2016–17 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Teams 32 (regular season)
56 from 28 to 32 countries (total)
Duration 27 September – 6 October 2016 (qualifying)
20 October 2016 – 30 April 2017
(competition proper)

The 2016–17 Basketball Champions League will be the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League, a European basketball club competition launched by FIBA.[1] The competition will start on 27 September 2016, with the qualifying rounds, and will finish on 30 April 2017.

Format

The regular season will be joined by 32 teams, 24 will qualify directly and the other eight will come from the qualifying rounds. These teams will be divided into four groups of eight teams. The four first qualified teams of each group will qualify to the play-offs while qualified teams in 5th and 6th position will be dropped to the FIBA Europe Cup.

In the play-offs, the Round of 16 play-offs and the Quarter-Final play-offs will be played with a double-leg format. Four teams will play the Final Four of the competition.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 56 teams from 28 to 32 leagues are expected to participate in the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League. The league ranking based on the European national basketball league rankings is used to determine the number of participating teams for each league:[3][4]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[3][4]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Qualifying rounds
(32 teams)
  • 16 first-placed teams from leagues 13–28
  • 12 third-placed teams from leagues 1–12
  • 4 teams from any league with wild card
Regular season
(32 teams)
  • 12 first-placed teams from leagues 1–12
  • 12 second-placed teams from leagues 1–12
  • 8 winners from the qualifying rounds
Play-offs
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 winners from the play-offs

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3][4]

Regular season
Belgium (1st) Germany (4th) Italy (1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th) Poland (1st/2nd)
Belgium (2nd) Germany (5th) Italy (2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th) Poland (2nd/3rd)
Czech Republic (1st) Greece Aris (1st/2nd/3rd/4th) Latvia (1st) Spain (7th/8th)
Czech Republic (2nd) Greece PAOK (5th) Latvia (2nd) Spain (9th)
France (1st) Israel (1st/2nd/3rd) Lithuania (1st/2nd/3rd) Turkey (1st/2nd/3rd/4th)
France (2nd) Israel (2nd/3rd/4th) Lithuania (2nd/3rd/4th) Turkey (2nd/3rd/4th/5th)
Qualifying rounds
Belgium (3rd) Lithuania (3rd/4th/5th) Denmark (1st) Romania (1st)
Czech Republic (3rd) Poland (3rd/4th) Estonia (1st) Serbia (1st/2nd/3rd)
France (3rd) Spain (10th) Finland (1st) Ukraine Khimik (1st)
Germany (6th) Turkey (3rd/4th/5th/6th) Hungary (1st) United Kingdom (1st)
Greece Nea Kifissia (6th) Belarus (1st) Montenegro (1st/2nd) (WC)
Israel (3rd/4th/5th) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1st) Netherlands (1st) (WC)
Italy (3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th) Bulgaria (1st) Portugal (1st) (WC)
Latvia (3rd) Croatia (1st/2nd) Republic of Macedonia (1st) (WC)

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is proposed as follows.[3][4]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 27 September 2016 29 September 2016
Second qualifying round 4 October 2016 6 October 2016
Regular season Matchday 1 20 October 2016
Matchday 2 27 October 2016
Matchday 3 3 November 2016
Matchday 4 10 November 2016
Matchday 5 17 November 2016
Matchday 6 24 November 2016
Matchday 7 1 December 2016
Matchday 8 8 December 2016
Matchday 9 15 December 2016
Matchday 10 22 December 2016
Matchday 11 5 January 2017
Matchday 12 12 January 2017
Matchday 13 19 January 2017
Matchday 14 26 January 2017
Play-offs Round of 16 play-offs 2 March 2017 9 March 2017
Quarter-Final play-offs 23 March 2017 30 March 2017
Final Four Semi-Finals 28 April 2017
Final 30 April 2017

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on the club ranking, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same league cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

A total of 32 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round.

Second qualifying round

The 16 winners of the first qualifying round are expected to play in the second qualifying round.

Regular season

The 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same league cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed and fourth-placed teams advance to the round of 16, while the fifth-placed and the sixth-placed teams enter the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup round of 16.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 24 teams which enter in this stage, and the 8 winners of the second qualifying round.

Play-offs

In the play-offs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. Thus, the score of one single game can be tied.

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of the season, and is held over a weekend. The semi-final games play on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game.

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA confirms launch of Basketball Champions League for 2016-17 season". BasketballCL.com. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Competition System". BasketballCL.com. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sistema de juego, calendario y plazas por país de la FIBA Champions League" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "56 teams from 30 countries to compete in the Basketball Champions League". Sportando. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

See also

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