2016–17 Basketligaen

The 2016–17 Basketligaen was the 42nd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark.[1] The season started on September 30, 2016 and ended on May 8, 2017. Bakken Bears won its 15th title after defeating Horsens IC 4–1 in the Finals.

Not to be confused with 2016–17 Basketligan season.
Basketligaen
Season2016–17
Number of teams8
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
Finals
ChampionsBakken Bears (15th title)
  Runners-upHorsens IC
Third placeSvendborg Rabbits
Fourth placeSISU
Finals MVPUnited States DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
Statistical leaders
Points United States DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 21.4
Rebounds United States Tanner McGrew 10.5
Assists Denmark Frederik Nielsen 6.5
Index Rating United States Tanner McGrew 23.7

Teams
Location of teams in 2016–17 Basketligaen
Team City Arena
Bakken BearsAarhusVejlby-Risskov Hallen
SISUGentofteKildeskovshallen
Svendborg RabbitsSvendborgSvendborg Idrætscenter
Team FOG NæstvedNæstvedNæstved Hallen
Randers CimbriaRandersArena Randers
Hørsholm 79ersHørsholmFire Arena
Stevnsgade SuperMenCopenhagenNørrebrohallen
Horsens ICHorsensForum Horsens

Competition format

The participating teams first played a round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent twice home and twice away for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs whilst the two last qualified were relegated to Division 1.

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PR Pts Qualification
1 Bakken Bears 28 24 4 2683 2179 1.231 48 Qualification to playoffs
2 Horsens 28 23 5 2543 2219 1.146 46
3 Hørsholm 79ers 28 15 13 2133 2156 0.989 30
4 Team FOG Næstved 28 13 15 2300 2233 1.030 26
5 Svendborg Rabbits 28 13 15 2173 2206 0.985 26
6 SISU 28 12 16 2279 2347 0.971 24
7 Randers Cimbria 28 10 18 2311 2542 0.909 20
8 Stevnsgade SuperMen 28 2 26 2004 2544 0.788 4
Source: Basketligaen
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points ratio; 4) Total points ratio.

Playoffs

Playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game.[2]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
1
Bakken Bears		117118114
 
 
 
8
Stevnsgade SuperMen		607265
 
1
Bakken Bears		958593
 
 
 
5
Svendborg Rabbits		797085
 
4
Team FOG Næstved		678091
 
 
 
5
Svendborg Rabbits		728597
 
1
Bakken Bears		9094919381
 
 
 
2
Horsens IC		10676818573
 
2
Horsens		11210588
 
 
 
7
Randers Cimbria		808287
 
2
Horsens IC		85667484
 
 
 
6
SISU		93636177
 
3
Hørsholm 79ers		5975748457
 
 
6
SISU		6897738281
 
 
Third place game
 
  
 
 
 
 
5
Svendborg Rabbits		87
 
 
6
SISU		72
 

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Team FOG Næstved 18,693 2,017 501 1,168 −1.4%†
2 Horsens IC 17,839 1,567 717 991 −30.7%1
3 Svendborg Rabbits 17,841 1,500 600 1,049 +11.0%†
4 Hørsholm 79ers 10,420 1,250 300 613 −1.4%†
5 Bakken Bears 22,929 1,941 461 1,092 −20.0%†
6 Stevnsgade SuperMen 5,220 475 175 348 −13.6%†
7 Randers Cimbria 2,520 327 100 168 +1.2%†
8 SISU 7,390 1,200 150 411 +79.5%†
League total 102,852 2,017 0 751 +1.3%†

Updated to games played on 8 May 2017
Source: Basketligaen
Notes:
1: Not included the final games at Forum Horsens.

References
  1. Denmark. Eurobasket.com.
  2. Play-off program Archived 2017-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Basketligaen.dk
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