The 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB Finals. Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, which won its first league ever.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 LEB Oro. ACB agreed with Ourense Provincia Termal its promotion to this season instead the previous one if it fulfills successfully the requirements. Teams promoted from LEB Oro Ourense Provincia Termal (did not fulfill the requirements) Quesos Cerrato Palencia (resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements, its place was offered to Movistar Estudiantes) Club Melilla Baloncesto (resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements, its place was offered to RETAbet.es GBC, which resigned to it and finally agreed to play in LEB Oro)
After the resignation of RETAbet.es GBC to play in ACB, the ACB offered its place to Quesos Cerrato Palencia and Club Melilla Baloncesto to complete a league of 18 teams. After both teams refused the invitation, the ACB agreed to play a 17-team league. On 27 September 2016, the league confirmed that the two last qualified teams will be relegated to LEB Oro.
Venues and locations TeamHome cityArena Capacity Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Divina Seguros Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín ICL Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella, Andorra Poliesportiu d'Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Madrid WiZink Center Real Betis Energía Plus Seville San Pablo Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center RETAbet Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar Tecnyconta Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBaskonia Sito Alonso Ádám Hanga Hummel RiojaDivina Seguros Joventut Diego Ocampo Albert Ventura Spalding Divina Pastora SegurosFC Barcelona Lassa Georgios Bartzokas Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa TyresHerbalife Gran Canaria Luis Casimiro Eulis Báez Adidas HerbalifeIberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Nicolás Richotti Austral IberostarICL Manresa Ibon Navarro Román Montañez Pentex ICL IberiaMontakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera Marko Popović BFS MontakitMoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya David Navarro Kon MoraBancMovistar Estudiantes Salva Maldonado Jaime Fernández Joma MovistarReal Betis Energía Plus Žan Tabak Boštjan Nachbar Spalding Energía PlusReal Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas TekaRETAbet Bilbao Basket Carles Duran Álex Mumbrú Erreà RETAbetRio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Pepe Pozas Vive Rio Natura, MonbusTecnyconta Zaragoza Luis Guil Henk Norel Mercury TecnycontaUCAM Murcia Fotios Katsikaris José Ángel Antelo Nike UCAMUnicaja Joan Plaza Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, BenahavísValencia Basket Pedro Martínez Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Herbalife Gran Canaria Aíto García Reneses End of contract 2 June 2016 Pre-season Luis Casimiro 30 June 2016 Baskonia Velimir Perasović Signed for Anadolu Efes 14 June 2016 Sito Alonso 8 July 2016 Movistar Estudiantes Sergio Valdeolmillos Sacked 16 June 2016 Salva Maldonado 27 July 2016 FC Barcelona Lassa Xavi Pascual Sacked 28 June 2016 Georgios Bartzokas 8 July 2016 Real Betis Energía Plus Luis Casimiro End of contract 30 June 2016 Žan Tabak 28 July 2016 Divina Seguros Joventut Salva Maldonado Resigned 7 July 2016 Diego Ocampo 26 July 2016 RETAbet Bilbao Basket Sito Alonso Resigned 8 July 2016 Carles Duran 11 July 2016 UCAM Murcia Fotios Katsikaris Signed for Lokomotiv Kuban 25 July 2016 Óscar Quintana 28 July 2016 UCAM Murcia Óscar Quintana Sacked 23 January 2017 14th (5–12) Fotios Katsikaris 23 January 2017 Tecnyconta Zaragoza Andreu Casadevall Sacked 6 March 2017 14th (7–15) Luis Guil 6 March 2017 Real Betis Energía Plus Žan Tabak Sacked 10 April 2017 15th (8–18) Alejandro Martínez 10 April 2017
Regular season
League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In italics, the team did not play any game in that round. Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Real Madrid 4 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Baskonia 1 2 6 4 3 5 4 6 5 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 2 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 4 3 2Valencia Basket 3 11 8 6 6 3 5 4 6 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3Unicaja 13 16 10 9 8 7 8 7 7 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 7 5 7 5 5 4 4Iberostar Tenerife 5 3 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 4 6 6 5 5FC Barcelona Lassa 7 6 5 7 5 4 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 6 4 6 4 4 3 6 6Herbalife Gran Canaria 14 14 15 16 14 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 87 6 6 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 7MoraBanc Andorra 9 5 4 5 7 8 7 5 4 7 8 7 7 78 8 8 7 7 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8UCAM Murcia 8 12 7 8 11 13 15 15 12 13 13 15 12 13 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 12 13 12 12 11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 9RETAbet Bilbao Basket 6 4 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10Movistar Estudiantes 16 13 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 13 14 14 13 14 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 10 12 12 11 10 11 12 11 11 11Montakit Fuenlabrada 12 8 9 13 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 14 11 10 10 11 10 9 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 11 12 12 12Rio Natura Monbus 17 17 17 15 15 16 13 13 15 14 12 12 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13Divina Seguros Joventut 10 15 16 17 17 15 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 13 14 13 13 13 14 14Tecnyconta Zaragoza 15 10 12 12 9 12 12 12 13 11 11 11 10 11 13 14 12 13 14 12 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 14 15 15 15Real Betis Energía Plus 2 7 13 11 12 9 10 11 11 12 14 13 15 12 11 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 12 14 13 13 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16ICL Manresa 11 9 14 14 13 14 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 Source: ACB
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Awards All official awards of the 2016–17 ACB season.
