EuroCup 2016/17

EuroCup 2016/17

Duration		October 12, 2016 - April 5, 2017
Order of execution		15th season
Number of teams		20th
master		Spain Unicaja Málaga
Runner-up		Spain Valencia BC
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The EuroCup 2016/17 was 15 . Playing time of the EuroCup in men's club basketball. It should not be confused with the FIBA Europe Cup , which is hosted by the continental association FIBA Europe .

In contrast to previous events, similar to the overriding EuroLeague 2016/17 competition, there was for the first time a name sponsor with the Greek food company Vivartia and its snack brand 7DAYS, so that the full name of the competition is 7DAYS EuroCup .

The title was won for the first time by Unicaja Málaga from Spain .

Pre-season importance and controversy

FIBA Europe, including the majority of its national member associations, tried to boycott the EuroCup and sanction participating clubs in favor of the new Basketball Champions League competition they had initiated . For this reason, the planned number of participants from 24 clubs, which had already been reduced to the previous event, had to be reduced by a further four clubs to 20 participants in the main round after the group draw.

It is therefore controversial which of the two competitions, EuroCup or Basketball Champions League, is the second most important in the 2016/17 season after the EuroLeague . Although many renowned teams from the most important European leagues as well as former long-time EuroLeague participants are represented in the EuroCup, not a single national champion takes part, while 16 champions are in the Champions League. One factor that speaks for the Basketball Champions League and against the EuroCup is the variety of countries from which the participating clubs come. While clubs from only nine different nations take part in the EuroCup, there are 31 different nations in the Champions League. This in turn means a higher performance density in the EuroCup.

mode

At the EuroCup, 20 teams took part in the preliminary round instead of 36 teams as in the previous year. The first round was the round-robin tournament mode English round robin played with home and away in four groups of five teams. The athletic last and most unsuccessful team in each preliminary round group was eliminated, while the other teams reached the second group stage of the 16 best teams.

Here, too, the game was continued in four groups with four teams each, with the teams staggered according to preliminary round placement, so that no group opponents in the preliminary round also played against each other in the intermediate round. The first and second placed teams in each intermediate round qualified for the quarter-finals, while the remaining intermediate round teams were eliminated.

From the quarter-finals onwards, the play-off mode " best of three " continued, with the better placed team in the intermediate round initially having home rights. The team that first scored two wins in a play-off series advanced to the next round.

Participating teams

The draw for the first group stage took place on July 7, 2016 in Barcelona ( Spain ), initially with 24 teams. After various withdrawals of clubs, there were considerable regroupings, whereby the stipulation was that from a sending league only one club per preliminary group competes, which was also possible except for the Spanish ACB league .

league	number	Clubs (VJP ^a )
Spain League ACB	6th	Valencia BC (HF / 3)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (VF / 5)	Unicaja Málaga (VF / 6)	UCAM Murcia (VF / 7)	Montakit Fuenlabrada (VF / 8)	Dominion Bilbao (9.)
VTB United League ( Russia ) Russia	4th	Zenit St. Petersburg (HF / 3)	BK Chimki (HF / 4)	Kuban locomotive (VF / 5)	BK Nizhny Novgorod (VF / 7)
ABA league	4th	Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (HF / 3)	Croatia KK Cedevita (HF / 4)	Slovenia KK Union Olimpija (7)	North Macedonia KK MZT Aerodrom (10)
Germany Basketball Bundesliga	3	ratiopharm Ulm (VM / 2)	FC Bayern Munich (HF / 4)	Alba Berlin (VF / 7)
Lithuania LKL	2	Lietuvos rytas (HF / 3)	Lietkabelis Panevėžys (VF / 7)
Israel Ligat ha'Al	1	Hapoel Jerusalem (VM)

^a : in brackets play-off round and final placement in the respective championship with VM as finalist and runner-up, otherwise only main round placement

First group stage

The first group stage took place from October 12 to December 14, 2016.

