2016–17 EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1

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
Regular season
(16 teams)
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 8 best-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 series winners from the playoffs

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders):[7][9]

Regular season
Turkey Anadolu Efes (LC) Spain Baskonia (LC) Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC) Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (LC)
Turkey Fenerbahçe (LC) Spain FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Russia CSKA MoscowTH (LC) Lithuania Žalgiris (LC)
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank (EC) Spain Real Madrid (LC) Russia UNICS (2nd) Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (1st)
Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş (WC) Greece Olympiacos (LC) Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC) Germany Brose Bamberg (1st)

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,270
Spain Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504
Germany Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena 6,800
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Kombank Arena 22,680[10]
Aleksandar Nikolić 8,178[11]
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,126
Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş Istanbul Volkswagen Arena 5,240
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[12]
PalaBancoDesio 6,700
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena 13,000
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,270
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 11,060
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,600
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens 18,989[13]
Spain Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
Russia UNICS Kazan Basket Hall Kazan 7,482
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,552

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Turkey Anadolu Efes Turkey Tuncay Özilhan Croatia Velimir Perasović Turkey Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes
Spain Baskonia Spain José Antonio Querejeta Spain Sito Alonso Hungary Ádám Hanga Hummel
Germany Brose Bamberg Germany Norbert Sieben Italy Andrea Trinchieri Germany Elias Harris Macron Brose
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Nebojša Čović Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Serbia Luka Mitrović Champion Mobile Telephony of Serbia
Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Andrey Vatutin Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia Victor Khryapa Nike Rostelecom
Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş Turkey Ümit Başkırt Israel David Blatt Turkey Ender Arslan Under Armour Garanti
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy Livio Proli Croatia Jasmin Repeša Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani Emporio Armani
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Josep Maria Bartomeu Greece Georgios Bartzokas Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
Turkey Fenerbahçe Turkey Aziz Yıldırım Serbia Željko Obradović Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Metro
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Turkey Dursun Özbek Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Sinan Güler Hummel Odeabank
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Israel Rami Hadar Israel Guy Pnini Nike FOX
Greece Olympiacos Greece Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Greece Giorgos Angelopoulos 		Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Greece Manos Papadopoulos Spain Xavi Pascual Greece Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima
Spain Real Madrid Spain Florentino Pérez Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka
Russia UNICS Russia Evgeny Bogachev Russia Evgeniy Pashutin Greece Kostas Kaimakoglou Joma AK BARS Bank
Lithuania Žalgiris Lithuania Paulius Motiejūnas Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Adidas OlyBet

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş Turkey Oktay Mahmuti Mutual consent 31 May 2016[14] Pre-season Israel David Blatt 1 June 2016[15]
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Croatia Žan Tabak End of contract 8 June 2016[16] Israel Erez Edelstein 9 June 2016[17]
Spain Baskonia Croatia Velimir Perasović Signed with Anadolu Efes 14 June 2016[18] Spain Sito Alonso 8 July 2016[19]
Turkey Anadolu Efes Turkey Ahmet Çakı End of contract 21 June 2016 Croatia Velimir Perasović 21 June 2016[20]
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Xavi Pascual Sacked 27 June 2016[21] Greece Georgios Bartzokas 8 July 2016[22]
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Greece Argyris Pedoulakis Resigned 18 October 2016[23] 3rd (1–1) Spain Xavi Pascual 22 October 2016[24]
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Israel Erez Edelstein Sacked 23 October 2016[25] 13th (0–2) Israel 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
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 10 9 1 933 842 +91 Advance to Playoffs
2 Spain Real Madrid 10 7 3 895 800 +95
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 10 7 3 772 774 −2
4 Greece Olympiacos 10 6 4 791 770 +21
5 Spain Baskonia 10 6 4 805 795 +10
6 Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 10 5 5 818 809 +9
7 Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 10 5 5 756 754 +2
8 Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 10 5 5 804 803 +1
9 Turkey Anadolu Efes 10 5 5 853 865 −12
10 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 10 5 5 706 737 −31
11 Lithuania Žalgiris 10 4 6 809 822 −13
12 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 10 4 6 656 674 −18
13 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 10 4 6 854 890 −36
14 Russia UNICS 10 3 7 809 831 −22
15 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 10 3 7 816 873 −57
16 Germany Brose Bamberg 10 2 8 785 814 −29
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2016. 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

