The 2016–17 Greek Basket League was the 77th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on 8 October 2016, and ended on 11 June 2017. Panathinaikos Superfoods won its 35th title in club history, after beating Olympiacos 3–2 in the Finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation Nea Kifissia, Arkadikos, and Kavala were relegated after the 2015–16 Greek Basket League. Kymis Seajets, Promitheas Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were promoted from the 2015–16 Greek A2 Basket League.
Locations and arenas Club City Arena Capacity AEK Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall19,250 Apollon Patras Carna Patras Apollon Patras Indoor Hall 3,500 Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138 Doxa Lefkadas Lefkada City Lefkada Indoor Hall 1,200 Kolossos H Hotels Rhodes City Venetoklio Indoor Hall1,242 Koroivos Amaliada Amaliada Indoor Hall2,000 Kymis Seajets Kymi Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall (Chalcis)1,620 Lavrio DHI Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall1,700 Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium12,000Έτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) . Panathinaikos Superfoods Marousi, Athens OAKA Indoor Hall19,250 PAOK Pylaia, Thessaloniki PAOK Sports Arena8,500 Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena4,200 Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall1,600 Trikala Aries Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall2,500
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAEK Sotiris Manolopoulos Dušan ŠakotaFilaOPAPApollon Patras Carna Kostas Mexas Dimitrios VerginisASICS / MacronLouxAris Dimitris Priftis Spyros MourtosNG6Doxa Lefkadas Charis Markopoulos Dimitris TsaldarisSpaldingCava KatopodisKolossos H Hotels Aris Lykogiannis Ioannis GeorgalisFilaAegean AirlinesKoroivos Dinos Kalampakos Antonis MichaloglouNickanLouxKymis Seajets Vassilis Bratsiakos Stavros ToutziarakisErreàSeajetsLavrio DHI Christos Serelis Sakis GiannakopoulosNickanNaprosynOlympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis SpanoulisNikeOPAPPanathinaikos Superfoods Xavi Pascual Nick CalathesAdidasOPAPPAOK Soulis Markopoulos Vangelis MargaritisAthlosOPAPPromitheas Patras Vangelis Angelou Vassilis GiannikopoulosSpaldingLouxRethymno Cretan Kings Nikos Vetoulas Charis GiannopoulosNickanOPAPTrikala Aries Ioannis Kastritis Sotirios ManolopoulosCAPOlympos
European competitions Team Competition Result Olympiacos EuroLeague Runners-up Panathinaikos Superfoods EuroLeague Playoffs AEK Champions League Round of 16 Aris Champions League Round of 16 PAOK Champions League Round of 16
Regular season
League table
Results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Playoffs
Bracket
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place
Finals
Final standings
TeamQualification or Relegation 1Panathinaikos35314 Qualification to the EuroLeague*Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract 2Olympiacos34304 3 AEK352510 Qualification to the Champions League regular season*AEK declined EuroCup participation. 4 Aris341717 5 PAOK301614 6 Rethymno Cretan Kings311516 7 Kolossos Rodou291415 8 Lavrio281117 9 Promitheas Patras261016 10 Trikala Aries261016 11 Koroivos26818 12 Kymis Seajets26818 13 Apollon Patras26719Relegation to the Greek A2 League 14 Doxa Lefkadas26422
Awards All official awards of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League.
Greek League MVP Player Team Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
Greek League Finals MVP Player Team Mike James Panathinaikos
All-Greek League Team Player Team G Nick CalathesPanathinaikos G Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos F Kostas PapanikolaouOlympiacos F Giorgos Printezis Olympiacos C Chris SingletonPanathinaikos
Best Coach Player Team Xavi Pascual Panathinaikos
Defensive Player of the Year Player Team Nick Calathes Panathinaikos
Best Young Player Player Team Antonis Koniaris PAOK
Most Improved Player Player Team Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
Most Popular Player Player Team Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
Most Spectacular Player Player Team Mike James Panathinaikos
Statistical leaders The Greek Basket League counts official stats leaders by stats totals, and not by per game averages. It also counts the total stats for both regular season combined.
Performance index rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Source:
Clubs in international competitions Team Competition Result Olympiacos EuroLeague Final Four, 2nd place Panathinaikos Playoffs, Quarterfinals AEK Champions League Playoffs, Round of 16 Aris Playoffs, Round of 16 PAOK Playoffs, Round of 16
See also 2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League (2nd tier)
References
External links Official Basket League Site Official Basket League Site Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site