2016–17 EuroLeague

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.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four
Season	2016–17
Duration	12 October 2016 – 21 May 2017
Games played	259
Teams	16
Regular season
Top seed	Real Madrid
Season MVP	Sergio Llull
Finals
Champions	Fenerbahçe (1st title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	Real Madrid
Final Four MVP	Ekpe Udoh
Statistical leaders
Points Keith Langford 21.8 Rebounds Ekpe Udoh 7.8 Assists Miloš Teodosić 6.8 Index Rating Keith Langford 21.8
Records
Biggest home win	Galatasaray 102–63 Maccabi Tel Aviv (24 January 2017)
Biggest away win	FC Barcelona 63–102 Real Madrid (18 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Brose Bamberg 106–102 EA7 Milan (3 November 2016)
Winning streak	9 matches Real Madrid
Losing streak	10 matches EA7 Milan
Highest attendance	18,487 Crvena zvezda 78–67 CSKA Moscow (29 December 2016)
Lowest attendance	1,746 UNICS 100–79 EA7 Milan (1 December 2016)
Attendance	2,194,238
Average attendance	8,472
← 2015–16 2017–18 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

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.^[1] Fenerbahçe won its inaugural European championship in its home city after defeating Olympiacos in the final.^[2]

Format changes

Main article: FIBA–EuroLeague dispute

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.^[3] This proposal was unanimously rejected by the EuroLeague clubs.^[4] In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's first tier club competition,^[5][6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[8][9]

• 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 (LC)	Anadolu Efes (LC)	Galatasaray Odeabank (EC)	Brose Bamberg (1st)
FC Barcelona Lassa (LC)	Fenerbahçe (LC)	Darüşşafaka Doğuş (WC)	Crvena zvezda mts (1st)[Note ABA]
Real Madrid (LC)	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (LC)	UNICS (2nd)[Note VTB]
Olympiacos (LC)	Žalgiris (LC)
Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC)	CSKA MoscowTH (LC)
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC)

Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Serbian Crvena zvezda mts qualified through the ABA League.
2. ^
   VTB United League (VTB): Russian UNICS qualified through the VTB United League.

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.^[10]

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

Efes

Baskonia

Bamberg

Crvena zvezda

CSKA

Darüşşafaka

Milan

Barcelona

Fenerbahçe

Galatasaray

Maccabi

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Madrid

UNICS

Žalgiris

Location of teams in 2016–17 EuroLeague

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270
Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504
Brose Bamberg	Bamberg	Brose Arena	6,150[11][12]
		Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,200[13]
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Kombank Arena	25,000[14]
		Aleksandar Nikolić	6,500[15]
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Megasport Arena	13,344
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena	5,240
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700[16]
		PalaBancoDesio	6,700
FC Barcelona Lassa	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,059[17]
Galatasaray Odeabank	Istanbul	Abdi İpekçi Arena	12,270
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383[18]
Olympiacos	Piraeus, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium	11,640
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Marousi, Athens	Olympic Sports Center Athens	18,989[19]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	15,000
UNICS	Kazan	Basket Hall Kazan	7,482
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	15,552

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

Main article: List of 2016–17 EuroLeague transactions

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[20]	Pre-season	David Blatt	1 June 2016[21]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Žan Tabak	End of contract	8 June 2016[22]		Erez Edelstein	9 June 2016[23]
Baskonia	Velimir Perasović	Signed with Anadolu Efes	14 June 2016[24]		Sito Alonso	8 July 2016[25]
Anadolu Efes	Ahmet Çakı	End of contract	21 June 2016		Velimir Perasović	21 June 2016[26]
FC Barcelona Lassa	Xavi Pascual	Sacked	27 June 2016[27]		Georgios Bartzokas	8 July 2016[28]
Panathinaikos Superfoods	Argyris Pedoulakis	Resigned	18 October 2016[29]	3rd (1–1)	Xavi Pascual	22 October 2016[30]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Erez Edelstein	Sacked	23 October 2016[31]	13th (0–2)	Rami Hadar	23 October 2016[31]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Rami Hadar	Resigned	16 December 2016[32]	11th (5–7)	Ainars Bagatskis	24 December 2016[33]

