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 | |||||||||||||
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The Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul hosted the Final Four | |||||||||||||
| Season | 2016–17 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 12 October 2016 – 21 May 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Number of games | 259 | ||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
| Top seed | Real 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 | ||||||||||||
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| Records | |||||||||||||
| Biggest home win | Galatasaray 102–63 Maccabi Tel Aviv (24 January 2017) | ||||||||||||
| Biggest away win | FC Barcelona 63–102 Real Madrid (18 November 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Highest scoring | Brose Bamberg 106–102 EA7 Milan (3 November 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Winning streak | 9 matches Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
| Losing streak | 10 matches EA7 Milan | ||||||||||||
| Highest attendance | 18,487 Crvena zvezda 78–67 CSKA Moscow (29 December 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Lowest attendance | 1,746 UNICS 100–79 EA7 Milan (1 December 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Total attendance | 2,194,238 | ||||||||||||
| Average attendance | 8,472 | ||||||||||||
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
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.