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2016–17 Basketligan season

Basketligan
Season 2016–17
Champions Luleå (8th title)
Runners-up Södertälje Kings
Semifinalists Norrköping Dolphins
Uppsala
Teams 9
Dates 6 October 2016 – 26 March 2017
(Regular season)
31 March 2016 – 10 May 2017
(Playoffs)
Top seed Luleå
Awards
MVP Sweden Valter Lindström
Finals MVP United States Brandon Rozzell
Statistical leaders
Points United States Mike Bruesewitz
17.1
Rebounds Sweden Joakim Kjellbom
9.0
Assists United States Jabril Durham
6.3

The 2016–17 Basketligan season was the 24th season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 6 October 2016 and ended on May 10, 2017. Södertälje Kings was the defending champion after achieving its 11th title in the previous season.BC Luleå won the title after beating the defending champions 4–1 in the Finals.

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent three times for a total of 30 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

In October 2016, Sundsvall Dragons and Eco Örebro were expelled from the league.


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