Dates 23 Sep 2016 – 18 Jun 2017 Teams 18 | ||
Duration 23 September 2016–18 June 2017 Similar 2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga, 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball, 2016–17 EuroLeague | ||
The 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga is the 51st season of the Basketball Bundesliga, the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. The regular season started on 23 September 2016 and will end before 18 June 2017. The name of the league was changed to easyCredit BBL, after the league signed a sponsor deal until 2021 with easyCredit.
Contents
Brose Bamberg are the defending champions.
Promotion and relegation
Mitteldeutscher BC and Crailsheim Merlins were relegated from the BBL after the 2015–16 season, as they finished in the last two places. Science City Jena and Rasta Vechta were promoted from the 2015–16 ProA. Science City were the champions of the second division, Vechta the runners-up.
Results
As of 27 February 2017.
All-Star Game
The 2017 All-Star Game was played in Bonn on January 14, 2017. Team International beat Team National 102–99 in the Telekom Dome.