2016–17 EuroLeague
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1 | |
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The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul will host the Final Four | |
Teams | 16 |
Records | |
Highest scoring |
Brose Bamberg 106–102 EA7 Milan (3 November 2016) |
Home win |
Baskonia 86–52 Fenerbahçe (11 November 2016) |
Away win |
FC Barcelona 63–102 Real Madrid (18 November 2016) |
Highest attendance |
18,150 Crvena zvezda 76–65 FC Barcelona (26 October 2016) |
Lowest attendance |
2,905 UNICS 87–94 Darüşşafaka (25 October 2016) |
Average attendance | 8,445 |
The 2016–17 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague will be 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 will be the 60th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.
The 2017 EuroLeague Final Four will be played at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]
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.[2] This proposal was unanimously rejected by the EuroLeague clubs.[3] In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's first tier club competition,[4][5] 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.[6] 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) playing in one regular season group stage phase 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.
Team allocation
A total of 16 teams participate in the 2016–17 EuroLeague.[7]
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[7][8]
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (16 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders):[7][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
Regular season | |||
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Anadolu Efes (LC) | Baskonia (LC) | Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC) | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (LC) |
Fenerbahçe (LC) | FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) | CSKA MoscowTH (LC) | Žalgiris (LC) |
Galatasaray Odeabank (EC) | Real Madrid (LC) | UNICS (2nd) | Crvena zvezda mts (1st) |
Darüşşafaka Doğuş (WC) | Olympiacos (LC) | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC) | Brose Bamberg (1st) |
Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 |
Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena | 15,504 |
Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,800 |
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Kombank Arena | 22,680[10] |
Aleksandar Nikolić | 8,178[11] | ||
CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Megasport Arena | 13,126 |
Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Istanbul | Volkswagen Arena | 5,240 |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | Milan | Mediolanum Forum | 12,700[12] |
PalaBancoDesio | 6,700 | ||
FC Barcelona Lassa | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 7,585 |
Fenerbahçe | Istanbul | Ülker Sports Arena | 13,000 |
Galatasaray Odeabank | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | 11,060 |
Olympiacos | Piraeus | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 11,600 |
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Athens | Olympic Sports Center Athens | 18,989[13] |
Real Madrid | Madrid | Barclaycard Center | 15,000 |
UNICS | Kazan | Basket Hall Kazan | 7,482 |
Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgirio Arena | 15,552 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Darüşşafaka Doğuş | Oktay Mahmuti | Mutual consent | 31 May 2016[14] | Pre-season | David Blatt | 1 June 2016[15] |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Žan Tabak | End of contract | 8 June 2016[16] | Erez Edelstein | 9 June 2016[17] | |
Baskonia | Velimir Perasović | Signed with Anadolu Efes | 14 June 2016[18] | Sito Alonso | 8 July 2016[19] | |
Anadolu Efes | Ahmet Çakı | End of contract | 21 June 2016 | Velimir Perasović | 21 June 2016[20] | |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Xavi Pascual | Sacked | 27 June 2016[21] | Georgios Bartzokas | 8 July 2016[22] | |
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Argyris Pedoulakis | Resigned | 18 October 2016[23] | 3rd (1–1) | Xavi Pascual | 22 October 2016[24] |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Erez Edelstein | Sacked | 23 October 2016[25] | 13th (0–2) | Rami Hadar | 23 October 2016 |
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams will be eliminated. The matchdays are from 12 October 2016 to 7 April 2016.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 9 | 1 | 933 | 842 | +91 | Advance to Playoffs |
2 | Real Madrid | 10 | 7 | 3 | 895 | 800 | +95 | |
3 | Fenerbahçe | 10 | 7 | 3 | 772 | 774 | −2 | |
4 | Olympiacos | 10 | 6 | 4 | 791 | 770 | +21 | |
5 | Baskonia | 10 | 6 | 4 | 805 | 795 | +10 | |
6 | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 10 | 5 | 5 | 818 | 809 | +9 | |
7 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 10 | 5 | 5 | 756 | 754 | +2 | |
8 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 10 | 5 | 5 | 804 | 803 | +1 | |
9 | Anadolu Efes | 10 | 5 | 5 | 853 | 865 | −12 | |
10 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 10 | 5 | 5 | 706 | 737 | −31 | |
11 | Žalgiris | 10 | 4 | 6 | 809 | 822 | −13 | |
12 | Crvena zvezda mts | 10 | 4 | 6 | 656 | 674 | −18 | |
13 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 10 | 4 | 6 | 854 | 890 | −36 | |
14 | UNICS | 10 | 3 | 7 | 809 | 831 | −22 | |
15 | Galatasaray Odeabank | 10 | 3 | 7 | 816 | 873 | −57 | |
16 | Brose Bamberg | 10 | 2 | 8 | 785 | 814 | −29 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
Updated to games played on 2 December 2016.
Source: EuroLeague
Games with background in yellow were decided after overtime.
Playoffs
In the playoffs, teams playing against each other must win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, will play the first, the second, and the fifth (if it is necessary) games of the series at home.
Series
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
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Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of the season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games play on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game.
