2017–18 EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Štark Arena.jpg
The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four
Season2017–18
Number of games260
Number of 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
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Slovenia Luka Dončić 21.5
Points Russia Alexey Shved 21.8
Rebounds United States James Augustine 6.7
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 8.0
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)
Attendance2,282,897 (8,780 per match)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

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.

The 2018 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia. 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. 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.

  • LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • EC: EuroCup champion
  • WC: Wild card
Licensed Clubs Associated Clubs
Spain Baskonia (LC) Turkey Anadolu Efes (LC) Spain Unicaja (EC) Germany Brose Bamberg (1st)
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Turkey Fenerbahçe DoğuşTH (LC) Spain Valencia Basket (1st) Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (1st)[Note ABA]
Spain Real Madrid (LC) Italy AX Armani Exchange Milan (LC) Russia Khimki (2nd)[Note VTB]
Greece Olympiacos (LC) Lithuania Žalgiris (LC)
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods (LC) Russia CSKA Moscow (LC)
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC)
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

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16,000
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700
Germany Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena 6,150
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386
Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878
Russia CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena 13,059
Russia Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena 7,280
Spain Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium 11,640
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Marousi, Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens 18,989
Spain Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000
Spain Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 11,300
Spain Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,552
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

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Turkey Anadolu Efes Turkey Ergin Ataman Turkey Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Italy Simone Pianigiani Italy Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange
Germany Brose Bamberg Italy Luca Banchi 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 Serbia Svetislav Pešić Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş Serbia Željko Obradović Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Doğuş Group
Russia Khimki Greece Georgios Bartzokas Russia Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group
Spain Kirolbet Baskonia Spain Pedro Martínez Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Croatia Neven Spahija Israel John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX
Greece Olympiacos Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats
Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods Spain Xavi Pascual Greece Ian Vougioukas Adidas Pame Stoixima
Spain Real Madrid Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas European University
Spain Unicaja Spain Joan Plaza Spain Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, Andalusia
Spain Valencia Basket Spain Txus Vidorreta Spain Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo1
Lithuania Žalgiris Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Adidas Skycop
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (English: "Culture of 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 Pre-season Spain Sito Alonso 16 June 2017
Spain Kirolbet Baskonia Spain Sito Alonso Mutual consent 16 June 2017 Argentina Pablo Prigioni 16 June 2017
Spain Valencia Basket Spain Pedro Martínez End of contract 20 June 2017 Spain Txus Vidorreta 20 June 2017
Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Latvia Ainars Bagatskis Sacked 16 May 2017 Croatia Neven Spahija 26 June 2017
Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Croatia Jasmin Repeša Mutual consent 3 June 2017 Italy Simone Pianigiani 26 June 2017
Russia Khimki Montenegro Duško Ivanović Sacked 29 June 2017 Greece Georgios Bartzokas 30 June 2017
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Montenegro Dejan Radonjić End of contract 15 July 2017 Serbia Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017
Spain Baskonia Argentina Pablo Prigioni Resigned 25 October 2017 16th (0–3) Spain Pedro Martínez 27 October 2017
Turkey Anadolu Efes Croatia Velimir Perasović Sacked 16 December 2017 15th (3–9) Turkey Ergin Ataman 18 December 2017
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Sito Alonso Sacked 4 February 2018 13th (7–14) Serbia Svetislav Pešić 9 February 2018
Germany Brose Bamberg Italy Andrea Trinchieri Sacked 19 February 2018 13th (8–14) Italy Luca Banchi 4 March 2018

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

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
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 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
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

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
CSKA Moscow Russia 3–1 Russia Khimki 98–95 89–84 73–79 89–88 0
Panathinaikos Superfoods Greece 1–3 Spain Real Madrid 95–67 82–89 74–81 82–89 0
Fenerbahçe Doğuş Turkey 3–1 Spain Kirolbet Baskonia 82–73 95–89 83–88 92–83 0
Olympiacos Greece 1–3 Lithuania Žalgiris 78–87 79–68 60–80 91–101 0

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.

 
Championship 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:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
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%

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

First Team Second Team
Greece Nick Calathes Greece Panathinaikos Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Lithuania Žalgiris
France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow Canada Kevin Pangos Lithuania Žalgiris
Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid Spain Sergio Rodríguez Russia CSKA Moscow
Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Spain Kirolbet Baskonia Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki
Czech Republic Jan Veselý Turkey Fenerbahçe Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos

Sources:

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Magic Moment

MVP of the Round

Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 United States Pierre Jackson Israel Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 41
2 United States Erick Green Spain Valencia Basket 33
3 Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid 41
4 Slovenia Luka Dončić (2) Spain Real Madrid 35
5 France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 37
6 Serbia Vladimir Štimac Turkey Anadolu Efes 29
7 United States Errick McCollum Turkey Anadolu Efes 33
8 Greece Nick Calathes Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 42
9 Lithuania Edgaras Ulanovas Lithuania Žalgiris 32
10 France Nando de Colo (2) Russia CSKA Moscow 30
United States James Gist Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods
11 Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki 35
12 France Vincent Poirier Spain Kirolbet Baskonia 35
13 United States Jamel McLean Greece Olympiacos 30
Russia Alexey Shved (2) Russia Khimki
14 United States Cory Higgins Russia CSKA Moscow 31
Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Spain Kirolbet Baskonia
15 Slovenia Luka Dončić (3) Spain Real Madrid 37
16 United States Malcolm Thomas Russia Khimki 28
17 Slovenia Zoran Dragić Turkey Anadolu Efes 34
18 Russia Alexey Shved (3) Russia Khimki 33
19 United States Brad Wanamaker Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 31
20 United States Brad Wanamaker (2) Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 33
21 United States Augustine Rubit Germany Brose Bamberg 34
22 Czech Republic Jan Veselý Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş 36
23 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos 29
United States Dorell Wright Germany Brose Bamberg
24 Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia (2) Spain Kirolbet Baskonia 28
25 France Fabien Causeur Spain Real Madrid 29
26 Dominican Republic James Feldeine Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 32
27 Greece Nick Calathes (2) Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 34
28 Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman Germany Brose Bamberg 29
Serbia Nikola Milutinov Greece Olympiacos
29 Slovenia Luka Dončić (4) Spain Real Madrid 35
30 Slovenia Anthony Randolph Spain Real Madrid 38
Playoffs
Game Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Greece Nick Calathes (3) Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 29
2 Spain Sergio Rodríguez Russia CSKA Moscow 36
3 United States Anthony Gill Russia Khimki 29
Russia Alexey Shved (4)
4 Lithuania Edgaras Ulanovas (2) Lithuania Žalgiris 27

MVP of the Month

Month Week Player Team Ref.
2017
October 1–4 Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid
November 5–10 Greece Nick Calathes Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods
December 10–15 Lithuania Paulius Jankūnas Lithuania Žalgiris
2018
January 16–20 France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow
February 21–23 Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki
March 24–29 Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Spain Kirolbet Baskonia
April 30–PO4 United States Brandon Davies Lithuania Žalgiris

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Slovenia Luka Dončić Spain Real Madrid 33 711 21.55
2. Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki 34 693 20.38
3. France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 32 606 18.94

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki 34 740 21.76
2. Serbia Nemanja Nedović Spain Unicaja 24 404 16.83
3. France Nando de Colo Russia CSKA Moscow 32 533 16.66

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. United States James Augustine Spain Unicaja 29 194 6.69
2. Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis Italy AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 29 183 6.31
3. Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia Spain Kirolbet Baskonia 33 200 6.06

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Greece Nick Calathes Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods 31 249 8.03
2. France Thomas Heurtel Spain FC Barcelona Lassa 30 193 6.43
3. Canada Kevin Pangos Lithuania Žalgiris 36 212 5.89

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals Greece Nick Calathes Greece Panathinaikos Superfoods
31
1.74
Blocks Armenia Bryant Dunston Turkey Anadolu Efes
30
1.73
Turnovers Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Olympiacos
24
3.46
Fouls drawn Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki
34
6.03
Minutes Russia Alexey Shved Russia Khimki
34
32:12
2P% Jordan Ahmet Düverioğlu Turkey Fenerbahçe Doğuş
27
70.9%
3P% Germany Johannes Voigtmann Spain Kirolbet Baskonia
34
57.7%
FT% Australia Brock Motum Turkey Anadolu Efes
29
96.7%

See also


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