Group A

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain	8th	7th	1	758	630
2. KK CedevitaCroatia	8th	6th	2	678	644
3. BK Nizhny NovgorodRussia	8th	4th	4th	659	693
4. Lietkabelis PanevėžysLithuania	8th	3	5	626	658
5. MZT Skopje AerodromNorth Macedonia	8th	0	8th	617	713

	Canaria	Panevėžys	Novgorod	Skopje	Zagreb
Herbalife Gran C.	*	86 : 67	98 : 87	87 : 75	101 : 76
Lietkabelis	73: 92	*	72: 75	90 : 89	68: 69
BK Nizhny Nowg.	80: 106	91 : 89	*	88 : 74 a.d.	82: 84
MZT Aerodrom	75: 98	80: 87	82: 97	*	85: 89
KK Cedevita	97 : 90	76: 80	92 : 77	95 : 61	*

Group B

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. BK KhimkiRussia	8th	6th	2	728	636
2. Montakit FuenlabradaSpain	8th	4th	4th	696	695
3. Alba BerlinGermany	8th	4th	4th	681	734
4. Lietuvos rytasLithuania	8th	3	5	683	674
5. Dominion BilbaoSpain	8th	3	5	645	694

	Berlin	Khimki	Bilbao	Vilnius	Fuenlabrada
Alba Berlin	*	72: 102	88: 92	124 : 115 a.d.	88 : 81
BK Khimki	88 : 77	*	99 : 78	76 : 71	96 : 84
Dominion Basket	77: 85	72: 91	*	80 : 76	97 : 83
Lietuvos rytas	97: 99	93 : 91	83 : 71	*	101 : 84
Montakit	105 : 80	89 : 85	89 : 78	81 : 70	*

Group C

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Zenit St. PetersburgRussia	8th	6th	2	692	655
2. FC Bayern MunichGermany	8th	6th	2	641	583
3. UCAM MurciaSpain	8th	4th	4th	642	646
4. Unicaja MálagaSpain	8th	4th	4th	623	607
5. Budućnost VOLIMontenegro	8th	0	8th	573	680

	Murcia	St. Petersb.	Málaga	Munich	Podgorica
UCAM Murcia	*	77: 90	83 : 75	79: 90	86 : 77
BK zenith	83: 85 a.d.	*	82 : 72	80 : 77	84 : 79
Unicaja	89 : 86 a.d.	93 : 86	*	62: 74	93 : 75
FC Bayern	92 : 84	88: 99	72 : 69	*	80 : 66
Budućnost VOLI	75: 86	95: 97	62: 86	44: 68	*

Group D

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Valencia BCSpain	8th	7th	1	657	570
2. Hapoel JerusalemIsrael	8th	5	3	639	640
3. ratiopharm UlmGermany	8th	4th	4th	612	648
4. Lok Kuban KrasnodarRussia	8th	3	5	610	605
5. KK Union OlimpijaSlovenia	8th	1	7th	575	640

	Valencia	Krasnodar	Jerusalem	Ljubljana	Ulm
Valencia BC	*	78 : 77	77: 81	87 : 74	95 : 58
Kuban locomotive	64: 73	*	88 : 68	77 : 64	62: 77
Hapoel Jerusalem	84: 86	90 : 79	*	81 : 69	69 : 64
KK Union Olimpija	72: 75	64: 72	74: 89	*	76 : 72
ratiopharm Ulm	60: 86	105 : 101 a.d.	103 : 77	87 : 82	*

Second group stage

The second group stage took place from January 4 to February 8, 2017.

Group E

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Lok Kuban KrasnodarRussia	6th	5	1	484	424
2. Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain	6th	4th	2	491	465
3. Montakit FuenlabradaSpain	6th	2	4th	469	508
4. UCAM MurciaSpain	6th	1	5	445	492

	Canaria	Fuenlabrada	Murcia	Krasnodar
Herbalife Gran C.	*	100 : 76	94 : 85	71: 86
Montakit	85 : 75	*	85 : 69	87: 91
UCAM Murcia	67: 83	87 : 75	*	77: 85
Kuban locomotive	66: 68	86 : 61	70 : 60	*

Group F.