MVP PlayerTeamPG Sergio Llull Real Madrid Source:
Finals MVP PlayerTeamC Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket Source:
All-ACB Teams
First Team Second TeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPG Sergio Llull Real Madrid Shane Larkin BaskoniaSG Edwin Jackson Movistar Estudiantes Facundo Campazzo UCAM MurciaSF Ádám Hanga Baskonia Nemanja Nedović UnicajaPF Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket Anthony Randolph Real MadridC Giorgi Shermadini MoraBanc Andorra Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Lassa Source:
Best Young Player Award PlayerTeamPG Luka Dončić Real Madrid Source: Best All-Young Team PlayerTeamPG Luka Dončić Real MadridSG Alberto Abalde Divina Seguros JoventutSF Rolands Šmits Montakit FuenlabradaPF Sasha Vezenkov FC Barcelona LassaC Anžejs Pasečņiks Herbalife Gran Canaria Source:
Sportium Award to the Best Three-Point Shooter PlayerTeamSG Martynas Gecevičius Tecnyconta Zaragoza Source:
KIA Most Spectacular Player PlayerTeamPG Facundo Campazzo UCAM Murcia Source:
Best Coach CoachTeam Txus Vidorreta Iberostar Tenerife Source:
Player of the week Date Player Team PIR 1 Luka Žorić Real Betis Energía Plus 302 Patrik Auda ICL Manresa 27 Sergio Llull Real Madrid 3 Davin White Iberostar Tenerife 38 4 Nemanja Nedović Unicaja 295 Ante Tomić FC Barcelona Lassa 27 Johannes Voigtmann Baskonia 6 Albert Sàbat Divina Seguros Joventut 25 7 Ante Tomić (2) FC Barcelona Lassa 33 8 Stevan Jelovac Tecnyconta Zaragoza 29 9 Álex Mumbrú RETAbet Bilbao Basket 36 10 Sergio Llull (2) Real Madrid 37 11 Luka Dončić Real Madrid 34 12 Trent Lockett Real Betis Energía Plus 33 13 Facundo Campazzo UCAM Murcia 36 14 Tyrese Rice FC Barcelona Lassa 29 15 Vítor Faverani UCAM Murcia 31 16 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 30 17 Giorgi Shermadini MoraBanc Andorra 33 18 Edwin Jackson Movistar Estudiantes 44 19 Aaron Doornekamp Iberostar Tenerife 28 20 Shane Larkin Baskonia 31 21 Ádám Hanga Baskonia 34 22 Shane Larkin (2) Baskonia 36 23 Blagota Sekulić Montakit Fuenlabrada 31 24 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 28 25 Giorgi Shermadini (2) MoraBanc Andorra 41 26 Sergio Llull (3) Real Madrid 32 27 Felipe Reyes Real Madrid 40 28 Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid 32 29 Kyle Fogg Unicaja 30 30 Ante Tomić (3) FC Barcelona Lassa 32 31 Bojan Dubljević (2) Valencia Basket 38 32 Giorgi Shermadini (3) MoraBanc Andorra 32 33 Sergio Llull (4) Real Madrid 33 34 Ádám Hanga (2) Baskonia 28 Source:
Player of the month Month Week Player Team PIR October1–6 Scott BamforthRETAbet Bilbao Basket22.8November7–10 Stevan JelovacTecnyconta Zaragoza27.3December11–15 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa22.4January16–19 Giorgi ShermadiniMorabanc Andorra27.7February20–22 Shane LarkinBaskonia33.5March23–26 Giorgi Shermadini (2)Morabanc Andorra25.7April27–31 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket20.6May32–34 Giorgi Shermadini (3)Morabanc Andorra24.7 Source:
ACB clubs in European competitions
Team Competition ProgressReal Madrid EuroLeague 4th (Final Four)Baskonia 7th (Playoffs)FC Barcelona Lassa 11th (Regular season)Unicaja EuroCup ChampionsValencia Basket Runners-upHerbalife Gran Canaria QuarterfinalsMontakit Fuenlabrada Top 16UCAM Murcia Top 16RETAbet Bilbao Basket Regular seasonIberostar Tenerife Champions League Champions
References and notes
External links Official website