Basketball Champions League 2017/18

Champions League 2017/18
Duration		September 19, 2017 - May 6, 2018
Order of execution		2nd season
organizer		Champions League including FIBA
Number of teams		32 (24 + 8 of 32 qualifiers)
Regular season / group stage
Main rounds - MVP		Manny Harris (AEK Athens)
Top scorer		DJ Kennedy (Pınar Karşıyaka)
Best Young Player		Arnoldas Kulboka (Betaland Capo d'Orlando)
Best coach		John Patrick (MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg)
Play-offs
Europe champion		AEK Athens
Runner-up		AS Monaco
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FIBA Europe Cup 2017/18 ↓

The Basketball Champions League 2017/18 was the second season of the Basketball Champions League . AEK Athens from Greece won the title .

mode

The number of participants was reduced from 40 to 32 teams. In the first qualifying round, 16 teams took part, which determined eight participants in the second qualifying round in the knockout system in the first and second leg. There they met eight teams that were seeded there. The eight winners of the second qualifying round met again in the third qualifying round against eight intervening teams. The winners of this round qualified for the group stage.

In the main round, eight teams per main round group competed against each other in four groups in a round-robin tournament , in which each team played a return match against every other group participant. The results resulted in a ranking for each group, in which the four best per group qualified for a round of 16 play-offs from the first and second leg. The fifth and sixth in the table were moved to the round of 16 of the FIBA Europe Cup 2017/18 , the last two in each group were eliminated from the European Cup.

From the round of 16, four participants in the final four tournament were determined in the knockout system in the two legs, which was played on the weekend of May 4 to 6, 2018. The losers of one semi-final game determined the third place in the competition in the small final, while the winners of the semi-finals played off the overall winner and title winner in a final game.

Attendees

Including qualifying participants, 21 national champions took part in the Basketball Champions League, which means that 13 national champions took part more than in the two competitive competitions EuroLeague and EuroCup combined. Among the 21 national champions, the champions from France and Italy were also represented by those from quite relevant European leagues, and the runners-up from Germany, France and Turkey also preferred the Champions League. In terms of quality, the Champions League has therefore come closer to the EuroCup.

qualification

The qualification was played back and forth and started with the first leg of the first round on September 19, followed by the second leg two days later on September 21, 2017. In the following week, the first leg of the second round took place on September 24 and the second leg on September 26, 2017. Another week later, the first leg of the third qualifying round took place on September 29 and the qualification was then decided on October 2, 2017 with the second leg of the third round.

19 of the 24 eliminated qualifiers switched to the group stage of the FIBA Europe Cup 2017/18 .

1st qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
BK Dinamo Tbilisi	126: 158	Divina Seguros Joventut	60: 72	66: 86
Keravnos Strovolou	139: 146	Avtodor Saratov	72: 83	67 : 63
KK Bosna	118: 187	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	59: 85	59: 102
KK Karpoš Sokoli	160: 165	BC Kalev	79: 87	81 : 78
Donar Groningen	159 : 138	BC Vytautas	75: 77	84 : 61
Sigal Prishtina	124: 146	Zmoki Minsk	50: 57	74: 89
ece Kapfenberg Bulls	134: 142	Benfica Lisbon	72: 75	62: 67
BC Luleå	153: 164	Telenet Antwerp Giants	79: 81	74: 83

2nd qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
BC Kalev	142: 150	Alba Fehérvár	78 : 71	64: 79
Divina Seguros Joventut	146: 150	Kataja Basket Club	75: 79	71:71
Telenet Antwerp Giants	156 : 149	BK Nizhny Novgorod	90 : 87	66 : 62
Avtodor Saratov	158 : 132	KK Mornar Bar	88 : 70	70 : 62
Benfica Lisbon	153: 178	Lukoil Akademic	82: 91	71: 87
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	166 : 149	CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca	78 : 72	88 : 77
Donar Groningen	169 : 163	Bakken Bears	78: 80	91 : 83
Zmoki Minsk	129 : 117	BK Budiwelnyk Kiev	69 : 64	60 : 53

3rd qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Zmoki Minsk	143: 148	Nanterre 92	68:68	75: 80
Telenet Antwerp Giants	145: 152	Pink radome	75 : 69	70: 83
Avtodor Saratov	129: 161	SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando	70 : 69	59: 92
Lukoil Akademic	160: 168	Juventus Utena	81: 82	79: 86
Kataja Basket Club	151: 175	Telekom Baskets Bonn	70: 90	81: 85
Donar Groningen	145: 153	Movistar Estudiantes	76:76	69: 77
Alba Fehérvár	164: 171	Pınar Karşıyaka	92 : 90	72: 81
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	160 : 109	Basic-Fit Brussels	85 : 59	75 : 50

Group stage

The group stage with the eight teams in four groups each began on October 10, 2017 and ended on February 7, 2018.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points for	Points against	Point difference	Points	qualification		MON	pin code	OLD	MUR	DIN	JUV	HAP	ENI
1	AS Monaco	14th	13	1	1191	952	+239	27	Round of 16 CL		-	79 : 65	88 : 73	83 : 75	87 : 55	90 : 53	94 : 64	89 : 73
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	14th	10	4th	1192	1160	+32	24			84 : 77	-	85: 86	79 : 72	70: 79	90 : 78	98 : 91	97 : 81
3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	14th	9	5	1192	1142	+50	23			78: 84	96 : 82	-	100 : 80	90 : 72	102 : 95	87 : 86	86: 89
4th	UCAM Murcia	14th	7th	7th	1096	1105	−9	21st			63: 68	91: 96 a.d.	85 : 65	-	78: 83	56: 70	78 : 76	82 : 77
5	Dinamo Basket Sassari	14th	7th	7th	1158	1174	−16	21st	Round of 16 FIBA EC		63: 81	87: 88	76: 83	88: 94	-	93 : 78	98 : 84	101 : 94
6th	Juventus Utena	14th	4th	10	1105	1193	−88	18th			85: 92	76: 82	73: 77	83: 93	90 : 85 a.d.	-	71 : 69	81 : 73
7th	Hapoel Unet Holon	14th	3	11	1160	1244	−84	17th			56: 85	93: 95	94 : 90	75: 81	92: 103	106 : 91	-	81 : 75
8th	BK Yenisei Krasnoyarsk	14th	3	11	1064	1188	−124	17th			65: 94	74: 81	53: 79	62: 68	65: 75	85 : 81	98 : 93	-

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points for	Points against	Point difference	Points	qualification		TEN	LUD	PAO	NEP	VEN	CHA	GAZ	ORL
1	Iberostar Tenerife	14th	12	2	1155	921	+234	26th	Round of 16 CL		-	82 : 72	93 : 79	90 : 67	65: 71	82 : 62	72 : 53	88 : 47
2	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	14th	12	2	1139	974	+165	26th			62: 83	-	103 : 70	95 : 83	84 : 68	94 : 74	86 : 74	86 : 59
3	PAOK Thessaloniki	14th	7th	7th	1061	1070	−9	21st			74: 79	63: 83	-	91 : 70	83 : 76	90 : 81	82: 85	79 : 61
4th	Neptūnas Klaipėda	14th	7th	7th	1164	1116	+48	21st			67: 83	71: 87	82 : 69	-	87 : 80	75 : 73	114 : 73	99 : 62
5	BK Ventspils	14th	6th	8th	1034	1085	−51	20th	Round of 16 FIBA EC		73 : 72	61: 73	59: 80	69: 84	-	78 : 77	91: 103	55: 66
6th	Élan Chalon 1	14th	6th	8th	1018	1031	−13	20th			61: 73	56: 70	75 : 61	86 : 81	69: 75	-	85 : 60	67 : 55
7th	Gaziantep Basketbol	14th	4th	10	1033	1192	−159	18th			74: 87	67: 72	65: 77 a.d.	98 : 94 a.d.	74: 99	68: 73	-	82 : 77
8th	Betaland Capo d'Orlando	14th	2	12	887	1102	−215	16			59: 106	61: 72	58: 63	60: 90	68: 79	69: 79	83 : 57	-

¹ Waiver of the right to continue playing in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup.

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points for	Points against	Point difference	Points	qualification		SIG	BAN	AEK	BAY	EST	VEN	OLI	WHEEL
1	Strasbourg IG	14th	9	5	1103	1055	+48	23	Round of 16 CL		-	87 : 72	80 : 78	77: 82	77 : 74	70 : 67	83 : 69	98 : 81
2	Banvit BK	14th	9	5	1080	1039	+41	23			63: 80	-	78 : 71	85 : 74	82 : 80	90 : 62	87 : 83 a.d.	74 : 64
3	AEK Athens	14th	8th	6th	1149	1110	+39	22nd			87: 88	70: 74	-	83 : 81	79: 87	84 : 64	91 : 73	96 : 92 a.d.
4th	medi Bayreuth	14th	8th	6th	1145	1115	+30	22nd			82 : 80 a.d.	76: 88	80 : 73	-	84: 90 a.d.	89 : 81	78: 79	90 : 85
5	Movistar Estudiantes 1	14th	8th	6th	1117	1076	+41	22nd			81 : 65	78 : 73	78: 85	68: 76	-	81 : 80	75: 81	78 : 68
6th	Umana Reyer Venezia	14th	8th	6th	1146	1140	+6	22nd	Round of 16 FIBA EC		78 : 67	108 : 101 a.d.	101: 103 a.d.	70 : 67	92 : 91	-	84 : 67	102 : 93 a.d.
7th	Petrol Olimpija	14th	4th	10	996	1105	−109	18th			78 : 77	57: 65	71: 80	77: 90	57: 72	66: 76	-	80 : 72
8th	Pink radome	14th	2	12	1032	1128	−96	16			63: 74	49 : 48	63: 69	79: 96	77: 84	71: 81	75 : 58	-

