Pixels: | 320 |
Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |
Extra Information: | 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
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T Color: | white |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Champions: | Fenerbahçe (1st title) |
Runners Up: | Olympiacos |
Third Place: | CSKA Moscow |
Fourth Place: | Real Madrid |
Teams: | 16 |
Games: | 259 |
Duration: | 12 October 2016 – 21 May 2017 |
Top Seed: | Real Madrid |
Highest Scoring: | (3 November 2016) |
Biggest Home Win: | (24 January 2017) |
Biggest Away Win: | (18 November 2016) |
Winning Streak: | 9 matches |
Losing Streak: | 10 matches |
Highest Attendance: | 18,487 (29 December 2016) |
Lowest Attendance: | 1,746 (1 December 2016) |
Attendance: | 2,194,238 |
Average Attendance: | 8,472 |
Pir: | 21.8 |
Pir N: | USA |
Ppg: | 21.8 |
Ppg N: | USA |
Rpg: | 7.8 |
Rpg N: | USA |
Apg: | 6.8 |
Apg N: | SRB |
Mvp: | Sergio Llull |
Mvp Link: | EuroLeague MVP |
Final Four Mvp: | Ekpe Udoh |
Final Four Mvp Link: | EuroLeague Final Four MVP |
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.
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]
See main article: article and FIBA–EuroLeague dispute. 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.
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]
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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.
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | |
Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena | |
Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | [11] [12] |
Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | [13] | ||
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Kombank Arena | [14] |
Aleksandar Nikolić | [15] | ||
CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Megasport Arena | |
Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Istanbul | Volkswagen Arena | |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Milan | Mediolanum Forum | [16] |
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FC Barcelona Lassa | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | |
Fenerbahçe | Istanbul | Ülker Sports Arena | [17] |
Galatasaray Odeabank | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | [18] |
Olympiacos | Piraeus, Athens | Peace and Friendship Stadium | |
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Marousi, Athens | Olympic Sports Center Athens | [19] |
Real Madrid | Madrid | WiZink Center | |
UNICS | Kazan | Basket Hall Kazan | |
Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgirio Arena | |
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Anadolu Efes | Anadolu Efes | ||||
Baskonia | Rioja | ||||
Brose Bamberg | Brose | ||||
Crvena zvezda mts | Mobile Telephony of Serbia | ||||
CSKA Moscow | Rostelecom | ||||
Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Garanti | ||||
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Emporio Armani | ||||
FC Barcelona Lassa | Nike | Lassa Tyres | |||
Fenerbahçe | Nike | Metro | |||
Galatasaray Odeabank | Hummel | Odeabank | |||
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Nike | FOX | |||
Olympiacos | Nike | Skrats | |||
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Adidas | Pame Stoixima | |||
Real Madrid | Adidas | Teka | |||
UNICS | AK BARS Bank | ||||
Žalgiris | Adidas | OlyBet | |||
See main article: article and List of 2016–17 EuroLeague transactions.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | |
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Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Mutual consent | 31 May 2016[20] | Pre-season | 1 June 2016[21] | |||
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | End of contract | 8 June 2016[22] | 9 June 2016[23] | ||||
Baskonia | 14 June 2016[24] | 8 July 2016[25] | |||||
Anadolu Efes | End of contract | 21 June 2016 | 21 June 2016[26] | ||||
FC Barcelona Lassa | Sacked | 27 June 2016[27] | 8 July 2016[28] | ||||
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Resigned | 18 October 2016[29] | 3rd (1–1) | 22 October 2016[30] | |||
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Sacked | 23 October 2016[31] | 13th (0–2) | 23 October 2016 | |||
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Resigned | 16 December 2016[32] | 11th (5–7) | 24 December 2016[33] |
See main article: 2016–17 EuroLeague Regular Season.
See main article: 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs.
