The 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup was the 2nd season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball club competition organised by FIBA Europe. The season began on 18 October 2016, with the regular season, and concluded on April 25, 2017, with the second leg of the Finals. Nanterre 92 was crowned FIBA Europe Cup champions after defeating Élan Chalon.
Format changes The regular season phase 1 will be joined by 38 teams, 26 will qualify directly and the other 12 will come from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. These teams will be divided into ten groups, seven groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The two first qualified teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams (two teams from each Conference) will qualify to the regular season phase 2. These teams will be divided into six groups of four teams. The first qualified teams of each group and the best two runners-up of all groups will qualify to the play-offs with the eight teams dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season.
In the play-offs, the Round of 16 play-offs, the Quarter-Final play-offs, the Semi-Final play-offs and the Final play-offs will be played with a double-leg format.
After the Basketball Champions League expansion, the qualifying rounds were eliminated and the four teams that were going to join them qualified directly to the regular season, being these reduced to 38 teams instead of the 40 initially proposed.
Team allocation
A total of 38 teams will participate in the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup.
Distribution The table below shows the default access list.
Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundTeams transferred from Champions LeagueRegular season(38 teams)26 teams12 teams from Champions League qualifying roundsSecond round(24 teams)10 group winners from regular season 10 group runners-up from regular season 4 best third-placed teams from regular season (two from each conference)Play-offs(16 teams)6 group winners from the second round 2 best group runners-up from the second round8 teams from Champions League regular season
Teams The official list of teams was announced with the draw on 22 July.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs CL: Transferred from Champions League RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Play-offs Oradea Kataja Muratbey Uşak Sportif Proximus Spirou Stelmet Zielona Góra Cibona Ironi Nahariya Telenet Oostende Regular season Élan Chalon Gaziantep Redwell Gunners Oberwart Igokea Gravelines Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece JIP Pardubice Donar Pau-Lacq-Orthez Vytautas TLÜ/Kalev Prievidza Nanterre 92 Šiauliai Telekom Baskets Bonn Rilski Sportist Hubo Limburg United Bnei Herzliya U-BT Cluj-Napoca Petrolina AEK Larnaca Brussels Enisey Tsmoki Minsk Port of Antwerp Giants Mureș Tartu Belfius Mons-Hainaut Steaua CSM EximBank Lukoil Academic TLI Alba Fehérvár APOEL Södertälje Kings Egis Körmend Sigal Prishtina Benfica Sopron Peja Porto
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows: PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legRegular seasonMatchday 122 July 201618–19 October 2016Matchday 225–26 October 2016Matchday 31–2 November 2016Matchday 48–9 November 2016Matchday 515–17 November 2016Matchday 622–23 November 2016Second roundMatchday 114 December 2016Matchday 221 December 2016Matchday 34 January 2017Matchday 411 January 2017Matchday 518 January 2017Matchday 625 January 2017Play-offsRound of 16 26 January 20178 February 201722 February 2017Quarter-finals8 March 201715 March 2017Semi-finals29 March 20175 April 2017Finals19 April 201726 April 2017
Regular season
The draw of the regular season was held on 22 July 2016, at 12:00 CEST, in Freising, Germany. The 38 teams were divided into two conferences according to geographical criteria, each containing five groups: Conference 1: Groups A, B and D (four teams); Groups C and E (three teams) Conference 2: Groups F, G, H and J (four teams); Group I (three teams)
The matchdays were 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November and 23 November 2016. The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two from each conference) advanced to the second round.
A total of 22 national associations were represented in the regular season. Hubo Limburg United, Basic-Fit Brussels and Peja made their European debut appearances.
Tiebreakers If teams in the same group finish tied on points at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the regular season. Points scored during the regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each regular season match.
Conference 1
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Conference 2 Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Ranking of third-placed teams Games against fourth-placed teams are not included in these rankings.
Conference 1
Conference 2
Second round The matchdays were 14 December, 21 December 2016, 4 January, 11 January, 18 January and 25 January 2017. The six group winners plus the two best second-placed teams qualified directly for the play-offs, where they were joined by eight teams transferred from the Basketball Champions League regular season.
