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.
Teams
National standings The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board. Country 2015–16 coeff. 2016–17 no. of clubs 1 16.00 2 3 14.75 4 3 14.00 3 1 11.00 1 1 10.00 1 2 9.33 2 Wild card 1 Total 11 best coeff. (+2) 14
Team allocation On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel Union Olimpija and Helios Suns as the first was not able to fulfill the financial obligations required and the second did not follow the position of all the clubs of the Association in the FIBA-Euroleague controversy. Finally, Union Olimpija was re-admitted in the league and Macedonian runner-up Karpoš Sokoli replaced Helios Suns.
League positions of the previous national league season after playoffs shown in parentheses (RW: Regular season winners).
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)
Venues and locations
Team Home city Arena Capacity Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center Cedevita Zagreb Dom Sportova Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić FMP Železnik Železnik Hall Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall Karpoš Sokoli Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena Partizan NIS Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500. Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Personnel and sponsorship 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
Coaching changes WeekClubOutgoing coachDate of changeIncoming coach4thMZT Skopje Aerodrom Emil Rajković10 October 2016 Aleksandar Jončevski7thKarpoš Sokoli Siniša Matić2–3 November 2016 Dragan Nikolić 9thBudućnost VOLI Vlado Šćepanović13–15 November 2016 Ilias Zouros9thMZT Skopje Aerodrom Aleksandar Jončevski14–18 November 2016 Ante Nazor10thFMP Slobodan Klipa20 November 2016 Branko Maksimović10thZadar Ante Matulović21–29 November 2016 Neven Plantak20thZadar Neven Plantak30–31 January 2017 Aramis Naglić24thKrka Dejan Mihevc26 February 2017 Simon Petrov
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. The Playoffs started on March 18 and ended on April 13, 2017.
Final standings
Statistical leaders After the end of the Regular Season.
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Awards
MVP PlayerTeamF/C Nikola Janković Union Olimpija Regular Season MVP: Nikola Janković (Union Olimpija)
Finals MVP PlayerTeamSG Charles Jenkins Crvena zvezda mts Playoffs MVP: Charles Jenkins (Crvena zvezda mts)
Top Prospect PlayerTeamF Jonah Bolden FMP 2016/17 Top Prospect: Jonah Bolden
Ideal Starting Five PlayerTeamPG 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 Source:
MVP List
MVP of the Round RoundPlayerTeamEfficiency1 Ivan Marinković Zadar 412 William Hatcher Partizan NIS 313 Karlo Žganec Cedevita 284 Ante Žižić Cibona 565 Željko Šakić Cibona (2) 306 Željko Šakić (2) Cibona (3) 337 Ante Žižić (2) Cibona (4) 318 Shawn James Budućnost VOLI 399 Boris Barać Zadar (2) 4010 Luka Babić Cedevita (2) 3111 Ognjen Kuzmić Crvena zvezda mts 3012 Ante Žižić (3) Cibona (5) 4313 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija 3014 Dragan Apić FMP 3415 Marko Simonović Crvena zvezda mts (2) 3016 Luka Mitrović Crvena zvezda mts (3) 3217 Filip Čović FMP (2) 4218 Luka Babić (2) Cedevita (3) 3419 Antabia Waller Mornar 3420 Filip Čović (2) FMP (3) 3421 Dragan Labović Karpoš Sokoli 3022 Josh Scott MZT Skopje Aerodrom 3423 Stefan Birčević Partizan NIS (2) 3324 Boris Barać (2) Zadar (3) 3025 Kendrick Perry Karpoš Sokoli (2) 3026 Miro Bilan Cedevita (4) 31SF1 Ognjen Kuzmić (2) Crvena zvezda mts (4) 21SF2 Stefan Birčević (2) Partizan NIS (3) 29SF3 Charles Jenkins Crvena zvezda mts (5) 24F1 Charles Jenkins (2) Crvena zvezda mts (6) 24F2 Charles Jenkins (3) Crvena zvezda mts (7) 23F3 Deon Thompson Crvena zvezda mts (8) 24 Source:
MVP of the Month Month Player Team October 2016 Ante Žižić Cibona MVP of October: Ante Žižić (Cibona)November 2016 Luka Babić Cedevita MVP of November: Luka Babić (Cedevita)December 2016 Nikola Janković Union Olimpija MVP of December: Nikola Janković (Olimpija Ljubljana)January 2017 Filip Čović FMP MVP of January: Filip Čović (FMP)February 2017 Stefan Birčević Partizan NIS MVP of February: Stefan Birčević (Partizan NIS)
2016–17 national standings PositionCountryCoefficient 1 16.25 2 14.00 3 13.33 4 13.005 9.00 Source:
ABA League clubs in European competitions
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 placeFIBA 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 Igokea Regular season Group I Withdrew
See also List of current ABA Liga team rosters
2016–17 domestic competitions 2016–17 Basketball League of Serbia 2016–17 A-1 League 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League 2016–17 Prva A liga 2016–17 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016–17 Macedonian First League
References
External links Official website ABA League at Eurobasket.com