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 Baskonia Anadolu Efes Unicaja Brose Bamberg FC Barcelona Lassa Fenerbahçe DoğuşTH Valencia Basket Crvena zvezda mts Real Madrid AX Armani Exchange Milan Khimki Olympiacos Žalgiris Panathinaikos Superfoods CSKA Moscow Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Notes
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 Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Mediolanum Forum Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose ArenaAttendance: 6150. 6150. Crvena zvezda mtsBelgrade Štark Arena Aleksandar Nikolić CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena|access-date=2020-06-01 |archive-url= |archive-date=2019-05-30 |url-status=dead FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Fenerbahçe Doğuş Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim ArenaAttendance: 10,383. Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium Panathinaikos Superfoods Marousi, Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena Notes
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş Balbay Adidas Anadolu Efes AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Simone Pianigiani Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange Brose Bamberg Luca Banchi Elias Harris Macron Brose Crvena zvezda mts Dušan Alimpijević Branko Lazić Nike Mobile Telephony of Serbia CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Victor Khryapa Nike Rostelecom FC Barcelona Lassa Svetislav Pešić Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres Fenerbahçe Doğuş Željko Obradović Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Doğuş Group Khimki Georgios Bartzokas Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group Kirolbet Baskonia Pedro Martínez Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Neven Spahija John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX Olympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis Spanoulis Nike Skrats Panathinaikos Superfoods Xavi Pascual Ian Vougioukas Adidas Pame Stoixima Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas European University Unicaja Joan Plaza Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, Andalusia Valencia Basket Txus Vidorreta Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas Adidas Skycop
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo () 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 FC Barcelona Lassa Georgios Bartzokas Sacked 7 June 2017 Pre-season Sito Alonso 16 June 2017 Kirolbet Baskonia Sito Alonso Mutual consent 16 June 2017 Pablo Prigioni 16 June 2017 Valencia Basket Pedro Martínez End of contract 20 June 2017 Txus Vidorreta 20 June 2017 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ainars Bagatskis Sacked 16 May 2017 Neven Spahija 26 June 2017 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Jasmin Repeša Mutual consent 3 June 2017 Simone Pianigiani 26 June 2017 Khimki Duško Ivanović Sacked 29 June 2017 Georgios Bartzokas 30 June 2017 Crvena zvezda mts Dejan Radonjić End of contract 15 July 2017 Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017 Baskonia Pablo Prigioni Resigned 25 October 2017 16th (0–3) Pedro Martínez 27 October 2017 Anadolu Efes Velimir Perasović Sacked 16 December 2017 15th (3–9) Ergin Ataman 18 December 2017 FC Barcelona Lassa Sito Alonso Sacked 4 February 2018 13th (7–14) Svetislav Pešić 9 February 2018 Brose Bamberg Andrea Trinchieri Sacked 19 February 2018 13th (8–14) 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
Results
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.
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Awards EuroLeague MVP Luka Dončić ( Real Madrid)
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Luka Dončić ( Real Madrid)
All-EuroLeague Teams Pos.First TeamSecond TeamG Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Vassilis Spanoulis OlympiacosG Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow Kevin Pangos ŽalgirisF Luka Dončić Real Madrid Sergio Rodríguez CSKA MoscowF Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia Alexey Shved KhimkiC Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris Sources:2017-18 All-EuroLeague First Team presented by 7DAYS2017-18 All-EuroLeague Second Team presented by 7DAYS
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Alexey Shved ( Khimki)EuroLeague Alphonso Ford Top Scorer: Alexey Shved, Khimki.
Best Defender Kyle Hines ( CSKA Moscow)
Rising Star Luka Dončić ( Real Madrid) Coach of the Year Pablo Laso ( Real Madrid)Laso named Gomelskiy EuroLeague Coach of the Year for second time
Magic Moment Jan Veselý ( Fenerbahçe)Jan Vesely wins 7DAYS Magic Moment of the season!
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam 1 Pierre Jackson Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 41 2 Erick Green Valencia Basket 33 3 Luka Dončić Real Madrid 41 4 Luka Dončić (2) Real Madrid 35 5 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 37 6 Vladimir Štimac Anadolu Efes 29 7 Errick McCollum Anadolu Efes 33 8 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Superfoods 42 9 Edgaras Ulanovas Žalgiris 32 10 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow 30 James Gist Panathinaikos Superfoods 11 Alexey Shved Khimki 35 12 Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia 35 13 Jamel McLean Olympiacos 30 Alexey Shved (2) Khimki 14 Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow 31 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 15 Luka Dončić (3) Real Madrid 37 16 Malcolm Thomas Khimki 28 17 Zoran Dragić Anadolu Efes 34 18 Alexey Shved (3) Khimki 33 19 Brad Wanamaker Fenerbahçe Doğuş 31 20 Brad Wanamaker (2) Fenerbahçe Doğuş 33 21 Augustine Rubit Brose Bamberg 34 22 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Doğuş 36 23 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 29 Dorell Wright Brose Bamberg 24 Tornike Shengelia (2) Kirolbet Baskonia 28 25 Fabien Causeur Real Madrid 29 26 James Feldeine Crvena zvezda mts 32 27 Nick Calathes (2) Panathinaikos Superfoods 34 28 Ricky Hickman Brose Bamberg 29 Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 29 Luka Dončić (4) Real Madrid 35 30 Anthony Randolph Real Madrid 38
Playoffs GamePlayerTeam 1 Nick Calathes (3) Panathinaikos Superfoods 29 2 Sergio Rodríguez CSKA Moscow 36 3 Anthony Gill Khimki 29 Alexey Shved (4) 4 Edgaras Ulanovas (2) Žalgiris 27
MVP of the Month
MonthWeekPlayerTeam 2017October 1–4 Luka Dončić Real Madrid November 5–10 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Superfoods December 10–15 Paulius Jankūnas Žalgiris 2018January 16–20 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow February 21–23 Alexey Shved Khimki March 24–29 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia April 30–PO4 Brandon Davies Žalgiris
Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Luka Dončić Real Madrid3371121.552. Alexey Shved Khimki 3469320.383. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow3260618.94
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Alexey Shved Khimki 3474021.762. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow3253316.663. Luka Dončić Real Madrid3352916
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. James Augustine Unicaja291946.692. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia291836.313. Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia332006.06
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Superfoods312498.032. Thomas Heurtel FC Barcelona Lassa301936.433. Kevin Pangos Žalgiris362125.89
Other statistics CategoryPlayer Team Games Average Steals Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Superfoods Blocks Bryant Dunston Turnovers Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos Fouls drawn Alexey Shved Khimki Minutes Alexey Shved Khimki 2P% Ahmet Düverioğlu Fenerbahçe Doğuş 3P% Johannes Voigtmann Kirolbet Baskonia FT% Brock Motum Anadolu Efes
See also 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball 2017–18 Basketball Champions League 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links
Official website