2016–17 Basketball Champions League

The competition format suffered multiple adjustments since its official presentation on 21 March 2016, in Paris.[2] Initially, the tournament would feature a total of 56 teams from 30 national leagues. Thirty-two teams would compete in the regular season, which included 24 teams qualified directly through sporting criteria, and eight teams advancing from a two-round qualifying phase comprising the remaining 32 teams. The 24 qualifying round losers would be transferred to the regular season of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup. The 32 regular season teams would be drawn into four groups of eight, playing home-and-away matches against the other group teams in a round-robin system. The four best-placed teams of each group would qualify for the play-offs, while the eight 5th- and 6th-placed teams would transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup play-offs. In the play-offs, the round of 16 and the quarter-finals were played as two-legged home-and-away ties. The four quarterfinal winners would play in the Final Four of the competition.[2][3]

On 29 June 2016, the competition board confirmed the participation of 48 teams from 31 countries. The qualifying rounds would be contested by 24 teams, with 16 entering the first round, and the remaining eight given a bye to the second round.[4] Ahead of the official draw ceremony on 21 July 2016, in Munich, the number of participating teams was increased to 49 and the qualifying rounds were again revised to accommodate 25 teams. The first qualifying round would include 18 teams divided into two pots according to geographical criteria. The nine winners would join the remaining seven teams directly placed in the second round.[5]

On 19 August 2016, the organisation announced that AEK Athens, Dinamo Sassari, Partizan and Stelmet Zielona Góra had been accepted into the competition after withdrawing from the EuroCup.[6] This expansion to 52 teams introduced overall changes in the competition format, namely the addition of a fifth group of eight teams (Group E) to the regular season. In addition, five teams were promoted from the qualifying rounds to this new regular season group, resulting in the promotion of eight teams from the first to the second qualifying round. The play-offs would also include an additional round before the round of 16, to accommodate an increase of qualified teams from 16 to 24 (four best-placed teams from each group and four best fifth-placed teams). The five group winners and three best runners-up from the regular season qualified directly for the round of 16, while the remaining 16 teams qualified for the preceding first round.[6]

A total of 52 teams from 31 countries (of which 17 were champions) participated in the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League.[4][5][6]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• CW: Cup winners

Regular season
ASVEL (1st)	Aris (4th)	Telenet Oostende (1st)	Szolnoki Olaj (1st)
SIG Strasbourg (2nd)	PAOK (5th)	Proximus Spirou (5th)	Maccabi RM Rishon LeZion (1st)
Monaco (3rd)[Note FRA]	Sidigas Avellino (3rd)	Stelmet Zielona Góra (1st)	Ventspils (3rd)
Le Mans Sarthe (CW)	Umana Reyer Venezia (4th)	Rosa Radom (2nd)	Neptūnas (2nd)
Fraport SkylinersFEC (3rd)	Dinamo Sassari (7th)	Partizan NIS (2nd)	Avtodor (6th)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg (5th)	Banvit (5th)	Mega Leks (3rd)	Helios Suns (1st)
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (6th)	Pınar Karşıyaka (6th)	Cibona (2nd)	Iberostar Tenerife (9th)
AEK Athens (3rd)	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (9th)	ČEZ Nymburk (1st)	Khimik (1st)
Second qualifying round
Porto (1st)	Lukoil Academic (1st)	Ironi Nahariya (6th)	Mornar (2nd)
Benfica (2nd)	Bakken Bears (2nd)	Openjobmetis Varese (9th)	Södertälje Kings (1st)
Igokea (1st)	Kataja (5th)	Juventus (4th)	Muratbey Uşak Sportif (7th)
First qualifying round
Oradea (1st)	Tsmoki Minsk (1st)	Petrolina AEK Larnaca (1st)	Donar (1st)
U-BT Cluj-Napoca (4th)	Rilski Sportist (3rd)	Tartu (2nd)	Prievidza (1st)

Notes

1. ^
   France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participated in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).

