2017 BBL-Pokal

2017 BBL-Pokal
The Mercedes-Benz Arena hosted the Final Four
Season2017
Dates22 January (qualifiers)
18–19 February (Top Four)
Games played6
Teams7
Finals
ChampionsBrose Bamberg (5th title)
  Runners-upBayern Munich
Third placeAlba Berlin
Fourth placeMHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
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The 2017 BBL-Pokal was the 50th season of the German Basketball Cup. The Final Four was held in Berlin, which gained Alba Berlin automatic qualification. The other six participating teams were selected through the standings in the 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga.[1]

Participants

The following six teams qualified based on their standings in the first half of the 2016–17 BBL.[2] Alba Berlin qualified directly as host of the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ratiopharm Ulm 16 16 0 1439 1242 +197 32 Qualified as seeded teams
2 Brose Bamberg 16 15 1 1362 1079 +283 30
3 Bayern Munich 16 13 3 1385 1163 +222 26
4 medi bayreuth 16 13 3 1364 1222 +142 26 Qualified as non-seeded teams
5 Alba Berlin (H) 16 11 5 1342 1295 +47 22
6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 16 9 7 1314 1312 +2 18 Qualified as non-seeded teams
7 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 16 8 8 1213 1228 −15 16
– Phoenix Hagen[a] (D) 0 – – – – — 0
Source: BBL
(D) Disqualified; (H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ In October 2016, Phoenix Hagen were punished with a deduction of four points for failing with licensing requirements.[3] On 30 November 2016, the BBL withdrew the licence of the club and it was relegated to the ProA, while it also stopped playing and all results were expunged.[4]

Bracket

 
 Qualifying round
22 January		Semifinals
18 February		Final
19 February
 
          
 
 
 
 
Bayern Munich87
 
 
 
Telekom Baskets Bonn72
 
Bayern Munich78
 
 
Alba Berlin70
 
 
 
 
 
 Bayern Munich 71
 
 
 
Brose Bamberg74
 
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg72
 
 
 
ratiopharm Ulm67
 
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg78
 
 
 
Brose Bamberg85 Third place
 
medi bayreuth52
 
 
 
Brose Bamberg75
 
Alba Berlin84
 
 
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg74
 

Qualifying round

The draw was held on 30 December 2016.[5]

22 January 2017 Medi bayreuth 50–75 Brose Bamberg Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 10–21, 18–15, 13–16
Pts: De'Mon Brooks 19
Rebs: De'Mon Brooks 5
Asts: Nate Linhart 3 		Boxscore Pts: Miller, Strēlnieks 13
Rebs: Miller, Theis 5
Asts: Causeur, Lô 5 		Attendance: 3,300
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Nesa Kovačević, Steffen Neubecker
22 January 2017 Bayern Munich 87–72 Telekom Baskets Bonn Audi Dome, Munich
15:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 17–26, 27–14, 17–16
Pts: Anton Gavel 17
Rebs: Maxi Kleber 9
Asts: Booker, Gavel 5 		Boxscore Pts: Julian Gamble 15
Rebs: Ken Horton 10
Asts: Ken Horton 4 		Attendance: 6,031
Referees: Clemens Fritz, Christof Madinger, Johannes Hack
22 January 2017 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 72–67 ratiopharm ulm Arena Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 15–12, 18–21, 18–27
Pts: Cliff Hammonds 12
Rebs: Crawford, Cooley 6
Asts: Cotton, Hammonds 4 		Boxscore Pts: Da'Sean Butler 18
Rebs: Butler, Rubit 6
Asts: three players 3 		Attendance: 3,549
Referees: Moritz Reiter, Konstantin Simonow, Steve Bittner

Top Four

The draw was held on 22 January 2017.[6]

Semifinals

18 February 2017 Bayern Munich 78–70 Alba Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 21–17, 18–13, 18–19
Pts: Nick Johnson 19
Rebs: Reggie Redding 7
Asts: Nick Johnson 6 		Boxscore Pts: Dragan Milosavljević 17
Rebs: Tony Gaffney 6
Asts: Dragan Milosavljević 4 		Attendance: 10,433
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Anne Panther, Toni Rodriguez
18 February 2017 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 78–85 Brose Bamberg Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 20–14, 19–25, 24–24
Pts: Drew Crawford 17
Rebs: Drew Crawford 8
Asts: Cliff Hammonds 5 		Boxscore Pts: Causeur, Theis 19
Rebs: Melli 7
Asts: Strēlnieks, Zisis 5 		Attendance: 10,433
Referees: Martin Matip, Christof Madinger, Moritz Reiter

Third place game

19 February 2017 Alba Berlin 84–70 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
12:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 23–22, 25–14, 16–15
Pts: Carl English 17
Rebs: Carl English 6
Asts: Akeem Vargas 5 		Boxscore Pts: Drew Crawford 10
Rebs: Jack Cooley 7
Asts: David McCray 3 		Attendance: 7,371
Referees: Christof Madinger, Anne Panther, Toni Rodriguez

Final

Main article: 2017 BBL-Pokal Final
19 February 2017 Bayern Munich 71–74 Brose Bamberg Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 15–21, 12–10, 23–19
Pts: Nick Johnson 13
Rebs: Reggie Redding 6
Asts: Reggie Redding 4 		Boxscore Pts: Fabien Causeur 18
Rebs: Daniel Theis 10
Asts: Fabien Causeur 3 		Attendance: 10,511
Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Martin Matip, Moritz Reiter

References

  1. ^ "Top Four 2017 findet in Berlin statt". sport1.de. 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Pokal-Tabelle". Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  3. ^ "Offiziell: 4 Wertungspunkte Abzug für Phoenix Hagen". telekombasketball.de. 20 October 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Phoenix Hagen had its German League license withdrawn". Eurohoops.net. 30 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Max Giesinger macht's möglich: Derby-Time in der K.o.-Runde". easycredit-bbl.de. 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Halbfinals des easyCredit TOP FOUR: ZDF-Sportmoderatorin Annika Zimmermann Sonntag als Glücksfee". easycredit-bbl.de. 22 January 2017.