2016–17 Euroleague

Turkish Airlines Euroleague1
Teams 16

The 2016–17 Turkish Airlines Euroleague will be 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 will be the 60th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

Format changes

On 10 November 2015, Euroleague Basketball agreed a new competition format with 16 teams that will compete in an only group with a double round-robin. The eight first qualified teams will play the best-of-five playoffs for qualifying to the Final Four.[1]

Teams

The competition will be joined by the 11 teams with a permanent franchise, three domestic league champions, the Eurocup champion and wild card invitation.[1][2][3]

Regular season
Turkey Anadolu Efes A Turkey Fenerbahçe A Greece Panathinaikos A Serbia Crvena Zvezda (1st) B
Russia CSKA Moscow A Spain Laboral Kutxa A Spain Real Madrid A Germany Bundesliga champion (1st) B
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan A Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv A Lithuania Žalgiris A Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank C
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa A Greece Olympiacos A Russia VTB League place (1st/2nd) B WC

Numbers in bracket represent the place the team took in its 2015–16 domestic championship, representing rankings after eventual Playoffs.

Notes
^A Qualified through a permanent franchise, based on the Euroleague club ranking and other regulations.
^B Qualified through a B license, allocated to the highest placed clubs in the domestic championship that have not previously been granted a permanent franchise.
^C Qualified as Eurocup champion. If it qualifies through a B license, this spot will be converted into a wild card.
^WC One team will be receive one-year wild card to play in the 2016–17 Euroleague.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,500
Serbia Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Kombank Arena 25,000
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,126
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,500
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Turkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena 13,000
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,500
Spain Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,544
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 11,768
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,000
Greece Panathinaikos Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens 18,500
Spain Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,552

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Turkey Anadolu Efes Turkey Tuncay Özilhan Vacant Turkey Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes
Serbia Crvena Zvezda Serbia Nebojša Čović Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Serbia Luka Mitrović Champion Telekom Srbija
Russia CSKA Moscow Russia Andrey Vatutin Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia Victor Khryapa Nike Rostelecom
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy Livio Proli Croatia Jasmin Repeša Italy Alessandro Gentile Armani Emporio Armani
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Josep Maria Bartomeu Spain Xavi Pascual Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
Turkey Fenerbahçe Turkey Aziz Yıldırım Serbia Željko Obradović Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Metro
Turkey Galatasaray Odeabank Turkey Dursun Özbek Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Sinan Güler Hummel Odeabank
Spain Laboral Kutxa Spain José Antonio Querejeta Croatia Velimir Perasović France Fabien Causeur Hummel Laboral Kutxa
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Israel Shimon Mizrahi Croatia Žan Tabak Israel Guy Pnini Nike FOX
Greece Olympiacos Greece Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Greece Giorgos Angelopoulos 		Greece Giannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats
Greece Panathinaikos Greece Manos Papadopoulos Greece Argiris Pedoulakis Greece Dimitris Diamantidis Adidas Stoiximan.gr
Spain Real Madrid Spain Florentino Pérez Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka
Lithuania Žalgiris Lithuania Paulius Motiejūnas Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Adidas OlyBet

References

  1. 1 2 "Euroleague Basketball A-licence clubs and IMG agree on 10-year joint venture". Euroleague Basketball. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Euroleague and Eurocup competition structures set for 2016-17". Euroleague Basketball. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Euroleague Basketball clubs and domestic leagues approve 2016-17 competition structure, hold strategic discussions". Euroleague Basketball. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

See also

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