The schedule of the competition was as follows:[4][7]

In the qualifying rounds, teams were divided into pots based on geographical criteria, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other.[5] The losing teams from both qualifying rounds competed in the regular season of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup.

First qualifying round

A total of 18 teams entering the first qualifying round were divided into two pots – Region A (ten teams) and Region B (eight teams) – and pairings were drawn between teams within each pot.[5] Following the competition expansion in August, and the resulting format changes, only four of the nine originally drawn ties were played.[6]

The first legs were played on 27 September, and the second legs were played on 29 September 2016.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Donar	133–141	Tartu	76–76	57–65
Rilski Sportist	122–146	Tsmoki Minsk	58–72	64–74
Oradea	144–131	Prievidza	71–64	73–67
Petrolina AEK Larnaca	106–145	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	50–78	56–67

Source: Basketball Champions League

Second qualifying round

A total of 16 teams were scheduled to play the second qualifying round, including the nine winners of the first round and seven teams with a bye to this round. As in the previous round, teams were divided into pots according to geographical criteria – Region A teams in Pots 1 and 2; Region B teams in Pots 3 and 4 – and pairings were drawn between teams within each region.[5]

Following the competition expansion in August, and the resulting format changes, the revised second qualifying round fixture list kept three ties from the original draw and included four ties transferred from the first round. The eighth tie featured Bakken Bears, who were promoted to the second qualifying round, after Dinamo Sassari were in turn promoted to the regular season.[6]

The first legs of series with teams involved in the first qualifying round were played on 4 October, and the second legs were played on 6 October 2016. The other four series were played one week before, their first leg on 27 September, and their second one on 29 September.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tartu	137–158	Bakken Bears	67–75	70–83
Tsmoki Minsk	133–141	Ironi Nahariya	66–70	67–71
Lukoil Academic	133–142	Oradea	75–72	58–70
Muratbey Uşak Sportif	178–156	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	93–90	85–66
Kataja	156–124	Södertälje Kings	97–58	59–66
Benfica	144–145	Openjobmetis Varese	72–75	72–70
Porto	140–160	Juventus	81–83	59–77
Igokea	131–152	Mornar	71–69	60–83

Source: Basketball Champions League

ASVEL

Strasbourg

Monaco

Le Mans

Banvit

Karşıyaka

Beşiktaş

Uşak

Skyliners

Oldenburg

Ludwigsburg

Avellino

Venezia

Sassari

Varese

Aris

PAOK

AEK

Tenerife

Avtodor

Partizan

Mega Leks

Cibona

Helios Suns

Maccabi

Nahariya

Juventus

Neptūnas

Oostende

Spirou

Khimik

Zielona Góra

Radom

Nymburk

Ventspils

Szolnoki

Kataja

Bakken Bears

Mornar

Oradea

Location of teams of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Orange: Group E.

The 40 regular season teams were drawn into five groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other. In each group, teams played against each other in home-and-away games, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed, fourth-placed, and the top 4 fifth-placed teams advanced to the round of 16, while the sixth-placed and the seventh-placed teams were eligible to enter the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup round of 16. The match-days were 18–19 October, 25–26 October, 1–2 November, 8–9 November, 15–16 November, 22–23 November, 29–30 November, 6–7 December, 13–14 December, 20–21 December 2016, 3–4 January, 10–11 January, 17–18 January and 24–25 January 2017.

Draw

The regular season groups were drawn on 21 July 2016. The 24 teams originally directly qualified were divided into six pots of four teams each.[5]

Teams from the same country were drawn in different groups.

