2016–17 ABA League

The 2016–17 ABA League was the 16th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It started on September 29, 2016, with the first round of the regular season and the regular season ended on March 13, 2017, followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams. The play-offs were played from March 18 till April 13, 2017. Crvena zvezda won its third ABA League championship, after beating Cedevita 3–0 in the Finals.

ABA League
Season	2016–17
Duration	September 29, 2016 – March 13, 2017 (Regular season) March 18, 2017 – April 13, 2017 (Playoffs)
Games played	191
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVP	Nikola Janković [1]
Relegated	Krka
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts (3rd title)
Runners-up	Cedevita
Semifinalists	Partizan NIS Budućnost VOLI
Finals MVP	Charles Jenkins [2]
Awards
Top Prospect	Jonah Bolden [3]
Statistical leaders
Points Ivan Marinković (Zadar) 17.72 Rebounds Alpha Kaba (Mega Leks) 7.52 Assists Scottie Reynolds (Cibona) 6.94 Index Rating Nikola Janković (Olimpija) 19.24
Records
Biggest home win	Cedevita 120–62 Zadar (8 October 2016) Biggest win in the ABA League history
Biggest away win	Zadar 66–103 Crvena zvezda mts (6 October 2016) Karpoš Sokoli 61–98 Crvena zvezda mts (14 February 2017)
Highest scoring	Mornar 104–110 Zadar (13 November 2016)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

National standings

The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.^[1][2]

Country	No.	2015–16 coeff.	2016–17 no. of clubs
Montenegro	1	16.00	2
Serbia	3	14.75	4
Croatia	3	14.00	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	11.00	1
Macedonia	1	10.00	1
Slovenia	2	9.33	2
Wild card			1
Total	11	best coeff. (+2)	14

Team allocation

On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel Union Olimpija and Helios Suns as the first was not able to fulfill the financial obligations required and the second did not follow the position of all the clubs of the Association in the FIBA-Euroleague controversy.^[3] Finally, Union Olimpija was re-admitted in the league and Macedonian runner-up Karpoš Sokoli replaced Helios Suns.^[4]

League positions of the previous national league season after playoffs shown in parentheses (RW: Regular season winners).

Regular season
Budućnost VOLI (1st)	Mega Leks (3rd)	Zadar (3rd)	Krka (RW)
Mornar (2nd)	FMP (4th)	Igokea (1st)	Union Olimpija (4th)
Crvena zvezda mts (1st)	Cedevita (1st)	MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)
Partizan NIS (2nd)	Cibona (2nd)	Karpoš Sokoli (3rd)

Venues and locations

Budućnost

Cedevita

Cibona

Crvena zvezda

FMP

Igokea

Karpoš

Krka

Mega

Mornar

MZT

Olimpija

Partizan

Zadar

Location of teams in the 2016–17 ABA League

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	4,300
Cedevita	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	3,100
Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall	5,400
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić	5,878
FMP	Železnik	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Karpoš Sokoli	Skopje	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center	8,000
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,000
Mega Leks	Sremska Mitrovica	Sports Hall Pinki	2,500
Mornar	Bar	Topolica Sport Hall	2,625
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Skopje	Jane Sandanski Arena	7,500
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić	6,500[5]
Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,480
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	9,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI	Ilias Zouros	Suad Šehović	daCAPO	VOLI
Cedevita	Veljko Mršić	Miro Bilan	Nike	Cedevita
Cibona	Damir Mulaomerović	Marin Rozić	Adidas	Franck
Crvena zvezda mts	Dejan Radonjić	Luka Mitrović	Champion	mts
FMP	Branko Maksimović	Filip Čović	Champion	FMP
Igokea	Dragan Bajić	Vuk Radivojević	GBT	m:tel
Karpoš Sokoli	Dragan Nikolić	Igor Penov	Erreà	—
Krka	Simon Petrov	Matej Rojc	Žolna šport	Krka
Mega Leks	Dejan Milojević	Rade Zagorac	Adidas	Bemax
Mornar	Đorđije Pavićević	Marko Mijović	Adidas	—
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Ante Nazor	Marko Simonovski	Adidas	—
Partizan NIS	Aleksandar Džikić	Novica Veličković	Adidas	NIS
Union Olimpija	Gašper Okorn	Mirko Mulalić	Macron	Pivovarna Union
Zadar	Aramis Naglić	Lovre Bašić	Champion	OTP Bank

Coaching changes

Week	Club	Outgoing coach	Date of change	Incoming coach
4th	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Emil Rajković	10 October 2016[6]	Aleksandar Jončevski
7th	Karpoš Sokoli	Siniša Matić	2–3 November 2016[7][8]	Dragan Nikolić
9th	Budućnost VOLI	Vlado Šćepanović	13–15 November 2016[9][10]	Ilias Zouros
9th	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Aleksandar Jončevski	14–18 November 2016[11][12]	Ante Nazor
10th	FMP	Slobodan Klipa	20 November 2016[13]	Branko Maksimović
10th	Zadar	Ante Matulović	21–29 November 2016[14][15]	Neven Plantak
20th	Zadar	Neven Plantak	30–31 January 2017[16][17]	Aramis Naglić
24th	Krka	Dejan Mihevc	26 February 2017[18]	Simon Petrov

