The 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup was the 2nd season of the
FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA Europe's second level competition. Clubs mainly qualify based on their performance in national leagues an ...
, a European
basketball
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club competition organised by
FIBA Europe
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. The season began on 18 October 2016, with the regular season, and concluded on April 25, 2017, with the second leg of the
Finals
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.
Nanterre 92
Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in French basketball league system, the top-tier level basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A, Pro A, since 2011. ...
was crowned FIBA Europe Cup champions after defeating
Élan Chalon
Élan Sportif Chalonnais, commonly known as Élan Chalon, is a French professional basketball club that is based in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The team's main colors are red and white, and their mascot is a moose. The team's home arena is called ...
.
Format changes
The regular season phase 1 will be joined by 38 teams, 26 will qualify directly and the other 12 will come from the
Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. These teams will be divided into ten groups, seven groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The two first qualified teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams (two teams from each Conference) will qualify to the regular season phase 2. These teams will be divided into six groups of four teams. The first qualified teams of each group and the best two runners-up of all groups will qualify to the play-offs with the eight teams dropped from the
Basketball Champions League regular season.
In the play-offs, the Round of 16 play-offs, the Quarter-Final play-offs, the Semi-Final play-offs and the Final play-offs will be played with a double-leg format.
After the Basketball Champions League expansion, the qualifying rounds were eliminated and the four teams that were going to join them qualified directly to the regular season, being these reduced to 38 teams instead of the 40 initially proposed.
Team allocation
A total of 38 teams will participate in the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup.
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.
Teams
The official list of teams was announced with the draw on 22 July.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.
*2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
*CL: Transferred from Champions League
**RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
**QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows:
Regular season
The draw of the regular season was held on 22 July 2016, at 12:00
CEST, in
Freising
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Location
Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in ...
, Germany.
The 38 teams were divided into two conferences according to geographical criteria, each containing five groups:
*Conference 1: Groups A, B and D (four teams); Groups C and E (three teams)
*Conference 2: Groups F, G, H and J (four teams); Group I (three teams)
The matchdays were 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November and 23 November 2016.
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two from each conference) advanced to the second round.
A total of 22 national associations were represented in the regular season.
Hubo Limburg United,
Basic-Fit Brussels and
Peja
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made their European debut appearances.
Tiebreakers
If teams in the same group finish tied on points at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
# Head-to-head record.
# Head-to-head point differential.
# Point differential during the regular season.
# Points scored during the regular season.
# Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each regular season match.
Conference 1
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Conference 2
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Ranking of third-placed teams
Games against fourth-placed teams are not included in these rankings.
Conference 1
Conference 2
Second round
The matchdays were 14 December, 21 December 2016, 4 January, 11 January, 18 January and 25 January 2017. The six group winners plus the two best second-placed teams qualified directly for the
play-offs
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, where they were joined by eight teams transferred from the
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also commonly known as the FIBA Champions League, is an annual professional basketball competition for European sports club, clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the European professional club basketball system ...
regular season.
Group K
Group L
Group M
Group N
Group O
Group P
Ranking of second-placed teams
Transfers from Champions League regular season
Eight teams from the
2016–17 Basketball Champions League
The 2016–17 Basketball Champions League was the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional sports, professional basketball competition for sports club, clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition began ...
Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the worst fifth-placed team, all sixth-placed teams and the two best seventh-placed teams.
Play-offs
Unlike the
previous season, every round of the play-offs, including the finals, will be played as
two-legged home-and-away ties.
Bracket
Round of 16
The first legs will be played on 8 February, and the second legs will be played on 22 February 2017.
Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 8 March, and the second legs will be played on 15 March 2017.
Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 29 March, and the second legs will be played on 5 April 2017.
Final
The first leg will be played on 18 April, and the second leg will be played on 25 April 2017.
Awards
Season Awards
All-FIBA Europe Cup Team
Honors
Top performers
Each week a selection of five top performers was made, based on their
efficiency rating. The Top Performer title is handed out by the official website of the FIBA Europe Cup and partly decided by efficiency rating in the particular round.
Regular season
Second round
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Statistical leaders
Source
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Individual game highs
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Finals rosters
Nanterre 92:
Spencer Butterfield,
Chris Warren,
Heiko Schaffartzik,
Hugo Invernizzi. Coach:
Pascal Donnadieu
Elan Chalon:
Cameron Clark,
Moustapha Fall
Moustapha Fall (born 23 February 1992) is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the senior men's French national team. Standing at , Fall plays at the c ...
,
John Robertson,
Jérémy Nzeulie
Jeremy Nzeulie (born February 15, 1991) is a French-born Cameroonian basketball player.
Professional career
He made his French league Pro-A debut for club Nanterre during the 2008–2009 season. He spent one season with JSA Bordeaux and then ret ...
,
Lance Harris
John Lance Harris (born June 11, 1961) is an American businessman and politician from Alexandria, Louisiana. He was a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 25 in Rapides Parish. In 2020, Harris ran for Congres ...
, Bouteille.
See also
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2016–17 EuroLeague
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2016–17 EuroCup Basketball
The 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup, for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of Euroleague Basketball's European professional club basketball system, secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It ...
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2016–17 Basketball Champions League
The 2016–17 Basketball Champions League was the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional sports, professional basketball competition for sports club, clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition began ...
References
External links
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