2016–17 Georgian Superliga

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Competition details
Teams 8
Final positions
Champions Dinamo
Runners-up Kutaisi
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The 2016–17 Georgian Superliga was the 17th season of the Georgian Superliga since its establishment. Kutaisi were the defending champions, but could not retain the title after losing to Dinamo in the finals.

Georgian Superliga

The Georgian Basketball Super League, also known as the Georgian Top League, is the highest professional basketball league in Georgia. The first season was played in 1991, and was won by Dinamo Tbilisi. The 1990s were dominated by BC Vita Tbilisi, who won the title a record 7 times. BC Batumi, and then Energy Invest Rustavi, dominated the following decade. More recently, the league was dominated by clubs attached to State departments, with first BC Armia establishing themselves as the country's leading club, and later BC MIA Academy(Ministry of Internal Affairs) winning the title.

BC Dinamo Tbilisi

BC Dinamo Tbilisi is a professional basketball club that is based in Tbilisi, that plays in the Georgian Superliga. It is one of the oldest and most successful basketball clubs of Georgia and the former USSR, having won numerous national titles and the 1962 FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague). The club's traditional colours are blue and white, but for sponsorship reasons, they currently play in orange and white strips.

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Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Dinamo 2825324421999+443 53Qualification to playoffs
2 Kutaisi 2820826632117+546 48
3 Cactus 28141422172323−106 42
4 Rustavi 28131521752259−84 41
5 Sokhumi 28111722242355−131 39Qualification to relegation playoffs
6 Mgzavrebi 28101820992195−96 38
7 Olimpi [lower-alpha 1] 28101820182080−62 37
8 Batumi 2891921322242−110 37
Source: Georgian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. ↑ One point docked to Olimpi.

Play-offs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Dinamo 918111200
 
 
 
 Rustavi 58778600
 
 Dinamo 81889300
 
 
 
 Kutaisi 74657600
 
 Kutaisi 858269810
 
 
 Cactus 836784680
 

Relegation play-offs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mgzavrebi 101
 
 
 
 Batumi 69
 
 Olimpi 116
 
 
 
 Mgzavrebi 119
 
 Sokhumi 111
 
 
 Olimpi 94
 

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