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
Season2016–17
Teams14
Games played191
DatesSeptember 29, 2016 – March 13, 2017
(Regular season)
March 18, 2017 – April 13, 2017
(Playoffs)
TVArena Sport
Final positions
Top seed Crvena zvezda mts
Champions Crvena zvezda mts (3rd title)
Runners-up Cedevita
Semifinalists Partizan NIS
Budućnost VOLI
Relegated Krka
Awards
MVP Nikola Janković [1]
Finals MVP Charles Jenkins [2]
Top Prospect Jonah Bolden [3]
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Nikola Janković (Olimpija) 19.24
Points Ivan Marinković (Zadar) 17.72
Rebounds Alpha Kaba (Mega Leks) 7.52
Assists Scottie Reynolds (Cibona) 6.94
Records
Biggest home winCedevita 120–62 Zadar
(8 October 2016)
Biggest win in the ABA League history
Biggest away winZadar 66–103 Crvena zvezda mts
(6 October 2016)
Karpoš Sokoli 61–98 Crvena zvezda mts
(14 February 2017)
Highest scoringMornar 104–110 Zadar
(13 November 2016)

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]

CountryNo.2015–16 coeff.2016–17 no. of clubs
 Montenegro116.002
 Serbia314.754
 Croatia314.003
 Bosnia and Herzegovina111.001
 Macedonia110.001
 Slovenia29.332
Wild card1
Total11best 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
Location of teams in the 2016–17 ABA League
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Budućnost VOLIPodgoricaMorača Sports Center4,300
CedevitaZagrebDom Sportova3,100
CibonaZagrebDražen Petrović Basketball Hall5,400
Crvena zvezda mtsBelgradeHall Aleksandar Nikolić5,878
FMPŽeleznikŽeleznik Hall3,000
IgokeaAleksandrovacLaktaši Sports Hall3,050
Karpoš SokoliSkopjeBoris Trajkovski Sports Center8,000
KrkaNovo MestoLeon Štukelj Hall2,000
Mega LeksSremska MitrovicaSports Hall Pinki2,500
MornarBarTopolica Sport Hall2,625
MZT Skopje AerodromSkopjeJane Sandanski Arena7,500
Partizan NISBelgradeHall Aleksandar Nikolić6,500[5]
Union OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice12,480
ZadarZadarKrešimir Ćosić Hall9,000

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 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 mts2
 
 
 
 Budućnost VOLI1
 
 Crvena zvezda mts3
 
 
 
 Cedevita0
 
 Cedevita2
 
 
 Partizan NIS1
 


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 Zadar41
2 William Hatcher Partizan NIS31
3 Karlo Žganec Cedevita28
4 Ante Žižić Cibona56
5 Željko Šakić Cibona (2)30
6 Željko Šakić (2) Cibona (3)33
7 Ante Žižić (2) Cibona (4)31
8 Shawn James Budućnost VOLI39
9 Boris Barać Zadar (2)40
10 Luka Babić Cedevita (2)31
11 Ognjen Kuzmić Crvena zvezda mts30
12 Ante Žižić (3) Cibona (5)43
13 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija30
14 Dragan Apić FMP34
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 Mornar34
20 Filip Čović (2) FMP (3)34
21 Dragan Labović Karpoš Sokoli30
22 Josh Scott MZT Skopje Aerodrom34
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 Serbia16.25
2 Montenegro14.00
3 Croatia13.33
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina13.00
5 Slovenia9.00
 Macedonia

Source:[31]

ABA League clubs in European competitions
CompetitionTeamProgressResult
EuroLeague Crvena zvezda mtsRegular season9th place
EuroCup CedevitaTop 16 Group H3rd place
MZT Skopje AerodromRegular season Group A5th place
Budućnost VOLIRegular season Group C5th place
Union OlimpijaRegular season Group D5th place
FIBA Champions League Partizan NISPlay-offs qualifiersEliminated by PAOK, 154–156
CibonaRegular season Group D6th place, transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
Mega Leks7th place
Mornar8th place
IgokeaSecond qualifying roundEliminated by Mornar, 131–152
FIBA Europe Cup CibonaQuarter-finalsEliminated by Élan Chalon, 165–168
IgokeaRegular season Group IWithdrew

See also
2016–17 domestic competitions

References
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  21. Regular Season MVP: Nikola Janković (Union Olimpija)
  22. Playoffs MVP: Charles Jenkins (Crvena zvezda mts)
  23. 2016/17 Top Prospect: Jonah Bolden
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  26. MVP of October: Ante Žižić (Cibona)
  27. MVP of November: Luka Babić (Cedevita)
  28. MVP of December: Nikola Janković (Olimpija Ljubljana)
  29. MVP of January: Filip Čović (FMP)
  30. MVP of February: Stefan Birčević (Partizan NIS)
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