Regular season

Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray Odeabank pre-match ceremony

Main article: 2016–17 EuroLeague Regular Season

In the regular season, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advanced to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams were eliminated. The matchdays are from 12 October 2016 to 7 April 2017.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	30	23	7	2585	2353	+232	Advance to Playoffs
2	CSKA Moscow	30	22	8	2608	2355	+253
3	Olympiacos	30	19	11	2330	2221	+109
4	Panathinaikos Superfoods	30	19	11	2263	2187	+76
5	Fenerbahçe	30	18	12	2256	2233	+23
6	Anadolu Efes	30	17	13	2472	2467	+5
7	Baskonia	30	17	13	2445	2376	+69
8	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	30	16	14	2358	2353	+5
9	Crvena zvezda mts	30	16	14	2203	2196	+7
10	Žalgiris	30	14	16	2350	2391	−41
11	FC Barcelona Lassa	30	12	18	2134	2232	−98
12	Galatasaray Odeabank	30	11	19	2345	2475	−130
13	Brose Bamberg	30	10	20	2369	2404	−35
14	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	10	20	2333	2493	−160
15	UNICS	30	8	22	2288	2408	−120
16	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	30	8	22	2411	2606	−195

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	BRO	CZV	CSK	DDI	EA7	FCB	FNB	GSO	MTA	OLY	PAO	RMB	UNK	ZAL
Anadolu Efes	—	96–85	68–87	100–79	87–93	93–81	90–86	72–68	80–77	84–73	92–87	77–69	91–83	78–80	104–99	71–84
Baskonia	85–84	—	81–74	69–87	79–78	73–52	87–74	65–62	86–52	69–62	101–88	90–95	63–72	71–79	102–70	79–84
Brose Bamberg	91–83	71–96	—	78–79	88–90	97–99	106–102	85–65	78–83	79–84	90–75	82–68	83–84	89–91	89–86	86–91
Crvena zvezda mts	72–86	63–70	74–60	—	78–67	70–73	83–70	76–65	75–73	77–58	83–58	64–66	72–66	82–70	83–65	79–88
CSKA Moscow	80–77	112–84	85–64	102–80	—	95–85	101–64	92–76	79–95	85–69	93–81	90–86	81–77	91–90	98–80	95–86
Darüşşafaka Doğuş	79–84	98–89	72–70	78–62	91–83	—	80–81	67–56	72–65	73–67	86–84	71–77	77–72	81–68	71–64	66–69
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	105–92	88–76	76–84	71–78	64–79	89–87	—	78–83	70–79	92–87	99–97	99–83	72–86	90–101	68–91	70–78
FC Barcelona Lassa	89–78	79–93	78–74	67–54	61–85	81–77	89–75	—	72–73	62–69	76–71	67–69	72–57	63–102	70–62	92–86
Fenerbahçe	88–80	74–79	67–66	87–72	77–71	64–71	86–79	68–65	—	85–80	79–81	67–64	84–63	78–77	73–81	82–68
Galatasaray Odeabank	76–86	80–103	75–90	83–85	84–109	85–81	83–80	78–64	87–103	—	102–63	89–87	79–84	87–84	75–67	87–79
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	77–86	85–84	70–85	67–71	76–80	93–92	92–82	69–79	87–77	98–92	—	71–82	61–81	82–89	60–52	77–93
Olympiacos	90–66	92–62	83–77	73–65	75–81	81–73	91–81	59–52	71–62	71–80	73–80	—	77–69	73–79	88–59	73–64
Panathinaikos Superfoods	92–81	69–68	81–72	70–59	85–80	86–80	74–61	71–65	81–70	85–58	83–75	77–79	—	88–82	83–82	84–76
Real Madrid	97–80	87–91	95–72	98–68	95–85	101–83	94–89	85–69	61–56	90–81	80–75	83–65	87–84	—	89–75	96–91
UNICS	92–99	91–92	63–58	65–62	74–85	87–94	100–79	63–69	81–86	73–60	73–74	75–90	83–81	77–81	—	80–82
Žalgiris	68–76	78–73	86–72	61–77	79–74	80–83	84–88	89–85	67–76	87–75	74–87	75–88	64–58	59–74	80–88	—

Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 EuroLeague Playoffs

In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first two games will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the third game and, if necessary, the fourth, will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams.

Game 1 was played on 18 and 19 April, game 2 was played on 20 and 21 April, game 3 was played on 25 and 26 April, game 4, if necessary, was played on 28 April, and game 5, if necessary, was played on 2 May 2017.

Series

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Real Madrid	3–1	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	83–75	80–84	88–81	89–78	0
Panathinaikos Superfoods	0–3	Fenerbahçe	58–71	75–80	61–79	0	0
Olympiacos	3–2	Anadolu Efes	87–72	71–73	60–64	74–62	87–78
CSKA Moscow	3–0	Baskonia	98–90	84–82	90–88	0	0

Final Four

Main article: 2017 EuroLeague 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.^[34]

	Semifinals 19 May				Championship game 21 May
	Fenerbahçe	84
	Real Madrid	75
					Fenerbahçe	80
					Olympiacos	64
	CSKA Moscow	78
	Olympiacos	82
					Third place game
					Real Madrid	70
					CSKA Moscow	94

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

• Sergio Llull ( Real Madrid)^[35]

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

• Ekpe Udoh ( Fenerbahçe)

All-EuroLeague Teams

Pos.	First Team		Second Team
PG	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow
SG	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	Brad Wanamaker	Darüşşafaka Doğuş
SF	Bogdan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe	Nicolò Melli	Brose Bamberg
PF	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	Bryant Dunston	Anadolu Efes
C	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid

Source:^[36]

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

• Keith Langford ( UNICS)^[37]

Best Defender

• Ádám Hanga ( Baskonia)^[38]

Rising Star

• Luka Dončić ( Real Madrid)^[39]

Coach of the Year

• Željko Obradović ( Fenerbahçe)^[40]

Magic Moment

• Anthony Randolph ( Real Madrid)^[41]

Round MVP

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Ricky Hickman	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	32	[42]
2	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	26	[43]
3	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	32	[44]
4	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	31	[45]
5	Keith Langford	UNICS	36	[46]
6	Nando de Colo (2)	CSKA Moscow	35	[47]
7	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	27	[48]
8	Tibor Pleiß	Galatasaray Odeabank	28	[49]
9	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	43	[50]
10	Derrick Brown	Anadolu Efes	37	[51]
11	Nicolò Melli	Brose Bamberg	40	[52]
12	Fabien Causeur	Brose Bamberg	35	[53]
13	Luka Dončić	Real Madrid	25	[54]
	Mike James	Panathinaikos Superfoods
14	Keith Langford (2)	UNICS	36	[55]
15	Keith Langford (3)	UNICS	38	[56]
16	Sonny Weems	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	33	[57]
17	Luka Dončić (2)	Real Madrid	32	[58]
18	Nando de Colo (3)	CSKA Moscow	35	[59]
19	Ioannis Bourousis	Panathinaikos Superfoods	31	[60]
20	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	30	[61]
21	Derrick Brown (2)	Anadolu Efes	33	[62]
22	Georgios Printezis	Olympiacos	30	[63]
23	Nando de Colo (4)	CSKA Moscow	35	[64]
24	Kim Tillie	Baskonia	31	[65]
25	Nando de Colo (5)	CSKA Moscow	26	[66]
26	Paulius Jankūnas	Žalgiris	30	[67]
27	Sergio Llull (2)	Real Madrid	32	[68]
28	Anthony Randolph	Real Madrid	30	[69]
29	Brad Wanamaker	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	34	[70]
30	Latavious Williams	UNICS	34	[71]