Home ╲ Away EFS BKN BROCZVCSKDDIEA7FCBFNBGSOMTAOLYPAORMBUNKZAL
Anadolu Efes a a 100–79 87–93 a a a a a a a 91–83 a 104–99 a
Baskonia 85–84 81–74 a a a a a 86–52 69–62 a 90–95 a a a a
Brose Bamberg a a 78–79 88–90 a 106–102 a a a a a 83–84 a 89–86 a
Crvena zvezda mts a 63–70 a a 70–73 83–70 76–65 a a a a a a a 79–88
CSKA Moscow a 112–84 a a a a a a a a a 81–77 91–90 98–80 95–86
Darüşşafaka Doğuş 79–84 a 72–70 a 91–83 80–81 a a a a 71–77 a a a a
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 105–92 88–76 a a a a a 70–79 a 99–97 a a 90–101 a a
FC Barcelona Lassa a a 78–74 a a a a 72–73 a a a 72–57 63–102 a 92–86
Fenerbahçe 88–80 a 67–66 a a a a a a a a a 78–77 73–81 82–68
Galatasaray Odeabank a a a 83–85 84–109 85–81 a 78–64 87–103 a 89–87 a a a a
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 77–86 a a a a a a 69–79 87–77 98–92 a a 82–89 a a
Olympiacos 90–66 a a a 75–81 a 91–81 59–52 a a 73–80 a a a a
Panathinaikos Superfoods a a a 70–59 a 86–80 a a a a 83–75 77–79 a a 84–76
Real Madrid a 87–91 a a a a a a a 90–81 a 83–65 87–84 89–75 a
UNICS a a a 65–62 a 87–94 100–79 63–69 a a 73–74 a a a a
Žalgiris a 78–73 86–72 a a 80–83 a a a 87–75 74–87 a a a a

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 leg3rd leg4th leg5th leg
–
–
–
–

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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Awards

Round MVP

Regular season

Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 32 [26]
2Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos 26 [27]
3France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 32 [28]
4United States Ekpe Udoh Turkey Fenerbahçe 31 [29]
5United States Keith Langford Russia UNICS 36 [30]
6France Nando de Colo (2) Russia CSKA Moscow 35 [31]
7Spain Sergio Llull Spain Real Madrid 27 [32]
8Germany Tibor Pleiß Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 28 [33]
9Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow 43 [34]
10United States Derrick Brown Turkey Anadolu Efes 37 [35]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2016Serbia Miloš Teodosić Russia CSKA Moscow [36]
November 2016Spain Sergio Llull Spain Real Madrid [37]

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 57,283 18,150 5,823 11,457 0.097518919436728+9.7%2
2 Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 55,300 11,060 11,060 11,060 0–†
3 Spain Baskonia 55,236 14,128 9,437 11,047 0.0090427475337962+0.9%†
4 Turkey Fenerbahçe 54,776 12,376 10,057 10,955 0.078035819720528+7.8%†
5 Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 51,061 16,993 7,347 10,212 0.0046237088047221+0.4%†
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 50,473 12,608 8,621 10,095 -0.91772727272727−8.2%†
7 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 49,863 12,518 6,416 9,973 0.18303677342823+18.3%3
8 Spain Real Madrid 49,844 11,723 8,620 9,969 -0.92562674094708−7.4%†
9 Greece Olympiacos 45,825 10,875 7,584 9,165 0.070052539404553+7.0%†
10 Russia CSKA Moscow 41,521 12,017 6,511 8,304 0.13504647348278+13.5%†
11 Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank 40,998 10,433 3,003 6,833 0.35494745191354+35.4%1
12 Germany Brose Bamberg 31,026 6,249 6,030 6,205 -0.91749223717285−8.2%†
13 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 30,022 7,013 5,074 6,004 -0.98701298701299−1.2%†
14 Turkey Darüşşafaka Doğuş 23,678 4,941 3,817 4,736 0.068110058637799+6.8%†
15 Turkey Anadolu Efes 14,922 4,639 3,281 3,731 -0.80548359240069−19.4%†
16 Russia UNICS 18,235 5,801 2,905 3,647 0.28732792093187+28.7%1
League total 670,063 18,150 2,905 8,376 0.041791044776119+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

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  10. ↑ KOMBANK ARENA.
  11. ↑ ХАЛА АЛЕКСАНДАР НИКОЛИЋ (Serbian).
  12. ↑ CHI SIAMO (Italian).
  13. ↑ Capacity: 18,989 (maximum capacity for basketball games).
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  27. ↑ "Regular Season Round 2 MVP: Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus". EuroLeague. 22 October 2016.
  28. ↑ "Regular Season Round 3 MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 27 October 2016.
  29. ↑ "Regular Season Round 4 MVP: Ekpe Udoh, Fenerbahce Istanbul". EuroLeague. 29 October 2016.
  30. ↑ "Regular Season Round 5 MVP: Keith Langford, Unics Kazan". EuroLeague. 5 November 2016.
  31. ↑ "Regular Season Round 6 MVP: Nando De Colo, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 12 November 2016.
  32. ↑ "Regular Season Round 7 MVP: Sergio Llull, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 17 November 2016.
  33. ↑ "Regular Season, Round 8 MVP: Tibor Pleiss, Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul". EuroLeague. 19 November 2016.
  34. ↑ "Regular Season, Round 9 MVP: Milos Teodosic, CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 26 November 2016.
  35. ↑ "Regular Season, Round 10 MVP: Derrick Brown, Anadolu Efes Istanbul". EuroLeague. 3 December 2016.
  36. ↑ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for October: Milos Teodosic of CSKA Moscow". EuroLeague. 31 October 2016.
  37. ↑ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague MVP for November: Sergio Llull, Real Madrid". EuroLeague. 28 November 2016.

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