The 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the

Premier A Slovenian Basketball League The Slovenian Basketball League (), abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga OTP banka due to sponsorship reasons, is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league is operated by the Basketball Federation of Sloven ...

Helios Suns In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personification, personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") an ...

were the defending champions.

KK Union Olimpija Košarkarski klub Olimpija () 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. They have played in two differen ...

won their 16th national title, defeating

KK Rogaška Košarkarski klub Rogaška (), commonly referred to as KK Rogaška or simply Rogaška, is basketball team from Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia, playing in the Slovenian top division. History The first basketball club in Rogaška Slatina was founded ...

3–1 in the final.

Format

The 12 teams of the league play a double-legged round-robin competition where the six first qualified teams will join the playoffs for the title. The four last qualified teams will join the relegation group where the three worst qualified teams will be relegated.

Teams

Sixt Primorska was created after the merge of KOŠ Koper and KK Lastovka and occupied the place of this team in the league.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

Second stage

Group for the title

Relegation group

Results of the first stage between teams involved counted for this stage.

Playoffs

The Playoffs began on Saturday, May 5, 2017 and concluded at May 24, 2017.

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Jakob Čebašek Jakob Čebašek (born April 28, 1991) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who last played for BC Minsk of the Belarusia Premier League. He is a 2.00 m tall Forward. Professional career Čebašek started playing professional basketball ...

( Hopsi)

Season MVP

* Igor Tratnik ( Zlatorog)

Finals MVP

* Devin Oliver ( Union Olimpija)

Weekly MVP

Regular season

Second round

;Note: : – Co-MVP's were announced.

Statistical leaders

, width=50% valign=top ,

Points

, width=50% valign=top ,

Assists

References

External links

Slovenian Basketball Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Slovenian Basketball League Slovenian Basketball League seasons

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...