2016–17 Basketball Champions League
| Basketball Champions League | |
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| 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.
Contents
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
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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]
- Leagues 1–12 each have three teams qualify.
- Leagues 13–28 each have one team qualify.
- Four teams from any league receive wild card.
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[3][4]
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[3][4]
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
- WC: Wild card
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Round dates
The schedule of the competition is proposed as follows.[3][4]
| Phase | Round | First leg | Second leg |
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| 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 | 2 March 2017 | 9 March 2017 |
| Quarter-finals | 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.[citation needed]
First qualifying round
The first legs will be played on 27 September, and the second legs will be played on 29 September 2016.
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Second qualifying round
The first legs will be played on 4 October, and the second legs will be played on 6 October 2016.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| – | 4 Oct | 6 Oct | ||
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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. The matchdays will be 20 October, 27 October, 3 November, 10 November, 17 November, 24 November, 31 November, 1 December, 8 December, 15 December, 22 December 2016, 5 January, 12 January, 19 January and 26 January 2017.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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.
- The team that finished in the higher regular season place will be played the second game of the series at home.
- If both teams placed the same in the regular season, the team with more regular season wins will be played the second game at home.
- In case of a tie in both place and victories, the team with the higher cumulative regular season point difference will be played the second game at home.
Bracket
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Round of 16
The first legs will be played on 2 March, and the second legs will be played on 9 March 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| – | 2 Mar | 9 Mar | ||
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Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 23 March, and the second legs will be played on 30 March 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| – | 23 Mar | 30 Mar | ||
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Final Four
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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.
Semi-finals
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Third place
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Final
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References
See also
External links
- Basketball Champions League (official website)