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Awards
Round MVP
Regular season
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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1 | Ricky Hickman | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 32 | [26] |
2 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 26 | [27] |
3 | Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | 32 | [28] |
4 | Ekpe Udoh | Fenerbahçe | 31 | [29] |
5 | Keith Langford | UNICS | 36 | [30] |
6 | Nando de Colo (2) | CSKA Moscow | 35 | [31] |
7 | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid | 27 | [32] |
8 | Tibor Pleiß | Galatasaray Odeabank | 28 | [33] |
9 | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | 43 | [34] |
10 | Derrick Brown | Anadolu Efes | 37 | [35] |
MVP of the Month
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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October 2016 | Miloš Teodosić | CSKA Moscow | [36] |
November 2016 | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid | [37] |
Attendances
Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Crvena zvezda mts | 57,283 | 18,150 | 5,823 | 11,457 | +9.7%2 |
2 | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 55,300 | 11,060 | 11,060 | 11,060 | – |
3 | Baskonia | 55,236 | 14,128 | 9,437 | 11,047 | +0.9% |
4 | Fenerbahçe | 54,776 | 12,376 | 10,057 | 10,955 | +7.8% |
5 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 51,061 | 16,993 | 7,347 | 10,212 | +0.4% |
6 | Žalgiris | 50,473 | 12,608 | 8,621 | 10,095 | −8.2% |
7 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milan | 49,863 | 12,518 | 6,416 | 9,973 | +18.3%3 |
8 | Real Madrid | 49,844 | 11,723 | 8,620 | 9,969 | −7.4% |
9 | Olympiacos | 45,825 | 10,875 | 7,584 | 9,165 | +7.0% |
10 | CSKA Moscow | 41,521 | 12,017 | 6,511 | 8,304 | +13.5% |
11 | Galatasaray Odeabank | 40,998 | 10,433 | 3,003 | 6,833 | +35.4%1 |
12 | Brose Bamberg | 31,026 | 6,249 | 6,030 | 6,205 | −8.2% |
13 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 30,022 | 7,013 | 5,074 | 6,004 | −1.2% |
14 | Darüşşafaka Doğuş | 23,678 | 4,941 | 3,817 | 4,736 | +6.8% |
15 | Anadolu Efes | 14,922 | 4,639 | 3,281 | 3,731 | −19.4% |
16 | UNICS | 18,235 | 5,801 | 2,905 | 3,647 | +28.7%1 |
League total | 670,063 | 18,150 | 2,905 | 8,376 | +4.1% |
Updated to games played on 2 December 2016
Source: gigabasket.org
Notes:
1: 2015–16 season average applied to Eurocup games.
2: Due to the unavailability of Kombank Arena, Crvena zvezda mts played two home games at Hall Aleksandar Nikolić with a capacity of 5,878.
3: Due to unavailability of Mediolanum Forum, EA7 Milano played one game at PalaBancoDesio, with a capacity of 6,700.
References
- ↑ "Historic season to culminate with 2017 Final Four in Istanbul!". Euroleague Basketball. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "FIBA ready to shake up the European club competition". TalkBasket. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "Euroleague Commercial Assets and A-Licence clubs issue joint communication to FIBA". Euroleague. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "FIBA to welcome top European clubs for talks on new competition". FIBA. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "FIBA offers innovative partnership to top European clubs". FIBA. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "Euroleague Basketball A-licence clubs and IMG agree on 10-year joint venture". Euroleague Basketball. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 "2016–17 EuroLeague Bylaws Book" (PDF). Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Clubs, domestic leagues and Euroleague Basketball hold working group on future of European club competitions". Euroleague Basketball. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "2016-17 Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Eurocup team lists unveiled". Euroleague Basketball. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ↑ KOMBANK ARENA.
- ↑ ХАЛА АЛЕКСАНДАР НИКОЛИЋ (Serbian).
- ↑ CHI SIAMO (Italian).
- ↑ Capacity: 18,989 (maximum capacity for basketball games).
- ↑ "Darussafaka Dogus, Oktay Mahmuti part ways". Sportando. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Darussafaka names former Euroleague champ Blatt new head coach". Euroleague. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Maccabi FOX parts ways with Coach Tabak". Euroleague. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Maccabi FOX names Edelstein as new head coach". Euroleague. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Laboral Kutxa, coach Perasovic part ways". Euroleague. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Laboral tabs Alonso for bench". Euroleague. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Anadolu Efes brings back head coach Perasovic". Euroleague. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "An era ends in Barcelona as team parts with Coach Pascual". Euroleague. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Georgios Bartzokas is the new man in charge of Barça Lassa". FC Barcelona. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ↑ "Pedoulakis resigns as Panathinaikos coach". Euroleague. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ Panathinaikos tabs Xavi Pascual as new bench boss.
- ↑ "Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv dismisses Edelshtein, appoints Hadar as coach". Euroleague. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season, Round 1 MVP: Ricky Hickman, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan". EuroLeague. 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 2 MVP: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus". EuroLeague. 22 October 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 3 MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 4 MVP: Ekpe Udoh, Fenerbahce Istanbul". EuroLeague. 29 October 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 5 MVP: Keith Langford, Unics Kazan". EuroLeague. 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 6 MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 12 November 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season Round 7 MVP: Sergio Llull, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season, Round 8 MVP: Tibor Pleiss, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". EuroLeague. 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season, Round 9 MVP: Milos Teodosic, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Regular Season, Round 10 MVP: Derrick Brown, Anadolu Efes Istanbul". EuroLeague. 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for October: Milos Teodosic of CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for November: Sergio Llull, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 28 November 2016.