Pot 1

Team
ASVEL
Strasbourg
Banvit
Pınar Karşıyaka

Pot 2

Team
Fraport Skyliners
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Sidigas Avellino
Umana Reyer Venezia

Pot 3

Team
Aris
PAOK
Avtodor
Iberostar Tenerife

Pot 4

Team
Telenet Oostende
Maccabi RM Rishon LeZion
ČEZ Nymburk
Neptūnas

Pot 5

Team
Khimik
Helios Suns
Cibona
Rosa Radom

Pot 6

Team
Mega Leks
Ventspils
Monaco
Le Mans Sarthe

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MON	BAN	ČEZ	ARI	FRA	NAH	HEL	BAK
1	Monaco	14	12	2	1034	919	+115	26	Advance to round of 16		—	65–63	93–74	80–66	65–47	71–64	59–55	105–86
2	Banvit	14	11	3	1130	1010	+120	25			79–65	—	75–69	95–94	86–71	85–77	74–56	99–82
3	ČEZ Nymburk	14	10	4	1124	1005	+119	24	Advance to qualifiers		76–66	86–75	—	87–79	87–72	78–66	85–55	114–70
4	Aris	14	8	6	1078	992	+86	22			62–65	84–78	83–79	—	58–64	85–58	72–54	82–66
5	Fraport Skyliners	14	7	7	978	983	−5	21			64–70	70–86	74–61	81–74	—	81–64	72–62	102–68
6	Ironi Nahariya	14	5	9	1013	1035	−22	19	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup		67–73	70–83	83–86	53–85	75–54	—	76–61	101–62
7	Helios Suns	14	2	12	834	947	−113	16			59–63	53–60	57–67	54–62	56–61	60–69	—	78–59
8	Bakken Bears	14	1	13	963	1263	−300	15			57–94	68–92	57–75	78–92	71–65	71–90	68–74	—

Source: Basketball Champions League

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MSB	VEN	KSK	AVT	MRL	ORA	KAT	KHI
1	Le Mans Sarthe	14	9	5	1029	938	+91	23	Advance to round of 16		—	68–49	65–61	81–85	80–72	72–61	57–74	68–49
2	Umana Reyer Venezia	14	9	5	1033	1030	+3	23	Advance to qualifiers		74–62	—	75–61	106–91	73–61	89–78	78–68	73–59
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	14	9	5	1046	963	+83	23			66–79	99–59	—	78–65	84–75	79–50	66–84	77–70
4	Avtodor	14	7	7	1190	1147	+43	21			78–95	102–67	74–76	—	81–71	59–65	113–84	93–80
5	Maccabi RM Rishon LeZion	14	7	7	1000	996	+4	21			73–65	79–61	78–69	74–98	—	69–56	69–88	74–48
6	Oradea	14	6	8	959	1047	−88	20	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup		60–79	69–73	56–69	96–85	69–64	—	101–91	69–66
7	Kataja	14	6	8	1091	1131	−40	20			77–76	68–92	73–83	97–86	64–72	74–80	—	61–76
8	Khimik	14	3	11	929	1025	−96	17			59–82	65–64	60–78	77–80	60–69	78–49	82–88	—

Source: Basketball Champions League

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ASV	NEP	OLD	PAO	VEN	UŞA	VAR	RAD
1	ASVEL	14	10	4	1063	977	+86	24	Advance to round of 16		—	68–64	76–69	70–56	83–68	83–69	86–70	87–67
2	Neptūnas	14	10	4	1051	958	+93	24			81–67	—	69–73	68–63	84–68	103–88	94–60	66–63
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	14	10	4	1070	983	+87	24	Advance to qualifiers		79–81	63–64	—	67–62	87–73	106–77	78–53	83–71
4	PAOK	14	7	7	1031	990	+41	21			61–67	82–73	79–82	—	85–81	59–52	78–69	85–66
5	Ventspils	14	7	7	1061	1057	+4	21			77–72	66–61	76–77	54–84	—	97–86	91–66	74–53
6	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	14	5	9	1056	1092	−36	19	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup		70–58	65–67	60–65	78–77	74–69	—	87–64	96–76
7	Openjobmetis Varese	14	4	10	981	1123	−142	18			83–82	67–86	76–71	70–75	82–88	85–77	—	62–69
8	Rosa Radom	14	3	11	959	1092	−133	17			63–83	65–71	66–70	93–85	63–79	83–77	61–74	—

