The 2016–17 Liga EBA season was the 23rd edition of the

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

. The regular season started in September 2016 and will ended in March 2017. The Final Stage to

was played in April 2017.

Format

Regular season

Teams are divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Groups A, C and D are divided in two. *Group A–A:

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, Galicia and

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

*Group A–B: Basque Country,

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

and

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

*Group B:

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...

, Castile-La Mancha and

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...

. *Groups C–A:

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

and

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, ...

. *Groups C–B:

and

. *Group D–A:

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

and

Melilla Melilla (, ; ) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was part of the Province of Málaga un ...

. *Group D–B:

and

Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

. *Group E:

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

and

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ...

Final stage

The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group D (champion of the previous season) will play the Final Stage. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to

. The winner of each group can organize a group stage. The Final Stage will be played round-robin format in groups of four teams where the first qualified of each group will host one of the stages.

Regular season

Group A

Group A–A

Group A–B

Finals

=First-qualified teams playoff

= The winner of this single-legged series hosted one of the four groups of the final stage. The game was played at the Palacio de Deportes of Santander.

=Qualifying playoffs

= The winner would qualify for the final stage. The games were played the Palacio de Deportes of Santander.

Group B

Group C

Group C–A

Group C–B

Finals

=Qualifying playoffs

= The games was played at Santa Ponça.

=Relegation playoffs

Group D

Regular season

=Group D–A

=Group D–B

Second stage

=Group D–Qualification

=Group D–Relegation

Finals

Group E

Regular season

Second stage

=Group E–Qualification

=Group E–Relegation

Promotion playoffs

The 16 qualified teams were divided in four groups of four teams. The first qualified teams hosted the groups, played with a round-robin format. The winner of each group promoted to

Group 1 – Cazorla

Group 2 –
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Group 3 – Santander

Group 4 – Villaviciosa de Odón

References

External links

Liga EBA at FEB.es
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Format

Regular season

Final stage

Regular season

Group A

Group A–A

Group A–B

Finals

=First-qualified teams playoff

=Qualifying playoffs

Group B

Group C

Group C–A

Group C–B

Finals

=Qualifying playoffs

=Relegation playoffs

Group D

Regular season

=Group D–A

=Group D–B

Second stage

=Group D–Qualification

=Group D–Relegation

Finals

Group E

Regular season

Second stage

=Group E–Qualification

=Group E–Relegation

Promotion playoffs

Group 1 – Cazorla

Group 2 – Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

Group 3 – Santander

Group 4 – Villaviciosa de Odón

References

External links

Group 2 –
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