The 2016–17 ABA League was the 16th season of the

ABA League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Ma ...

, with 14 teams from

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and the

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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

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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.

Team allocation

On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel

Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija ( en, Olimpija Basketball Club) was a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Olimpija has won 23 National League championships, including eight consecutive titles between 1992 and 1999. T ...

and

Helios Suns The Helios Suns are a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slovenian First League and the ABA League Second Division. They have won the national league in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons ...

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).

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

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

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Points

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Assists

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Awards

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MVP List

MVP of the Round

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MVP of the Month

2016–17 national standings

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ABA League clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website

ABA League
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Teams

National standings

Team allocation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Final standings

Statistical leaders

Points

Assists

Awards

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

Finals MVP

Top Prospect

Ideal Starting Five

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

2016–17 national standings

ABA League clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links