# 2016–17 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

The 2016–17 Liga Națională season was the 67th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania. CSM U Oradea was the defending champion.

## Competition format

The Romanian Basketball Federation agreed a change in the competition format for the 2016–17 season:
* 11 teams played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format.
* At the end of the regular season, teams are split into two groups, one of them composed by the first six teams and the other one by the rest. In this second stage all points of the regular season are counted and the teams will face each other from its group twice.
* All teams from the group from 1st to 6th and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group will join the playoffs. In this knockout stage, quarterfinals and semifinals will be played with a best-of-three-games format and the final with a best-of-five one.

## Teams

Olimpic Baia Mare and Ploiești were promoted from the previous season of the Liga I, but only Olimpic joined the league.
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| BC Mureș | Târgu Mureș | Sala Sporturilor | 2,000 |
| BC Timișoara | Timișoara | Constantin Jude | 2,200 |
| BCM U Pitești | Pitești | Trivale | 2,000 |
| CSM U Oradea | Oradea | Arena Antonio Alexe | 2,000 |
| CSU Sibiu | Sibiu | Transilvania | 3,000 |
| Dinamo București | București | Dinamo | 2,538 |
| Olimpic Baia Mare | Baia Mare | Lascăr Pană | 2,048 |
| Phoenix Galați | Galați | Dunărea | 1,500 |
| SCM U Craiova | Craiova | Polyvalent Hall | 4,215 |
| Steaua CSM Eximbank | București | Mihai Viteazu | 2,000 |
| Steaua CSM Eximbank | București | Polyvalent Hall | 3,500 |
| U-BT Cluj | Cluj Napoca | Polyvalent Hall | 7,308 |
| U-BT Cluj | Cluj Napoca | Horia Demian | 2,525 |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | U-Banca Transilvania | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2407 | 2129 | +278 | 52 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 2 | CSU Sibiu | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2185 | 2094 | +91 | 46 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 3 | Steaua CSM Eximbank | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2261 | 2142 | +119 | 45 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 4 | CSM U Oradea | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2159 | 2105 | +54 | 43 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 5 | BC Timișoara | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2216 | 2272 | −56 | 41 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 6 | BCM U Pitești | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2157 | 2271 | −114 | 39 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 7 | BC Mureș | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1934 | 1923 | +11 | 36 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 8 | SCM U Craiova | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1887 | 1946 | −59 | 32 | Qualification to Play-offs |
| 9 | Phoenix Galați | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1877 | 2023 | −146 | 32 | |
| 10 | Dinamo București | 24 | 6 | 18 | 1807 | 1985 | −178 | 30 | |
| 11 | Olimpic Baia Mare (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

## Play-offs

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 100 | 104 | 107 | | | | | | |
| 8 SCM U Craiova | 8 SCM U Craiova | 8 SCM U Craiova | 74 | 78 | 71 | | | | | | |
| 8 SCM U Craiova | 8 SCM U Craiova | 8 SCM U Craiova | 74 | 78 | 71 | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 86 | 103 | 59 | 76 | 84 |
| | | | | | | 4 CSM U Oradea | 73 | 96 | 69 | 85 | 78 |
| 4 CSM U Oradea | 4 CSM U Oradea | 4 CSM U Oradea | 74 | 85 | 86 | 4 CSM U Oradea | 73 | 96 | 69 | 85 | 78 |
| 5 Timișoara | 5 Timișoara | 5 Timișoara | 66 | 81 | 84 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 Timișoara | 5 Timișoara | 5 Timișoara | 66 | 81 | 84 | | | | | | | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 1 U-Banca Transilvania | 87 | 84 | 75 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 85 | 80 | 61 |
| 2 CSU Sibiu | 76 | 54 | 89 | 62 | 82 | | | | | | | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 85 | 80 | 61 |
| 7 BC Mureș | 66 | 75 | 87 | 70 | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 BC Mureș | 66 | 75 | 87 | 70 | 68 | 2 CSU Sibiu | 2 CSU Sibiu | 79 | 88 | 79 | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 84 | 80 | 81 | 81 |
| 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 84 | 105 | 89 | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 3 Steaua CSM Eximbank | 84 | 80 | 81 | 81 |
| 6 BCM U Pitești | 6 BCM U Pitești | 6 BCM U Pitești | 61 | 90 | 72 | | | | | | |
| Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 4 CSM U Oradea | 63 | 70 | 72 |
| 2 CSU Sibiu | 69 | 66 | 71 |