Swiss Cup 2016/17 (basketball)
At Schweizer Cup 2016/17 30 teams took part. Until the quarter-finals, the lower class teams had home rights. From the 1/16 finals onwards, the NLA clubs entered the competition, with the NLA representative Swiss Central Basket receiving a bye.
The winners were the Lions de Genève who, after a race to catch up in the fourth quarter, won the final against BBC Monthey 78:77. It was the second cup win for Geneva after 2014.
Carried out from the sixteenth finals
Final game
April 8, 2017 6:00 p.m. |
Play telegram | Lions de Genève | 78 - 77 | BBC Monthey |
Geneva Arena , Geneva Visitors: 4,300 Referees: S. Clivaz S., M. Michaelides, S. Novakovic |
Points per quarter: 18-23, 12-18, 21-25, 27-11 | |||||
Points: Marko Mladjan 16 rebounds: Marko Mladjan 7 assists: Roberto Kovac , Kelvin Parker 6 |
Points: Markel Humphrey 24 rebounds: Markel Humphrey 11 assists: Brandon Young 10 |
In the aftermath of the game, Swiss Basketball initiated administrative and disciplinary proceedings against individual players and officials of the BBC Monthey, as they were confronted with aggressive behavior and insults against officials and the referee.
Web links
- Swiss Cup on the website of Swiss Basketball
Individual evidence
- ^ Initiation of administrative and disciplinary proceedings against the BBC Monthey. (No longer available online.) Swiss Basketball , April 10, 2007, archived from the original on June 5, 2017 ; accessed on July 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.