2016–17 EuroLeague

The 2016–17 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 17th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the seventh under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 60th season of the premier level competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four
Season2016–17
Duration12 October 2016 – 21 May 2017
Number of games259
Number of teams16
Regular season
Top seedReal Madrid
Season MVP Sergio Llull
Finals
Champions Fenerbahçe (1st title)
  Runners-up Olympiacos
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place Real Madrid
Final Four MVP Ekpe Udoh
Statistical leaders
Points Keith Langford 21.8
Rebounds Ekpe Udoh 7.8
Assists Miloš Teodosić 6.8
Index Rating Keith Langford 21.8
Records
Biggest home winGalatasaray 102–63 Maccabi Tel Aviv
(24 January 2017)
Biggest away winFC Barcelona 63–102 Real Madrid
(18 November 2016)
Highest scoringBrose Bamberg 106–102 EA7 Milan
(3 November 2016)
Winning streak9 matches
Real Madrid
Losing streak10 matches
EA7 Milan
Highest attendance18,487
Crvena zvezda 78–67 CSKA Moscow
(29 December 2016)
Lowest attendance1,746
UNICS 100–79 EA7 Milan
(1 December 2016)
Total attendance2,194,238
Average attendance8,472
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

This was the first season in which the competition changed to a league format, with sixteen teams playing each other in a home-and-away round-robin competition. Regular season groups were abolished, as well as the Top 16 group stage.

The Final Four was hosted by the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey. Fenerbahçe won its inaugural European championship in its home city after defeating Olympiacos in the final.

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