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Ranking of second-placed teams
Transfers from Champions League regular season Eight teams from the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the worst fifth-placed team, all sixth-placed teams and the two best seventh-placed teams.
Play-offs
Unlike the previous season, every round of the play-offs, including the finals, will be played as two-legged home-and-away ties.
Bracket
Round of 16 The first legs will be played on 8 February, and the second legs will be played on 22 February 2017.
Quarter-finals The first legs will be played on 8 March, and the second legs will be played on 15 March 2017.
Semi-finals The first legs will be played on 29 March, and the second legs will be played on 5 April 2017.
Final
The first leg will be played on 18 April, and the second leg will be played on 25 April 2017.
Awards Season Awards Award Player Club Most Valuable Player Cameron Clark Élan Chalon Best Defender Moustapha Fall Élan Chalon Coach of the Year Pascal Donnadieu Nanterre 92
All-FIBA Europe Cup Team Pos.PlayerTeamPG Chris Warren Nanterre 92SG John Roberson Élan ChalonSF Cameron Clark Élan ChalonPF Frank Elegar EniseyC Moustapha Fall Élan Chalon
Honors Top performers Each week a selection of five top performers was made, based on their efficiency rating. The Top Performer title is handed out by the official website of the FIBA Europe Cup and partly decided by efficiency rating in the particular round.
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam EFF 1 Marcus Denmon Gaziantep 34 2 Yordan Bozov Rilski Sportist 35 3 Seth Tuttle Hubo Limburg United 36 4 Terry Allen Egis Körmend 38 5 Chase Fieler Donar 46 6 Martynas Echodas Šiauliai 37
Second round RoundPlayerTeam EFF 1 Vitalis Chikoko Pau-Lacq-Orthez 40 2 Kenneth Horton Telekom Baskets Bonn 33 3 Mike Smith Port of Antwerp Giants 31 4 Stephen Zack Lukoil Academic 35 5 Danny Gibson Lukoil Academic 33 6 Marcus Denmon (2) Gaziantep 32 Brandon Mobley APOEL
Round of 16
PlayerTeam Zach Auguste Muratbey Uşak Sportif Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
Quarter-finals
PlayerTeam Julian Gamble Telekom Baskets Bonn
Semi-finals
PlayerTeam Cameron Clark Élan Chalon
Final PlayerTeam Moustapha Fall Élan Chalon
Statistics Statistical leaders
CategoryPlayer Team Average Efficiency Frank Elegar Enisey 23.8 Points Cameron Clark Élan Chalon 20.0 Rebounds Frank Elegar Enisey 10.2 Assists D.J. Cooper 9.2 Steals Christian Tuck, 2.6 Blocks Moustapha Fall 1.8 Turnovers Thomas Massamba Södertälje Kings 3.5 Fouls Brandon Mobley APOEL 3.6 Minutes Dru Joyce Tsmoki-Minsk 37.2 FG% Frank Elegar Enisey .669 3P% Maksym Korniyenko Lukoil Academic .576 FT% Taurean Green Bnei Herzliya .913 Double-doubles Frank Elegar Enisey 8 Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points John Roberson Élan Chalon 39 Spencer Butterfield Nanterre 92 Rebounds Dave Dudzinski Steaua CSM EximBank 17 Assists Dru Joyce Tsmoki Minsk 17 Steals 7 occasions 6 Blocks Đorđe Gagić Tsmoki Minsk 5 Three pointers Spencer Butterfield Nanterre 92 11 Turnovers Derek Jackson, Jr. Gunners Oberwart 9 Radek Nečas JIP Pardubice Source: tab=player_high FIBA Europe Cup
Finals rosters Nanterre 92: Spencer Butterfield, Chris Warren, Heiko Schaffartzik (C), Hugo Invernizzi. Coach: Pascal Donnadieu Elan Chalon: Cameron Clark, Moustapha Fall, John Robertson, Jérémy Nzeulie, Lance Harris, Bouteille.
See also 2016–17 EuroLeague 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball 2016–17 Basketball Champions League
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