The 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup, for sponsorship reasons, 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.
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.
Team allocation A total of 24 teams from 12 countries were expected to participate in the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball, but finally 20 teams from 9 countries participated in the competition.
Distribution The table below shows the default access list. Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundRegular season(24 teams)4 best-placed teams from Spain 3 best-placed teams from Adriatic 3 best-placed teams from Germany 3 best-placed teams from Italy 3 best-placed teams from Russia 1 best-placed teams from Greece 1 best-placed teams from Israel 1 best-placed teams from Lithuania 1 best-placed teams from Poland 4 wild cardsTop 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 seasonPlayoffs(8 teams)4 group winners from the Top 16 4 group runners-up from the Top 16
FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy
In July 2016, Italian clubs withdrew from the competition after several threats from FIBA, and were replaced by Lietkabelis, Krasny Oktyabr, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Montakit Fuenlabrada. 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, Euroleague Basketball announced that will review candidate clubs to fill the vacancies, but finally reduced to 20 teams.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs WC: Wild card AV: Allocated vacancy from any withdrawal
Regular season Valencia Basket Montakit Fuenlabrada Budućnost VOLI Bayern Munich Herbalife Gran Canaria Zenit Saint Petersburg Cedevita Alba Berlin Unicaja Khimki Union Olimpija Lietuvos rytas UCAM Murcia Lokomotiv Kuban MZT Skopje Aerodrom Lietkabelis RETAbet Bilbao Basket Nizhny Novgorod ratiopharm Ulm Hapoel Jerusalem
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legThird legRegular seasonRound 17 July 201612 October 2016Round 218–19 October 2016Round 326 October 2016Round 42 November 2016Round 59 November 2016Round 616 November 2016Round 723 November 2016Round 830 November 2016Round 97 December 2016Round 1014 December 2016Top 16Round 14 January 2017Round 210–11 January 2017Round 317–18 January 2017Round 424–25 January 2017Round 531 January–1 February 2017Round 68 February 2017PlayoffsQuarterfinals28 February 20173 March 20178 March 2017Semifinals14 March 201717 March 201722 March 2017Finals28 March 201731 March 20175 April 2017
Draw The draw was held on 7 July 2016, 13:15 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona. 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. +Pot 1Team Lokomotiv Kuban Khimki Nizhny Novgorod Unicaja+Pot 2Team Valencia Basket Alba Berlin Bayern Munich Herbalife Gran Canaria+Pot 3Team Cedevita RETAbet Bilbao Basket UCAM Murcia Union Olimpija+Pot 4Team Hapoel Jerusalem Lietuvos rytas Banco di Sardegna Sassari Stelmet Zielona Góra+Pot 5Team Zenit Saint Petersburg FoxTown Cantù AEK ratiopharm Ulm+Pot 6Team Budućnost VOLI Partizan NIS Dolomiti Energia Trento Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Regular season
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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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
Group F
Group G
Group H
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Individual statistics Index Rating RankNameTeamGamesIndex RatingPIR1. Alexey Shved Khimki1430822.002. DeAndre Kane Nizhny Novgorod1430121.503. David Logan Lietuvos rytas1427819.86
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Alexey Shved Khimki1431022.142. Elmedin Kikanović Alba Berlin1325519.623. Ryan Toolson Zenit Saint Petersburg1426518.93
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Drew Gordon Lietuvos rytas141349.572. DeAndre Kane Nizhny Novgorod141077.643. Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket201356.75
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Stefan Marković Zenit Saint Petersburg141289.142. Facundo Campazzo UCAM Murcia13876.693. David Logan Lietuvos rytas14815.79
Other statistics CategoryNameTeamGamesStatSteals per game Facundo Campazzo UCAM Murcia132.23Blocks per game Mirza Begić Cedevita141.292PT % Artūras Jomantas Lietuvos rytas1278.00 %3PT % Dragan Milosavljević Alba Berlin1373.68 %FT % Billy Baron UCAM Murcia1490.91 %
Game highs CategoryNameTeamStatIndex Rating Ryan Boatright Cedevita51Points Pierre Jackson Cedevita38Rebounds Artūras Gudaitis Lietuvos rytas16Assists Stefan Marković Zenit Saint Petersburg14Steals Aaron White Zenit Saint Petersburg7Blocks Mirza Begić Cedevita5 Hamady N'Diaye Unicaja
Awards 7DAYS EuroCup MVP PlayerTeam Alexey Shved Khimki
7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP PlayerTeam Alberto Díaz Unicaja
All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams Position All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team Ref Player Club Player Club G Curtis Jerrells Hapoel Jerusalem Kyle Fogg Unicaja G Alexey Shved Khimki Kyle Kuric Herbalife Gran Canaria F Mardy Collins Lokomotiv Kuban Fernando San Emeterio Valencia Basket F Dejan Musli Unicaja Maxi Kleber Bayern Munich C Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket Amar'e Stoudemire Hapoel Jerusalem
Coach of the Year PlayerTeam Pedro Martínez Valencia Basket
Rising Star PlayerTeam Rolands Šmits Montakit Fuenlabrada
Round MVP Regular season RoundPlayerTeam 1 Kyle Kuric Herbalife Gran Canaria 25 2 Kyle Kuric (2) Herbalife Gran Canaria 25 Žygimantas Skučas Lietkabelis Kšyštof Lavrinovič3 Jacob Pullen Khimki 32 4 Elmedin Kikanović Alba Berlin 35 5 Pierre Jackson Cedevita 37 6 Gintaras Leonavičius Lietkabelis 31 7 Kyle Fogg Unicaja 33 8 Ivan Strebkov Nizhny Novgorod 36 9 Elmedin Kikanović (2) Alba Berlin 33 10 Jānis Timma Zenit Saint Petersburg 36
Top 16 RoundPlayerTeam 1 DeAndre Kane Nizhny Novgorod 39 2 Jānis Timma (2) Zenit Saint Petersburg 31 3 David Logan Lietuvos rytas 38 4 Alexey Shved Khimki 37 5 Tarence Kinsey Hapoel Jerusalem 33 6 Royce O'Neale Herbalife Gran Canaria 34
Quarterfinals GamePlayerTeam 1 Fernando San Emeterio Valencia Basket 29 2 Alexey Shved (2) Khimki 22 3 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 26
Semifinals GamePlayerTeam 1 Fernando San Emeterio (2) Valencia Basket 31 2 Nemanja Nedović Unicaja 23 3 Fernando San Emeterio (3) Valencia Basket 21
See also 2016–17 EuroLeague 2016–17 Basketball Champions League 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website