBA". Euroleague. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. "FIBA to welcome top European clubs for talks on new competition". FIBA. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  6. "FIBA offers innovative partnership to top European clubs". FIBA. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. "Euroleague Basketball A-licence clubs and IMG agree on 10-year joint venture". Euroleague Basketball. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  8. "2016–17 EuroLeague Bylaws Book" (PDF). Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. "2016-17 Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Eurocup team lists unveiled". Euroleague Basketball. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. "Clubs, domestic leagues and Euroleague Basketball hold working group on future of European club competitions". Euroleague Basketball. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. "KOMBANK ARENA". Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  12. "Darussafaka Dogus, Oktay Mahmuti part ways". Sportando. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  13. "Darussafaka names former Euroleague champ Blatt new head coach". Euroleague. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  14. "Maccabi FOX parts ways with Coach Tabak". Euroleague. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  15. "Maccabi FOX names Edelstein as new head coach". Euroleague. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  16. "Laboral Kutxa, coach Perasovic part ways". Euroleague. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  17. "Laboral tabs Alonso for bench". Euroleague. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  18. "Anadolu Efes brings back head coach Perasovic". Euroleague. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  19. "An era ends in Barcelona as team parts with Coach Pascual". Euroleague. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  20. "Georgios Bartzokas is the new man in charge of Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  21. "Pedoulakis resigns as Panathinaikos coach". Euroleague. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  22. "Panathinaikos tabs Xavi Pascual as new bench boss". Euroleague. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  23. "Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv dismisses Edelshtein, appoints Hadar as coach". Euroleague. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  24. "Hadar steps down from Maccabi bench". Euroleague. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  25. "Maccabi hires Bagatskis as head coach". Euroleague. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  26. "Historic season to culminate with 2017 Final Four in Istanbul!". Euroleague Basketball. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  27. "Adam Hanga of Baskonia captures Best Defender Trophy". Euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  28. "Regular Season Round 26 MVP: Paulius Jankunas, Zalgiris Kaunas". EuroLeague. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  29. "Regular Season Round 27 MVP: Sergio Llull, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  30. "Regular Season Round 28 MVP: Anthony Randolph, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  31. "Regular Season Round 30 MVP: Latavious Williams, Unics Kazan". EuroLeague. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  32. "Playoffs, Game 1 MVP: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce Istanbul". EuroLeague. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  33. "Playoffs Game 2 MVP: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Fenerbahce Istanbul". EuroLeague. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  34. "Playoffs Game 3 tri-MVPs: Dunston, Ayon and Doncic". EuroLeague. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  35. "Playoffs Game 4 MVP: Luka Doncic, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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