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda mts	26	25	1	2226	1762	+464	51	Advance to the playoffs
2	Cedevita	26	20	6	2323	2108	+215	46
3	Partizan NIS	26	19	7	2081	1948	+133	45
4	Budućnost VOLI	26	18	8	2136	1968	+168	44
5	Igokea	26	13	13	1950	2017	−67	39
6	Mega Leks	26	11	15	2138	2145	−7	37
7	Cibona	26	11	15	2100	2121	−21	37
8	Mornar	26	10	16	2002	2011	−9	36
9	FMP	26	10	16	2047	2118	−71	36
10	Karpoš Sokoli	26	10	16	1951	2096	−145	36
11	Union Olimpija	26	10	16	2066	2143	−77	36
12	Zadar	26	9	17	2044	2257	−213	35
13	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	26	8	18	1994	2136	−142	34
14	Krka	26	8	18	1889	2117	−228	34	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: ABA League

Results

Home \ Away	BUD	CED	CIB	CZV	FMP	IGO	KAR	KRK	MEG	MOR	MZT	PAR	UOL	ZAD
Budućnost VOLI		84–86	95–79	54–77	93–84	75–60	95–61	91–62	88–80	85–68	92–61	74–68	84–74	105–89
Cedevita	70–80		100–80	91–95	104–92	89–78	81–77	82–83	89–85	99–73	82–61	79–67	102–87	120–62
Cibona	87–94	85–89		70–91	87–68	84–61	102–79	88–65	88–100	91–89	87–79	77–82	68–79	82–73
Crvena zvezda mts	82–66	88–64	69–56		93–62	68–66	91–70	79–62	96–76	82–71	91–69	83–72	88–67	113–65
FMP	69–77	89–96	84–75	76–84		76–81	67–62	78–60	98–84	92–85	101–82	56–65	89–79	94–77
Igokea	92–93	69–84	61–71	68–77	74–84		79–71	85–72	64–67	74–69	79–72	70–64	73–72	78–77
Karpoš Sokoli	77–71	89–81	76–70	61–98	88–81	79–84		83–56	75–72	75–63	77–74	77–84	83–87	85–79
Krka	67–75	90–86	95–91	56–67	61–70	72–88	81–64		73–82	63–72	97–87	70–82	63–68	80–79
Mega Leks	81–85	82–85	71–82	69–81	76–72	101–84	82–69	95–96		93–87	87–72	80–87	86–85	92–75
Mornar	78–71	74–79	92–57	59–71	82–66	83–76	83–59	86–73	81–89		65–64	57–58	93–70	104–110
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	96–90	79–100	85–89	73–93	89–68	67–71	74–71	89–65	75–74	63–69		62–93	97–96	92–65
Partizan NIS	61–64	87–97	87–81	86–81	97–70	87–64	76–72	94–80	86–79	90–85	91–76		86–85	87–86
Union Olimpija	81–79	92–94	72–89	67–85	89–85	80–81	92–97	79–64	82–69	81–72	72–91	74–68		78–76
Zadar	78–76	80–94	85–84	66–103	78–76	83–90	93–74	77–83	90–86	80–62	71–65	69–76	81–78

Source: ^[19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2017 ABA League Playoffs

The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. The Playoffs started on March 18 and ended on April 13, 2017.

	Semifinals 18 March – 4 April				Finals 10 April – 13 April
	Crvena zvezda mts	2
	Budućnost VOLI	1
					Crvena zvezda mts	3
					Cedevita	0
	Cedevita	2
	Partizan NIS	1

2016–17 ABA League Champions
Crvena zvezda mts 3rd title

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda mts	32	30	2	2689	2151	+538	62	Qualification to EuroLeague
2	Cedevita	32	22	10	2766	2578	+188	54	Qualification to EuroCup
3	Partizan NIS	29	20	9	2309	2191	+118	49
4	Budućnost VOLI	29	19	10	2325	2189	+136	48
5	Igokea	26	13	13	1950	2017	−67	39
6	Mega Leks	26	11	15	2138	2145	−7	37
7	Cibona	26	11	15	2100	2121	−21	37
8	Mornar	26	10	16	2002	2011	−9	36
9	FMP	26	10	16	2047	2118	−71	36
10	Karpoš Sokoli	26	10	16	1951	2096	−145	36
11	Union Olimpija	26	10	16	2066	2143	−77	36
12	Zadar	26	9	17	2044	2257	−213	35
13	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	26	8	18	1994	2136	−142	34
14	Krka	26	8	18	1889	2117	−228	34	Relegation

Source: ABA League

Statistical leaders

After the end of the Regular Season.

