2016–17 LKL season

Tete-a-Tete Casino-LKL
Teams	10
Games played	220 (regular season)
Duration	TBD

The 2016–17 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) season, also called Tete-a-Tete Casino-LKL for sponsorship reasons, will be the 24th season of the top tier basketball league of Lithuania. Regular season started on 21 September 2016.

Žalgiris is the defending champion.

Competition Format

During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the after playing the whole 36 games each one will join the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-three games format. The semifinals were also played in this format.

The final round was played between the two winners of the semifinals. The final series for the first place were played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for the third place were played in a best-of-five format.^[1]

Teams

Juventus

Lietuvos rytas

Neptūnas

Nevėžis

Pieno žvaigždės

Vytautas

Dzūkija

Šiauliai

Lietkabelis

Žalgiris

Location of teams in 2016–17 LKL

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Dzūkija	Alytus	Alytus Arena	5,500
Juventus	Utena	Utena Arena	2,000
Lietkabelis	Panevėžys	Cido Arena	5,656
Lietuvos rytas	Vilnius	Lietuvos rytas Arena	2,500
Neptūnas	Klaipėda	Švyturys Arena	5,800
Nevėžis	Kėdainiai	Kėdainiai Arena	2,200
Pieno žvaigždės	Pasvalys	Pieno žvaigždės Arena	1,200
Šiauliai	Šiauliai	Šiauliai Arena	5,700
Vytautas	Prienai-Birštonas	Prienai Arena	1,500
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgiris Arena	15,688

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Žalgiris	13	12	1	1085	891	+194	Qualification to playoffs
2	Lietkabelis	13	10	3	1080	991	+89
3	Lietuvos rytas	13	9	4	1018	906	+112
4	Neptūnas	13	7	6	1002	925	+77
5	Vytautas	13	6	7	987	926	+61
6	Pieno žvaigždės	13	5	8	972	1000	−28
7	Juventus	13	6	7	1020	1051	−31
8	Nevėžis	13	4	9	1009	1047	−38
9	Dzūkija	13	4	9	843	979	−136
10	Šiauliai	13	2	11	896	1196	−300

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: LKL

Results

Rounds 1 and 2

Home \ Away	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	NEP	NEV	PŽV	ŠIA	VYT	ŽAL
Dzūkija		75–73		59–79	56–80	66–63	52–67		49–68
Juventus			76–85	81–74		81–72	97–92	98–79		66–90
Lietkabelis	94–77	77–84			93–74	85–81	69–88			90–86
Lietuvos rytas	73–62		68–66			89–70	94–57	83–74	77–53	66–74
Neptūnas	64–58	75–60	67–77	79–78		70–63	55–61	95–67	76–79
Nevėžis	82–85	88–74	79–86		94–90		77–73		80–68	68–81
Pieno žvaigždės			70–72	68–86				71–59	75–70	82–86
Šiauliai	78–82	65–76	66–101		62–110	99–92	85–84		60–97	45–98
Vytautas	79–58	89–84	75–85	79–83				109–57		55–63
Žalgiris	79–64	90–70		84–68	77–67		98–84		79–66

Rounds 3 and 4

Home \ Away	VYT	DZŪ	JUV	LTK	LRY	NEP	NEV	PŽV	ŠIA	ŽAL
Vytautas
Dzūkija
Juventus
Lietkabelis
Lietuvos rytas
Neptūnas
Nevėžis
Pieno žvaigždės
Šiauliai
Žalgiris

Attendance data

Attendance data include playoff games:

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Žalgiris	29,978	11,841	2,219	4,996	+30.0%^†
2	Neptūnas	28,150	5,430	2,430	4,021	+1.5%^†
3	Lietkabelis	19,210	4,135	2,111	3,202	+112.6%^†
4	Lietuvos rytas	19,130	9,750	780	2,733	+7.7%^†
5	Dzūkija	11,971	2,349	1,432	1,995	−13.7%^†
6	Juventus	7,791	2,156	1,027	1,558	+9.0%^†
7	Šiauliai	11,340	2,800	300	1,418	−9.9%^†
8	Nevėžis	7,684	1,785	800	1,098	+22.8%^†
9	Vytautas	4,644	1,500	800	929	+34.2%^†
10	Pieno žvaigždės	2,300	1,000	350	767	+37.7%^†
	League total	148,520	11,841	300	2,321	+14.3%^†

Updated to games played on 27 November 2016
Source: LKL

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References

1. Čempionato sistema

External links

• LKL website