[1] The champions the runners-up of the play-offs are promoted to the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga.

The season started on September 22, 2016 and ended on May 7, 2017.

Mitteldeutscher won the championship and promoted along with runners-up Oettinger Rockets.

[2] The quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in a best-of-five play-off format.

The Finals are played in a two-legged series in which the team with the most aggregate points wins.