Basketball Bundesliga 2017/18

Basketball Bundesliga 2017/18
Duration		September 29, 2017 - June 16, 2018
Order of execution		52nd season
organizer		BBL GmbH
Number of teams		18th
Main round
Main round first		FC Bayern Munich
Main rounds - MVP		Luke Sikma ( Alba Berlin )
Top scorer		Rašid Mahalbašić ( EWE Baskets Oldenburg )
Best defender		Yorman Polas Bartolo ( Telekom Baskets Bonn )
Best young German player		Andreas Obst ( Rockets )
Coach of the season		Aíto García Reneses ( Alba Berlin )
Play-offs
German champions		FC Bayern Munich
Runner-up		Alba Berlin
Finals - MVP		Danilo Barthel ( FC Bayern Munich )
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The 2017/18 Basketball Bundesliga season (officially easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga ) was the 52nd season of the top German division in men's basketball . The regular season started on September 29, 2017 and ended on May 1, 2018 with the 34th and final matchday. The play-off final round of the best eight teams for the German championship, played in the best-of-five mode, lasted until June 16, 2018. After five finals, Bayern Munich became champions .

General

• For the first time, the season took two breaks for national team games, one in November 2017 and one in February 2018.
• Due to the European basketball championship 2017 , as in the previous season, no Champions Cup was played.
• After the relegation of Science City Jena , the rise of Central German BC (immediately after relegation in the 2015/16 season ) and the first-time rise of the Oettinger Rockets , three Central German teams played in the Bundesliga for the first time . At the same time, after Phoenix Hagens was forced to relegate in the preseason for the first time since the Bundesliga was founded, only one club from North Rhine-Westphalia was represented in the league, Telekom Baskets Bonn . The previous year's climber SC Rasta Vechta got down regularly.
• A record number of nine clubs took part in European competitions.
• As in the previous season, all league games were broadcast by Telekom Sport ( live and on-demand ). Sport1 also showed 34 main round games and 14 play-off matches on free TV .

International competitions

competition	German participants
EuroLeague 2017/18	Brose Bamberg
EuroCup 2017/18	ratiopharm Ulm , Bayern Munich , Alba Berlin
Champions League 2017/18	Medi Bayreuth , EWE Baskets Oldenburg , MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg , Telekom Baskets Bonn
FIBA Europe Cup 2017/18	S.Oliver Würzburg (Qualification)

Teams

Brose Bamberg medi bayreuth Alba Berlin Telekom Baskets Bonn Löwen Braunschweig Polar bears Bremerhaven Fraport Skyliners Casting 46ers BG Göttingen Central German BC Science City Jena MHP giant Ludwigsburg FC Bayern Munich EWE Baskets Oldenburg Walter Tigers Tubingen ratiopharm ulm Oettinger Rockets s.Oliver Würzburg

Teams of the Basketball Bundesliga 2017/18

team	city	Hall	Places
Brose Bamberg	Bamberg	Brose Arena	06,150
Medi Bayreuth	Bayreuth	Upper Franconia Hall	03,300
Alba Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Bonn	Telekom Dome	06,000
Löwen Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Volkswagen hall	03,603
Polar bears Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven City Hall	04,200
Fraport Skyliners	Frankfurt a. M.	Fraport Arena	05,002
Casting 46ers	to water	Gießen-Ost sports hall	03,752
Oettinger Rockets	Gotha	Fair Erfurt	03,533
BG Göttingen	Goettingen	Sparkassen-Arena	03,447
Science City Jena	Jena	Sparkassen-Arena	03,076
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	Ludwigsburg	MHPArena	04,200
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	06,594
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	Oldenburg	EWE Arena	06,000
Walter Tigers Tubingen	Tübingen	Paul Horn Arena	03.132
ratiopharm ulm	Ulm	Ratiopharm Arena	06,200
Central German basketball club	Weissenfels	Weißenfels town hall	03,000
s.Oliver Würzburg	Wurzburg	s.Oliver Arena	03,140

table

	= Play-off places (places 1 to 8)
	= Relegation places (places 17 and 18)

• In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decides
• Final score
• in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season

# team Victories Defeats Points baskets 1 FC Bayern Munich 31 3 62: 6 3011: 2573 2 Alba Berlin 29 5 58:10 3044: 2540 3 MHP giant Ludwigsburg 26th 8th 52:16 2932: 2574 4th Brose Bamberg (M, P) 22nd 12 44:24 2789: 2594 5 Telekom Baskets Bonn 21st 13 42:26 2815: 2667 6th Medi Bayreuth 21st 13 42:26 2849: 2756 7th EWE Baskets Oldenburg 21st 13 42:26 2922: 2822 8th Fraport Skyliners 20th 14th 40:28 2649: 2614 9 s.Oliver Würzburg 19th 15th 38:30 2690: 2578 10 ratiopharm Ulm 16 18th 32:36 2748: 2775 11 Casting 46ers 16 18th 32:36 2949: 3016 12 Löwen Braunschweig 14th 20th 28:40 2527: 2741 13 Science City Jena 14th 20th 28:40 2677: 2790 14th BG Göttingen 10 24 20:48 2684: 2980 15th Central German BC (A) 10 24 20:48 2748: 2957 16 Polar bears Bremerhaven 8th 26th 16:52 2647: 2857 17th Oettinger Rockets (A) 7th 27 14:54 2566: 2914 18th Walter Tigers Tubingen 1 33 2:66 2525: 3024

Play-offs 2017/18

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	FC Bayern Munich	3
	8th	Fraport Skyliners	2
						1	FC Bayern Munich	3
						4th	Brose Bamberg	1
	4th	Brose Bamberg	3
	5	Telekom Baskets Bonn	0
											1	FC Bayern Munich	3
											2	Alba Berlin	2
	2	Alba Berlin	3
	7th	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	2
						2	Alba Berlin	3
						3	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	0
	3	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	3
	6th	medi bayreuth	0

Honors 2017/18

Award	Surname	society
All-Star Game MVP	Peyton Siva	Alba Berlin
Player of the year	Luke Sikma	Alba Berlin
Best offensive player	Philip Scrubb	Fraport Skyliners
Best defender	Yorman Polas Bartolo	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Best young German player (U22)	Andreas Obst	Oettinger Rockets
Coach of the year	Aíto García Reneses	Alba Berlin
Most effective player nationally	Robin Benzing	s.Oliver Würzburg
Most effective player internationally	John Bryant	Casting 46ers
Most Likeable Player	Rickey Paulding	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Finals MVP	Danilo Barthel	FC Bayern Munich

Source:

All-BBL teams

All-BBL First Team :

• G Peyton Siva (Alba Berlin)
• G Thomas Walkup (MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg)
• F Robin Benzing (see Oliver Würzburg)
• F Luke Sikma (Alba Berlin)
• C John Bryant (casting 46ers)

All-BBL Second Team :

• G Josh Mayo (Telekom Baskets Bonn)
• G Philip Scrubb (Fraport Skyliners)
• F Rickey Paulding (EWE Baskets Oldenburg)
• F Danilo Barthel (FC Bayern Munich)
• C Devin Booker (FC Bayern Munich)

Web links

• easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga - Website of the Basketball Bundesliga
• Telekom Sport / Basketball - Homepage of the BBL streaming portal at Telekom Entertain

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} easyCredit - preliminary schedule for 2017/2018. Retrieved September 11, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Sven Fleischmann: Basketball Bundesliga cancels the Champions Cup. In: bblprofis.de. September 12, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017 . 
3. ↑ easyCredit - Nine German clubs in European competitions. Retrieved September 11, 2017 . 
4. ↑ easyCredit - easyCredit BBL on SPORT1. Retrieved September 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Current easycredit-BBL table , on easycredit-bbl.de.
6. ↑ Awards & awards in the history of the Bundesliga. In: easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .