2016–17 BLNO season

The 2016–17 BLNO is the 17th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment.

BLNO
Number of teams10
Finals
ChampionsCentrum Tigers
  Runners-upGimle
← 2015–16

Centrum Tigers won its second league after beating Gimle in the single-game final.

Format

The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and semifinals were played with a best-of-three format and the final is played as a single game.[1]

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kongsberg Miners 27 23 4 2413 1982 +431 50 Qualification to playoffs
2 Bærum 27 21 6 2481 2147 +334 48
3 Gimle 27 17 10 2309 2130 +179 44
4 Frøya 27 17 10 2157 2020 +137 44
5 Centrum Tigers 27 16 11 2282 2058 +224 43
6 Asker Aliens 27 13 14 2126 2212 −86 40
7 Nidaros Jets 27 12 15 2063 2168 −105 39
8 Tromsø Storm 27 9 18 1829 2028 −199 36
9 Ammerud 27 5 22 1858 2303 −445 32
10 Persbråten 27 2 25 1855 2325 −470 29 Relegated
Source: BLNO

Playoffs

Teams better qualified in the regular season played games 2 and 3, if necessary, at home. Only in the semifinal between Kongsberg Miners and Centrum Tigers, the format of 1–1–1 was used.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Kongsberg Miners76740
 
 
 
Tromsø Storm61570
 
Kongsberg Miners60840
 
 
 
Centrum Tigers86860
 
Frøya68730
 
 
 
Centrum Tigers94750
 
Centrum Tigers87
 
 
 
Gimle74
 
Bærum961020
 
 
 
Nidaros Jets82940
 
Bærum91870
 
 
 
Gimle101910
 
Gimle93900
 
 
Asker Aliens69610
 

References
  1. "Serieformat KL og BLNO 2016-17" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Basketball Federation. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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