The 2016–17 Basketligan season was the 24th season of the
Basketligan
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...
, the top tier basketball league on
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The season started on 6 October 2016 and ended on May 10, 2017.
Södertälje Kings
Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södertà ...
was the defending champion after achieving its 11th title in the previous season.
BC Luleå
BasketballClub Luleå is a professional basketball club from Luleå, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the we ...
won the title after beating the defending champions 4–1 in the Finals.
Competition format
The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent three times for a total of 30 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.
Teams
In October 2016,
Sundsvall Dragons and
Eco Örebro
Eco Örebro was a Sweden, Swedish professional basketball club in Örebro. They played in the Basketligan, the highest tier in Sweden, from the 2009–10 season.
On 12 May 2016 it was announced that the club was kicked out of Basketligan and the ...
were expelled from the league.
Regular season
Playoffs
References
External links
Official Basketligan website
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Basketligan seasons
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
Basketligan
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...