2016–17 EuroCup Basketball

The 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup, for sponsorship reasons,^[1] was the 15th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the ninth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

7DAYS EuroCup1
Season	2016–17
Duration	12 October 2016 – 5 April 2017 (competition proper)
Games played	146
Teams	20 (competition proper)
Regular season
Season MVP	Alexey Shved
Finals
Champions	Unicaja (1st title)
Runners-up	Valencia Basket
Semifinalists	Lokomotiv Kuban Hapoel Jerusalem
Finals MVP	Alberto Díaz
Awards
Coach of the Year	Pedro Martínez
Rising Star	Rolands Šmits
Statistical leaders
Points Alexey Shved 22.1 Rebounds Drew Gordon 9.6 Assists Stefan Marković 9.1 Index Rating Alexey Shved 22.0
Records
Biggest home win	Valencia Basket 95–58 ratiopharm Ulm (12 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Nizhny Novgorod 63–97 Lietuvos rytas (17 January 2017)
Highest scoring	Alba Berlin 124–115 Lietuvos rytas (2 November 2016)
Winning streak	13 games Valencia Basket
Losing streak	8 games Budućnost VOLI MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Highest attendance	10,367 Unicaja 79–71 Valencia Basket (31 March 2017)
Lowest attendance	80 Budućnost VOLI 95–97 Zenit Saint Petersburg (7 December 2016)
Attendance	628,354
Average attendance	4,304
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 5 April 2017. 1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

The 2017 EuroCup Finals were played between Unicaja and Valencia Basket, and won by Unicaja, which was their first EuroCup title, and their second title overall in a European-wide competition, after they previously won the FIBA Korać Cup 16 years earlier. As the winners of the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball competition, Unicaja qualified for the European top-tier level 2017–18 EuroLeague season.

Format changes

In April 2016, Euroleague Basketball agreed on a new competition format, with 24 teams that will compete in four groups of six teams, with a double round-robin format. The four first qualified teams of the four groups will compete in four groups of four teams, with a double round-robin format. The two first qualified teams of the four groups will play quarterfinals, semifinals, and the finals, with a best-of-three playoffs.^[2]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 12 countries were expected to participate in the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball,^[3] but finally 20 teams from 9 countries participate in the competition.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.^[3]

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (24 teams)	4 best-placed teams from Spain 3 best-placed teams from Adriatic 3 best-placed teams from Germany 3 best-placed teams from Italy 3 best-placed teams from Russia 1 best-placed teams from Greece 1 best-placed teams from Israel 1 best-placed teams from Lithuania 1 best-placed teams from Poland 4 wild cards
Top 16 (16 teams)		4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs (8 teams)		4 group winners from the Top 16 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

Main article: 2015–16 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

In July 2016, Italian clubs withdrew from the competition after several threats from FIBA,^[4][5] and were replaced by Lietkabelis, Krasny Oktyabr, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Montakit Fuenlabrada.^[6] In September 2016, after the withdrawal of AEK, Partizan NIS and Stelmet Zielona Góra due to the pressures and threats they received from FIBA and National Federations,^[7][8][9] Euroleague Basketball announced that will review candidate clubs to fill the vacancies,^[10] but finally reduced to 20 teams.^[11]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[12][13]

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
• WC: Wild card
• AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal

Regular season
Valencia Basket (3rd)	Montakit Fuenlabrada (AV)	Budućnost VOLI (3rd)	Bayern Munich (4th)
Herbalife Gran Canaria (5th)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd)	Cedevita (4th)	Alba Berlin (7th)
Unicaja (6th)	Khimki (4th)	Union Olimpija (WC)	Lietuvos rytas (3rd)
UCAM Murcia (7th)	Lokomotiv Kuban (5th)	MZT Skopje Aerodrom (AV)	Lietkabelis (AV)
RETAbet Bilbao Basket (WC)	Nizhny Novgorod (WC)	ratiopharm Ulm (2nd)	Hapoel Jerusalem (2nd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[3][14]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Regular season	Round 1	7 July 2016	12 October 2016
	Round 2		18–19 October 2016
	Round 3		26 October 2016
	Round 4		2 November 2016
	Round 5		9 November 2016
	Round 6		16 November 2016
	Round 7		23 November 2016
	Round 8		30 November 2016
	Round 9		7 December 2016
	Round 10		14 December 2016
Top 16	Round 1		4 January 2017
	Round 2		10–11 January 2017
	Round 3		17–18 January 2017
	Round 4		24–25 January 2017
	Round 5		31 January–1 February 2017
	Round 6		8 February 2017
Playoffs	Quarterfinals		28 February 2017	3 March 2017	8 March 2017
	Semifinals		14 March 2017	17 March 2017	22 March 2017
	Finals		28 March 2017	31 March 2017	5 April 2017

