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2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

The 2016–17 Triobet Baltic Basketball League is the 13th season of the Baltic Basketball League and the second under the title sponsorship of Triobet.[1] The season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 6 April 2017. Vytautas defeated Pieno žvaigždės in the finals to win their first Baltic Basketball League title.[2]

2016–17 Baltic Basketball League
Season2016–17
Duration11 October 2016 – 6 April 2017
Number of games116
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)Viasat Sport Baltic, Delfi TV
Regular season
Top seedUniversity of Tartu
Finals
ChampionsVytautas
(First title)
  Runners-upPieno žvaigždės
Third placeUniversity of Tartu
Fourth placeKalev/Cramo
Finals MVPLithuania Tomas Delininkaitis
Statistical leaders
Points United States Trevin Parks 21.57
Rebounds Netherlands Thomas van der Mars 11.43
Assists Croatia Toni Prostran 9.33

Overview edit

This season’s competition includes 7 teams from Estonia, 6 teams from Latvia, 3 teams from Lithuania and one team from Kazakhstan and Belarus, which will play all their games away.[3] For the regular season the teams were divided into two groups of seven teams and competed in a round-robin competition system, with team facing each of their opponents twice. The teams qualified for the eighth-finals based on their ranking after the regular season. Twelve clubs from the regular season advanced to play-offs and will be joined by three Estonian and one Lithuanian club, all of whom have been knocked out of other European competitions. The four clubs joining directly in the play-offs will be University of Tartu, Vytautas, Kalev/Cramo and TLÜ/Kalev, all seeded respectively 1-through-4, based on their accomplishments and combined results of the past three seasons in domestic leagues and Triobet BBL.[4] All play-off games are played in home-and-away series.

Teams edit

Key to colors
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarterfinalist Top 16 Regular season
Country (League) Teams Teams (ranking in 2015–16 national championship)
  Estonia (KML) 7 Kalev/Cramo (1) University of Tartu (2) AVIS Rapla (3) TLÜ/Kalev (4) Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall (5) Port of Pärnu (6) TTÜ (7)
  Latvia (LBL) 6 Valmiera/ORDO (1) Liepāja/Triobet (4) Jūrmala/Fēnikss (5) Jēkabpils (7) Barons kvartāls (8) Ogre/Kumho Tyre (10)
  Lithuania (LKL) 3 Vytautas (5) Pieno žvaigždės (8) Nevėžis (9)
  Kazakhstan (KBC) 1 Barsy Atyrau (1)
  Belarus (BPL) 1 Borisfen Mogilev (3)

Team information edit

Group Team City, Country Arena Head coach
Group A   AVIS Rapla Rapla, Estonia Sadolin Sports Hall   Aivar Kuusmaa
  Port of Pärnu Pärnu, Estonia Pärnu Sports Hall   Heiko Rannula
  Liepāja/Triobet Liepāja, Latvia Liepāja Olympic Center   Agris Galvanovskis
  Jūrmala/Fēnikss Jūrmala, Latvia Taurenītis   Arnis Vecvagars
  Barons kvartāls Riga, Latvia Daugavas Sporta nams   Mārtiņš Gulbis
  Nevėžis Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kėdainiai Arena   Paulius Juodis
  Barsy Atyrau Atyrau, Kazakhstan The team will play away   Boyan Salatyc
Group B   Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall Rakvere, Estonia Rakvere Sports Hall   Andres Sõber
  TTÜ Tallinn, Estonia TTÜ Sports Hall   Rait Käbin
  Valmiera/ORDO Valmiera, Latvia Vidzeme Olympic Center   Uvis Helmanis
  Jēkabpils Jēkabpils, Latvia Jēkabpils Sporta nams   Rūdolfs Rozītis
  Ogre/Kumho Tyre Ogre, Latvia Ogre 1st Secondary School   Arturs Visockis-Rubenis
  Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys, Lithuania Pieno žvaigždės Arena   Ramūnas Cvirka
  Borisfen Mogilev Mogilev, Belarus The team will play away   Aliaksandr Huliayeu
Playoffs   Kalev/Cramo Tallinn, Estonia Saku Suurhall   Alar Varrak
  University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia University of Tartu Sports Hall   Gert Kullamäe
  TLÜ/Kalev Tallinn, Estonia Kalev Sports Hall   Raido Roos
  Vytautas Prienai/Birštonas, Lithuania Prienai Arena   Virginijus Šeškus

Regular season edit

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Location of teams of the 2016–17 Baltic Basketball League

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advanced to the Play-offs, while the last teams were eliminated. The regular season began on 11 October 2016 and concluded on 25 January 2017. Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the regular season away match against Jēkabpils on 25 January 2017 with Barsy Atyrau advancing instead.[5]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Barons kvartāls 12 10 2 1036 941 +95 Advance to the Play-offs
2   Nevėžis 12 8 4 1025 880 +145
3   AVIS Rapla 12 8 4 913 868 +45
4   Jūrmala/Fēnikss 12 6 6 871 848 +23
5   Liepāja/Triobet 12 5 7 984 988 −4
6   Port of Pärnu 12 3 9 889 972 −83
7   Barsy Atyrau 12 2 10 863 1084 −221
Source: BBL

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Pieno žvaigždės 12 11 1 1091 860 +231 Advance to the Play-offs
2   Valmiera/ORDO 12 9 3 924 788 +136
3   Jēkabpils 12 8 4 943 830 +113
4   Ogre/Kumho Tyre 12 6 6 907 872 +35
5   TTÜ 12 5 7 972 996 −24
6   Tarvas/Palmse Metall[A] 12 3 9 740 865 −125
7   Borisfen Mogilev 12 0 12 712 1078 −366
Source: BBL
  1. ^
    Tarvas/Palmse Metall were disqualified from the Playoffs after forfeiting the away match against Jēkabpils.

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

Round of 16
6 February 2017 – 22 February 2017 		Quarterfinals
28 February 2017 – 9 March 2017 		Semifinals
14 March 2017 – 23 March 2017 		Finals
29 March 2017 – 5 April 2017
                    
1   University of Tartu 83 74 157
16   Barsy Atyrau 49 45 94
1   University of Tartu 86 92 178
8   Nevėžis 88 78 166
8   Nevėžis 78 77 155
9   Jēkabpils 74 80 154
1   University of Tartu 88 75 163
5   Pieno žvaigždės 88 82 170
4   TLÜ/Kalev 75 73 148
13   Liepāja/Triobet 92 86 178
13   Liepāja/Triobet 80 93 173
5   Pieno žvaigždės 89 109 198
5   Pieno žvaigždės 75 97 172
12   Ogre/Kumho Tyre 83 64 147
5   Pieno žvaigždės 88 74 162
2   Vytautas 85 89 174
2   Vytautas 100 89 189
15   Port of Pärnu 55 54 109
2   Vytautas 102 64 166
7   Valmiera/ORDO 71 74 145
7   Valmiera/ORDO 78 87 165
10   AVIS Rapla 65 81 146
2   Vytautas 88 88 176
3   Kalev/Cramo 94 77 171
3   Kalev/Cramo 101 92 193
14   TTÜ 63 72 135
3   Kalev/Cramo 100 66 166
6   Barons kvartāls 81 77 158
6   Barons kvartāls 85 80 165
11   Jūrmala/Fēnikss 54 82 136
Third place series
28 March 2017 – 6 April 2017
     
1   University of Tartu 72 67 139
3   Kalev/Cramo 60 68 128

Awards edit

MVP of the Week edit

MVP of the Week award is given to the best individual performance on a winning team based on their efficiency rating.

Regular season
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
1   Thomas van der Mars   AVIS Rapla 34 [6]
2   Dāvis Rozītis   Liepāja/Triobet 27 [7]
3   Karlis Apsitis   Ogre/Kumho Tyre 28 [8]
4   Thomas van der Mars (2)   AVIS Rapla 25 [9]
5   Rinalds Sirsniņš   Jēkabpils 24 [10]
6   Justin Baker   Tarvas/Palmse Metall 29 [11]
7   Thomas van der Mars (3)   AVIS Rapla 28 [12]
8   Andriy Agafonov   Pieno žvaigždės 33 [13]
9   Ignas Fiodorovas   Pieno žvaigždės 33 [14]
10   Edgars Jeromanovs   Jūrmala/Fēnikss 51 [15]
11   Karolis Petrukonis   Nevėžis 32 [16]
12   Sten Olmre   TTÜ 32 [17]
13   Mihkel Kirves   Port of Pärnu 34 [18]
14   Nikola Vujović   TTÜ 35 [19]
15   Viktors Iļjins   Jūrmala/Fēnikss 29 [20]
Playoffs
Week Player Team EFF Ref.
16   Dāvis Rozītis (2)   Barons kvartāls 33 [21]
17   Jurijs Aleksejevs   Jēkabpils 31 [22]
18   Vitali Liutych   Kalev/Cramo 49 [23]
19   Dominykas Milka   University of Tartu 29 [24]
20   Andriy Agafonov (2)   Pieno žvaigždės 29 [25]
21   Regimantas Miniotas   Vytautas 23 [26]
22   Janari Jõesaar   University of Tartu 25 [27]

MVP of the Month edit

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2016   Mārtiņš Laksa   Valmiera/ORDO [28]
November 2016   Thomas van der Mars   AVIS Rapla [29]
December 2016   Edgars Jeromanovs   Jūrmala/Fēnikss [30]
January 2017   Denis Krestinin   Barons kvartāls [31]

Source: BBL Homepage

Finals MVP edit

Player statistics edit

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points edit

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1   Trevin Parks   Barsy Atyrau 14 302 21.57
2   Vitali Liutych   Kalev/Cramo 7 145 20.71
3   Justin Baker   Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall 6 122 20.33

Assists edit

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1   Toni Prostran   Nevėžis 15 140 9.33
2   Malcolm Griffin   Liepāja/Triobet 10 65 6.50
3   Kristo Saage   TLÜ/Kalev 2 12 6.00

Rebounds edit

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1   Thomas van der Mars   AVIS Rapla 14 160 11.43
2   Denis Krestinin   Barons kvartāls 15 151 10.07
3   Đorđe Dželetović   TLÜ/Kalev 2 20 10.00

Efficiency edit

Rank Name Team Games Efficiency PIR
1   Justin Baker   Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall 6 137 22.83
2   Thomas van der Mars   AVIS Rapla 14 318 22.71
3   Denis Krestinin   Barons kvartāls 15 317 21.13

References edit

  1. ^ "BBL signs three-year partnership with Triobet". Baltic Basketball League. 13 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Vytautas crowned as Triobet BBL Champions". Baltic Basketball League. 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Triobet BBL confirms competition format for 2016-17 season". Baltic Basketball League. 8 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Triobet BBL Eight-Finals pairs announced". Baltic Basketball League. 25 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Jekabpils - Tarvas/Palmse Metall game cancelled". Baltic Basketball League. January 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "Triobet BBL player of the week – Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. October 13, 2016.
  7. ^ "Triobet BBL player of the week – Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karlis Apsitis". Baltic Basketball League. October 31, 2016.
  9. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Rinalds Sirsnins". Baltic Basketball League. November 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Justin Baker". Baltic Basketball League. November 20, 2016.
  12. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Thomas van der Mars". Baltic Basketball League. November 26, 2016.
  13. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. December 1, 2016.
  14. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Ignas Fiodorovas". Baltic Basketball League. December 11, 2016.
  15. ^ "All-time best Jeromanovs rakes in Weekly MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. 16 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Karolis Petrukonis". Baltic Basketball League. December 23, 2016.
  17. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Sten Olmre". Baltic Basketball League. January 6, 2017.
  18. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Mihkel Kirves". Baltic Basketball League. January 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Nikola Vujovic". Baltic Basketball League. January 22, 2017.
  20. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Viktors Iljins". Baltic Basketball League. January 26, 2017.
  21. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Davis Rozitis". Baltic Basketball League. February 11, 2017.
  22. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Jurijs Aleksejevs". Baltic Basketball League. February 25, 2017.
  23. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week: Vitali Liutych". Baltic Basketball League. March 4, 2017.
  24. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Dominykas Milka". Baltic Basketball League. March 11, 2017.
  25. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Andriy Agafonov". Baltic Basketball League. March 18, 2017.
  26. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week – Regimantas Miniotas". Baltic Basketball League. March 25, 2017.
  27. ^ "Triobet BBL Player of the Week - Janari Joesaar". Baltic Basketball League. 1 April 2017.
  28. ^ "Valmiera's Laksa takes October MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. November 1, 2016.
  29. ^ "Thomas van der Mars rules Baltic basketball, takes November MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 2, 2016.
  30. ^ "Jeromanovs' historic night secures December MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. December 25, 2016.
  31. ^ "Denis Krestinin takes well-deserved January MVP honors". Baltic Basketball League. January 28, 2017.

External links edit

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