Source: Basketball Champions League

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	AVE	SIG	JUV	BCO	CIB	MEG	MOR
1	Iberostar Tenerife	14	11	3	1135	948	+187	25	Advance to round of 16		—	66–78	66–70	79–57	64–57	106–84	73–59	103–57
2	Sidigas Avellino	14	10	4	1048	961	+87	24			75–76	—	72–69	74–64	72–77	75–57	85–61	53–60
3	SIG Strasbourg	14	9	5	1069	977	+92	23	Advance to qualifiers		72–75	63–57	—	86–61	74–64	71–56	68–59	93–62
4	Juventus	14	8	6	1066	1096	−30	22			71–93	75–85	91–84	—	81–71	104–82	85–78	82–74
5	Telenet Oostende	14	6	8	995	991	+4	20	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup		66–62	73–78	65–66	59–69	—	82–70	82–74	80–60
6	Cibona	14	5	9	1082	1155	−73	19			57–85	83–84	93–88	81–72	71–77	—	87–77	90–72
7	Mega Leks	14	4	10	1016	1112	−96	18			73–98	70–84	86–82	77–79	76–70	81–79	—	60–53
8	Mornar	14	3	11	962	1133	−171	17			72–89	67–76	70–83	73–75	74–72	81–92	87–85	—

Source: Basketball Champions League

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BJK	AEK	PAR	LUD	DSS	SPI	ZGA	SZO
1	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	14	12	2	1178	1050	+128	26	Advance to round of 16		—	82–68	77–62	88–85	100–70	68–66	85–66	89–74
2	AEK Athens	14	9	5	1107	992	+115	23	Advance to qualifiers		78–88	—	91–81	82–72	78–58	89–69	71–64	92–49
3	Partizan NIS	14	8	6	1038	1046	−8	22			86–71	65–69	—	86–82	87–88	70–84	58–56	77–67
4	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	14	8	6	1150	1058	+92	22			89–83	72–67	64–65	—	75–78	88–66	87–77	99–56
5	Dinamo Sassari	14	7	7	1099	1108	−9	21			74–75	80–78	99–85	79–80	—	95–75	74–70	97–88
6	Proximus Spirou	14	6	8	1040	1113	−73	20	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup		75–92	58–80	63–65	78–96	63–57	—	86–69	92–87
7	Stelmet Zielona Góra	14	4	10	1020	1084	−64	18			66–84	78–75	80–81	72–70	81–78	83–86	—	83–63
8	Szolnoki Olaj	14	2	12	1020	1201	−181	16			91–96	76–89	55–70	81–91	73–72	74–79	86–75	—

Source: Basketball Champions League

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Banvit	14	11	3	1130	1010	+120	25	Advance to round of 16
2	C	Neptūnas	14	10	4	1051	958	+93	24
3	D	Sidigas Avellino	14	10	4	1048	961	+87	24
4	E	AEK Athens	14	9	5	1107	992	+115	23	Advance to qualifiers
5	B	Umana Reyer Venezia	14	9	5	1033	1030	+3	23

Source: Basketball Champions League

Ranking of fifth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Ventspils	14	7	7	1061	1057	+4	21	Advance to qualifiers
2	B	Maccabi RM Rishon LeZion	14	7	7	1000	996	+4	21
3	A	Fraport Skyliners	14	7	7	978	983	−5	21
4	E	Dinamo Sassari	14	7	7	1099	1108	−9	21
5	D	Telenet Oostende	14	6	8	995	991	+4	20	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup

Source: Basketball Champions League

Ranking of seventh-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Kataja	14	6	8	1091	1131	−40	20	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup
2	E	Stelmet Zielona Góra	14	4	10	1020	1084	−64	18
3	D	Mega Leks	14	4	10	1016	1112	−96	18
4	C	Openjobmetis Varese	14	4	10	981	1123	−142	18
5	A	Helios Suns	14	2	12	834	947	−113	16

Source: Basketball Champions League

In the playoffs, teams played against each other over two legs, on a home-and-away basis. The round of 16 included two phases. For this stage, the winning team from each group and the three best runners-up qualified directly to the second phase. For the first phase, the remaining sixteen teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For the second phase, the draw was entirely random, without country protection, and the winners of the first phase played against the teams that directly qualified to the second phase. From the quarter-finals onward, the draw was entirely random, without country protection.

Bracket

	Playoffs qualifiers						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Avtodor	87	89	176
	Oldenburg	84	98	182
							Oldenburg	82	61	143
							Banvit	82	70	152
													Banvit	87	59	146
													Ludwigsburg	92	53	145
	Maccabi RM	66	82	148
	Ludwigsburg	83	84	167
							Ludwigsburg	73	52	125
							Neptūnas	61	58	119
																			Banvit			83
																			Monaco			74
	Juventus	77	54	131
	AEK Athens	78	75	153
							AEK Athens	69	87	156
							Monaco	68	95	163
													Monaco	73	79	152
													Dinamo Sassari	62	76	138
	Dinamo Sassari	94	63	157
	ČEZ Nymburk	72	84	156
							Dinamo Sassari	79	68	147
							Le Mans Sarthe	63	66	129
																									Banvit			59
																									Tenerife			63
	Aris	71	70	141
	SIG Strasbourg	52	81	133
							Aris	67	67	134
							ASVEL	67	81	148
													ASVEL	62	51	113
													Tenerife	62	61	123
	PAOK	74	82	156
	Partizan NIS	76	78	154
							PAOK	66	54	120
							Tenerife	63	80	143
																			Tenerife			67
																			Reyer Venezia			58			Third place
	Skyliners	90	52	142
	Pınar Karşıyaka	80	72	152
							Pınar Karşıyaka	75	90	165															Monaco			91
							Beşiktaş	70	83	153															Reyer Venezia			77
													Pınar Karşıyaka	74	66	140
													Reyer Venezia	71	74	145
	Ventspils	74	61	135
	Reyer Venezia	67	70	137
							Reyer Venezia	53	72	125
							Sidigas Avellino	49	68	117

Playoffs qualifiers

The first legs were played on 7–8 February, and the second legs were played on 21–22 February 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aris	141–133	SIG Strasbourg	71–52	70–81
Ventspils	135–137	Umana Reyer Venezia	74–67	61–70
Avtodor	176–182	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	87–84	89–98
Juventus	131–153	AEK Athens	77–78	54–75
PAOK	156–154	Partizan NIS	74–76	82–78
Maccabi RM Rishon LeZion	148–167	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	66–83	82–84
Fraport Skyliners	142–152	Pınar Karşıyaka	90–80	52–72
Dinamo Sassari	157–156	ČEZ Nymburk	94–72	63–84

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 28 February–1 March, and the second legs were played on 7–8 March 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aris	134–148	ASVEL	67–67	67–81
AEK Athens	156–163	Monaco	69–68	87–95
PAOK	120–143	Iberostar Tenerife	66–63	54–80
Dinamo Sassari	147–129	Le Mans Sarthe	79–63	68–66
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	125–119	Neptūnas	73–61	52–58
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	143–152	Banvit	82–82	61–70
Umana Reyer Venezia	125–117	Sidigas Avellino	53–49	72–68
Pınar Karşıyaka	165–153	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	75–70	90–83

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 21–22 March, and the second legs were played on 28–29 March 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASVEL	113–123	Iberostar Tenerife	62–62	51–61
Pınar Karşıyaka	140–145	Umana Reyer Venezia	74–71	66–74
Banvit	146–145	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	87–92	59–53
Monaco	152–138	Dinamo Sassari	73–62	79–76

The Final Four was the last phase of the season, and was held over a weekend. The semi-final games were played on Friday evening. Sunday started with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Santiago Martín in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, in April 2017.[8]

	Semifinals				Final
	28 April
	Banvit	83
					30 April
	Monaco	74
					Banvit	59
	28 April
					Iberostar Tenerife	63
	Iberostar Tenerife	67
	Umana Reyer Venezia	58
					Third place game
					30 April
					Monaco	91
					Umana Reyer Venezia	77

• 2016–17 EuroLeague
• 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball
• 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup

• Basketball Champions League (official website)
• FIBA (official website)