2016–17 EuroCup Basketball

The 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is the 15th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, and the first season under the title sponsorship of the 7DAYS.

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 were expected to participate in the 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball,^[3] but finally 20 teams participate in the competition.

Distribution

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

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, Volgograd, 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

Regular season
Valencia Basket (3rd)	Montakit Fuenlabrada (AV)	Budućnost VOLI (3rd)	Bayern Munich (4th)
Herbalife Gran Canaria (5th)	Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd)	Cedevita (4th)	Alba Berlin (7th)
Unicaja (6th)	Khimki (4th)	Union Olimpija (WC)	Lietuvos rytas (3rd)
UCAM Murcia (7th)	Lokomotiv Kuban (5th)	MZT Skopje Aerodrom (AV)	Lietkabelis (AV)
RETAbet Bilbao Basket (WC)	Nizhny Novgorod (WC)	ratiopharm Ulm (2nd)	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (2nd)

Round and draw dates

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

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]

Pot 1 Team Lokomotiv Kuban Khimki Nizhny Novgorod Unicaja	Pot 2 Team Valencia Basket Alba Berlin Bayern Munich Herbalife Gran Canaria	Pot 3 Team Cedevita RETAbet Bilbao Basket UCAM Murcia Union Olimpija
Pot 4 Team Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Lietuvos rytas Banco di Sardegna Sassari Stelmet Zielona Góra	Pot 5 Team Zenit Saint Petersburg FoxTown Cantù AEK Athens ratiopharm Ulm	Pot 6 Team Budućnost VOLI Partizan NIS Dolomiti Energia Trento Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia

Regular season

Valencia

Gran Canaria

Unicaja

Murcia

Fuenlabrada

Bilbao

Zenit

Khimki

Lokomotiv

Nizhny Novgorod

Budućnost

Cedevita

Olimpija

MZT Skopje

Ulm

Bayern

Berlin

Hapoel

rytas

Lietkabelis

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 play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four first qualified teams will advance to the Top 16, while the two last teams will be eliminated. The matchdays are 12 October, 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November, 23 November, 30 November, 7 December, and 14 December 2016.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		HGC	CED	NIZ	LIE	MZT
1	Herbalife Gran Canaria (A)	6	5	1	579	482	+97	Advance to Top 16		—	101–76	98–87	86–67	14 Dec
2	Cedevita (A)	7	5	2	594	562	+32			97–90	—	92–77	76–80	95–61
3	Nizhny Novgorod (A)	6	3	3	480	527	−47			80–106	14 Dec	—	91–89	88–74 (OT)
4	Lietkabelis (A)	7	3	4	553	566	−13			7 Dec	68–69	72–75	—	90–89
5	MZT Skopje Aerodrom (E)	6	0	6	460	529	−69			75–98	85–89	7 Dec	80–87	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		KHI	LRY	FUE	ALB	RBB
1	Khimki (A)	7	5	2	629	558	+71	Advance to Top 16		—	76–71	96–84	88–77	14 Dec
2	Lietuvos rytas	6	3	3	516	494	+22			93–91	—	101–84	7 Dec	83–71
3	Montakit Fuenlabrada	6	3	3	532	528	+4			89–85	14 Dec	—	105–80	89–78
4	Alba Berlin	7	3	4	582	637	−55			72–102	124–115 (OT)	88–81	—	88–92
5	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	6	2	4	470	512	−42			72–91	80–76	7 Dec	77–85	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		BAY	ZEN	UCA	UNI	BUD
1	Bayern Munich (A)	7	5	2	561	517	+44	Advance to Top 16		—	88–99	92–84	72–69	14 Dec
2	Zenit Saint Petersburg (A)	6	4	2	513	488	+25			80–77	—	83–85 (OT)	14 Dec	84–79
3	UCAM Murcia (A)	7	4	3	569	573	−4			79–90	77–90	—	83–75	86–77
4	Unicaja (A)	6	3	3	478	452	+26			62–74	93–86	7 Dec	—	93–75
5	Budućnost VOLI (E)	6	0	6	412	503	−91			44–68	7 Dec	75–86	62–86	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		VBC	JER	ULM	LOK	UOL
1	Valencia Basket (A)	6	5	1	504	421	+83	Advance to Top 16		—	77–81	95–58	14 Dec	87–74
2	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (A)	6	4	2	502	488	+14			84–86	—	14 Dec	90–79	81–69
3	ratiopharm Ulm (A)	7	4	3	548	569	−21			60–86	103–77	—	105–101 (OT)	87–82
4	Lokomotiv Kuban (A)	6	2	4	445	459	−14			64–73	7 Dec	62–77	—	77–64
5	Union Olimpija (E)	7	1	6	503	565	−62			7 Dec	74–89	76–72	64–72	—

Top 16

In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The two first qualified teams will advance to the quarterfinals, while the two last teams will be eliminated. The matchdays will be 4 January, 11 January, 18 January, 25 January, 1 February, and 8 February 2017.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		A1	B2	C3	D4
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals		—
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	D4	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		B1	C2	D3	A4
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals		—
2	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		C1	D2	A3	B4
1	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals		—
2	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification		D1	A2	B3	C4
1	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarterfinals		—
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	C4	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams playing 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.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	E1	0
	G2	0
						0
					0	0
	F1	0
	H2	0
									0	0
									0
	G1	0
	E2	0
					0	0
					0
	H1	0
	F2	0

Quarterfinals

The first legs will be played on 28 February, the second legs will be played on 3 March, and the third legs will be played on 8 March 2017.

Semifinals

The first legs will be played on 14 March, the second legs will be played on 17 March, and the third legs will be played on 22 March 2017.

Finals

The first legs will be played on 28 March, the second legs will be played on 31 March, and the third legs will be played on 5 April 2017.

Awards

Round MVP

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Kyle Kuric	Herbalife Gran Canaria	25
2	Kyle Kuric (2)	Herbalife Gran Canaria	25
	Žygimantas Skučas	Lietkabelis
	Kšyštof Lavrinovič
3	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

See also

• 2016–17 EuroLeague
• 2016–17 Basketball Champions League
• 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup

References

External links

• Official website