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. Fenerbahçe won its inaugural European championship in its home city after defeating Olympiacos in the final.
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. This proposal was unanimously rejected by the EuroLeague clubs. In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's first tier club competition, 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. 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. 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. LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: EuroCup champion WC: Wild card
Licensed Clubs Associated Clubs Baskonia Anadolu Efes Galatasaray Odeabank Brose Bamberg FC Barcelona Lassa Fenerbahçe Darüşşafaka Doğuş Crvena zvezda mts Real Madrid EA7 Emporio Armani Milan UNICS Olympiacos Žalgiris Panathinaikos Superfoods CSKA MoscowTH Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Notes
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.
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 Team Home city Arena Capacity Anadolu Efes Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Brose BambergBamberg Brose ArenaAttendance: 6150. 6150. Arena Nürnberger VersicherungBestuhlung . Crvena zvezda mtsBelgrade Kombank Arena Aleksandar NikolićALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500. CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Darüşşafaka Doğuş Istanbul Volkswagen Arena EA7 Emporio Armani MilanMilan Mediolanum Forum PalaBancoDesio FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Fenerbahçe Istanbul Ülker Sports ArenaVenue Review: Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Arena. Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim ArenaAttendance: 10,383. Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos Superfoods Marousi, Athens Olympic Sports Center AthensCapacity: 18,989 (maximum capacity for basketball games). Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center UNICS Kazan Basket Hall Kazan Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Anadolu Efes Velimir Perasović Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes Baskonia Sito Alonso Ádám Hanga Hummel Rioja Brose Bamberg Andrea Trinchieri Elias Harris Macron Brose Crvena zvezda mts Dejan Radonjić Luka Mitrović Champion Mobile Telephony of Serbia CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Victor Khryapa Nike Rostelecom Darüşşafaka Doğuş David Blatt Ender Arslan Under Armour Garanti EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Jasmin Repeša Andrea Cinciarini Armani Emporio Armani FC Barcelona Lassa Georgios Bartzokas Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres Fenerbahçe Željko Obradović Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Metro Galatasaray Odeabank Ergin Ataman Sinan Güler Hummel Odeabank Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ainars Bagatskis Guy Pnini Nike FOX Olympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats Panathinaikos Superfoods Xavi Pascual Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka UNICS Evgeniy Pashutin Kostas Kaimakoglou Joma AK BARS Bank Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas Adidas OlyBet
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Darüşşafaka Doğuş Oktay Mahmuti Mutual consent 31 May 2016 Pre-season David Blatt 1 June 2016 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Žan Tabak End of contract 8 June 2016 Erez Edelstein 9 June 2016 Baskonia Velimir Perasović Signed with Anadolu Efes 14 June 2016 Sito Alonso 8 July 2016 Anadolu Efes Ahmet Çakı End of contract 21 June 2016 Velimir Perasović 21 June 2016 FC Barcelona Lassa Xavi Pascual Sacked 27 June 2016 Georgios Bartzokas 8 July 2016 Panathinaikos Superfoods Argyris Pedoulakis Resigned 18 October 2016 3rd (1–1) Xavi Pascual 22 October 2016 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Erez Edelstein Sacked 23 October 2016 13th (0–2) Rami Hadar 23 October 2016 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Rami Hadar Resigned 16 December 2016 11th (5–7) Ainars Bagatskis 24 December 2016
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
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.
Awards EuroLeague MVP Sergio Llull ( Real Madrid)
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Ekpe Udoh ( Fenerbahçe)
All-EuroLeague Teams Pos.First TeamSecond TeamG Sergio Llull Real Madrid Miloš Teodosić CSKA MoscowG Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Brad Wanamaker Darüşşafaka DoğuşF Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe Nicolò Melli Brose BambergF Georgios Printezis Olympiacos Bryant Dunston Anadolu EfesC Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid Source:The 2016-17 All-EuroLeague Team presented by 7DAYS!
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Keith Langford ( UNICS)
Best Defender Ádám Hanga ( Baskonia)
Rising Star Luka Dončić ( Real Madrid) Coach of the Year Željko Obradović ( Fenerbahçe)Fenerbahce's Zeljko Obradovic is voted the Alexander Gomelsky Coach of the Year!
Magic Moment Anthony Randolph ( Real Madrid)Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Awards Ceremony honors historic season's best performers!
Round MVP
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam 1 Ricky Hickman EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 32 2 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 26 3 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 32 4 Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe 31 5 Keith Langford UNICS 36 6 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow 35 7 Sergio Llull Real Madrid 27 8 Tibor Pleiß Galatasaray Odeabank 28 9 Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow 43 10 Derrick Brown Anadolu Efes 37 11 Nicolò Melli Brose Bamberg 40 12 Fabien Causeur Brose Bamberg 35 13 Luka Dončić Real Madrid 25 Mike James Panathinaikos Superfoods14 Keith Langford (2) UNICS 36 15 Keith Langford (3) UNICS 38 16 Sonny Weems Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 33 17 Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid 32 18 Nando de Colo (3) CSKA Moscow 35 19 Ioannis Bourousis Panathinaikos Superfoods 31 20 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe 30 21 Derrick Brown (2) Anadolu Efes 33 22 Georgios Printezis Olympiacos 30 23 Nando de Colo (4) CSKA Moscow 35 24 Kim Tillie Baskonia 31 25 Nando de Colo (5) CSKA Moscow 26 26 Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris 30 27 Sergio Llull (2) Real Madrid 32 28 Anthony Randolph Real Madrid 30 29 Brad Wanamaker Darüşşafaka Doğuş 34 30 Latavious Williams UNICS 34
Playoffs GamePlayerTeam 1 Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe352 Bogdan Bogdanović (2) Fenerbahçe353 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 23 Luka Dončić (3) Real Madrid Bryant Dunston Anadolu Efes4 Luka Dončić (4) Real Madrid 21 5 Vassilis Spanoulis (2) Olympiacos 22
MVP of the Month
MonthPlayerTeam 2016October Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow November Sergio Llull Real Madrid December Nicolò Melli Brose Bamberg 2017January Ognjen Kuzmić Crvena zvezda mts February Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes March Chris Singleton Panathinaikos Superfoods April Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe
Individual statistics Rating RankName TeamGamesRatingPIR1. Keith Langford UNICS2861121.822. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow2858320.823. Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe3164120.68
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Keith Langford UNICS2860921.752. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow2853419.073. Andrew Goudelock Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv2034517.25
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe312417.772. Nicolò Melli Brose Bamberg302227.403. Tyler Honeycutt Anadolu Efes352567.31
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow291976.792. Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos332016.093. Sergio Llull Real Madrid331945.88
Other statistics CategoryPlayer Team Games Average Steals Charles Jenkins Crvena zvezda mts Blocks Ekpe Udoh Turnovers Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Fouls drawn Keith Langford UNICS Minutes Keith Langford UNICS 2P% Gustavo Ayón 3P% Jon Diebler Galatasaray Odeabank FT% Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Source: EuroLeague
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic PIR Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow Points Keith Langford UNICS Rebounds Ante Žižić Darüşşafaka Doğuş Assists Thomas Heurtel Anadolu Efes 15 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Steals Bogdan Bogdanović Fenerbahçe Blocks Bryant Dunston Anadolu Efes 5 Ekpe Udoh Fenerbahçe Three pointers Scottie Wilbekin Darüşşafaka Doğuş Turnovers Miloš Teodosić CSKA Moscow Source: EuroLeague
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
References
See also 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball 2016–17 Basketball Champions League 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup
External links
Official website