Draw

The draw was held on 7 July 2016, 13:15 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.^[14] The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[14]

Pot 1 Team Lokomotiv Kuban Khimki Nizhny Novgorod Unicaja	Pot 2 Team Valencia Basket Alba Berlin Bayern Munich Herbalife Gran Canaria	Pot 3 Team Cedevita RETAbet Bilbao Basket UCAM Murcia Union Olimpija
Pot 4 Team Hapoel Jerusalem Lietuvos rytas Banco di Sardegna Sassari Stelmet Zielona Góra	Pot 5 Team Zenit Saint Petersburg FoxTown Cantù AEK ratiopharm Ulm	Pot 6 Team Budućnost VOLI Partizan NIS Dolomiti Energia Trento Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

Regular season

Valencia

Gran Canaria

Unicaja

Murcia

Fuenlabrada

Bilbao

Zenit

Khimki

Lokomotiv

Nizhny Novgorod

Budućnost

Cedevita

Olimpija

MZT Skopje

Ulm

Bayern

Berlin

H. Jerusalem

Rytas

Lietkabelis

Location of teams of the 2016–17 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the last teams were eliminated. The rounds were 12 October, 18–19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November, 23 November, 30 November, 7 December, and 14 December 2016.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		HGC	CED	NIZ	LIE	MZT
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria	8	7	1	758	630	+128	Advance to Top 16		—	101–76	98–87	86–67	87–75
2	Cedevita	8	6	2	678	644	+34			97–90	—	92–77	76–80	95–61
3	Nizhny Novgorod	8	4	4	659	693	−34			80–106	82–84	—	91–89	88–74
4	Lietkabelis	8	3	5	626	658	−32			73–92	68–69	72–75	—	90–89
5	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	8	0	8	617	713	−96			75–98	85–89	82–97	80–87	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KHI	FUE	ALB	LRY	RBB
1	Khimki	8	6	2	728	636	+92	Advance to Top 16		—	96–84	88–77	76–71	99–78
2	Montakit Fuenlabrada	8	4	4	696	695	+1			89–85	—	105–80	81–70	89–78
3	Alba Berlin	8	4	4	681	734	−53			72–102	88–81	—	124–115	88–92
4	Lietuvos rytas	8	3	5	683	674	+9			93–91	101–84	97–99	—	83–71
5	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	8	3	5	645	694	−49			72–91	97–83	77–85	80–76	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		ZEN	BAY	UCA	UNI	BUD
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	8	6	2	692	655	+37	Advance to Top 16		—	80–77	83–85	82–72	84–79
2	Bayern Munich	8	6	2	641	583	+58			88–99	—	92–84	72–69	80–66
3	UCAM Murcia	8	4	4	642	646	−4			77–90	79–90	—	83–75	86–77
4	Unicaja	8	4	4	623	607	+16			93–86	62–74	89–86	—	93–75
5	Budućnost VOLI	8	0	8	573	680	−107			95–97	44–68	75–86	62–86	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		VBC	JER	ULM	LOK	UOL
1	Valencia Basket	8	7	1	657	570	+87	Advance to Top 16		—	77–81	95–58	78–77	87–74
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	8	5	3	639	640	−1			84–86	—	69–64	90–79	81–69
3	ratiopharm Ulm	8	4	4	612	638	−26			60–86	103–77	—	105–101	87–82
4	Lokomotiv Kuban	8	3	5	610	605	+5			64–73	88–68	62–77	—	77–64
5	Union Olimpija	8	1	7	575	640	−65			72–75	74–89	76–72	64–72	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The two first qualified teams advanced to the quarterfinals, while the two last teams will be eliminated. The rounds were 4 January, 10–11 January, 17–18 January, 24–25 January, 31 January–1 February, and 8 February 2017.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		LOK	HGC	FUE	UCA
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	6	5	1	484	424	+60	Advance to quarterfinals		—	66–68	86–61	70–60
2	Herbalife Gran Canaria	6	4	2	491	465	+26			71–86	—	100–76	94–85
3	Montakit Fuenlabrada	6	2	4	469	508	−39			87–91	85–75	—	85–69
4	UCAM Murcia	6	1	5	445	492	−47			77–85	67–83	87–75	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BAY	KHI	LIE	ULM
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	479	430	+49	Advance to quarterfinals		—	90–74	85–69	101–98
2	Khimki	6	4	2	503	493	+10			74–96	—	88–80	85–84
3	Lietkabelis	6	2	4	470	505	−35			72–78	77–89	—	86–84
4	ratiopharm Ulm	6	0	6	482	506	−24			57–68	90–95	81–86	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		JER	ZEN	LRY	NIZ
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	521	484	+37	Advance to quarterfinals		—	97–81	84–77	98–76
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	3	3	549	522	+27			101–81	—	88–79	90–66
3	Lietuvos rytas	6	3	3	514	472	+42			76–80	86–84	—	99–73
4	Nizhny Novgorod	6	1	5	464	570	−106			73–81	113–105	63–97	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		VBC	UNI	CED	ALB
1	Valencia Basket	6	6	0	508	429	+79	Advance to quarterfinals		—	86–62	71–58	85–80
2	Unicaja	6	3	3	436	443	−7			70–78	—	73–59	83–77
3	Cedevita	6	2	4	452	480	−28			86–89	74–71	—	99–83
4	Alba Berlin	6	1	5	475	519	−44			73–99	69–77	93–76	—

Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

Main article: 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
	Lokomotiv Kuban		75	88
	Zenit		52	77
							Lokomotiv Kuban		57	63
							Unicaja		73	74
	Bayern Munich	91	67	69
	Unicaja	82	82	74
													Unicaja	62	79	63
													Valencia Basket	68	71	58
	Hapoel Jerusalem		87	85
	Herbalife Gran Canaria		67	79
							Hapoel Jerusalem	68	79	75
							Valencia Basket	83	66	90
	Valencia Basket	88	74	92
	Khimki	82	98	76

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 28 February, the second legs on 3 March 2017 and the third legs, if necessary, on 8 March 2017.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	Zenit	75–52	88–77	0
Bayern Munich	1–2	Unicaja	91–82	67–82	69–74
Hapoel Jerusalem	2–0	Herbalife Gran Canaria	87–67	85–79	0
Valencia Basket	2–1	Khimki	88–82	74–98	92–76

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 14 March, the second legs on 17 March, and the third legs, if necessary, on 22 March 2017.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Lokomotiv Kuban	0–2	Unicaja	57–73	63–74	0
Valencia Basket	2–1	Hapoel Jerusalem	83–68	66–79	90–75

Finals

Main article: 2017 EuroCup Finals

The first leg were played on 28 March, the second leg on 31 March, and the third leg, if necessary, on 5 April 2017.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Valencia Basket	1–2	Unicaja	68–62	71–79	58–63

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	77,304	10,091	6,940	8,589	+25.5%†
2	Alba Berlin	47,435	8,666	5,429	6,776	−9.1%†
3	Unicaja	64,518	10,367	4,292	6,452	+0.2%1
4	Valencia Basket	75,951	7,813	3,996	5,842	−18.9%†
5	Bayern Munich	48,914	6,265	4,257	5,435	+2.7%†
6	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	21,658	6,438	4,132	5,415	+12.9%†
7	Lietuvos rytas	37,498	5,933	4,153	5,357	+97.7%†
8	UCAM Murcia	34,699	5,671	4,321	4,957	n/a†
9	Lokomotiv Kuban	39,669	5,744	3,166	4,408	−19.6%1
10	ratiopharm Ulm	28,779	5,560	3,055	4,111	−7.9%†
11	Lietkabelis	27,063	4,415	3,416	3,866	n/a†
12	Herbalife Gran Canaria	29,896	5,202	2,393	3,737	−10.1%†
13	Zenit Saint Petersburg	23,121	4,471	2,065	2,890	+24.6%†
14	Montakit Fuenlabrada	18,253	3,594	1,251	2,608	n/a†
15	Budućnost VOLI	8,902	4,016	80	2,226	+34.6%†
16	Khimki	15,750	3,500	1,350	1,969	−29.9%1
17	Union Olimpija	7,359	2,371	1,000	1,840	−33.4%†
18	Nizhny Novgorod	9,369	1,927	754	1,338	−20.3%†
19	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	5,175	3,432	554	1,294	n/a†
20	Cedevita	7,041	1,482	513	1,006	−73.2%1
	League total	628,354	10,367	80	4,304	n/a†

Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2017. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Notes:
1: 2015–16 season average applied to Euroleague games.

