2017–18 EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1

The Kombank Arena in Belgrade will host the Final Four
Season 2017–18
Teams 16
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
Regular season
(16 teams)
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season
Final Four
(4 teams)
  • 4 series winners from the playoffs

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders):[2][3]

Regular season
Spain Baskonia (LC) Spain Valencia Basket (1st) Russia Khimki (2nd) Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia (LC)
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Greece Olympiacos (LC) Turkey Anadolu Efes (LC) Lithuania Žalgiris (LC)
Spain Real Madrid (LC) Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC) Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş (LC) Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (1st)
Spain Unicaja (EC) Russia CSKA Moscow (LC) Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC) Germany Brose Bamberg (1st)

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Abdi İpekçi Arena 12,270
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700[4]
Spain Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504[5]
Germany Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena 6,249[6]
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Kombank Arena 25,000[7]
Aleksandar Nikolić[lower-alpha 1] 6,500[8]
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,126
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[9]
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena 13,059
Russia Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena 8,000
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 11,060
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,640[10]
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens 18,989[11]
Spain Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[12]
Spain Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 11,300[13]
Spain Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500[14]
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,552[15]
Notes
  1. ↑ The Aleksandar Nikolić was being used as back-up arena by Crvena zvezda, in case the Kombank Arena was not available.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Turkey Anadolu Efes Croatia Velimir Perasović Turkey Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Italy Simone Pianigiani Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani Emporio Armani
Spain Baskonia Argentina Pablo Prigioni Hungary Ádám Hanga Kelme Rioja
Germany Brose Bamberg Italy Andrea Trinchieri Germany Elias Harris Macron Brose
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Dušan Alimpijević Serbia Branko Lazić Nike Mobile Telephony of Serbia
Russia CSKA Moscow Greece Dimitrios Itoudis Russia Victor Khryapa Nike Rostelecom
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Sito Alonso Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş Serbia Željko Obradović Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Metro
Russia Khimki Greece Georgios Bartzokas Russia Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Croatia Neven Spahija Nike FOX
Greece Olympiacos Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Spain Xavi Pascual Greece Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima
Spain Real Madrid Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka
Spain Unicaja Spain Joan Plaza Spain Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, Benahavís
Spain Valencia Basket Spain Txus Vidorreta Spain Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo1
Lithuania Žalgiris Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Adidas OlyBet
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
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Greece Georgios Bartzokas Sacked 7 June 2017[16] Pre-season Spain Sito Alonso 16 June 2017[17]
Spain Baskonia Spain Sito Alonso Mutual consent 16 June 2017[18] Argentina Pablo Prigioni 16 June 2017[19]
Spain Valencia Basket Spain Pedro Martínez End of contract 20 June 2017[20] Spain Txus Vidorreta 20 June 2017[21]
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Latvia Ainars Bagatskis Sacked 16 May 2017[22] Croatia Neven Spahija 26 June 2017[23]
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Croatia Jasmin Repeša Mutual consent 3 June 2017[24] Italy Simone Pianigiani 26 June 2017[25]
Russia Khimki Montenegro Duško Ivanović Sacked 29 June 2017[26] Greece Georgios Bartzokas 30 June 2017[27]
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Montenegro Dejan Radonjić End of contract 15 July 2017[28] Serbia 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
1 Turkey Anadolu Efes 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Playoffs
2 Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Spain Baskonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Germany Brose Bamberg 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Russia CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Russia Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Greece Olympiacos 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spain Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spain Unicaja 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Spain Valencia Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lithuania Žalgiris 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home ╲ Away EFS AXM BKNBROCZVCSKFCBFNBCSKMTAOLYPAORMBUNIVBCZAL
Anadolu Efes
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
Baskonia
Brose Bamberg
Crvena zvezda mts
CSKA Moscow
FC Barcelona Lassa a
Fenerbahçe Doğuş
Khimki
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Olympiacos a
Panathinaikos Superfoods a
Real Madrid a
Unicaja
Valencia Basket
Žalgiris

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 leg4th leg5th leg
1st qualified PO A 8th qualified 0 0000
4th qualified PO B 5th qualified 0 0000
2nd qualified PO C 7th qualified 0 0000
3rd qualified PO D 6th qualified 0 0000

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.

 
SemifinalsChampionship 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
1 Spain Baskonia 0 0 0 11,633 0–†
2 Lithuania Žalgiris 0 0 0 11,418 0–†
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 0 0 0 11,219 0–†
4 Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 0 0 0 11,172 0–†
5 Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 0 0 0 10,888 0–†
6 Spain Real Madrid 0 0 0 10,312 0–†
7 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 0 0 0 9,818 0–†
8 Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 0 0 0 9,483 0–†
9 Greece Olympiacos 0 0 0 9,360 0–†
10 Russia CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 8,293 0–†
11 Spain Unicaja 0 0 0 6,452 0–1
12 Germany Brose Bamberg 0 0 0 6,415 0–†
13 Spain Valencia Basket 0 0 0 5,842 0–1
14 Turkey Anadolu Efes 0 0 0 5,320 0–†
15 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 0 0 0 4,931 0–†
16 Russia Khimki 0 0 0 1,969 0–1
League total 0 0 0 8,472 0–†

Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2016–17 season average applied to EuroCup games.

References

  1. ↑ "The Final Four goes to Belgrade in 2018!". Euroleague Basketball. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "One spot left in 2017/2018 EuroLeague". Eurohoops.net. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "CHI SIAMO". MediolanumForum.it. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sports Competitions". buesa-arena.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Brose Bamberg with first win in Euroleague 2016/2017
  7. ↑ KOMBANK ARENA.
  8. ↑ ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500.
  9. ↑ "Palau Blaugrana - FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Peace and Friendship Stadium - Olympiacos BC". olympiacosbc.gr. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Olympic Sports Hall". stadia.gr. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "WiZink Center | Real Madrid Basketball Arena | Real Madrid Basketball". Real Madrid. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. ↑ Palacio de Deportes, datos de interés (in Spanish).
  14. ↑ "Pabellón". Valencia Basket. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Žalgirio arena - About Žalgirio arena". zalgirioarena.lt. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". EuroLeague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Barcelona hands reins to Alonso". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, Coach Alonso split up". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Baskonia names Prigioni new head coach". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "Valencia, coach Martinez part ways". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "Valencia finds new coach in Vidorreta". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv fire Ainars Bagatskis, name Arik Shivek head coach". Sportando.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  23. ↑ "Maccabi brings Spahija back to Euroleague". EuroLeague.net. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  24. ↑ "Jasmin Repesa, Olimpia Milano started negotiations to break the contract for next season". Sportando.com. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  25. ↑ "EA7 Milan makes Pianigiani new head coach". EuroLeague.net. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Dusko Ivanovic, Khimki Moscow part ways". Sportando.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  27. ↑ "Khimki hires former Gomelskiy Coach of the Year Bartzokas". EuroLeague.net. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "Hvala Dejo!". www.kkcrvenazvezda.rs. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "Zvezda finds new coach in Alimpijevic". EuroLeague.net. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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