2016–17 Macedonian First League (basketball) season

The 2016–17 Macedonian First League was the 25th season of the Macedonian First League, with 10 teams participating in it. The season's regular season started on 19 November 2016 and finished on 4 March 2017. MZT Skopje and Karpoš Sokoli joined the league in a further stage. The season finished with the last game of the Finals on 27 May 2017. MZT Skopje won its sixth national title.^[1]

Macedonian First League
Season	2016–17
Duration	19 November 2016 – 4 March 2017 (Regular season)
Teams	10
TV partner	Macedonian Radio Television
Regular season
Top seed	MZT Skopje
Season MVP	Charlon Kloof
Finals
Champions	MZT Skopje (6th title)
Runners-up	Karpoš Sokoli
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

MZT Skopje participated in both ABA League and EuroCup Basketball. Karpoš Sokoli participated in both ABA League and Balkan International Basketball League. Both teams would join the First League after January 2017 with the start of the second stage.

Team	City	Arena	Colour	Coach
Feni Industries	Kavadarci	Jasmin		Ljupčo Malinkov
Rabotnički	Skopje	Gradski Park		Marin Dokuzovski
Kumanovo 2009	Kumanovo	Sports Hall Kumanovo		Marjan Srbinovski
MZT Skopje	Skopje	Jane Sandanski Arena		Ante Nazor
Strumica	Strumica	Park		Petar Nastev
Kožuv	Gevgelija	26-ti April		Igor Mihajlovski
Karpoš Sokoli	Skopje	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center		Dragan Nikolić
AV Ohrid	Ohrid	Biljanini Izvori		Petar Čočoroski
Vardar	Skopje	SRC Kale		Gjorgji Kočov
Pelister	Bitola	Sports Hall Mladost		Zoran Petkovski

Teams that participate in the ABA League

Teams that participate in the Balkan International Basketball League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Feni Industries	14	12	2	1106	925	+181	26	Qualification to group 1 to 6
2	Rabotnički	14	11	3	1192	954	+238	25
3	Kumanovo[a]	14	10	4	1033	957	+76	23
4	Kožuv[b]	14	9	5	1049	936	+113	22
5	Strumica[c]	14	5	9	910	1015	−105	18	Qualification to group 7 to 10
6	AV Ohrid	14	4	10	903	1014	−111	18
7	Pelister	14	4	10	909	1089	−180	18
8	Vardar	14	0	14	904	1116	−212	14

Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Notes:

1. Kumanovo docked one point.
2. Kožuv docked one point.
3. Strumica docked one point.

Second stage

Group 1 to 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	MZT Skopje	10	9	1	807	695	+112	19	Qualification to playoffs
2	Rabotnički	10	7	3	802	755	+47	17
3	Karpoš Sokoli	10	7	3	842	795	+47	17
4	Kumanovo	10	3	7	803	869	−66	13
5	Feni Industries	10	2	8	718	830	−112	12
6	Kožuv	10	2	8	783	811	−28	12

Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation

Group 7 to 10

Matches of the regular season are included in the final table of the group.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Strumica[a]	20	9	11	1304	1400	−96	28
2	AV Ohrid	20	7	13	1334	1450	−116	27
3	Pelister	20	7	13	1310	1496	−186	27
4	Vardar	20	2	18	1329	1539	−210	22	Relegated

Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Notes:

1. Strumica docked one point.

Playoffs

	Semi-finals								Final
	1 MZT Skopje	71	93	84	0	0
	4 Kumanovo 2009	51	88	64	0	0
									1 MZT Skopje	77	93	86	78	86
									3 Karpoš Sokoli	76	104	80	86	82
	2 Rabotnički	76	79	65	0	0
	3 Karpoš Sokoli	77	90	76	0	0

Awards

MVP

Pos	Player	Team	Ref
G	Charlon Kloof	MZT Skopje	[1]