2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season 2017–18
Teams 32+8 (competition proper)
30+30 (total)
Dates September 20 – October 11, 2017
(qualifying)
October 18, 2017 – May 2, 2018
(competition proper)
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup will be the third season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition will begin on 20 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and will conclude on 2 May 2018.

Format changes

For the 2017–18 season, the FIBA Europe Cup was reduced the regular season to 32 teams. This will include eight groups of four teams divided into two conferences and the two top teams from each regular season group will advance to the second round of four groups of four teams followed by the two-legged play-offs. 22 teams will be dropped from Champions League qualifying rounds while 10 teams will come from the qualifying rounds that will be implemented.[1]

Eligibility of players

FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four if the team has got less players.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 60 teams are expected to participate in the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup.[1][2]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.

Play-offs
(CL RS) (CL RS) (CL RS) (CL RS)
(CL RS) (CL RS) (CL RS) (CL RS)
Regular season
(CL QR3) (CL QR2) (CL QR1) (CL QR1)
(CL QR3) (CL QR2) (CL QR1) (CL QR1)
(CL QR3) (CL QR2) (CL QR1)
(CL QR3) (CL QR2) (CL QR1)
(CL QR2) (CL QR2) (CL QR1)
(CL QR2) (CL QR2) (CL QR1)
Second qualifying round
Belgium Proximus Spirou (4th) Estonia University of Tartu (2nd) Portugal Porto (2nd) Ukraine Khimik (2nd)
Bulgaria Beroe (2nd) France Le Portel (8th) Romania Steaua (2nd)
Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca (2nd) Hungary Falco Szombathely (2nd) Sweden Södertälje Kings (2nd)
First qualifying round
Turkey İstanbul BB (10th) Hungary Körmend (4th) Czech Republic Pardubice (3rd) Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički (3rd)
Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park (12th) Hungary Szolnoki Olaj (5th) Germany s.Oliver Würzburg (14th) Poland Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (3rd)
Turkey Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece (13th) Romania Oradea (3rd) Iceland KR (1st) Russia Parma (13th)
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist (3rd) Romania Sibiu (4th) Israel Bnei Herzliya (7th) Sweden Borås (5th)
Bulgaria Balkan Botevgrad (6th) Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut (7th) Lithuania Nevėžis (9th) Ukraine Dnipro (3rd)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):[1][2]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 3 August 2017 20 September 2017 27 September 2017
Second qualifying round 4 October 2017 11 October 2017
Regular season Matchday 1 18 October 2017
Matchday 2 25 October 2017
Matchday 3 1 November 2017
Matchday 4 8 November 2017
Matchday 5 15 November 2017
Matchday 6 6 December 2017
Second round Matchday 1 20 December 2017
Matchday 2 10 January 2018
Matchday 3 17 January 2018
Matchday 4 24 January 2018
Matchday 5 31 January 2018
Matchday 6 7 February 2018
Play-offs Round of 16 TBD 7 March 2018 14 March 2018
Quarter-finals 21 March 2018 28 March 2018
Semi-finals 11 April 2018 18 April 2018
Finals 25 April 2018 2 May 2018

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds will be held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.[2]

In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

A total of 20 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 20 September, and the second legs will be played on 27 September 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Balkan Botevgrad Bulgaria Game 1 Romania Oradea 20 Sep 27 Sep
Szolnoki Olaj Hungary Game 2 Turkey Trabzonspor Medical Park 20 Sep 27 Sep
Dnipro Ukraine Game 3 Turkey Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece 20 Sep 27 Sep
Borås Sweden Game 4 Hungary Körmend 21 Sep 26 Sep
Sibiu Romania Game 5 Czech Republic Pardubice 21 Sep 27 Sep
KR Iceland Game 6 Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut 19 Sep 27 Sep
Bnei Herzliya Israel Game 7 Poland Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 24 Sep 28 Sep
Nevėžis Lithuania Game 8 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 20 Sep 27 Sep
Parma Russia Game 9 Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički 20 Sep 27 Sep
s.Oliver Würzburg Germany Game 10 Turkey İstanbul BB 20 Sep 27 Sep

Second qualifying round

A total of 20 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 10 teams which enter in this round, and the 10 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 4 October, and the second legs will be played on 11 October 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner Game 4 Game 11 Romania Steaua 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 7 Game 12 Portugal Porto 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 1 Game 13 Hungary Falco Szombathely 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 2 Game 14 Sweden Södertälje Kings 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 10 Game 15 Ukraine Khimik 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 9 Game 16 France Le Portel 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 8 Game 17 Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 6 Game 18 Bulgaria Beroe 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 3 Game 19 Estonia University of Tartu 4 Oct 11 Oct
Winner Game 5 Game 20 Belgium Proximus Spirou 4 Oct 11 Oct

Regular season

The draw for the regular season will be held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.[2]

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the 10 winners of the play-off round, and 22 of the 24 losers of the 2017–18 Champions League qualifying rounds. The defeated teams in the second preliminary round will make a special ranking based on the overall score difference they lost for the event of less than 22 teams eliminated from the Basketball Champions League preliminaries to participate in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup. FIBA has announced that it is possible for several teams eliminated in the Basketball Champions League preliminaries to abandon their participation in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup. Complete information about teams that do not intend to play in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup if they are eliminated in the Basketball Champions League preliminaries will be made in the coming weeks.

The match-days will be on 18 October, 25 October, 1 November, 8 November, 15 November and 6 December 2017.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CL18 CL15 G16 CL3
1 Loser BCL Game 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CL19 CL13 G17 CL5
1 Loser BCL Game 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification G12 CL21 CL19 CL7
1 Winner Game 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Loser BCL Game 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CL24 CL9 G11 CL2
1 Loser BCL Game 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CL20 CL14 G15 CL1
1 Loser BCL Game 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CL23 CL16 G20 CL8
1 Loser BCL Game 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification G18 CL10 G19 CL6
1 Winner Game 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification G14 CL11 G13 CL4
1 Winner Game 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to second round —
2 Loser BCL Game 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Winner Game 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Loser BCL Game 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Second round

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

A total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 20 December 2017, 10 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January and 7 February 2018.

Play-offs

In the play-offs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. In the play-offs draw, the group winners are seeded, and the runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn against each other.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup regulations" (PDF). FIBA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "FIBA Europe Cup Qualification Round 1 and 2 Draws set for Thursday". FIBA.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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