| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| ABA League | |
| T Bg: |
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| T Color: | white |
| Champions: |  Crvena zvezda mts (3rd title) |
| Runners Up: | Cedevita |
| Semifinalists: | Partizan NIS Budućnost VOLI |
| Relegated: | Krka |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Games: | 191 |
| Duration: | (Regular season) (Playoffs) |
| Highest Scoring: | (13 November 2016) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (8 October 2016) Biggest win in the ABA League history |
| Biggest Away Win: | (6 October 2016) (14 February 2017) |
| Top Seed: | Crvena zvezda mts |
| Tv: | Arena Sport |
| Mvp: | Nikola Janković [1] |
| Finals Mvp: |  Charles Jenkins [2] |
| Award4: | Top Prospect |
| Award4 Winner: |  Jonah Bolden [3] |
| Pir Leader: | Nikola Janković (Olimpija) |
| Pir N: | SRB |
| Pir: | 19.24 |
| Top Scorer: | Ivan Marinković (Zadar) |
| Ppg N: | SRB |
| Ppg: | 17.72 |
| Rebounds Leader: | Alpha Kaba (Mega Leks) |
| Rpg N: | FRA |
| Rpg: | 7.52 |
| Assists Leader: | Scottie Reynolds (Cibona) |
| Apg N: | USA |
| Apg: | 6.94 |
The 2016–17 ABA League was the 16th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It started on September 29, 2016, with the first round of the regular season and the regular season ended on March 13, 2017, followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams. The play-offs were played from March 18 till April 13, 2017. Crvena zvezda won its third ABA League championship, after beating Cedevita 3–0 in the Finals.
The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[1] [2]
| Country | 2016–17 no. of clubs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | align=center style="background:lime;" | 16.00 | 2 | |
| align=center | 3 | align=center style="background:lime;" | 14.75 | 4 | |
| 3 | 14.00 | 3 | |||
| align=center | 1 | 11.00 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 1 | 10.00 | 1 | ||
| align=center | 2 | 9.33 | 2 | ||
| Wild card | 1 | ||||
| Total | align=center | 11 | best coeff. (+2) | 14 | |
On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel Union Olimpija and Helios Suns as the first was not able to fulfill the financial obligations required and the second did not follow the position of all the clubs of the Association in the FIBA-Euroleague controversy.[3] Finally, Union Olimpija was re-admitted in the league and Macedonian runner-up Karpoš Sokoli replaced Helios Suns.[4]
League positions of the previous national league season after playoffs shown in parentheses (RW: Regular season winners).
| Regular season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=210 | Budućnost VOLI (1st) | width=210 | Mega Leks (3rd) | width=210 | Zadar (3rd) | width=210 | Krka (RW) |
| width=210 | Mornar (2nd) | width=210 | FMP (4th) | width=210 |  Igokea (1st) | width=210 | Union Olimpija (4th) |
| width=210 | Crvena zvezda mts (1st) | width=210 | Cedevita (1st) | width=210 |  MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st) | ||
| width=210 | Partizan NIS (2nd) | width=210 | Cibona (2nd) | width=210 | Karpoš Sokoli (3rd) | ||
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cibona | |||
| Leon Štukelj Hall | |||
| Sports Hall Pinki | |||
| [5] | |||
| Zadar | |||
| Week | Club | Outgoing coach | Date of change | Incoming coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Emil Rajković | 10 October 2016[6] | Aleksandar Jončevski | |
| 7th | Karpoš Sokoli | Siniša Matić | 2–3 November 2016[7] [8] | ||
| 9th | Budućnost VOLI | Vlado Šćepanović | 13–15 November 2016[9] [10] | Ilias Zouros | |
| 9th | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Aleksandar Jončevski | 14–18 November 2016[11] [12] | Ante Nazor | |
| 10th | FMP | Slobodan Klipa | 20 November 2016[13] | Branko Maksimović | |
| 10th | Zadar | Ante Matulović | 21–29 November 2016[14] [15] | Neven Plantak | |
| 20th | Zadar | Neven Plantak | 30–31 January 2017[16] [17] | Aramis Naglić | |
| 24th | Krka | Dejan Mihevc | 26 February 2017[18] | Simon Petrov |
See main article: 2017 ABA League Playoffs. The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. The Playoffs started on March 18 and ended on April 13, 2017.
After the end of the Regular Season.
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| Round | Player | Team | Efficiency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Marinković | Zadar | 41 | |
| 2 | William Hatcher | Partizan NIS | 31 | |
| 3 | Karlo Žganec | Cedevita | 28 | |
| 4 | Ante Žižić | Cibona | 56 | |
| 5 | Željko Šakić | Cibona (2) | 30 | |
| 6 | Željko Šakić (2) | Cibona (3) | 33 | |
| 7 | Ante Žižić (2) | Cibona (4) | 31 | |
| 8 | Shawn James | Budućnost VOLI | 39 | |
| 9 | Boris Barać | Zadar (2) | 40 | |
| 10 | Luka Babić | Cedevita (2) | 31 | |
| 11 | Ognjen Kuzmić | Crvena zvezda mts | 30 | |
| 12 | Ante Žižić (3) | Cibona (5) | 43 | |
| 13 | Nikola Janković | Union Olimpija | 30 | |
| 14 | Dragan Apić | FMP | 34 | |
| 15 | Marko Simonović | Crvena zvezda mts (2) | 30 | |
| 16 | Luka Mitrović | Crvena zvezda mts (3) | 32 | |
| 17 | Filip Čović | FMP (2) | 42 | |
| 18 | Luka Babić (2) | Cedevita (3) | 34 | |
| 19 | Antabia Waller | Mornar | 34 | |
| 20 | Filip Čović (2) | FMP (3) | 34 | |
| 21 | Dragan Labović | Karpoš Sokoli | 30 | |
| 22 | Josh Scott | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 34 | |
| 23 | Stefan Birčević | Partizan NIS (2) | 33 | |
| 24 | Boris Barać (2) | Zadar (3) | 30 | |
| 25 | Kendrick Perry | Karpoš Sokoli (2) | 30 | |
| 26 | Miro Bilan | Cedevita (4) | 31 | |
| SF1 | Ognjen Kuzmić (2) | Crvena zvezda mts (4) | 21 | |
| SF2 | Stefan Birčević (2) | Partizan NIS (3) | 29 | |
| SF3 | Crvena zvezda mts (5) | 24 | ||
| F1 | Charles Jenkins (2) | Crvena zvezda mts (6) | 24 | |
| F2 | Charles Jenkins (3) | Crvena zvezda mts (7) | 23 | |
| F3 | Crvena zvezda mts (8) | 24 |
| Month | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 |  Ante Žižić | Cibona | [25] | |
| November 2016 | Luka Babić | Cedevita | [26] | |
| December 2016 | Nikola Janković | Union Olimpija | [27] | |
| January 2017 | Filip Čović | FMP | [28] | |
| February 2017 | Stefan Birčević | Partizan NIS | [29] |
| Position | Country | Coefficient |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.25 | |
| 2 | 14.00 | |
| 3 | 13.33 | |
| 4 | 13.00 | |
| 5 | 9.00 | |
| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th place | |||
| 3rd place | |||
| 5th place | |||
| 5th place | |||
| 5th place | |||
| Eliminated by PAOK, 154–156 | |||
| 6th place, transferred to FIBA Europe Cup | |||
| 7th place | |||
| 8th place | |||
| Eliminated by Mornar, 131–152 | |||
Eliminated by  Élan Chalon, 165–168 | |||
| Withdrew |
2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia 2016–17 A-1 League
2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League 2016–17 Prva A liga 2016–17 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina