2016–17 Basketball Champions League
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The 2016–17 Basketball Champions League was the inaugural season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA.[1] The competition began on 27 September 2016, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 30 April 2017, at the Final Four. It featured 17 domestic champion teams and 9 runners-up.
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Season | 2016–17 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 27 September – 6 October 2016 (qualifying) 20 October 2016 – 30 April 2017 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 324 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 40 (regular season) 52 from 31 countries (total) | ||||||||||||
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Season MVP | Jordan Theodore | ||||||||||||
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Champions | Iberostar Tenerife (1st title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Banvit | ||||||||||||
Third place | Monaco | ||||||||||||
Fourth place | Umana Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||
Final Four MVP | Marius Grigonis | ||||||||||||
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Highest attendance | 8,000 Partizan 78–82 PAOK (22 February 2017) | ||||||||||||
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A number of 52 teams from 31 countries participated in the competition, including its qualifying rounds. Iberostar Tenerife won the inaugural season of the BCL, after winning the final of the Final Four which was hosted in its home arena.