¹ Waiver of the right to continue playing in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup.

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	Points for	Points against	Point difference	Points	qualification		BES	NYM	NAN	BRAT	AVE	OOS	Receipt	ARI
1	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	14th	10	4th	1111	1030	+81	24	Round of 16 CL		-	91 : 80	79 : 74	65 : 60	80: 86	87 : 77	95 : 79	83 : 61
2	ČEZ Nymburk	14th	10	4th	1152	1100	+52	24			64: 70	-	72: 81	84 : 70	81 : 77	86 : 72	106 : 98	99 : 70
3	Nanterre 92	14th	9	5	1149	1091	+58	23			73 : 68	84: 90	-	95 : 82	89 : 81	75 : 74	93 : 90	91 : 63
4th	Stelmet Zielona Góra	14th	6th	8th	1075	1087	−12	20th			99 : 96	82: 88	85 : 82	-	90 : 79	98 : 68	73 : 69	72: 80
5	Sidigas Avellino	14th	6th	8th	1049	1028	+21	20th	Round of 16 FIBA EC		90 : 74	80 : 63	102: 106 a.d.	57: 64	-	66 : 57	61: 69	79 : 66
6th	Telenet Ostend	14th	6th	8th	975	1050	−75	20th			49: 77	73: 79	73 : 60	82 : 78	51: 61	-	86 : 84 a.d.	69 : 67
7th	Telekom Baskets Bonn	14th	5	9	1079	1095	−16	19th			73: 74	87: 89 a.d.	62: 84	72 : 58	79 : 74	66: 74	-	76 : 59
8th	Aris Thessaloniki	14th	4th	10	930	1039	−109	18th			65: 72 a.d.	65: 71	70 : 62	70 : 64	59 : 56	66: 70	69: 75	-

Knockout phase

From the second round onwards, the knockout system continued. The knockout phase began on March 6, 2018 and was decided in the two legs up to the quarter-finals. At the end there was a Final Four tournament, on which the title winner of the competition was decided on the weekend of May 4-6, 2018. The draw for the entire knockout phase took place on February 14, 2018.

Note: The first column shows the placement from the group stage, the second column the club, the third column the first leg result, the fourth column the second leg result and the fifth column the cumulative total result.

	Round of 16							Quarter finals
	D3	Nanterre 92	66	64	130
	C2	Banvit BK	74	73	147
								C2	Banvit BK	77	75	152
								A1	AS Monaco	85	74	159
	D4	Stelmet Zielona Góra	82	60	142
	A1	AS Monaco	84	90	174
	B3	PAOK Thessaloniki	74	67	141
	A2	Pınar Karşıyaka	68	79	147
								A2	Pınar Karşıyaka	65	72	137
								A4	UCAM Murcia	79	81	160
	A4	UCAM Murcia	66	83	149
	B1	Iberostar Tenerife	71	72	143
	C3	AEK Athens	88	93	181
	D2	ČEZ Nymburk	98	82	180
								C3	AEK Athens	78	83	161
								C1	Strasbourg IG	69	83	152
	B4	Neptūnas Klaipėda	73	78	151
	C1	Strasbourg IG	68	88	156
	A3	EWE Baskets Oldenburg	63	86	149
	B2	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	88	74	162
								B2	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	81	89	170
								C4	medi Bayreuth	86	77	163
	C4	medi Bayreuth	81	84	165
	D1	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	76	84	160