See main article: 2017 EuroLeague 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]
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First Team | Second Team | |||
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Sergio Llull | Real Madrid | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | |
Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | Brad Wanamaker | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | |
Bogdan Bogdanović | Fenerbahçe | Brose Bamberg | ||
Georgios Printezis | Olympiacos | Anadolu Efes | ||
Ekpe Udoh | Fenerbahçe | Gustavo Ayón | Real Madrid |
See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round.
Round | Player | Team | |||
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1 | 32 | [42] | |||
2 | 26 | [43] | |||
3 | 32 | [44] | |||
4 | 31 | [45] | |||
5 | 36 | [46] | |||
6 | Nando de Colo (2) | 35 | [47] | ||
7 | 27 | [48] | |||
8 | 28 | [49] | |||
9 | 43 | [50] | |||
10 | 37 | [51] | |||
11 | 40 | [52] | |||
12 | 35 | [53] | |||
13 | 25 | [54] | |||
Panathinaikos Superfoods | |||||
14 | Keith Langford (2) | 36 | [55] | ||
15 | Keith Langford (3) | 38 | [56] | ||
16 | 33 | [57] | |||
17 | Luka Dončić (2) | 32 | [58] | ||
18 | Nando de Colo (3) | 35 | [59] | ||
19 | 31 | [60] | |||
20 | 30 | [61] | |||
21 | Derrick Brown (2) | 33 | [62] | ||
22 | 30 | [63] | |||
23 | Nando de Colo (4) | 35 | [64] | ||
24 | Kim Tillie | 31 | [65] | ||
25 | Nando de Colo (5) | 26 | [66] | ||
26 | Paulius Jankūnas | 30 | [67] | ||
27 | Sergio Llull (2) | 32 | [68] | ||
28 | Anthony Randolph | 30 | [69] | ||
29 | Brad Wanamaker | 34 | [70] | ||
30 | Latavious Williams | 34 | [71] |
Game | Player | Team | |||
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1 | Fenerbahçe | 35 | [72] | ||
2 | Bogdan Bogdanović (2) | Fenerbahçe | 35 | [73] | |
3 | 23 | [74] | |||
Luka Dončić (3) | Real Madrid | ||||
Anadolu Efes | |||||
4 | Luka Dončić (4) | 21 | [75] | ||
5 | Vassilis Spanoulis (2) | 22 | [76] |
See main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month.
Month | Player | Team | |
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2016 | |||
October | [77] | ||
November | [78] | ||
December | [79] | ||
2017 | |||
January | [80] | ||
February | [81] | ||
March | [82] | ||
April | [83] | ||
Rank | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Team | Games | width=75 | Rating | width=40 | PIR |
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1. | Keith Langford | UNICS | 28 | 611 | 21.82 | ||||
2. | Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 583 | 20.82 | ||||
3. | Ekpe Udoh | Fenerbahçe | 31 | 641 | 20.68 |
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Rank | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Team | Games | width=75 | Points | width=40 | PPG |
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1. | Keith Langford | UNICS | 28 | 609 | 21.75 | ||||
2. | Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | 28 | 534 | 19.07 | ||||
3. | Andrew Goudelock | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 20 | 345 | 17.25 |
Rank | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Team | Games | width=75 | Rebounds | width=40 | RPG |
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1. | Ekpe Udoh | Fenerbahçe | 31 | 241 | 7.77 | ||||
2. | Nicolò Melli | Brose Bamberg | 30 | 222 | 7.40 | ||||
3. | Tyler Honeycutt | Anadolu Efes | 35 | 256 | 7.31 |
Rank | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Team | Games | width=75 | Assists | width=40 | APG |
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1. | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | 29 | 197 | 6.79 | ||||
2. | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 33 | 201 | 6.09 | ||||
3. | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid | 33 | 194 | 5.88 |
Category | width=190 | Player | width=190 | Team | Statistic |
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Rebounds | |||||
Assists | 15 | ||||
Steals | |||||
Blocks | 5 | ||||
Three pointers | |||||
Turnovers |
Attendances include playoff games: