2016–17 ABA League

ABA League
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	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
Semi-finalists	Partizan NIS; Budućnost VOLI
Finals MVP	Charles Jenkins [2]
Awards
Top Prospect	Jonah Bolden [3]
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Ivan Marinković (Zadar)
Rebounds	Alpha Kaba (Mega Leks)
Assists	Scottie Reynolds (Cibona)
Index Rating	Nikola Janković (Olimpija)
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)
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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.

Season2016–17

DurationSeptember 29, 2016 – March 13, 2017
(Regular season)
March 18, 2017 – April 13, 2017
(Playoffs)

Games played191

Teams14

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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

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)

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

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

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

2016–17 ABA League

Teams

National standings

Team allocation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Final standings

Statistical leaders

PIR

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

Top Prospect

Ideal Starting Five

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

2016–17 national standings

ABA League clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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
5	Macedonia	9.00

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
FIBA Europe Cup	Igokea	Regular season Group I	Withdrew