Round of 16

The first legs of the round of 16 took place on March 6 and 7, the second legs on March 13 and 14, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Nanterre 92	130: 147	Banvit BK	66: 74	64: 73
Stelmet Zielona Góra	142: 174	AS Monaco	82: 84	60: 90
PAOK Thessaloniki	141: 147	Pınar Karşıyaka	74 : 68	67: 79
UCAM Murcia	149 : 143	Iberostar Tenerife	66: 71	83 : 72
AEK Athens	181 : 180	ČEZ Nymburk	88: 98	93 : 82
Neptūnas Klaipėda	151: 156	Strasbourg IG	73 : 68	78: 88 a.d.
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	149: 162	MHP giant Ludwigsburg	63: 88	86 : 74
medi Bayreuth	165 : 160	Beşiktaş Sompo Japan	81 : 76	84:84

Quarter finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals took place on March 27 and 28, the second legs on April 3 and 4, 2018.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Banvit BK	152: 159	AS Monaco	77: 85	75 : 74
Pınar Karşıyaka	137: 160	UCAM Murcia	65: 79	72: 81
AEK Athens	161 : 152	Strasbourg IG	78 : 69	83:83
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	170 : 163	medi Bayreuth	81: 86	89 : 77

Final Four

The Final Four took place from May 4th to 6th, 2018. The draw took place on April 12, 2018. The Final Four was played in the Nikos Galis Arena in Athens , the hall of AEK Athens .

Semifinals

The semi-finals of the Final Four took place on May 4, 2018.

	total
AEK Athens	77 : 75	UCAM Murcia
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	65: 87	AS Monaco

3rd place match

The game for third place in the Final Four took place on May 6, 2018.

	total
MHP giant Ludwigsburg	74: 85	UCAM Murcia

final

The final as part of the Final Four took place on May 6, 2018.

	total
AS Monaco	94: 100	AEK Athens

Title winner

Squad AEK Athens in the 2017/2018 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date! (current season: 2020/2021)
player No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club Guards ( PG , SG ) 0 Kevin Punter 06/25/1993 1.90 m  Pink radome 2 Mike Green 06/23/1985 1.85 m  Pınar Karşıyaka 3 Manny Harris 09/21/1989 1.96 m Anhui Wenyi 4th Vasilios Xanthopoulos 04/29/1984 1.88 m  Aris Thessaloniki 9 Edin Atic 01/19/1997 2.01 m  Trikala BC 12 Giannoulis Larentzakis 09/22/1993 1.96 m  Colossus Rhodes 21st Dimitrios Moraitis 02/03/1999 1.94 m  Panionios Athens Forwards ( SF , PF ) 1 / Delroy James 05/04/1987 2.03 m Best Balıkesir 5 Dušan Šakota 04/22/1986 2.10 m  Pallacanestro Varese 8th Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 02/08/1984 2.05 m  Aris Thessaloniki 16 Ioannis Agravanis 11/13/1998 1.98 m NE Doukas BC 23 Michalis Kamperidis 04/24/1994 2.05 m NG  AGO Rethymnou 27 Nikos Rogkavopoulos 06/27/2001 2.02 m NE Doukas BC 32 Vince Hunter 08/05/1994 2.03 m  Memphis grizzlies Center ( C ) 22nd Dimitrios Mavroeidis 07/04/1985 2.08 m  Kifisia BC 24 Vasileios Kavvadas 12/24/1991 2.06 m  Aris Thessaloniki / Chinemelu Elonu 03/11/1987 2.08 m Capitanes de Arecibo	Trainer Nat. Surname position Dragan Šakota Head coach Alexis Falekas Assistant coach Kostas Mamalis Assistant coach Vangelis Mageiras Assistant coach Nikos Papavasileiou Athletic Coach Georgios Hinas Team manager Legend Abbr. meaning A-Nat National player Team captain NE reported but not deployed NG not registered for the Champions League swell Team homepage League homepage As of May 7, 2018

Awards

Individual awards were determined by a vote called the “Star Lineup”, a third of which consisted of an online vote by fans, a vote by media representatives and a vote by the 32 head coaches of all clubs represented in the group phase.

Most Valuable Player

Manny Harris (AEK Athens)

Best Young Player

Arnoldas Kulboka (Betaland Capo d'Orlando)

Star lineup

Manny Harris (AEK Athens), DJ Kennedy (Pınar Karşıyaka), Ovie Soko (UCAM Murcia), Louis Labeyrie (Strasbourg IG), Elmedin Kikanović (AS Monaco)

Star Lineup Second Best Team

Gabe York (medi Bayreuth), Kendrick Ray (ČEZ Nymburk), Christopher Evans (AS Monaco), Dusan Sakota (AEK Athens), Gašper Vidmar (Banvit BK)

Best coach

John Patrick (MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg)

Further individual awards were given in the categories Best Assist, Best Dunk, Best Block and Highlight of the Season.

Web links

• Basketball Champions League - Homepage of the Basketball Champions League ( English )