2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga
German basketball season
Basketball league season
The 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Basketball Bundesliga , the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany . The season started on 23 September 2016 and ended on 11 June 2017.[ 1]
The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit.[ 2]
Brose Bamberg won their third straight and ninth overall title.[ 3]
Teams
Location of teams in
2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga
Mitteldeutscher BC and Crailsheim Merlins were relegated from the BBL after the 2015–16 season , as they finished in the last two places. Science City Jena and Rasta Vechta were promoted from the 2015–16 ProA.[ 4] [ 5] Science City were the champions of the second division, Vechta the runners-up.
Arenas and locations
Team
City
Arena
Capacity[ 6]
Brose Bamberg
Bamberg
Stechert Arena
6,150
Medi bayreuth
Bayreuth
Oberfrankenhalle
4,000
Alba Berlin
Berlin
Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn
Bonn
Telekom Dome
6,000
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Eisbären Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven Stadthalle
4,050
Skyliners Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Fraport Arena
5,002
Gießen 46ers
Gießen
Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
4,003
BG Göttingen
Göttingen
Sparkassen Arena
3,447
Phoenix Hagen
Hagen
Enervie Arena
3,402
Science City Jena
Jena
Sparkassen-Arena
3,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg
MHP-Arena
5,300
Bayern Munich
Munich
Audi Dome
6,700
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Große EWE Arena
6,069
Tigers Tübingen
Tübingen
Paul Horn-Arena
3,132
ratiopharm ulm
Ulm
Ratiopharm Arena
6,000
Rasta Vechta
Vechta
RASTA Dome
3,140
s.Oliver Würzburg
Würzburg
s.Oliver Arena
3,140
Regular season
Standings
Source:
BBL Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(D) Disqualified;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b c Oldenburg 6 Pts; Berlin 4 Pts; Bonn 2 Pts
^ a b Frankfurt 2 Pts, +10 PD; Berlin 2 Pts, −10 PD
^ a b Jena 2 Pts, +2 PD; Würzburg 2 Pts, −2 PD
^ In October 2016, Phoenix Hagen were punished with a deduction of four points for failing with licensing requirements.[ 7] On 30 November 2016, the BBL withdrew the licence of the club and it was relegated to the ProA , while it also stopped playing and all results were expunged.[ 8]
Results
Source:
[ 9] Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
The playoffs started on 5 May and ended on 11 June 2017.[ 10] In all rounds a best-of-five playoff format was used.
Awards
Most Valuable Player [ 11]
Best Offensive Player [ 11]
Best Defender [ 11]
Best German Young Player [ 11]
Coach of the Year [ 11]
Most Effective Players
All-BBL Teams
All-Star Game
The 2017 All-Star Game was played in Bonn on January 14, 2017.[ 12] Team International beat Team National 102–99 in the Telekom Dome , Philipp Schwethelm was named MVP.[ 13]
Average attendances
Attendances include playoffs games and matches played against Phoenix Hagen .
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Alba Berlin
189,366
13,022
6,376
9,967
+4.1% †
2
Brose Bamberg
138,640
6,580
6,150
6,302
−3.2% †
3
ratiopharm Ulm
142,600
6,200
6,200
6,200
0.0%†
4
Bayern Munich
115,854
6,700
4,322
6,098
+2.3% †
5
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
116,445
6,000
4,459
5,545
+5.9% †
6
Telekom Baskets Bonn
100,500
6,000
4,530
5,289
−1.7% †
7
Skyliners Frankfurt
72,406
5,002
3,860
4,525
−0.9% †
8
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
69,806
4,500
2,692
3,878
−3.8% †
9
Eisbären Bremerhaven
63,010
8,670
2,230
3,706
+4.1% †
10
Gießen 46ers
54,654
3,752
3,076
3,416
−2.7% †
11
BG Göttingen
52,919
3,700
3,002
3,307
−3.1% †
12
Medi bayreuth
56,850
3,300
2,630
3,158
+3.7% †
13
Rasta Vechta
53,380
3,140
3,140
3,140
n/a1
14
s.Oliver Würzburg
49,626
3,140
3,029
3,102
−1.2% †
15
Tigers Tübingen
48,724
3,132
2,850
3,045
+0.1% †
16
Phoenix Hagen
16,131
3,062
2,412
2,689
−12.3% 2
17
Science City Jena
41,842
3,000
2,240
2,615
n/a1
18
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
39,816
3,615
2,005
2,489
−19.7% †
League total
1,422,569
13,022
2,005
4,574
+1.3% †
Source: [1] Notes: 1: Team played the previous season in Pro A. 2: Retired during the regular season.
See also
References
External links
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