# 2016–17 EuroLeague Women

The 2016–17 EuroLeague Women season is the 21st edition of EuroLeague Women under its current name. The season started on 26 October 2016.

## Teams

Teams were confirmed by FIBA Europe on 22 June 2016.
Regular season :
| UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) | Hatay BŞB (2nd) | Villeneuve-d'Ascq (3rd) | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków (1st) |
| Nadezhda Orenburg (2nd) | Mersin BŞB (3rd) | ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) | CB Avenida (1st) |
| Dynamo Kursk (3rd) | BLMA (1st) | Uniqa Sopron (1st) | Famila Schio (1st) |
| Fenerbahçe (1st) | Tango Bourges Basket (2nd) | UNI Győr (2nd) | |
| Qualification round ||||
| CB Conquero (3rd) | CCC Polkowice (4th) | | |

## Draw

* 17 teams registered for EuroLeague Women 2016–17, resulting in 15 direct qualifiers, and one preliminary round to be played between CB Conquero and CCC Polkowice. Following the withdrawal of Spanish club CB Conquero, CCC Polkowice promoted to the regular season.
* 16 EuroLeague Women teams will be drawn directly into two Regular Season groups of eight teams each. The clubs have been seeded based on the ranking of their performance in European club competitions in the last three seasons:
| Seed | Regular Season | Regular Season |
| 1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Fenerbahçe |
| 2 | ZVVZ USK Praha | Nadezhda Orenburg |
| 3 | Dynamo Kursk | Tango Bourges Basket |
| 4 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków |
| 5 | Famila Schio | CB Avenida |
| 6 | Uniqa Sopron | BLMA |
| 7 | Mersin BŞB | CCC Polkowice |
| 8 | UNI Győr | Hatay BŞB |

## Regular season

Regular season will start on October 26, 2016 and will finish on February 22, 2017.
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Regular Season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KUR | FEN | USK | FAM | BLM | WIS | MER | UNI |
| 1 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1096 | 856 | +240 | 28 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 86–79 | 69–66 | 70–64 | 65–43 | 96–59 | 73–67 | 90–55 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1010 | 916 | +94 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | 69–72 | — | 75–71 | 77–64 | 69–63 | 71–60 | 75–52 | 66–53 |
| 3 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1023 | 902 | +121 | 23 | Advance to quarterfinals | 49–73 | 63–71 | — | 74–73 | 61–59 | 84–63 | 96–47 | 83–56 |
| 4 | Famila Schio | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1012 | 929 | +83 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 75–79 | 73–75 | 71–63 | — | 70–53 | 80–54 | 71–64 | 77–65 |
| 5 | BLMA | 14 | 7 | 7 | 869 | 917 | −48 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 50–88 | 58–56 | 55–58 | 69–66 | — | 74–68 | 76–63 | 69–50 |
| 6 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | 14 | 5 | 9 | 950 | 1009 | −59 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 61–67 | 64–72 | 70–90 | 75–76 | 77–61 | — | 59–56 | 66–47 |
| 7 | Mersin BŞB | 14 | 2 | 12 | 906 | 1044 | −138 | 16 | Eliminated | 70–84 | 73–89 | 69–75 | 65–61 | 68–74 | 74–83 | — | 65–74 |
| 8 | UNI Győr | 14 | 1 | 13 | 783 | 1076 | −293 | 15 | Eliminated | 49–84 | 64–66 | 51–90 | 46–91 | 58–65 | 61–91 | 54–73 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EKA | NAD | AVE | BOU | HAT | VIL | SOP | POL |
| 1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1190 | 900 | +290 | 27 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 88–81 | 74–68 | 81–66 | 103–40 | 91–69 | 82–61 | 94–57 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 14 | 10 | 4 | 934 | 881 | +53 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinals | 59–88 | — | 65–62 | 69–61 | 63–54 | 58–48 | 65–57 | 50–60 |
| 3 | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 7 | 7 | 999 | 938 | +61 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 83–72 | 49–64 | — | 63–50 | 92–62 | 79–70 | 84–67 | 81–60 |
| 4 | Tango Bourges Basket | 14 | 7 | 7 | 909 | 928 | −19 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 63–97 | 58–60 | 69–63 | — | 68–55 | 63–42 | 80–59 | 65–60 |
| 5 | Hatay BŞB | 14 | 7 | 7 | 912 | 1005 | −93 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 64–73 | 58–70 | 68–64 | 69–51 | — | 76–81 | 74–66 | 58–54 |
| 6 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | 14 | 6 | 8 | 969 | 1004 | −35 | 20 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 69–88 | 83–71 | 69–68 | 74–81 | 71–72 | — | 78–63 | 75–55 |
| 7 | Uniqa Sopron | 14 | 4 | 10 | 975 | 1087 | −112 | 18 | Eliminated | 56–82 | 69–89 | 77–68 | 77–69 | 95–98 | 62–72 | — | 76–64 |
| 8 | CCC Polkowice | 14 | 2 | 12 | 863 | 1008 | −145 | 16 | Eliminated | 64–77 | 46–70 | 71–75 | 59–65 | 54–64 | 77–68 | 82–90 | — |

## Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team win two games, before all three games have been played, the game that remain is omitted.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Dynamo Kursk | 2–0 | Tango Bourges Basket | 76–71 | 104–92 | – |
| Fenerbahçe | 2–1 | Perfumerías Avenida | 78–68 | 66–76 | 87–80 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 2–0 | Famila Schio | 92–47 | 102–67 | – |
| Nadezhda Orenburg | 1–2 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 80–57 | 55–64 | 57–70 |

## Final four

Host Final Four – Yekaterinburg, Russia.
| Semifinals April 14 | Semifinals April 14 | Final April 16 | Final April 16 |
| Dynamo Kursk | 87 |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 80 | | |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 80 | Dynamo Kursk | 77 |
| | | Fenerbahçe | 63 |
| Fenerbahçe | 70 | Fenerbahçe | 63 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 61 | | |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 61 | Third place | Third place |
| | | ZVVZ USK Praha | 63 |
| | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 68 |
All times are local (UTC+5).

### Semifinals

* 14 April 2017 19:00
* Report
| Fenerbahçe | 70–61 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 18–19, 21–13, 21–15 |||
| Pts: Lavender 21 Rebs: Parker 15 Asts: Vardarlı 7 | | Pts: Taurasi 26 Rebs: Griner 7 Asts: four players 2 |
* DIVS Sport Hall, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB) Michele Rossi (ITA) Marko Vučković (SLO)
* 14 April 2017 21:30
* Report
| Dynamo Kursk | 87–80 (OT) | ZVVZ USK Praha |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 22–18, 14–17, 17–16, Overtime: 10–3 |||
| Pts: McCoughtry 28 Rebs: Vidmer 11 Asts: McCoughtry 5 | | Pts: Dupree 39 Rebs: Dupree 13 Asts: Palau 13 |
* DIVS Sport Hall, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Fabiana Martinescu-Badalan (ROM) Janusz Calik (POL) Artūras Šukys (LTU)

### Third place game

* 16 April 2017 16:30
* Report
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 63–68 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 20–14, 14–18, 12–18 |||
| Pts: Petrović 19 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Palau 8 | | Pts: Toliver 18 Rebs: Meesseman 12 Asts: Barič 5 |
* DIVS Sport Hall, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Michele Rossi (ITA) Artūras Šukys (LTU) Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)

### Final

* 16 April 2017 19:00
* Report
| Dynamo Kursk | 77–63 | Fenerbahçe |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 27–16, 18–21, 15–8 |||
| Pts: McCoughtry 20 Rebs: Ogwumike 10 Asts: Prince 7 | | Pts: Quigley 19 Rebs: Lavender 9 Asts: Quigley 3 |
* DIVS Sport Hall, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB) Fabiana Martinescu-Badalan (ROM) Marko Vučković (SLO)
* 2016–17 EuroLeague Women Champions
* Dynamo Kursk First title

## Statistical leaders
### Points

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Yvonne Turner | Uniqa Sopron | 13 | 244 | 18.8 |
| 2 | Diana Taurasi | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 15 | 269 | 17.9 |
| 3 | Angel McCoughtry | Dynamo Kursk | 18 | 311 | 17.3 |
| 4 | Sonja Petrović | ZVVZ USK Praha | 19 | 314 | 16.5 |
| 5 | Gintarė Petronytė | Mersin BŞB | 14 | 226 | 16.1 |

### Rebounds

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Nneka Ogwumike | Dynamo Kursk | 17 | 174 | 10.2 |
| 2 | Amanda Zahui | Nadezhda Orenburg | 16 | 149 | 9.3 |
| 3 | Marija Režan | CCC Polkowice | 14 | 118 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Clarissa dos Santos | Tango Bourges Basket | 13 | 107 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Williams | Nadezhda Orenburg | 17 | 134 | 7.9 |

### Assists

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Laia Palau | ZVVZ USK Praha | 19 | 149 | 7.8 |
| 2 | Nilay Kartaltepe | Mersin BŞB | 14 | 82 | 5.9 |
| 3 | Birsel Vardarlı | Fenerbahçe | 19 | 111 | 5.8 |
| 4 | Miljana Bojović | Tango Bourges Basket | 16 | 90 | 5.6 |
| 5 | Anna Cruz | Dynamo Kursk | 17 | 94 | 5.5 |