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. FC Bayern MunichGermany	6th	6th	0	479	430
2. BK KhimkiRussia	6th	4th	2	503	493
3. Lietkabelis PanevėžysLithuania	6th	2	4th	470	505
4. ratiopharm UlmGermany	6th	0	6th	482	506

	Khimki	Munich	Ulm	Panevėžys
BK Khimki	*	74: 96 a.d.	85 : 84	88 : 80
FC Bayern	90 : 74	*	101 : 98 a.d.	85 : 69
ratiopharm Ulm	90: 95	57: 68	*	81: 86
Lietkabelis	77: 89	72: 78	86 : 84	*

Group G

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Hapoel JerusalemIsrael	6th	5	1	521	484
2. Zenit St. PetersburgRussia	6th	3	3	549	522
3. Lietuvos rytasLithuania	6th	3	3	514	472
4. BK Nizhny NovgorodRussia	6th	1	5	464	570

	St. Petersb.	Jerusalem	Novgorod	Vilnius
BK zenith	*	101 : 81	90 : 66	88 : 79
Hapoel Jerusalem	97 : 81	*	98 : 76	84 : 77
BK Nizhny Nowg.	113 : 105	73: 81	*	63: 97
Lietuvos rytas	86 : 84	76: 80	99 : 73	*

Group H.

club	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
1. Valencia BCSpain	6th	6th	0	508	429
2. Unicaja MálagaSpain	6th	3	3	436	443
3. KK CedevitaCroatia	6th	2	4th	452	480
4. Alba BerlinGermany	6th	1	5	475	519

	Valencia	Zagreb	Berlin	Málaga
Valencia BC	*	71 : 58	85 : 80	86 : 62
KK Cedevita	86: 89	*	99 : 83	74 : 71
Alba Berlin	73: 99	93 : 76	*	69: 77
Unicaja	70: 78	73 : 59	83 : 77	*

Knockout rounds

From the quarter-finals of the best eight teams, the knockout system continues, with the individual pairings being decided in the best-of-three play-off mode .

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place between February 28 and March 8, 2017.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game
Russia Lok Kuban Krasnodar	-	Russia Zenit St. Petersburg	75 : 52	88 : 77
Germany FC Bayern Munich	-	Spain Unicaja Málaga	91 : 82	67: 82	69: 74
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem	-	Spain Herbalife Gran Canaria	87 : 67	85 : 79
Spain Valencia BC	-	Russia BK Khimki	88 : 82	74: 98	92 : 76

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place between March 14th and 22nd, 2017.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game
Russia Lok Kuban Krasnodar	-	Spain Unicaja Málaga	57: 73	63: 74
Spain Valencia BC	-	Israel Hapoel Jerusalem	83 : 68	66: 79	90 : 75

Finals

The finals took place between March 28th and April 5th, 2017.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game
Spain Valencia BC	-	Spain Unicaja Málaga	68 : 62	71: 79	58: 63

Web links

EuroCup - Official website of the competition ( English )

Individual evidence

↑ Introducing the 7DAYS EuroCup! EuroCup , July 7, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).
↑ Christian Siepmann: Alba Berlin starts against Fuenlabrada in the Eurocup. Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 .
↑ One team less in the Eurocup. Südwest Presse , September 17, 2016, accessed October 17, 2016 .
↑ Competition Format ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
↑ 7DAYS EuroCup 2016-17, Draw results. EuroCup , July 7, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).
^ Clubs from FYROM, Lithuania, Russia, Spain to replace Italian clubs in 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup. EuroCup , July 21, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).

[1] Introducing the 7DAYS EuroCup! EuroCup , July 7, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).

[2] Christian Siepmann: Alba Berlin starts against Fuenlabrada in the Eurocup. Berliner Zeitung , October 11, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 .

[3] One team less in the Eurocup. Südwest Presse , September 17, 2016, accessed October 17, 2016 .

[4] Competition Format ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

[5] 7DAYS EuroCup 2016-17, Draw results. EuroCup , July 7, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).

[6] Clubs from FYROM, Lithuania, Russia, Spain to replace Italian clubs in 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup. EuroCup , July 21, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2016 (English, media information).