Individual statistics

Index Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Index Rating	PIR
1.	Alexey Shved	Khimki	14	308	22.00
2.	DeAndre Kane	Nizhny Novgorod	14	301	21.50
3.	David Logan	Lietuvos rytas	14	278	19.86

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Alexey Shved	Khimki	14	310	22.14
2.	Elmedin Kikanović	Alba Berlin	13	255	19.62
3.	Ryan Toolson	Zenit Saint Petersburg	14	265	18.93

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Drew Gordon	Lietuvos rytas	14	134	9.57
2.	DeAndre Kane	Nizhny Novgorod	14	107	7.64
3.	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket	20	135	6.75

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Stefan Marković	Zenit Saint Petersburg	14	128	9.14
2.	Facundo Campazzo	UCAM Murcia	13	87	6.69
3.	David Logan	Lietuvos rytas	14	81	5.79

Other statistics

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Facundo Campazzo	UCAM Murcia	13	2.23
Blocks per game	Mirza Begić	Cedevita	14	1.29
2PT %	Artūras Jomantas	Lietuvos rytas	12	78.00 %
3PT %	Dragan Milosavljević	Alba Berlin	13	73.68 %
FT %	Billy Baron	UCAM Murcia	14	90.91 %

Game highs

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Index Rating	Ryan Boatright	Cedevita	51
Points	Pierre Jackson	Cedevita	38
Rebounds	Artūras Gudaitis	Lietuvos rytas	16
Assists	Stefan Marković	Zenit Saint Petersburg	14
Steals	Aaron White	Zenit Saint Petersburg	7
Blocks	Mirza Begić	Cedevita	5
	Hamady N'Diaye	Unicaja

Awards

7DAYS EuroCup MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Alexey Shved	Khimki	[15]

7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Alberto Díaz	Unicaja	[16]

All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams

Position	All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team		All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team		Ref
	Player	Club	Player	Club
G	Curtis Jerrells	Hapoel Jerusalem	Kyle Fogg	Unicaja	[17][18]
G	Alexey Shved	Khimki	Kyle Kuric	Herbalife Gran Canaria
F	Mardy Collins	Lokomotiv Kuban	Fernando San Emeterio	Valencia Basket
F	Dejan Musli	Unicaja	Maxi Kleber	Bayern Munich
C	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket	Amar'e Stoudemire	Hapoel Jerusalem

Coach of the Year

Player	Team	Ref.
Pedro Martínez	Valencia Basket	[19]

Rising Star

Player	Team	Ref.
Rolands Šmits	Montakit Fuenlabrada	[20]

Round MVP

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Kyle Kuric	Herbalife Gran Canaria	25	[21]
2	Kyle Kuric (2)	Herbalife Gran Canaria	25	[22]
	Žygimantas Skučas	Lietkabelis
	Kšyštof Lavrinovič
3	Jacob Pullen	Khimki	32	[23]
4	Elmedin Kikanović	Alba Berlin	35	[24]
5	Pierre Jackson	Cedevita	37	[25]
6	Gintaras Leonavičius	Lietkabelis	31	[26]
7	Kyle Fogg	Unicaja	33	[27]
8	Ivan Strebkov	Nizhny Novgorod	36	[28]
9	Elmedin Kikanović (2)	Alba Berlin	33	[29]
10	Jānis Timma	Zenit Saint Petersburg	36	[30]

Top 16

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	DeAndre Kane	Nizhny Novgorod	39	[31]
2	Jānis Timma (2)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	31	[32]
3	David Logan	Lietuvos rytas	38	[33]
4	Alexey Shved	Khimki	37	[34]
5	Tarence Kinsey	Hapoel Jerusalem	33	[35]
6	Royce O'Neale	Herbalife Gran Canaria	34	[36]

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Fernando San Emeterio	Valencia Basket	29	[37]
2	Alexey Shved (2)	Khimki	22	[38]
3	Bojan Dubljević	Valencia Basket	26	[39]

Semifinals

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Fernando San Emeterio (2)	Valencia Basket	31	[40]
2	Nemanja Nedović	Unicaja	23	[41]
3	Fernando San Emeterio (3)	Valencia Basket	21	[42]

See also

• 2016–17 EuroLeague
• 2016–17 Basketball Champions League
• 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup