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2016–17 EuroCup Basketball

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The 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup, for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 15th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the ninth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

Season2016–17
Duration12 October 2016 – 5 April 2017 (competition proper)
Games played146
Teams20 (competition proper)
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7DAYS EuroCup1
Season2016–17
Duration12 October 2016 – 5 April 2017 (competition proper)
Games played146
Teams20 (competition proper)
Regular season
Season MVPRussia Alexey Shved
Finals
ChampionsSpain Unicaja (1st title)
Runners-upSpain Valencia Basket
Semi-finalistsRussia Lokomotiv Kuban
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Finals MVPSpain Alberto Díaz
Awards
Coach of the YearSpain Pedro Martínez
Rising StarLatvia Rolands Šmits
Statistical leaders
Points Russia Alexey Shved 22.1
Rebounds United States Drew Gordon 9.6
Assists Serbia Stefan Marković 9.1
Index Rating Russia Alexey Shved 22.0
Records
Biggest home winValencia Basket 95–58 ratiopharm Ulm
(12 October 2016)
Biggest away winNizhny Novgorod 63–97 Lietuvos rytas
(17 January 2017)
Highest scoringAlba Berlin 124–115 Lietuvos rytas
(2 November 2016)
Winning streak13 games
Valencia Basket
Losing streak8 games
Budućnost VOLI
MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Highest attendance10,367
Unicaja 79–71 Valencia Basket
(31 March 2017)
Lowest attendance80
Budućnost VOLI 95–97 Zenit Saint Petersburg
(7 December 2016)
Attendance628,354
Average attendance4,304
All statistics correct as of 5 April 2017.
1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.
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The 2017 EuroCup Finals were played between Unicaja and Valencia Basket, and won by Unicaja, which was their first EuroCup title, and their second title overall in a European-wide competition, after they previously won the FIBA Korać Cup 16 years earlier. As the winners of the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball competition, Unicaja qualified for the European top-tier level 2017–18 EuroLeague season.

Format changes

In April 2016, Euroleague Basketball agreed on a new competition format, with 24 teams that will compete in four groups of six teams, with a double round-robin format. The four first qualified teams of the four groups will compete in four groups of four teams, with a double round-robin format. The two first qualified teams of the four groups will play quarterfinals, semifinals, and the finals, with a best-of-three playoffs.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 12 countries were expected to participate in the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball,[3] but finally 20 teams from 9 countries participated in the competition.

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[3]

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Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the Top 16
  • 4 group runners-up from the Top 16
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FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy

In July 2016, Italian clubs withdrew from the competition after several threats from FIBA,[4][5] and were replaced by Lietkabelis, Krasny Oktyabr, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Montakit Fuenlabrada.[6] In September 2016, after the withdrawal of AEK, Partizan NIS and Stelmet Zielona Góra due to the pressures and threats they received from FIBA and National Federations,[7][8][9] Euroleague Basketball announced that will review candidate clubs to fill the vacancies,[10] but finally reduced to 20 teams.[11]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[12][13]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
  • AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3][14]

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Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 7 July 2016 12 October 2016
Round 2 18–19 October 2016
Round 3 26 October 2016
Round 4 2 November 2016
Round 5 9 November 2016
Round 6 16 November 2016
Round 7 23 November 2016
Round 8 30 November 2016
Round 9 7 December 2016
Round 10 14 December 2016
Top 16 Round 1 4 January 2017
Round 2 10–11 January 2017
Round 3 17–18 January 2017
Round 4 24–25 January 2017
Round 5 31 January–1 February 2017
Round 6 8 February 2017
Playoffs Quarterfinals 28 February 2017 3 March 2017 8 March 2017
Semifinals 14 March 2017 17 March 2017 22 March 2017
Finals 28 March 2017 31 March 2017 5 April 2017
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Draw

The draw was held on 7 July 2016, 13:15 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.[14] The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[14]

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2016–17 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams advanced to the Top 16, while the last teams were eliminated. The rounds were 12 October, 18–19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November, 23 November, 30 November, 7 December, and 14 December 2016.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification HGC CED NIZ LIE MZT
1 Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 8 7 1 758 630 +128 Advance to Top 16 — 101–76 98–87 86–67 87–75
2 Croatia Cedevita 8 6 2 678 644 +34 97–90 — 92–77 76–80 95–61
3 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 8 4 4 659 693 −34 80–106 82–84 — 91–89 88–74
4 Lithuania Lietkabelis 8 3 5 626 658 −32 73–92 68–69 72–75 — 90–89
5 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 8 0 8 617 713 −96 75–98 85–89 82–97 80–87 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification KHI FUE ALB LRY RBB
1 Russia Khimki 8 6 2 728 636 +92 Advance to Top 16 — 96–84 88–77 76–71 99–78
2 Spain Montakit Fuenlabrada 8 4 4 696 695 +1 89–85 — 105–80 81–70 89–78
3 Germany Alba Berlin 8 4 4 681 734 −53 72–102 88–81 — 124–115 88–92
4 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 8 3 5 683 674 +9 93–91 101–84 97–99 — 83–71
5 Spain RETAbet Bilbao Basket 8 3 5 645 694 −49 72–91 97–83 77–85 80–76 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ZEN BAY UCA UNI BUD
1 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 8 6 2 692 655 +37 Advance to Top 16 — 80–77 83–85 82–72 84–79
2 Germany Bayern Munich 8 6 2 641 583 +58 88–99 — 92–84 72–69 80–66
3 Spain UCAM Murcia 8 4 4 642 646 −4 77–90 79–90 — 83–75 86–77
4 Spain Unicaja 8 4 4 623 607 +16 93–86 62–74 89–86 — 93–75
5 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 8 0 8 573 680 −107 95–97 44–68 75–86 62–86 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC JER ULM LOK UOL
1 Spain Valencia Basket 8 7 1 657 570 +87 Advance to Top 16 — 77–81 95–58 78–77 87–74
2 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 8 5 3 639 640 −1 84–86 — 69–64 90–79 81–69
3 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 8 4 4 612 638 −26 60–86 103–77 — 105–101 87–82
4 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 8 3 5 610 605 +5 64–73 88–68 62–77 — 77–64
5 Slovenia Union Olimpija 8 1 7 575 640 −65 72–75 74–89 76–72 64–72 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The two first qualified teams advanced to the quarterfinals, while the two last teams will be eliminated. The rounds were 4 January, 10–11 January, 17–18 January, 24–25 January, 31 January–1 February, and 8 February 2017.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification LOK HGC FUE UCA
1 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 6 5 1 484 424 +60 Advance to quarterfinals — 66–68 86–61 70–60
2 Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 6 4 2 491 465 +26 71–86 — 100–76 94–85
3 Spain Montakit Fuenlabrada 6 2 4 469 508 −39 87–91 85–75 — 85–69
4 Spain UCAM Murcia 6 1 5 445 492 −47 77–85 67–83 87–75 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification BAY KHI LIE ULM
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 6 0 479 430 +49 Advance to quarterfinals — 90–74 85–69 101–98
2 Russia Khimki 6 4 2 503 493 +10 74–96 — 88–80 85–84
3 Lithuania Lietkabelis 6 2 4 470 505 −35 72–78 77–89 — 86–84
4 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 6 0 6 482 506 −24 57–68 90–95 81–86 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification JER ZEN LRY NIZ
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 6 5 1 521 484 +37 Advance to quarterfinals — 97–81 84–77 98–76
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 3 3 549 522 +27 101–81 — 88–79 90–66
3 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 6 3 3 514 472 +42 76–80 86–84 — 99–73
4 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 6 1 5 464 570 −106 73–81 113–105 63–97 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC UNI CED ALB
1 Spain Valencia Basket 6 6 0 508 429 +79 Advance to quarterfinals — 86–62 71–58 85–80
2 Spain Unicaja 6 3 3 436 443 −7 70–78 — 73–59 83–77
3 Croatia Cedevita 6 2 4 452 480 −28 86–89 74–71 — 99–83
4 Germany Alba Berlin 6 1 5 475 519 −44 73–99 69–77 93–76 —
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Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban7588
 
 
 
Russia Zenit5277
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban5763
 
 
 
Spain Unicaja7374
 
Germany Bayern Munich916769
 
 
 
Spain Unicaja828274
 
Spain Unicaja627963
 
 
 
Spain Valencia Basket687158
 
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem8785
 
 
 
Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria6779
 
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem687975
 
 
 
Spain Valencia Basket836690
 
Spain Valencia Basket887492
 
 
Russia Khimki829876
 

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 28 February, the second legs on 3 March 2017 and the third legs, if necessary, on 8 March 2017.

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Semifinals

The first legs were played on 14 March, the second legs on 17 March, and the third legs, if necessary, on 22 March 2017.

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Finals

The first leg were played on 28 March, the second leg on 31 March, and the third leg, if necessary, on 5 April 2017.

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Valencia Basket Spain 1–2 Spain Unicaja 68–62 71–79 58–63
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Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

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Pos Team Total High Low AverageChange
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 77,304 10,091 6,940 8,589 +25.5%†
2 Germany Alba Berlin 47,435 8,666 5,429 6,776 −9.1%†
3 Spain Unicaja 64,518 10,367 4,292 6,452 +0.2%1
4 Spain Valencia Basket 75,951 7,813 3,996 5,842 −18.9%†
5 Germany Bayern Munich 48,914 6,265 4,257 5,435 +2.7%†
6 Spain RETAbet Bilbao Basket 21,658 6,438 4,132 5,415 +12.9%†
7 Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 37,498 5,933 4,153 5,357 +97.7%†
8 Spain UCAM Murcia 34,699 5,671 4,321 4,957 n/a†
9 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 39,669 5,744 3,166 4,408 −19.6%1
10 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 28,779 5,560 3,055 4,111 −7.9%†
11 Lithuania Lietkabelis 27,063 4,415 3,416 3,866 n/a†
12 Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria 29,896 5,202 2,393 3,737 −10.1%†
13 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 23,121 4,471 2,065 2,890 +24.6%†
14 Spain Montakit Fuenlabrada 18,253 3,594 1,251 2,608 n/a†
15 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 8,902 4,016 80 2,226 +34.6%†
16 Russia Khimki 15,750 3,500 1,350 1,969 −29.9%1
17 Slovenia Union Olimpija 7,359 2,371 1,000 1,840 −33.4%†
18 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 9,369 1,927 754 1,338 −20.3%†
19 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 5,175 3,432 554 1,294 n/a†
20 Croatia Cedevita 7,041 1,482 513 1,006 −73.2%1
League total 628,354 10,367 80 4,304 n/a†
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Updated to match(es) played on 5 April 2017. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Notes:
1: 2015–16 season average applied to Euroleague games.

Individual statistics

Index Rating

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Rank Name Team Games Index Rating PIR
1.Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki1430822.00
2.United States DeAndre KaneRussia Nizhny Novgorod1430121.50
3.Poland David LoganLithuania Lietuvos rytas1427819.86
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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki1431022.14
2.Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin KikanovićGermany Alba Berlin1325519.62
3.United States Ryan ToolsonRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg1426518.93
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Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.United States Drew GordonLithuania Lietuvos rytas141349.57
2.United States DeAndre KaneRussia Nizhny Novgorod141077.64
3.Montenegro Bojan DubljevićSpain Valencia Basket201356.75
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Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Serbia Stefan MarkovićRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg141289.14
2.Argentina Facundo CampazzoSpain UCAM Murcia13876.69
3.Poland David LoganLithuania Lietuvos rytas14815.79
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Other statistics

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Category Name Team Games Stat
Steals per gameArgentina Facundo CampazzoSpain UCAM Murcia132.23
Blocks per gameSlovenia Mirza BegićCroatia Cedevita141.29
2PT %Lithuania Artūras JomantasLithuania Lietuvos rytas1278.00 %
3PT %Serbia Dragan MilosavljevićGermany Alba Berlin1373.68 %
FT %United States Billy BaronSpain UCAM Murcia1490.91 %
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Game highs

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Awards

7DAYS EuroCup MVP

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Player Team Ref.
Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki[15]
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7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP

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Player Team Ref.
Spain Alberto DíazSpain Unicaja[16]
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All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams

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Coach of the Year

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Rising Star

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Round MVP

Regular season
Top 16
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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