2016–17 ACB season

The 2016–17 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB Finals.[1] Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, which won its first league ever.

Liga Endesa1
Season2016–17
Number of games295
Number of teams17
TV partner(s)Movistar+
Regular season
Top seedReal Madrid
Season MVPSpain Sergio Llull
RelegatedReal Betis Energía Plus
ICL Manresa
Finals
ChampionsValencia Basket (1st title)
  Runners-upReal Madrid
SemifinalistsBaskonia
Unicaja
Finals MVPMontenegro Bojan Dubljević
Statistical leaders
PointsFrance Edwin Jackson21.7
ReboundsCroatia Ante Tomić7.9
AssistsUnited States Mickey McConnell6.5
Index RatingFrance Edwin Jackson21.9
Records
Biggest home winGran Canaria 111–60 Fuenlabrada
(23 October 2016)
Biggest away winZaragoza 57–102 Gran Canaria
(26 March 2017)
Highest scoringFuenlabrada 103–97 Estudiantes
(4 February 2017)
Winning streak10 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak10 games
ICL Manresa
Highest attendance14,316
Baskonia 77–62 Real Madrid
(3 January 2017)
Lowest attendance2,793
Real Betis 76–59 Andorra
(10 May 2017)
Attendance1,901,826 (6,447 per match)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2015–16 season and two promoted from the 2015–16 LEB Oro. ACB agreed with Ourense Provincia Termal its promotion to this season instead the previous one if it fulfills successfully the requirements.[2]

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

After the resignation of RETAbet.es GBC to play in ACB, the ACB offered its place to Quesos Cerrato Palencia and Club Melilla Baloncesto to complete a league of 18 teams.[8] After both teams refused the invitation,[9][10] the ACB agreed to play a 17-team league.[11] On 27 September 2016, the league confirmed that the two last qualified teams will be relegated to LEB Oro.[12]

Venues and locations

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Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2016–17 ACB
TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
BaskoniaVitoria-GasteizFernando Buesa Arena15,504[13]
Divina Seguros Joventut[14]BadalonaPalau Municipal d'Esports8,500[15]
FC Barcelona LassaBarcelonaPalau Blaugrana7,585[16]
Herbalife Gran CanariaLas PalmasGran Canaria Arena9,870[17]
Iberostar TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La LagunaSantiago Martín5,003[18]
ICL ManresaManresaNou Congost5,000[19]
Montakit FuenlabradaFuenlabradaFernando Martín5,100[20]
MoraBanc AndorraAndorra la Vella, AndorraPoliesportiu d'Andorra5,000[21]
Movistar EstudiantesMadridWiZink Center15,000[22]
Real Betis Energía Plus[23]SevilleSan Pablo7,626[24]
Real MadridMadridWiZink Center15,000[22]
RETAbet Bilbao Basket[25]BilbaoBilbao Arena10,014[26]
Rio Natura Monbus ObradoiroSantiago de CompostelaMultiusos Fontes do Sar5,060[27]
Tecnyconta Zaragoza[28]ZaragozaPabellón Príncipe Felipe10,744[29]
UCAM MurciaMurciaPalacio de Deportes7,341[30]
UnicajaMálagaMartín Carpena10,233[31]
Valencia BasketValenciaFuente de San Luis8,500[32]


Personnel and sponsorship

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TeamHead coachCaptain[33]Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Baskonia Sito Alonso Ádám HangaHummelRioja
Divina Seguros Joventut Diego Ocampo Albert VenturaSpaldingDivina Pastora Seguros
FC Barcelona Lassa Georgios Bartzokas Juan Carlos NavarroNikeLassa Tyres
Herbalife Gran Canaria Luis Casimiro Eulis BáezAdidasHerbalife
Iberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Nicolás RichottiAustralIberostar
ICL Manresa Ibon Navarro Román MontañezPentexICL Iberia
Montakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera Marko PopovićBFSMontakit
MoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya David NavarroKonMoraBanc
Movistar Estudiantes Salva Maldonado Jaime FernándezJomaMovistar
Real Betis Energía Plus Žan Tabak Boštjan NachbarSpaldingEnergía Plus
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe ReyesAdidasTeka
RETAbet Bilbao Basket Carles Duran Álex MumbrúErreàRETAbet
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Pepe PozasViveRio Natura, Monbus
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Luis Guil Henk NorelMercuryTecnyconta
UCAM Murcia Fotios Katsikaris José Ángel AnteloNikeUCAM
Unicaja Joan Plaza Carlos SuárezSpaldingUnicaja, Benahavís
Valencia Basket Pedro Martínez Rafa MartínezLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo1
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Herbalife Gran Canaria Aíto García RenesesEnd of contract2 June 2016[34]Pre-season Luis Casimiro30 June 2016[35]
Baskonia Velimir PerasovićSigned for Anadolu Efes14 June 2016[36] Sito Alonso8 July 2016[37]
Movistar Estudiantes Sergio ValdeolmillosSacked16 June 2016 Salva Maldonado27 July 2016[38]
FC Barcelona Lassa Xavi PascualSacked28 June 2016[39] Georgios Bartzokas8 July 2016[40]
Real Betis Energía Plus Luis CasimiroEnd of contract30 June 2016[41] Žan Tabak28 July 2016
Divina Seguros Joventut Salva MaldonadoResigned7 July 2016[42] Diego Ocampo26 July 2016
RETAbet Bilbao Basket Sito AlonsoResigned8 July 2016[43] Carles Duran11 July 2016[44]
UCAM Murcia Fotios KatsikarisSigned for Lokomotiv Kuban25 July 2016[45] Óscar Quintana28 July 2016[46]
UCAM Murcia Óscar QuintanaSacked23 January 2017[47]14th (5–12) Fotios Katsikaris23 January 2017[48]
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Andreu CasadevallSacked6 March 2017[49]14th (7–15) Luis Guil6 March 2017[50]
Real Betis Energía Plus Žan TabakSacked10 April 2017[51]15th (8–18) Alejandro Martínez10 April 2017[52]

Regular season

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League table

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification or relegation
1Real Madrid3225728032500+303Qualification to playoffs
2Baskonia3223926972445+252
3Valencia Basket3223926392398+241
4Unicaja32221026612495+166
5Iberostar Tenerife32221024662277+189
6FC Barcelona Lassa32221026312426+205
7Herbalife Gran Canaria32211127102438+272
8MoraBanc Andorra32161626112687−76
9UCAM Murcia32141825582565−7
10RETAbet Bilbao Basket32141824722577−105
11Movistar Estudiantes32131926112670−59
12Montakit Fuenlabrada32122024622714−252
13Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro32112124392626−187
14Divina Seguros Joventut32112124342538−104
15Tecnyconta Zaragoza3292325342710−176
16Real Betis Energía Plus (R)3292324322683−251Relegation to LEB Oro
17ICL Manresa (R)3252723742785−411
Source: ACB
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In italics, the team did not play any game in that round.

Team \ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Real Madrid4133112111111111111112323321111111
Baskonia1264354658655555545554244545433432
Valencia Basket31186635464432333254333432132222223
Unicaja1316109878775566667766666657777575544
Iberostar Tenerife5311221332324444322221111213346655
FC Barcelona Lassa7657543223243222433445565464644366
Herbalife Gran Canaria1414151614119999998876688777776656767777
MoraBanc Andorra9545787547877788877889888888888888
UCAM Murcia8127811131515121313151213121213141314141213121211111211101010109
RETAbet Bilbao Basket642246688678999991099989999999999910
Movistar Estudiantes16131110101011101010101013141413141211111110111110121211101112111111
Montakit Fuenlabrada12891316171616161616141110101110910101011101011101010121211121212
Rio Natura Monbus17171715151613131514121214151516161616161616161616161414131515141313
Divina Seguros Joventut10151617171514141415151616161615151515151515151515141513141313131414
Tecnyconta Zaragoza1510121291212121311111110111314121314121213141314151616151414151515
Real Betis Energía Plus27131112910111112141315121110111112131314121413131315161616161616
ICL Manresa1191414131417171717171717171717171717171717171717171717171717171717

