2016–17 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League
	The Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín in La Laguna hosted the 2017 Final Four
Season	2016–17
Duration	27 September – 6 October 2016 (qualifying); 20 October 2016 – 30 April 2017; (competition proper)
Games played	324
Teams	40 (regular season); 52 from 31 countries (total)
Regular season
Season MVP	Jordan Theodore
Finals
Champions	Iberostar Tenerife (1st title)
Runners-up	Banvit
Third place	Monaco
Fourth place	Umana Reyer Venezia
Final Four MVP	Marius Grigonis
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Nick Minnerath
Rebounds	Keith Clanton
Assists	Jordan Theodore
Index Rating	Vladimir Štimac
Records
Highest attendance	8,000; Partizan 78–82 PAOK; (22 February 2017)
Seasons
	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Basketball Champions League was the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA.^[1] The competition began on 27 September 2016, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 30 April 2017, at the Final Four. It featured 17 domestic champion teams and 9 runners-up.

Season2016–17

Duration27 September – 6 October 2016 (qualifying)
20 October 2016 – 30 April 2017
(competition proper)

Games played324

Teams40 (regular season)
52 from 31 countries (total)

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A number of 52 teams from 31 countries participated in the competition, including its qualifying rounds. Iberostar Tenerife won the inaugural season of the BCL, after winning the final of the Final Four which was hosted in its home arena.

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Regular season
ASVEL (1st)	Aris (4th)	Telenet Oostende (1st)	Szolnoki Olaj (1st)
SIG Strasbourg (2nd)	PAOK (5th)	Proximus Spirou (5th)	Maccabi 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 Skyliners^FEC (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)

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying rounds	First qualifying round	21 July 2016	27 September 2016	29 September 2016
Qualifying rounds	Second qualifying round		4 October 2016	6 October 2016
Regular season	Matchday 1		18–19 October 2016
	Matchday 2		25–26 October 2016
	Matchday 3		1–2 November 2016
	Matchday 4		8–9 November 2016
	Matchday 5		15–16 November 2016
	Matchday 6		22–23 November 2016
	Matchday 7		29–30 November 2016
	Matchday 8		6–7 December 2016
	Matchday 9		13–14 December 2016
	Matchday 10		20–21 December 2016
	Matchday 11		3–4 January 2017
	Matchday 12		10–11 January 2017
	Matchday 13		17–18 January 2017
	Matchday 14		24–25 January 2017
Play-offs	Play-offs qualifiers	27 January 2017	7–8 February 2017	21–22 February 2017
	Round of 16	27 January 2017	28 February–1 March 2017	7–8 March 2017
	Quarter-finals	10 March 2017	21–22 March 2017	28–29 March 2017
Final Four	Semi-finals	7 April 2017	28 April 2017
Final Four	Final	7 April 2017	30 April 2017

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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	Advance to round of 16	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	—

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 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	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup	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	—

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	Advance to round of 16	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	—

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	Advance to round of 16	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	Advance to qualifiers	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	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup	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	—

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	Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup	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	—

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 R. LeZion	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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

Position	Star Lineup Best Team		Star Lineup Second Best Team		Ref
Position	Player	Club	Player	Club	Ref
G	Jordan Theodore	Banvit	Will Hatcher	Partizan	^[11]
G	Zack Wright	Monaco	Chris Kramer	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
F	Melvin Ejim	Umana Reyer Venezia	Gediminas Orelik	Banvit
F	Aaron Doornekamp	Iberostar Tenerife	Dušan Šakota	AEK Athens
C	Georgios Bogris	Iberostar Tenerife	Vladimir Štimac	Beşiktaş

Game Day	Player	Team	EFF	Ref.
1	Tyrone Brazelton	Rosa Radom	30	^[12]
2	Joe Ragland	Sidigas Avellino	29	^[13]
3	Shaquielle McKissic	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	24	^[14]
4	Vlado Janković	Aris	25	^[15]
5	Nick Minnerath	Avtodor	40	^[16]
6	Georgios Bogris	Iberostar Tenerife	28	^[17]
7	Kyrylo Fesenko	Sidigas Avellino	35	^[18]
8	Jimmy Baron	Neptūnas	40	^[19]
9	Novica Veličković	Partizan NIS	21	^[20]
10	Daniel Mullings	Kataja	25	^[21]
11	Zach Auguste	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	36	^[22]
12	Chris Kramer	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	36	^[23]
13	Martin Zeno	Oradea	40	^[24]
14	Nick Minnerath (2)	Avtodor	27	^[25]

Category	Player	Team	Average
Efficiency	Vladimir Štimac	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	19.9
Points	Nick Minnerath	Avtodor	20.3
Rebounds	Keith Clanton	PAOK	10.7
Assists	Jordan Theodore	Banvit	7.5
Steals	Howard Sant-Roos	ČEZ Nymburk	2.5
Blocks	Norvel Pelle	Openjobmetis Varese	2.7
Turnovers	Kwame Vaughn	PAOK	3.5
Fouls	Vaidas Čepukaitis	Juventus	4.1
Minutes	Chris Kramer	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	36.2
FG%	Javon McCrea	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	63.2
3P%	Erik Murphy	SIG Strasbourg	50.0
FT%	Nick Minnerath	Avtodor	90.0
Double-doubles	Vladimir Štimac	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	7

Teams

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Draw

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Ranking of second-placed teams

Ranking of fifth-placed teams

Ranking of seventh-placed teams

Bracket

Playoffs qualifiers

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Most Valuable Player

Final Four MVP

Star Lineup

Best Young Player

Game Day MVP

Regular season

Playoffs Qualifiers MVP

Round of 16 MVP

Quarterfinals MVP

Statistical leaders

Individual game highs

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