2017–18 EuroLeague

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The 2017–18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was 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 was the 61st season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.

Season2017–18
Duration12 October 2017 – 20 May 2018
Games played260
Teams16
Quick facts Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1, Season ...
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four
Season2017–18
Duration12 October 2017 – 20 May 2018
Games played260
Teams16
Regular season
Season MVPSlovenia Luka Dončić
Finals
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (10th title)
Runners-upTurkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş
Third placeLithuania Žalgiris
Fourth placeRussia CSKA Moscow
Final Four MVPSlovenia Luka Dončić
Awards
Best DefenderUnited States Kyle Hines
Rising StarSlovenia Luka Dončić
Coach of the YearSpain Pablo Laso
Statistical leaders
Points Russia Alexey Shved 21.8
Rebounds United States James Augustine 6.7
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 8.0
Index Rating Slovenia Luka Dončić 21.5
Records
Biggest home winValencia Basket 91–53 Unicaja
(27 October 2017)
Biggest away winAX Milan 62–94 Žalgiris
(9 November 2017)
Highest scoringAX Milan 102–111 Maccabi Tel Aviv
(26 January 2018)
Winning streak7 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak10 games
Valencia Basket
Highest attendance18,243
Panathinaikos 82–89 Real Madrid
(19 April 2018)
Lowest attendance1,920
Anadolu Efes 83–107 Barcelona
(29 March 2018)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.
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The 2018 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] Real Madrid won its record tenth EuroLeague title, after defeating defending champions Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the championship game.

Team allocation

A total of sixteen teams participate.[2] The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.[2][3]

  • LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • EC: EuroCup champion
  • WC: Wild card
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Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Serbian Crvena zvezda mts qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^
    VTB United League (VTB): Russian Khimki qualified through the VTB United League.

Teams

A total of 16 teams from 9 countries took part in the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2016–17 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and Spain's ACB.

Brose Bamberg and Crvena zvezda qualified, after winning the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Galatasaray Odeabank and Darüşşafaka did not appear this season, as Galatasaray did not have any opportunity in the previous season to qualify and Darüşşafaka finished their two-year wild card. UNICS lost its place in the EuroLeague, as Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Unicaja qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Valencia Basket in the Finals. However, Valencia also qualified as the Spanish champions.

Venues and locations

Notes
  1. The Aleksandar Nikolić was being used as back-up arena by Crvena zvezda, in case the Štark Arena was not available.

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Turkey Anadolu EfesTurkey Ergin AtamanTurkey Doğuş BalbayAdidasAnadolu Efes
Italy AX Armani Exchange OlimpiaItaly Simone PianigianiItaly Andrea CinciariniArmaniArmani Exchange
Germany Brose BambergItaly Luca BanchiGermany Elias HarrisMacronBrose
Serbia Crvena zvezda mtsSerbia Dušan AlimpijevićSerbia Branko LazićNikeMobile Telephony of Serbia
Russia CSKA MoscowGreece Dimitrios ItoudisRussia Victor KhryapaNikeRostelecom
Spain FC Barcelona LassaSerbia Svetislav PešićSpain Juan Carlos NavarroNikeLassa Tyres
Turkey Fenerbahçe DoğuşSerbia Željko ObradovićTurkey Melih MahmutoğluNikeDoğuş Group
Russia KhimkiGreece Georgios BartzokasRussia Sergei MoniaAdidasKhimki Group
Spain Kirolbet BaskoniaSpain Pedro MartínezGeorgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaKelmeKirolbet
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel AvivCroatia Neven SpahijaIsrael John DiBartolomeoNikeFOX
Greece OlympiacosGreece Ioannis SfairopoulosGreece Vassilis SpanoulisNikeSkrats
Greece Panathinaikos SuperfoodsSpain Xavi PascualGreece Ian VougioukasAdidasPame Stoixima
Spain Real MadridSpain Pablo LasoSpain Felipe ReyesAdidasEuropean University
Spain UnicajaSpain Joan PlazaSpain Carlos SuárezSpaldingUnicaja, Andalusia
Spain Valencia BasketSpain Txus VidorretaSpain Rafa MartínezLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo1
Lithuania ŽalgirisLithuania Šarūnas JasikevičiusLithuania Paulius JankūnasAdidasSkycop
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1. ^Cultura del Esfuerzo (English: "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Spain FC Barcelona LassaGreece Georgios BartzokasSacked7 June 2017[19]Pre-seasonSpain Sito Alonso16 June 2017[20]
Spain Kirolbet BaskoniaSpain Sito AlonsoMutual consent16 June 2017[21]Argentina Pablo Prigioni16 June 2017[22]
Spain Valencia BasketSpain Pedro MartínezEnd of contract20 June 2017[23]Spain Txus Vidorreta20 June 2017[24]
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel AvivLatvia Ainars BagatskisSacked16 May 2017[25]Croatia Neven Spahija26 June 2017[26]
Italy AX Armani Exchange OlimpiaCroatia Jasmin RepešaMutual consent3 June 2017[27]Italy Simone Pianigiani26 June 2017[28]
Russia KhimkiMontenegro Duško IvanovićSacked29 June 2017[29]Greece Georgios Bartzokas30 June 2017[30]
Serbia Crvena zvezda mtsMontenegro Dejan RadonjićEnd of contract15 July 2017[31]Serbia Dušan Alimpijević21 July 2017[32]
Spain BaskoniaArgentina Pablo PrigioniResigned25 October 2017[33]16th (0–3)Spain Pedro Martínez27 October 2017[34]
Turkey Anadolu EfesCroatia Velimir PerasovićSacked16 December 2017[35]15th (3–9)Turkey Ergin Ataman18 December 2017[36]
Spain FC Barcelona LassaSpain Sito AlonsoSacked4 February 2018[37]13th (7–14)Serbia Svetislav Pešić9 February 2018[38]
Germany Brose BambergItaly Andrea TrinchieriSacked19 February 2018[39]13th (8–14)Italy Luca Banchi4 March 2018[40]
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Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams are eliminated. The regular season runs from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018.

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Russia CSKA Moscow 30 24 6 2675 2377 +298 Advance to Playoffs
2 Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 30 21 9 2381 2208 +173
3 Greece Olympiacos 30 19 11 2268 2250 +18
4 Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 30 19 11 2334 2291 +43
5 Spain Real Madrid 30 19 11 2576 2375 +201
6 Lithuania Žalgiris 30 18 12 2417 2389 +28
7 Spain Kirolbet Baskonia 30 16 14 2487 2373 +114
8 Russia Khimki 30 16 14 2338 2352 14
9 Spain Unicaja 30 13 17 2347 2435 88
10 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 13 17 2440 2530 90
11 Spain Valencia Basket 30 12 18 2336 2420 84
12 Germany Brose Bamberg 30 11 19 2309 2446 137
13 Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 30 11 19 2456 2404 +52
14 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 30 11 19 2333 2515 182
15 Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 30 10 20 2407 2530 123
16 Turkey Anadolu Efes 30 7 23 2321 2530 209
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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

More information Home \ Away, EFS ...
Home \ Away EFS AXM BRO CZV CSK FCB FBD KHI BKN MTA OLY PAO RMB UNI VBC ZAL
Anadolu Efes 73–68 69–58 104–95 80–98 83–107 84–89 73–85 81–82 81–94 58–61 81–82 74–88 74–79 82–66 70–86
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 77–64 71–62 88–91 81–107 78–74 86–92 71–77 92–85 102–111 85–86 95–96 77–88 101–87 89–93 62–94
Brose Bamberg 88–79 78–83 86–62 76–92 84–81 57–80 70–74 78–72 71–88 67–65 95–74 66–81 93–88 83–82 93–86
Crvena zvezda mts 100–81 100–89 69–75 59–85 90–82 63–80 70–79 81–85 87–84 89–78 63–69 79–82 80–76 106–90 77–65
CSKA Moscow 110–79 93–84 81–72 92–81 92–78 93–95 79–68 93–86 101–86 89–81 81–63 93–87 101–76 94–67 94–91
FC Barcelona Lassa 85–89 81–83 81–66 88–54 85–72 68–83 86–82 73–86 89–67 73–51 98–71 74–101 83–90 89–71 75–81
Fenerbahçe Doğuş 81–70 89–70 77–69 82–56 79–81 86–82 71–67 79–74 87–73 83–90 67–62 77–79 91–99 79–66 89–90
Khimki 86–68 77–86 82–73 85–78 73–90 65–79 64–73 91–90 69–77 82–54 78–61 78–95 68–66 75–70 85–77
Kirolbet Baskonia 79–81 82–83 103–79 103–84 81–90 85–82 69–83 87–77 83–72 86–54 85–84 105–75 88–82 63–80 84–64
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 72–92 79–68 90–88 89–75 73–93 94–82 82–73 91–94 74–68 68–69 75–76 90–83 78–89 94–91 81–74
Olympiacos 89–82 87–80 87–79 85–59 88–86 63–90 95–70 92–75 75–64 94–64 62–70 92–83 80–75 80–70 85–86
Panathinaikos Superfoods 90–79 80–72 93–83 91–71 70–75 84–75 70–68 93–65 80–76 89–76 85–87 82–80 82–71 75–56 94–93
Real Madrid 87–68 100–90 106–86 83–87 82–69 87–75 83–86 80–86 75–73 93–81 79–80 92–75 89–57 91–72 88–81
Unicaja 81–68 74–71 76–80 79–65 80–89 95–91 68–67 93–84 83–85 83–69 87–85 79–90 80–75 83–85 83–85
Valencia Basket 78–71 98–103 86–70 82–86 103–99 81–76 67–80 85–83 71–81 87–84 64–72 67–63 96–88 91–53 63–71
Žalgiris 91–83 77–65 88–84 78–76 85–73 90–74 78–85 74–84 77–97 99–84 74–68 80–74 66–87 79–77 86–82
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Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.

Series

Final Four

The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia in May 2018.

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
18 May
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 83
 
20 May
 
Spain Real Madrid 92
 
Spain Real Madrid 85
 
18 May
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 80
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 76
 
 
Lithuania Žalgiris 67
 
Third place game
 
 
20 May
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 77
 
 
Lithuania Žalgiris 79

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low AverageChange
2018 Final Four games 63,714 16,967 14,548 15,929 +7.5%
1 Žalgiris 230,518 15,525 10,195 13,560 +17.8%
2 Panathinaikos Superfoods 221,085 18,243 7,812 13,005 +13.0%
3 Fenerbahçe Doğuş 196,620 12,987 9,812 11,566 +3.1%
4 Baskonia 192,959 14,923 9,196 11,351 −2.4%
5 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 160,968 11,060 9,388 10,731 −1.4%
6 Real Madrid 170,516 12,557 8,067 10,030 −2.7%
7 Olympiacos 151,516 11,690 4,621 8,913 −4.8%2
8 CSKA Moscow 139,579 12,322 4,490 8,211 −1.0%3
9 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 112,084 10,250 5,528 7,472 −21.2%5
10 Unicaja 109,080 10,292 5,751 7,272 +12.7%1
11 Valencia Basket 101,298 7,375 5,736 6,753 +15.6%1
12 Crvena zvezda mts 94,151 13,467 4,472 6,277 −36.1%
13 Brose Bamberg 92,817 8,000 5,396 6,188 −3.5%4
14 Khimki 102,367 7,028 5,113 6,022 +205.8%1
15 FC Barcelona Lassa 85,185 6,829 4,002 5,679 +15.2%
16 Anadolu Efes 58,495 6,788 1,920 3,900 −26.7%
League total 2,282,897 18,243 1,920 8,780 +3.6%
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Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2016–17 season average applied to EuroCup games.
2: Olympiacos played one match at Heraklion Arena, in Heraklion, instead of their regular arena.
3: CSKA Moscow played three matches at Universal Sports Hall CSKA, instead of Megasport Arena.
4: Brose Bamberg played one match at Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, instead of Brose Arena.
5: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia played one match at PalaBancoDesio, instead of Mediolanum Forum.

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

Sources:[43][44]

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

Magic Moment

MVP of the Round

Regular season
Playoffs
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MVP of the Month

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Month Week Player Team Ref.
2017
October1–4Slovenia Luka DončićSpain Real Madrid[84]
November5–10Greece Nick CalathesGreece Panathinaikos Superfoods[85]
December10–15Lithuania Paulius JankūnasLithuania Žalgiris[86]
2018
January16–20France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow[87]
February21–23Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki[88]
March24–29Georgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaSpain Kirolbet Baskonia[89]
April30–PO4United States Brandon DaviesLithuania Žalgiris[90]
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Individual statistics

Rating

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Slovenia Luka DončićSpain Real Madrid3371121.55
2.Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki3469320.38
3.France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow3260618.94
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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki3474021.76
2.France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow3253316.66
3.Slovenia Luka DončićSpain Real Madrid3352916
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Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.United States James AugustineSpain Unicaja291946.69
2.Lithuania Artūras GudaitisItaly AX Armani Exchange Olimpia291836.31
3.Georgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaSpain Kirolbet Baskonia332006.06
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Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Greece Nick CalathesGreece Panathinaikos Superfoods312498.03
2.France Thomas HeurtelSpain FC Barcelona Lassa301936.43
3.Canada Kevin PangosLithuania Žalgiris362125.89
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Other statistics

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Category Player Team Games Average
Steals Greece Nick CalathesGreece Panathinaikos Superfoods
31
1.74
Blocks Armenia Bryant DunstonTurkey Anadolu Efes
30
1.73
Turnovers Greece Vassilis SpanoulisGreece Olympiacos
24
3.46
Fouls drawn Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki
34
6.03
Minutes Russia Alexey ShvedRussia Khimki
34
32:12
2P% Jordan Ahmet DüverioğluTurkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş
27
70.9%
3P% Germany Johannes VoigtmannSpain Kirolbet Baskonia
34
57.7%
FT% Australia Brock MotumTurkey Anadolu Efes
29
96.7%
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