2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup

The regular season phase 1 will be joined by 38 teams, 26 will qualify directly and the other 12 will come from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. These teams will be divided into ten groups, seven groups of four teams and three groups of three teams. The two first qualified teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams (two teams from each Conference) will qualify to the regular season phase 2. These teams will be divided into six groups of four teams. The first qualified teams of each group and the best two runners-up of all groups will qualify to the play-offs with the eight teams dropped from the Basketball Champions League regular season.

In the play-offs, the Round of 16 play-offs, the Quarter-Final play-offs, the Semi-Final play-offs and the Final play-offs will be played with a double-leg format.[1]

After the Basketball Champions League expansion, the qualifying rounds were eliminated and the four teams that were going to join them qualified directly to the regular season,[2] being these reduced to 38 teams instead of the 40 initially proposed.[3]

A total of 38 teams will participate in the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup.

Teams

The official list of teams was announced with the draw on 22 July.

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.

• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• CL: Transferred from Champions League
  • RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
  • QR: Losers from qualifying rounds

Play-offs
Oradea (CL RS)	Kataja (CL RS)	Muratbey Uşak Sportif (CL RS)	Proximus Spirou (CL RS)
Stelmet Zielona Góra (CL RS)	Cibona (CL RS)	Ironi Nahariya (CL RS)	Telenet Oostende (CL RS)
Regular season
Élan Chalon (5th)	Gaziantep (8th)	Redwell Gunners Oberwart (1st)	Igokea (CL QR2)[lower-alpha 1]
Gravelines (6th)	Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece (10th)	JIP Pardubice (3rd)	Donar (CL QR1)
Pau-Lacq-Orthez (7th)	Vytautas (5th)	TLÜ/Kalev (4th)	Prievidza (CL QR1)
Nanterre 92 (8th)	Šiauliai (6th)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (11th)	Rilski Sportist (CL QR1)
Hubo Limburg United (3rd)	Bnei Herzliya (7th)	U BT Cluj-Napoca (CL QR2)	Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CL QR1)
Brussels (4th)[lower-alpha 2]	Enisey (10th)	Tsmoki Minsk (CL QR2)
Port of Antwerp Giants (6th)	Mureș (2nd)	Tartu (CL QR2)
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (7th)	Steaua CSM EximBank (3rd)	Lukoil Academic (CL QR2)
TLI Alba Fehérvár (2nd)	APOEL (2nd)	Södertälje Kings (CL QR2)
Egis Körmend (4th)	Sigal Prishtina (1st)	Benfica (CL QR2)
Sopron (6th)	Peja (2nd)	Porto (CL QR2)

1. Igokea withdrew from the competition after being dropped from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds.
2. On 16 September 2016, Brussels Basketball was added to the competition.[4]

The schedule of the competition is as follows:[5]

Brussels

Benfica

Chalon

Alba

Körmend

Gravelines

Limburg

Donar

Bonn

Mons

Södertälje

Sopron

Giants

Nanterre

Porto

Pau-Orthez

Oberwart

Tartu

Steaua

Herzliya

Prievidza

Academic

Gaziantep

Peja

AEK

Cluj-Napoca

Büyükçekmece

Prishtina

Rilski

Mureș

Vytautas

TLÜ/Kalev

Šiauliai

Pardubice

APOEL

Minsk

Not on the map Enisey

Location of teams of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Conference 1: Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D; Purple: Group E.
Conference 2: Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H; Brown: Group I; Deep pink: Group J.

The draw of the regular season was held on 22 July 2016, at 12:00 CEST, in Freising, Germany.[6] The 38 teams were divided into two conferences according to geographical criteria, each containing five groups:

• Conference 1: Groups A, B and D (four teams); Groups C and E (three teams)
• Conference 2: Groups F, G, H and J (four teams); Group I (three teams)

The matchdays were 19 October, 26 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November and 23 November 2016.[5] The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two from each conference) advanced to the second round.[6]

A total of 22 national associations were represented in the regular season. Hubo Limburg United, Basic-Fit Brussels and Peja made their European debut appearances.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHA	ALB	BEN	BRU
1	Élan Chalon	6	4	2	520	492	+28	10	Advance to second round		—	106–77	90–76	78–74
2	Alba Fehérvár	6	4	2	518	493	+25	10			111–91	—	90–71	86–79
3	Benfica	6	3	3	455	477	−22	9			77–69	77–74	—	75–80
4	Basic-Fit Brussels	6	1	5	453	484	−31	7			77–86	69–80	74–79	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GRA	DON	EGK	LIM
1	Gravelines	6	4	2	480	477	+3	10	Advance to second round		—	71–67	95–76	77–84
2	Donar	6	4	2	490	456	+34	10			70–79	—	79–74	98–70
3	Egis Körmend	6	3	3	499	473	+26	9			85–60	72–79	—	100–85
4	Hubo Limburg United	6	1	5	499	563	−64	7			95–98	90–97	75–92	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	SOD	MON
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	4	3	1	333	313	+20	7	Advance to second round		—	85–76	77–75
2	Södertälje Kings	4	2	2	323	336	−13	6			90–89	—	80–68
3	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	4	1	3	309	316	−7	5			72–82	94–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NAN	ANT	SOP	POR
1	Nanterre 92	6	6	0	513	448	+65	12	Advance to second round		—	90–79	106–75	81–73
2	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	473	447	+26	10			69–78	—	88–67	79–72
3	Sopron	6	2	4	443	492	−49	8			77–79	61–71	—	75–72
4	Porto	6	0	6	447	489	−42	6			75–79	79–87	76–88	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAU	OBE	TAR
1	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	4	4	0	339	264	+75	8	Advance to second round		—	92–74	77–56
2	Redwell Gunners Oberwart	4	2	2	297	326	−29	6			66–81	—	79–76
3	Tartu	4	0	4	277	323	−46	4			68–89	77–78	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LUK	HER	PRI	STE
1	Lukoil Academic	6	4	2	509	465	+44	10	Advance to second round		—	78–73	90–75	105–76
2	Bnei Herzliya	6	4	2	513	479	+34	10			84–79	—	89–64	90–85
3	Prievidza	6	3	3	459	492	−33	9			81–77	90–85	—	78–69
4	Steaua CSM EximBank	6	1	5	471	516	−45	7			76–80	83–92	82–71	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GAZ	CLU	LAR	PEJ
1	Gaziantep	6	5	1	474	425	+49	11	Advance to second round		—	72–73	80–72	74–56
2	U BT Cluj-Napoca	6	5	1	465	432	+33	11			72–79	—	65–63	85–76
3	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	6	1	5	450	460	−10	7			86–93	66–71	—	81–64
4	Peja	6	1	5	425	497	−72	7			66–76	76–99	87–82	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BUY	ENI	RIL	SIG
1	Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	6	4	2	521	445	+76	10	Advance to second round		—	93–77	92–70	100–58
2	Enisey	6	4	2	538	527	+11	10			90–81	—	104–84	102–101
3	Rilski Sportist	6	3	3	518	553	−35	9			79–74	81–85	—	100–98
4	Sigal Prishtina	6	1	5	515	567	−52	7			71–81	87–80	100–104	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VYT	MUR	KAL
1	Vytautas	4	3	1	400	286	+114	7	Advance to second round		—	99–61	104–61
2	Mureș	4	3	1	329	334	−5	7			109–101	—	70–58
3	TLÜ/Kalev	4	0	4	250	359	−109	4			55–96	76–89	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TSM	PAR	APO	SIA
1	Tsmoki Minsk	6	5	1	486	443	+43	11	Advance to second round		—	78–82	81–68	86–71
2	JIP Pardubice	6	4	2	524	507	+17	10			75–80	—	80–75	89–85
3	APOEL	6	3	3	472	462	+10	9			70–71	99–90	—	76–65
4	Šiauliai	6	0	6	463	533	−70	6			77–90	90–108	75–84	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Conference 1

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Benfica	4	2	2	301	323	−22	6	Advance to second round
2	B	Egis Körmend	4	1	3	307	313	−6	5
3	C	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	4	1	3	309	316	−7	5
4	E	Tartu	4	0	4	277	323	−46	4
5	D	Sopron	4	0	4	280	344	−64	4

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Conference 2

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Prievidza	4	2	2	310	341	−31	6	Advance to second round
2	J	APOEL	4	1	3	312	322	−10	5
3	H	Rilski Sportist	4	1	3	314	355	−41	5
4	G	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	4	0	4	287	309	−22	4
5	I	TLÜ/Kalev	4	0	4	250	359	−109	4

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

The matchdays were 14 December, 21 December 2016, 4 January, 11 January, 18 January and 25 January 2017. The six group winners plus the two best second-placed teams qualified directly for the play-offs, where they were joined by eight teams transferred from the Basketball Champions League regular season.

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHA	GAZ	SOD	MUR
1	Élan Chalon	6	5	1	531	414	+117	11	Advance to play-offs		—	102–83	74–45	101–65
2	Gaziantep	6	5	1	530	454	+76	11			92–80	—	72–66	100–79
3	Södertälje Kings	6	1	5	390	477	−87	7			63–86	51–93	—	88–68
4	Mureș	6	1	5	438	544	−106	7			66–88	76–90	84–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BUY	ANT	GRA	PRI
1	Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	6	5	1	534	467	+67	11	Advance to play-offs		—	81–67	87–77	111–77
2	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	513	481	+32	10			86–64	—	85–74	111–94
3	Gravelines	6	2	4	497	502	−5	8			85–90	87–74	—	95–98
4	Prievidza	6	1	5	493	587	−94	7			75–101	81–90	68–79	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	VYT	OBE	APO
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	5	1	517	406	+111	11	Advance to play-offs		—	89–70	96–69	96–58
2	Vytautas	6	4	2	450	443	+7	10			61–75	—	91–72	68–57
3	Redwell Gunners Oberwart	6	2	4	444	504	−60	8			64–83	81–85	—	79–74
4	APOEL	6	1	5	417	475	−58	7			84–78	69–75	75–79	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		EGK	NAN	TSM	HER
1	Egis Körmend	6	4	2	520	484	+36	10	Advance to play-offs		—	91–74	90–74	91–88
2	Nanterre 92	6	4	2	519	467	+52	10			87–77	—	94–85	107–71
3	Tsmoki Minsk	6	3	3	504	514	−10	9			91–84	88–82	—	89–76
4	Bnei Herzliya	6	1	5	448	526	−78	7			70–87	55–73	88–77	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group O

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAU	ALB	CLU	PAR
1	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	6	4	2	520	461	+59	10	Advance to play-offs		—	89–63	103–83	101–66
2	Alba Fehérvár	6	4	2	500	501	−1	10			78–81	—	92–83	84–78
3	U BT Cluj-Napoca	6	2	4	475	491	−16	8			79–69	81–86	—	84–67
4	JIP Pardubice	6	2	4	466	508	−42	8			92–77	89–97	74–65	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Group P

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ENI	DON	LUK	BEN
1	Enisey	6	5	1	528	447	+81	11	Advance to play-offs		—	67–81	92–71	99–69
2	Donar	6	4	2	489	488	+1	10			76–84	—	95–89	81–78
3	Lukoil Academic	6	3	3	500	485	+15	9			92–97	88–62	—	84–72
4	Benfica	6	0	6	426	523	−97	6			58–89	82–94	67–76	—

Source: FIBA Europe

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	K	Gaziantep	6	5	1	530	454	+76	11	Advance to play-offs
2	N	Nanterre 92	6	4	2	519	467	+52	10
3	L	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	4	2	513	481	+32	10
4	M	Vytautas	6	4	2	450	443	+7	10
5	P	Donar	6	4	2	489	488	+1	10
6	O	Alba Fehérvár	6	4	2	500	501	−1	10

Source: FIBA Europe

Transfers from Champions League regular season

Eight teams from the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the worst fifth-placed team, all sixth-placed teams and the two best seventh-placed teams.

Group	Fifth place (1 team)	Sixth place (5 teams)	Seventh place (2 teams)
A		Ironi Nahariya
B		Oradea	Kataja
C		Muratbey Uşak Sportif
D	Telenet Oostende	Cibona
E		Proximus Spirou	Stelmet Zielona Góra

Unlike the previous season, every round of the play-offs, including the finals, will be played as two-legged home-and-away ties.[5]

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Enisey	91	96	187
	Büyükçekmece	81	104	185
							Enisey	84	79	163
							Telenet Oostende	72	95	167
	Telenet Oostende	95	70	165
	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	86	72	158
													Telenet Oostende	85	65	150
													Élan Chalon	80	83	163
	Stelmet Zielona Góra	69	83	152
	Cibona	81	102	183
							Cibona	87	78	165
							Élan Chalon	85	83	168
	Egis Körmend	78	82	160
	Élan Chalon	99	82	181
																			Élan Chalon	58	79	137
																			Nanterre 92	58	82	140
	Oradea	82	82	164
	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	72	108	180
							Muratbey Uşak Sportif	85	82	167
							Nanterre 92	82	110	192
	Proximus Spirou	85	78	163
	Nanterre 92	84	86	170
													Nanterre 92	76	86	162
													Telekom Baskets Bonn	77	81	158
	Telekom Baskets Bonn	91	88	179
	Kataja	72	84	156
							Telekom Baskets Bonn	89	80	169
							Ironi Nahariya	68	90	158
	Ironi Nahariya	96	65	161
	Gaziantep	75	80	155

Round of 16

The first legs will be played on 8 February, and the second legs will be played on 22 February 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ironi Nahariya	161–155	Gaziantep	96–75	65–80
Egis Körmend	160–181	Élan Chalon	78–99	82–82
Telenet Oostende	165–158	Pau-Lacq-Orthez	95–86	70–72
Proximus Spirou	163–170	Nanterre 92	85–84	78–86
Oradea	164–180	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	82–72	82–108
Enisey	187–185	Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	91–81	96–104
Stelmet Zielona Góra	152–183	Cibona	69–81	83–102
Telekom Baskets Bonn	179–156	Kataja	91–72	88–84

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 8 March, and the second legs will be played on 15 March 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Telekom Baskets Bonn	169–158	Ironi Nahariya	89–68	80–90
Cibona	165–168	Élan Chalon	87–85	78–83
Enisey	163–167	Telenet Oostende	84–72	79–95
Muratbey Uşak Sportif	167–192	Nanterre 92	85–82	82–110

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 29 March, and the second legs will be played on 5 April 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nanterre 92	162–158	Telekom Baskets Bonn	76–77	86–81
Telenet Oostende	150–163	Élan Chalon	85–80	65–83

Final

Main article: 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final

The first leg will be played on 18 April, and the second leg will be played on 25 April 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Élan Chalon	137–140	Nanterre 92	58–58	79–82

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