PIR Pos Player Club PIR 1 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 19.24 2 Ryan Boatright Cedevita 18.33 3 Ivan Marinković Zadar 17.52 4 Marko Luković Krka 17.33 5 Luka Babić Cedevita 17.06

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Ivan Marinković Zadar 17.72 2 Ryan Boatright Cedevita 17.47 3 Marko Luković Krka 16.81 4 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 16.56 5 Dragan Labović Karpoš Sokoli 15.62

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Alpha Kaba Mega Leks 7.52 2 Marko Luković Krka 7.43 3 Jonah Bolden FMP 7.24 4 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 7.24 5 Devin Oliver Union Olimpija 7.16

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Scottie Reynolds Cibona 6.94 2 Filip Čović FMP 6.39 3 Marcus Williams Budućnost VOLI 6.27 4 Stefan Jović Crvena zvezda mts 6.14 5 Matic Rebec Krka 5.88

Source:^[20]

Awards

MVP

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
F/C	Nikola Janković	Union Olimpija	[21]

Finals MVP

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
SG	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda mts	[22]

Top Prospect

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
F	Jonah Bolden	FMP	[23]

Ideal Starting Five

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Stefan Jović	Crvena zvezda mts
SG	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda mts
SF	Marko Simonović	Crvena zvezda mts
PF	Novica Veličković	Partizan NIS
C	Miro Bilan	Cedevita

Source:^[24]

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	Efficiency
1	Ivan Marinković	Zadar	41
2	William Hatcher	Partizan NIS	31
3	Karlo Žganec	Cedevita	28
4	Ante Žižić	Cibona	56
5	Željko Šakić	Cibona (2)	30
6	Željko Šakić (2)	Cibona (3)	33
7	Ante Žižić (2)	Cibona (4)	31
8	Shawn James	Budućnost VOLI	39
9	Boris Barać	Zadar (2)	40
10	Luka Babić	Cedevita (2)	31
11	Ognjen Kuzmić	Crvena zvezda mts	30
12	Ante Žižić (3)	Cibona (5)	43
13	Nikola Janković	Union Olimpija	30
14	Dragan Apić	FMP	34
15	Marko Simonović	Crvena zvezda mts (2)	30
16	Luka Mitrović	Crvena zvezda mts (3)	32
17	Filip Čović	FMP (2)	42
18	Luka Babić (2)	Cedevita (3)	34
19	Antabia Waller	Mornar	34
20	Filip Čović (2)	FMP (3)	34
21	Dragan Labović	Karpoš Sokoli	30
22	Josh Scott	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	34
23	Stefan Birčević	Partizan NIS (2)	33
24	Boris Barać (2)	Zadar (3)	30
25	Kendrick Perry	Karpoš Sokoli (2)	30
26	Miro Bilan	Cedevita (4)	31
SF1	Ognjen Kuzmić (2)	Crvena zvezda mts (4)	21
SF2	Stefan Birčević (2)	Partizan NIS (3)	29
SF3	Charles Jenkins	Crvena zvezda mts (5)	24
F1	Charles Jenkins (2)	Crvena zvezda mts (6)	24
F2	Charles Jenkins (3)	Crvena zvezda mts (7)	23
F3	Deon Thompson	Crvena zvezda mts (8)	24

Source:^[25]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
October 2016	Ante Žižić	Cibona	[26]
November 2016	Luka Babić	Cedevita	[27]
December 2016	Nikola Janković	Union Olimpija	[28]
January 2017	Filip Čović	FMP	[29]
February 2017	Stefan Birčević	Partizan NIS	[30]

2016–17 national standings

Position	Country	Coefficient
1	Serbia	16.25
2	Montenegro	14.00
3	Croatia	13.33
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.00
5	Slovenia	9.00
	Macedonia

Source:^[31]

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda mts	Regular season	9th place
EuroCup	Cedevita	Top 16 Group H	3rd place
	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Regular season Group A	5th place
	Budućnost VOLI	Regular season Group C	5th place
	Union Olimpija	Regular season Group D	5th place
FIBA Champions League	Partizan NIS	Play-offs qualifiers	Eliminated by PAOK, 154–156
	Cibona	Regular season Group D	6th place, transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
	Mega Leks		7th place
	Mornar		8th place
	Igokea	Second qualifying round	Eliminated by Mornar, 131–152
FIBA Europe Cup	Cibona	Quarter-finals	Eliminated by Élan Chalon, 165–168
	Igokea	Regular season Group I	Withdrew

See also

• List of current ABA Liga team rosters

2016–17 domestic competitions

• 2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia
• 2016–17 A-1 League
• 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League
• 2016–17 Prva A liga
• 2016–17 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2016–17 Macedonian First League