[1] Fenerbahçe won its inaugural European championship in its home city after defeating Olympiacos in the final.

[4] In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's first tier club competition,[5][6] by proposing that the Basketball Champions League become Europe's new 1st tier competition, with 16 teams playing in a round-robin format, granting eight guaranteed spots to different clubs.

[7] In its press release, the EuroLeague announced a new competition format for the 2016–17 season, with only 16 teams, including the eleven licensed clubs (Anadolu Efes, Baskonia, CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Fenerbahçe, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Olimpia Milan, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, and Žalgiris).

The first eight qualified teams will then play in a best-of-five playoff round for qualification to the Final Four.

[8] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders).

[10] Brose Bamberg and Crvena zvezda mts qualified after clinching respectively the Bundesliga and ABA League titles.