Source: ACB

Results

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Home \ AwayBKNCJBFCBHGCIBTICLFUEMBAMOVBETRMBRBBRNMTCZUCMUNIVLC
Baskonia81–4584–9295–9072–7382–69103–6695–7782–7779–7577–6284–6387–86101–9287–7575–7971–63
Divina Seguros Joventut83–9056–7686–7273–78100–6665–8274–5977–7188–9478–8182–5582–8384–8086–8482–7986–84
FC Barcelona Lassa98–9279–7779–7865–7392–7287–53102–6592–8080–5885–7568–76100–7691–8873–7089–7094–82
Herbalife Gran Canaria74–6198–8095–8281–9295–76111–6064–90104–8682–6268–7686–8091–5786–8274–6476–7175–84
Iberostar Tenerife72–7689–7571–6060–7084–5196–5089–7281–7296–7475–6480–7670–5565–5494–8072–7362–65
ICL Manresa87–8281–8550–5670–10274–7982–9091–9377–7591–8680–9179–8678–8294–9163–7370–8973–94
Montakit Fuenlabrada69–7794–8875–7875–7261–8584–6485–73103–9767–7299–10180–8963–7593–8086–8385–9873–68
MoraBanc Andorra82–9192–7387–8097–8985–8285–7796–7887–8395–6986–8885–8191–87100–9288–7292–8789–84
Movistar Estudiantes70–7683–7183–8178–8663–8295–9086–7487–8582–9588–9687–8381–7394–78109–8476–8768–87
Real Betis Energía Plus60–9457–7172–8970–8976–8275–8076–5973–7873–7776–7573–8579–7487–8477–10376–6885–90
Real Madrid86–8295–7076–7581–9386–5996–7092–7696–9279–7287–76104–76106–5994–6893–86101–9085–71
RETAbet Bilbao Basket64–7583–7092–7968–8281–9191–7682–7681–6779–7482–8577–8585–9081–7771–8263–7488–75
Rio Natura Monbus76–9280–6771–7687–9081–8289–7572–9186–8464–7388–6790–8377–8380–6378–8670–7875–92
Tecnyconta Zaragoza88–9971–6975–8657–10271–5987–7780–7590–7485–90102–9978–9869–7585–5995–7777–8268–80
UCAM Murcia71–9267–6583–9957–7679–6885–6199–6277–53100–9192–8061–8997–7174–7688–8088–9575–78
Unicaja82–7277–7495–8989–7888–6791–7589–7393–6966–7898–8982–7885–6487–6971–8088–7683–91
Valencia Basket99–9177–7276–5986–8174–58100–55101–8688–6293–8566–5675–9483–6185–74100–6767–7081–77
Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                      
 
 
 
 
1 Real Madrid1077795
 
 
 
8 MoraBanc Andorra768984
 
1 Real Madrid7110176
 
 
 
4 Unicaja687273
 
4 Unicaja796771
 
 
 
5 Iberostar Tenerife657361
 
1 Real Madrid87796476
 
 
 
3 Valencia Basket81868187
 
2 Baskonia717973
 
 
 
7 Herbalife Gran Canaria599471
 
2 Baskonia82906977
 
 
 
3 Valencia Basket83707585
 
3 Valencia Basket837967
 
 
6 FC Barcelona Lassa619164
 

Final standings

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PosTeamPldWLQualification or relegation
1Valencia Basket (C)433112Qualification to EuroLeague[a]
2Real Madrid423111
3Baskonia392613
4Unicaja[b]382414
5Iberostar Tenerife[c]352312Qualification to Champions League regular season
6FC Barcelona Lassa352312Qualification to EuroLeague[a]
7Herbalife Gran Canaria352213Qualification to EuroCup
8MoraBanc Andorra351718
9UCAM Murcia321418Qualification to Champions League regular season
10RETAbet Bilbao Basket321418Qualification to EuroCup
11Movistar Estudiantes321319Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
12Montakit Fuenlabrada321220
13Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro321121
14Divina Seguros Joventut321121Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
15Tecnyconta Zaragoza32923
16Real Betis Energía Plus (R)32923Relegation to LEB Oro
17ICL Manresa (R)32527
Source: ACB
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Real Madrid, Baskonia and FC Barcelona Lassa were already qualified to EuroLeague.
  2. ^ Unicaja qualified to EuroLeague by winning the EuroCup.
  3. ^ Iberostar Tenerife qualified to Champions League regular season by winning the Champions League.

Attendances

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Attendances include playoff games:

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Baskonia195,16914,3167,3829,758−1.6%
2Real Madrid199,57712,4486,7839,072+1.1%
3RETAbet Bilbao Basket139,3229,8337,7928,708−3.9%
4Movistar Estudiantes133,69613,5703,2998,356−3.4%
5Valencia Basket179,5008,5007,2008,159−0.6%
6Tecnyconta Zaragoza119,46610,0526,2767,467+4.5%
7Unicaja135,20710,4733,8917,116−3.1%
8Herbalife Gran Canaria109,8838,6614,2836,464−4.4%
9UCAM Murcia90,1857,5004,6315,637−5.0%
10Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro81,0645,7604,4635,067−3.7%
11Divina Seguros Joventut79,6067,9463,6254,975+0.7%
12Montakit Fuenlabrada78,7545,7003,2304,911−5.3%
13Real Betis Energía Plus78,1747,1122,7934,886+7.5%
14Iberostar Tenerife76,8595,1773,7474,521+12.3%
15FC Barcelona Lassa72,6236,5813,1174,272−15.8%
16MoraBanc Andorra71,8694,8733,4234,228+4.7%
17ICL Manresa63,7604,4203,5303,985−8.0%
League total1,904,53414,3162,7936,456+1.1%

Source: ACB

Awards

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All official awards of the 2016–17 ACB season.

