2017–18 EuroLeague
The Kombank Arena in Belgrade will host the Final Four | |
Season | 2017–18 |
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Teams | 16 |
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines. |
The 2017–18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague will be the 18th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this will be the 61st season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.
The 2018 EuroLeague Final Four will be played at the Kombank Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]
Team allocation
A total of 16 teams from nine countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague.
Distribution
The table below shows the default access list.[2]
Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round | |
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Regular season (16 teams) |
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Playoffs (8 teams) |
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Final Four (4 teams) |
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders):[2][3]
- LC: Qualified through a licensed club with a long-term licence
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
- EC: EuroCup champion
Regular season | |||
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Baskonia (LC) | Valencia Basket (1st) | Khimki (2nd) | AX Armani Exchange Olimpia (LC) |
FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) | Olympiacos (LC) | Anadolu Efes (LC) | Žalgiris (LC) |
Real Madrid (LC) | Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC) | Fenerbahçe Doğuş (LC) | Crvena zvezda mts (1st) |
Unicaja (EC) | CSKA Moscow (LC) | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC) | Brose Bamberg (1st) |
Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Anadolu Efes | Istanbul | Abdi İpekçi Arena | 12,270 |
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia | Milan | Mediolanum Forum | 12,700[4] |
Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena | 15,504[5] |
Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,249[6] |
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Kombank Arena | 25,000[7] |
Aleksandar Nikolić[lower-alpha 1] | 6,500[8] | ||
CSKA Moscow | Moscow | Megasport Arena | 13,126 |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 7,585[9] |
Fenerbahçe Doğuş | Istanbul | Ülker Sports Arena | 13,059 |
Khimki | Khimki | Mytishchi Arena | 8,000 |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | Menora Mivtachim Arena | 11,060 |
Olympiacos | Piraeus | Peace and Friendship Stadium | 11,640[10] |
Panathinaikos Superfoods | Athens | Olympic Sports Center Athens | 18,989[11] |
Real Madrid | Madrid | WiZink Center | 15,000[12] |
Unicaja | Málaga | Martín Carpena | 11,300[13] |
Valencia Basket | Valencia | Fuente de San Luis | 8,500[14] |
Žalgiris | Kaunas | Žalgirio Arena | 15,552[15] |
- Notes
- ↑ The Aleksandar Nikolić was being used as back-up arena by Crvena zvezda, in case the Kombank Arena was not available.
Personnel and sponsorship
- Notes
- 1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (Culture of the Effort) is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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FC Barcelona Lassa | Georgios Bartzokas | Sacked | 7 June 2017[16] | Pre-season | Sito Alonso | 16 June 2017[17] |
Baskonia | Sito Alonso | Mutual consent | 16 June 2017[18] | Pablo Prigioni | 16 June 2017[19] | |
Valencia Basket | Pedro Martínez | End of contract | 20 June 2017[20] | Txus Vidorreta | 20 June 2017[21] | |
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | Ainars Bagatskis | Sacked | 16 May 2017[22] | Neven Spahija | 26 June 2017[23] | |
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia | Jasmin Repeša | Mutual consent | 3 June 2017[24] | Simone Pianigiani | 26 June 2017[25] | |
Khimki | Duško Ivanović | Sacked | 29 June 2017[26] | Georgios Bartzokas | 30 June 2017[27] | |
Crvena zvezda mts | Dejan Radonjić | End of contract | 15 July 2017[28] | Dušan Alimpijević | 21 July 2017[29] | |
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams will be eliminated.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Anadolu Efes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Playoffs |
2 | AX Armani Exchange Olimpia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Baskonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Brose Bamberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Crvena zvezda mts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Khimki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Olympiacos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Unicaja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Valencia Basket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Žalgiris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
Source: EuroLeague
Games with background in yellow were decided after overtime.
Playoffs
In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first two games will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the third game and, if necessary, the fourth, will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
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1st qualified | PO A | 8th qualified | |||||
4th qualified | PO B | 5th qualified | |||||
2nd qualified | PO C | 7th qualified | |||||
3rd qualified | PO D | 6th qualified |
Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of the season, and is held over a weekend. The semifinal games play on Friday evening. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four will be played at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia in May 2018.
Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
PO A winner | ||||||
PO B winner | ||||||
PO C winner | ||||||
PO D winner | ||||||
Third place game | ||||||
Attendances
Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Baskonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,633 | – |
2 | Žalgiris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,418 | – |
3 | Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,219 | – |
4 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,172 | – |
5 | Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,888 | – |
6 | Real Madrid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,312 | – |
7 | Crvena zvezda mts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,818 | – |
8 | AX Armani Exchange Olimpia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,483 | – |
9 | Olympiacos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,360 | – |
10 | CSKA Moscow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,293 | – |
11 | Unicaja | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,452 | –1 |
12 | Brose Bamberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,415 | – |
13 | Valencia Basket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,842 | –1 |
14 | Anadolu Efes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,320 | – |
15 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,931 | – |
16 | Khimki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,969 | –1 |
League total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,472 | – |
Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2016–17 season average applied to EuroCup games.
References
- ↑ "The Final Four goes to Belgrade in 2018!". Euroleague Basketball. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- 1 2 "Clubs, domestic leagues and Euroleague Basketball hold working group on future of European club competitions". Euroleague Basketball. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "One spot left in 2017/2018 EuroLeague". Eurohoops.net. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "CHI SIAMO". MediolanumForum.it. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "Sports Competitions". buesa-arena.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ Brose Bamberg with first win in Euroleague 2016/2017
- ↑ KOMBANK ARENA.
- ↑ ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500.
- ↑ "Palau Blaugrana - FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "Peace and Friendship Stadium - Olympiacos BC". olympiacosbc.gr. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "WiZink Center | Real Madrid Basketball Arena | Real Madrid Basketball". Real Madrid. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ Palacio de Deportes, datos de interés (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Pabellón". Valencia Basket. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ "Žalgirio arena - About Žalgirio arena". zalgirioarena.lt. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ↑ "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". EuroLeague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ "Barcelona hands reins to Alonso". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, Coach Alonso split up". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Baskonia names Prigioni new head coach". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Valencia, coach Martinez part ways". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Valencia finds new coach in Vidorreta". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv fire Ainars Bagatskis, name Arik Shivek head coach". Sportando.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ "Maccabi brings Spahija back to Euroleague". EuroLeague.net. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ↑ "Jasmin Repesa, Olimpia Milano started negotiations to break the contract for next season". Sportando.com. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "EA7 Milan makes Pianigiani new head coach". EuroLeague.net. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "Dusko Ivanovic, Khimki Moscow part ways". Sportando.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ↑ "Khimki hires former Gomelskiy Coach of the Year Bartzokas". EuroLeague.net. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Hvala Dejo!". www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Zvezda finds new coach in Alimpijevic". EuroLeague.net. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.