Playoffs

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Bogdan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe	35	[72]
2	Bogdan Bogdanović (2)	Fenerbahçe	35	[73]
3	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	23	[74]
	Luka Dončić (3)	Real Madrid
	Bryant Dunston	Anadolu Efes
4	Luka Dončić (4)	Real Madrid	21	[75]
5	Vassilis Spanoulis (2)	Olympiacos	22	[76]

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2016
October	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	[77]
November	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	[78]
December	Nicolò Melli	Brose Bamberg	[79]
2017
January	Ognjen Kuzmić	Crvena zvezda mts	[80]
February	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	[81]
March	Chris Singleton	Panathinaikos Superfoods	[82]
April	Bogdan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe	[83]

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Keith Langford	UNICS	28	611	21.82
2.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	28	583	20.82
3.	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	31	641	20.68

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Keith Langford	UNICS	28	609	21.75
2.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	28	534	19.07
3.	Andrew Goudelock	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	20	345	17.25

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	31	241	7.77
2.	Nicolò Melli	Brose Bamberg	30	222	7.40
3.	Tyler Honeycutt	Anadolu Efes	35	256	7.31

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	29	197	6.79
2.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	33	201	6.09
3.	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid	33	194	5.88

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda mts	30	2.07
Blocks	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe	31	2.19
Turnovers	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	33	3.97
Fouls drawn	Keith Langford	UNICS	28	7.96
Minutes	Keith Langford	UNICS	28	34:01
2P%	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	36	69.9%
3P%	Jon Diebler	Galatasaray Odeabank	29	53.9%
FT%	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	28	95.9%

Source: EuroLeague

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
PIR	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	43
Points	Keith Langford	UNICS	36
Rebounds	Ante Žižić	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	18
Assists	Thomas Heurtel	Anadolu Efes	15
	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
Steals	Bogdan Bogdanović	Fenerbahçe	7
Blocks	Bryant Dunston	Anadolu Efes	5
	Ekpe Udoh	Fenerbahçe
Three pointers	Scottie Wilbekin	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	8
Turnovers	Miloš Teodosić	CSKA Moscow	9

Source: EuroLeague

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
	2017 Final Four games	59,276	15,671	13,967	14,819	+30.6%†
1	Baskonia	186,133	14,875	9,437	11,633	+6.3%†
2	Žalgiris	171,266	15,231	8,621	11,418	+3.8%†
3	Fenerbahçe	179,510	12,973	7,891	11,219	+10.4%†
4	Panathinaikos Superfoods	189,931	17,829	6,139	11,172	+9.9%†
5	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	163,320	11,060	8,480	10,888	−1.6%†
6	Real Madrid	175,310	11,998	8,210	10,312	−4.3%†
7	Crvena zvezda mts	147,265	18,487	5,783	9,818	−5.9%†
8	EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	142,242	12,788	6,416	9,483	+12.5%†
9	Olympiacos	168,483	11,039	7,167	9,360	+9.3%†
10	CSKA Moscow	140,977	12,017	6,173	8,293	+13.4%†
11	Brose Bamberg	96,226	8,000	6,030	6,415	−5.1%†
12	Anadolu Efes	90,443	11,121	2,424	5,320	+14.9%†
13	FC Barcelona Lassa	73,971	7,013	3,037	4,931	−18.9%†
14	Galatasaray Odeabank	72,093	10,433	2,019	4,806	−4.7%1
15	Darüşşafaka Doğuş	79,502	4,982	3,817	4,677	+5.5%†
16	UNICS	56,003	5,801	1,746	3,734	+31.8%1
	League total	2,194,238	18,487	1,746	8,472	+5.4%†

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2015–16 season average applied to EuroCup games.