The 2017–18 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.
Team allocation A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women.
Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):
Regular season Yakın Doğu ÜniversitesiEC (1st) Dynamo KurskTH (2nd) Castors Braine (1st) Wisła Can-Pack (2nd) Fenerbahçe (2nd) Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd) USK Praha (1st) Perfumerías Avenida (1st) Galatasaray (3rd) ESBVA-LM (1st) Sopron Basket (1st) UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) Tango Bourges Basket (4th) Famila Schio (2nd)Qualifying round Basket Lattes (2nd) KSC Szekszárd (2nd) CCC Polkowice (3rd) Piešťanské Čajky (2nd)
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows:
PhaseRoundDraw dateRound dateQualifying roundFirst leg4 July 201726 September 2017Second leg29 September–3 October 2017Regular seasonMatchday 111 October 2017Matchday 218–19 October 2017Matchday 325 October 2017Matchday 41 November 2017Matchday 522–23 November 2017Matchday 629 November 2017Matchday 76–7 December 2017Matchday 813–14 December 2017Matchday 920 December 2017Matchday 103–4 January 2018Matchday 1110–11 January 2018Matchday 1217 January 2018Matchday 1324–25 January 2018Matchday 1431 January 2018Quarter-finals play-offsFirst leg28 February 2018Second leg7 March 2018Third leg14 March 2018Final FourSemi-finals20 April 2018Final22 April 2018
Draw The draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons. +Seed 1Team UMMC Ekaterinburg Dynamo Kursk+Seed 2Team USK Praha Fenerbahçe+Seed 3Team Nadezhda Orenburg Tango Bourges Basket+Seed 4Team Galatasaray Famila Schio+Seed 5Team ESBVA-LM Perfumerías Avenida+Seed 6Team Wisła Can-Pack Castors Braine+Seed 7Team Sopron Basket Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi+Seed 8Team CCC Polkowice Basket Lattes
Qualifying round
Regular season
Regular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Head-to-head record. Head-to-head point differential. Point differential during the Regular Season. Points scored during the regular season. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.
Group A
Group B
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Third leg
Final four
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
2017–18 EuroLeague Women Champions UMMC EkaterinburgFourth title
Individual statistics Points Rank Name Team Games Points PPG1 Kayla McBride Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi1833618.72 Brittney Griner UMMC Ekaterinburg1830516.93 Amanda Zahui ZVVZ USK Praha1626816.84 Anete Šteinberga Castors Braine1421715.55 Sonja Petrović Dynamo Kursk1726215.4
Rebounds Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG1 Jantel Lavender Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi171478.62 DeWanna Bonner ZVVZ USK Praha131128.63 Sandrine Gruda Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi11928.44 Celeste Trahan-Davis Castors Braine141178.45 Amanda Zahui ZVVZ USK Praha161308.1
Assists Rank Name Team Games Assists APG1 Courtney Vandersloot Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi171539.02 Marta Xargay ZVVZ USK Praha15996.63 Francesca Dotto Famila Schio16845.34 Elīna Babkina CCC Polkowice14705.0 Anna Cruz Dynamo Kursk10505.0
Other statistics Category Name Team Games AverageSteals Olivia Époupa Galatasaray 14 3.0Blocks Brittney Griner UMMC Ekaterinburg 18 2.3Turnovers Marta Xargay ZVVZ USK Praha 15 4.3Fouls committed Élodie Godin Tango Bourges Basket 16 3.7Minutes Marta Xargay ZVVZ USK Praha 15 36:002P% Crystal Langhorne Sopron Basket 14 64.9%3P% Sonja Petrović Dynamo Kursk 17 55.4%FT% Jelena Dubljević Galatasaray 13 97.8%
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