The 2016–17
ACB season, also known as Liga
Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 34th season of the Spanish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
league. It started on 30 September 2016 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 16 June 2017 with the ACB Finals.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
was the defending champion, but lost the title to
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is spon ...
in the finals, which won its first league ever.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the
2015–16 season and two promoted from the
2015–16 LEB Oro. ACB agreed with
Ourense Provincia Termal its promotion to this season instead the previous one if it fulfills successfully the requirements.
;Teams promoted from
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier)
* Lexham English Bible
* Life expectancy at birth
* Liga Española de Balonc ...
*
Ourense Provincia Termal (did not fulfill the requirements)
*
Quesos Cerrato Palencia (resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements, its place was offered
Movistar Estudiantes
Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 19 ...
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Club Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known a ...
(resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements, its place was offered
RETAbet.es GBC, which resigned to it and finally agreed to play in LEB Oro)
After the resignation of
RETAbet.es GBC to play in ACB, the ACB offered its place to
Quesos Cerrato Palencia and
Club Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known a ...
to complete a league of 18 teams. After both teams refused the invitation, the ACB agreed to play a 17-team league. On 27 September 2016, the league confirmed that the two last qualified teams will be relegated to
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier)
* Lexham English Bible
* Life expectancy at birth
* Liga Española de Balonc ...
.
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
;Notes
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''Cultura del Esfuerzo'' is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In ''italics'', the team did not play any game in that round.
Source
ACB
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Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances
Attendances include playoff games:
Awards
All official awards of the 2016–17 ACB season.
MVP
Source:
Finals MVP
Source:
All-ACB Team
The All-Liga ACB Team ( es, Quinteto Ideal de la ACB) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. It is the yearly selection of the league's top 10 basketball players by position. The award began w ...
s
Source:
Best Young Player Award
Source:
Best All-Young Team
Source:
Sportium Award to the Best Three-Point Shooter
Source:
KIA Most Spectacular Player
Source:
Best Coach
Source:
Player of the week
Source:
Player of the month
Source:
ACB clubs in European competitions
References and notes
External links
Official website
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Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
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