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Sergio LlullReal Madrid

Source: [53]

Pos.PlayerTeam
C Bojan DubljevićValencia Basket

Source: [54]

Pos.First TeamSecond Team
PlayerTeamPlayerTeam
PG Sergio LlullReal Madrid Shane LarkinBaskonia
SG Edwin JacksonMovistar Estudiantes Facundo CampazzoUCAM Murcia
SF Ádám HangaBaskonia Nemanja NedovićUnicaja
PF Bojan DubljevićValencia Basket Anthony RandolphReal Madrid
C Giorgi ShermadiniMoraBanc Andorra Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa

Source: [55][56]

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Luka DončićReal Madrid

Source: [57]

Best Defensive Player Award

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Pos.PlayerTeam
SF Ádám HangaBaskonia

Source:[58]

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Luka DončićReal Madrid
SG Alberto AbaldeDivina Seguros Joventut
SF Rolands ŠmitsMontakit Fuenlabrada
PF Sasha VezenkovFC Barcelona Lassa
C Anžejs PasečņiksHerbalife Gran Canaria

Source: [59]

Sportium Award to the Best Three-Point Shooter

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Pos.PlayerTeam
SG Martynas GecevičiusTecnyconta Zaragoza

Source: [60]

Pos.PlayerTeam
PG Facundo CampazzoUCAM Murcia

Source: [61]

CoachTeam
Txus VidorretaIberostar Tenerife

Source: [62]

Player of the week

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DatePlayerTeamPIR
1 Luka ŽorićReal Betis Energía Plus30
2 Patrik AudaICL Manresa27
Sergio LlullReal Madrid
3 Davin WhiteIberostar Tenerife38
4 Nemanja NedovićUnicaja29
5 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa27
Johannes VoigtmannBaskonia
6 Albert SàbatDivina Seguros Joventut25
7 Ante Tomić (2)FC Barcelona Lassa33
8 Stevan JelovacTecnyconta Zaragoza29
9 Álex MumbrúRETAbet Bilbao Basket36
10 Sergio Llull (2)Real Madrid37
11 Luka DončićReal Madrid34
12 Trent LockettReal Betis Energía Plus33
13 Facundo CampazzoUCAM Murcia36
14 Tyrese RiceFC Barcelona Lassa29
15 Vítor FaveraniUCAM Murcia31
16 Gustavo AyónReal Madrid30
17 Giorgi ShermadiniMoraBanc Andorra33
18 Edwin JacksonMovistar Estudiantes44
19 Aaron DoornekampIberostar Tenerife28
20 Shane LarkinBaskonia31
21 Ádám HangaBaskonia34
22 Shane Larkin (2)Baskonia36
23 Blagota SekulićMontakit Fuenlabrada31
24 Bojan DubljevićValencia Basket28
25 Giorgi Shermadini (2)MoraBanc Andorra41
26 Sergio Llull (3)Real Madrid32
27 Felipe ReyesReal Madrid40
28 Luka Dončić (2)Real Madrid32
29 Kyle FoggUnicaja30
30 Ante Tomić (3)FC Barcelona Lassa32
31 Bojan Dubljević (2)Valencia Basket38
32 Giorgi Shermadini (3)MoraBanc Andorra32
33 Sergio Llull (4)Real Madrid33
34 Ádám Hanga (2)Baskonia28

Source: [63]

MonthWeekPlayerTeamPIRRef
October1–6 Scott BamforthRETAbet Bilbao Basket22.8[64]
November7–10 Stevan JelovacTecnyconta Zaragoza27.3[65]
December11–15 Ante TomićFC Barcelona Lassa22.4[66]
January16–19 Giorgi ShermadiniMorabanc Andorra27.7[67]
February20–22 Shane LarkinBaskonia33.5[68]
March23–26 Giorgi Shermadini (2)Morabanc Andorra25.7[69]
April27–31 Bojan DubljevićValencia Basket20.6[70]
May32–34 Giorgi Shermadini (3)Morabanc Andorra24.7[71]

Source: [72]

ACB clubs in European competitions

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TeamCompetitionProgress
Real MadridEuroLeague4th (Final Four)
Baskonia7th (Playoffs)
FC Barcelona Lassa11th (Regular season)
UnicajaEuroCupChampions
Valencia BasketRunners-up
Herbalife Gran CanariaQuarterfinals
Montakit FuenlabradaTop 16
UCAM MurciaTop 16
RETAbet Bilbao BasketRegular season
Iberostar TenerifeChampions LeagueChampions

References and notes

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