2016–17 Basketligaen

Not to be confused with 2016–17 Basketligan season.

The 2016–17 Basketligaen was the 42nd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. 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.

Basketligaen
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
Finals
Champions	Bakken Bears (15th title)
Runners-up	Horsens IC
Third place	Svendborg Rabbits
Fourth place	SISU
Finals MVP	DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
Statistical leaders
Points DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell 21.4 Rebounds Tanner McGrew 10.5 Assists Frederik Nielsen 6.5 Index Rating Tanner McGrew 23.7
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

Bakken

Svendborg

Næstved

Randers

Hørsholm

Horsens

SISU

Stevnsgade

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Location of teams in 2016–17 Basketligaen

Team	City	Arena
Bakken Bears	Aarhus	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
SISU	Gentofte	Kildeskovshallen
Svendborg Rabbits	Svendborg	Svendborg Idrætscenter
Team FOG Næstved	Næstved	Næstved Hallen
Randers Cimbria	Randers	Arena Randers
Hørsholm 79ers	Hørsholm	Fire Arena
Stevnsgade SuperMen	Copenhagen	Nørrebrohallen
Horsens IC	Horsens	Forum 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.

	Quarter-finals										Semi-finals										Final
	1 Bakken Bears					117	118	114
	8 Stevnsgade SuperMen					60	72	65
											1 Bakken Bears					95	85	93
											5 Svendborg Rabbits					79	70	85
	4 Team FOG Næstved					67	80	91
	5 Svendborg Rabbits					72	85	97
																					1 Bakken Bears			90	94	91	93	81
																					2 Horsens IC			106	76	81	85	73
	2 Horsens					112	105	88
	7 Randers Cimbria					80	82	87
											2 Horsens IC				85	66	74	84
											6 SISU				93	63	61	77
	3 Hørsholm 79ers			59	75	74	84	57
	6 SISU			68	97	73	82	81

	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.

External links

• Official Basketligaen website