Lega Basket Serie A 2017/18

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Lega Basket Serie A 2017/18
Lega Basket Serie A Logo.jpg
Duration September 30, 2017 - June 15, 2018
Order of execution 17th season
organizer Lega Basket (LBA)
Number of teams 16
Main round
Main round first Umana Reyer Venezia
Main rounds - MVP Jason Rich
Top scorer Jason Rich
Coach of the year Attilio Caja
Play-offs
Italian champion EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
   Runner-up      Dolomiti Energia Trentino
Finals - MVP Andrew Goudelock

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Series A2 2017/18 ↓

The 2017/18 season was the 17th season of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A , the top division in the Italian men's basketball club . It was the 96th championship in Italian men's basketball . The main round started on September 30, 2017 and ended on May 9, 2018 with the 30th and final game day. The play-off final round for the championship lasted until June 15, 2018.

Umana Reyer Venezia started the season as defending champion , while EA7 Emporio Armani Milano competed as cup defender .

Virtus Segafredo Bologna was promoted to the 2017/18 season .

After the main round, Betaland Capo d'Orlando was determined to be relegated to the A2 series .

Olimpia Milano celebrated their 28th Italian championship title after a 4-2 win in the final series against Aquila Trento . Cup winner was Auxilium Torino , which was able to win its first national title.

International competitions

competition Italian participants
EuroLeague 2017/18 AX Armani Olimpia
EuroCup 2017/18 Dolomiti Energia Trentino , Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia , Fiat Torino
Basketball Champions League 2017/18 Sidigas Avellino , Betaland Capo d'Orlando , Banco di Sardegna Sassari , Umana Reyer Venezia
FIBA Europe Cup 2017/18 Sidigas Avellino , Banco di Sardegna Sassari , Umana Reyer Venezia

In the purely Italian final of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup, Umana Reyer Venezia won the first European title against Sidigas Avellino .

Teams

Overview map of the clubs in the 2017/18 season
team city Hall Places
Sidigas Avellino Avellino Palasport Del Mauro 05,100
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna PalaDozza 05,570
Germani Basket Brescia Brescia PalaGeorge 05,000
Happy Casa Brindisi Brindisi PalaPentassuglia 03,534
Red October Cantù Cantù Palasport Pianella 03,910
Betaland Capo d'Orlando Capo d'Orlando PalaFantozzi 03,508
Vanoli Cremona Cremona Palasport PalaRadi 03,519
EA7-Emporio Armani Milano Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,500
VL Pesaro Pesaro Adriatic Arena 10,323
The Flexx Pistoia Pistoia PalaCarrara 03,916
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia PalaBigi 03,500
Banco di Sardegna Sassari Sassari Pala Serradimigni 05,000
Fiat Torino Turin PalaRuffini 04,500
Dolomiti Energia Trentino Trent BLM Group Arena 04,000
Openjobmetis Varese Varese Pala whirlpool 05,300
Umana Reyer Venezia Venice Palasport Taliercio 03,000

table

= Relegation place (place 16)
= Playoff places (places 1 to 8)

in brackets: M = champions of the previous season / P = cup winners of the previous season / A = promoters for this season

# team Games Victories Defeats baskets
1 Umana Reyer Venezia (M) 30th 23 7th 2481: 2364
2 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (P) 30th 22nd 8th 2463: 2244
3 Germani Basket Brescia 30th 20th 10 2397: 2282
4th Sidigas Avellino 30th 20th 10 2492: 2313
5 Dolomiti Energia Trentino 30th 18th 12 2423: 2304
6th Openjobmetis Varese 30th 16 14th 2355: 2271
7th Red October Cantù 30th 16 14th 2619: 2614
8th Vanoli Cremona 30th 15th 15th 2554: 2495
9 Virtus Segafredo Bologna (A) 30th 15th 15th 2353: 2292
10 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 30th 15th 15th 2586: 2488
11 Fiat Torino 30th 13 17th 2432: 2494
12 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 30th 13 17th 2322: 2362
13 The Flexx Pistoia 30th 10 20th 2267: 2449
14th Happy Casa Brindisi 30th 9 21st 2317: 2461
15th VL Pesaro 30th 8th 22nd 2310: 2547
16 Betaland Capo d'Orlando 30th 7th 23 2153: 2544

Playoffs 2017/18

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  1 Reyer Venezia 3        
8th Vanoli Cremona 0  
1 Reyer Venezia 1
  5 Aquila Trento 3  
4th Scandone Avellino 1
5 Aquila Trento 3  
5 Aquila Trento 2
  2 Olimpia Milano 4th
2 Olimpia Milano 3    
7th Pall. Cantù 0  
2 Olimpia Milano 3
  3 Leonessa Brescia 1  
3 Leonessa Brescia 3
  6th Varese 0  


Overview of the individual play-off rounds

Quarter finals

Reyer Venezia (1) - Vanoli Cremona (8) 3: 0 (87:77, 108: 76, 99:72)
Olimpia Milano (2) - Pall. Cantù (7) 3: 0 (105: 73, 87:75, 74:65)
Leonessa Brescia (3) - Varese (6) 3: 0 (68:61, 77:75, 69:64)
Scandone Avellino (4 ) - Aquila Trento (5) 1: 3 (77:79, 80:59, 80:88, 68:84)

Semifinals

Reyer Venezia (1) - Aquila Trento (5) 1: 3 (78:80, 80:77, 63:81, 76:84)
Olimpia Milano (2) - Leonessa Brescia (3) 3: 1 (82:85, 89:68, 80:74, 76:70)

final

Olimpia Milano (2) - Aquila Trento (5) 4: 2 (98:85, 90:80, 65:72, 74:77, 91:90, 96:71)

Honors 2017/18

Award Surname society
MVP main round United StatesUnited States Jason Rich Sidigas Avellino
Best young Italian player (U22) ItalyItaly Diego Flaccadori Dolomiti Energia Trentino
Coach of the year ItalyItaly Attilio Caja Openjobmetis Varese
MVP final round United StatesUnited States Andrew Goudelock EA7-Emporio Armani Milano

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