2017–18 Greek Basket League

The 2017–18 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7th, 2017, and ended on June 17th, 2018.

Greek Basket League
Season2017–18
Teams14
Games played182 (regular season)
22 (playoffs)
Dates7 October 2017 – 12 May 2018 (regular season)
16 May 2018 – 17 June 2018 (playoffs)
TVERT
Cosmote Sport
Final positions
ChampionsPanathinaikos Superfoods (36th title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Third placePAOK
Fourth placePromitheas Patras
RelegatedKoroivos
Trikala Aries
Major awards
MVP Nick Calathes

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Apollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016–17 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League.

2017–18 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

Club City Arena Capacity App.
AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[1]
61
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
64
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros Larissa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena 4,000
13
Kolossos Rhodes City Venetoklio Indoor Hall 1,242[2]
12
Koroivos Amaliada Amaliada Indoor Hall 2,000
4
Kymis Kymi Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall 1,620
2
Lavrio Megabolt Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
3
Olympiacos Athens (Piraeus) Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,000[3]
65
Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[1]
68
Panionios Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall 1,832
49
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,500[4]
61
Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,200
2
Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall 1,600
8
Trikala Aries Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall 2,500
5

Personnel and kits

Team Head Coach Team Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK / Dragan Šakota Dušan Šakota Fila OPAP
Aris Panagiotis Giannakis Spyros Mourtos CAP
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros Thanasis Skourtopoulos Ioannis Vavatsikos
Kolossos Aris Lykogiannis Ioannis Georgalis Fila Aegean Airlines
Koroivos Dinos Kalampakos Giannis Sachpatzidis Nickan Loux
Kymis Ioannis Kastritis Sotirios Manolopoulos Erreà Seajets
Lavrio Megabolt Christos Serelis Sakis Giannakopoulos Nickan Naprosyn
Olympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Vassilis Spanoulis Nike OPAP
Panathinaikos Superfoods Xavi Pascual Ian Vougioukas Adidas OPAP
Panionios Vangelis Ziagkos Nikos Michalos Nickan Vikos Cola
PAOK Ilias Papatheodorou Vangelis Margaritis Athlos OPAP
Promitheas Patras Makis Giatras Nikos Gkikas Spalding Loux
Rethymno Cretan Kings Nikos Vetoulas Charis Giannopoulos Nickan OPAP
Trikala Aries Fotis Takianos Diamantis Slaftsakis CAP Olympos

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 26 26 0 2404 1777 +627 52 Advanced to playoffs
2 Olympiacos 26 22 4 2245 1781 +464 48
3 Promitheas Patras 26 17 9 2081 2013 +68 43
4 PAOK 26 17 9 2063 1975 +88 43
5 AEK 26 15 11 2082 2031 +51 41
6 Lavrio Megabolt 26 14 12 2149 2110 +39 40
7 Kymis 26 14 12 2026 2032 6 40
8 Kolossos H Hotels 26 11 15 1934 1977 43 37
9 Aris 26 10 16 1754 1869 115 36
10 Rethymno Cretan Kings 26 10 16 2047 2136 89 36
11 Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 26 8 18 1927 2190 263 34
12 Panionios 26 7 19 1876 2078 202 33
13 Koroivos (R) 26 7 19 1824 2082 258 33 Relegated to Greek A2 League
14 Trikala Aries (R) 26 4 22 1802 2163 361 30
Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away AEK ARIS GSL KOL KOR KYM LAV OLY PAO PAN PAOK PRO RCK TRI
AEK 73–64 106–79 95–79 86–60 82–76 96–86 66–62 74–94 83–73 72–81 75–76 81–74 91–78
Aris 64–62 71–60 72–86 66–68 60–73 80–69 55–80 70–88 60–48 65–66 68–64 70–52 82–63
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 75–86 81–76 79–77 82–78 80–91 80–87 83–95 52–89 98–68 101–89 81–89 70–89 77–70
Kolossos H Hotels 82–78 73–67 94–74 86–71 68–81 71–77 54–72 71–72 70–62 76–79 70–89 64–63 78–60
Koroivos 75–77 71–55 73–55 79–76 59–73 67–91 54–104 49–86 68–67 87–91 78–71 102–97 82–85
Kymis 77–79 94–69 70–71 93–89 62–60 94–81 56–85 73–90 95–83 88–85 68–73 82–76 72–63
Lavrio Megabolt 80–72 70–71 77–55 80–62 80–69 78–65 68–84 57–111 83–73 90–72 101–87 78–77 117–87
Olympiacos 100–86 86–66 100–69 83–72 97–76 93–78 91–62 68–71 87–65 96–77 104–69 90–72 86–51
Panathinaikos Superfoods 115–85 84–63 103–70 87–63 92–57 87–64 120–118 68–61 97–53 89–74 96–64 91–69 87–56
Panionios 71–69 81–87 74–66 70–90 70–59 91–92 72–71 73–79 66–89 67–81 80–87 96–64 82–76
PAOK 86–65 63–57 91–51 70–56 92–63 94–83 92–87 78–71 74–91 92–74 73–79 80–72 58–54
Promitheas Patras 69–66 70–40 91–80 76–80 75–70 93–82 98–87 73–87 91–108 69–58 81–68 94–72 88–71
Rethymno Cretan Kings 90–95 80–73 91–84 89–61 95–90 83–73 73–95 66–86 69–103 90–78 73–79 82–78 103–67
Trikala Aries 71–82 64–83 65–74 59–86 71–59 60–71 91–79 73–98 66–96 76–81 87–78 68–87 76–86
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ESAKE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs.

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1 Panathiniakos Superfoods 2  
8 Kolossos Rodou 0  
  1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 3  
  4 PAOK 0  
4 PAOK 2
  5 AEK 0  
    1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 3
  2 Olympiacos 2
  2 Olympiacos 2  
7 Kymis 0  
  2 Olympiacos 3 Third place series
  3 Promitheas Patras 0  
3 Promitheas Patras 2 3 Promitheas Patras 0
  6 Lavrio Megabolt 0   4 PAOK 3

Quarterfinals

The higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Panathinaikos Superfoods 2–0 Kolossos Rodou 96–65 87–69
PAOK 2–0 AEK 78–74 93–88
Olympiacos 2–0 Kymis 78–75 88–67
Promitheas Patras 2–0 Lavrio Megabolt 75–70 79–77

Semifinals

The higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Panathinaikos Superfoods 3–0 PAOK 92–79 84–67 88–72
Olympiacos 3–0 Promitheas Patras 108–71 89–88 89–56

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Panathinaikos Superfoods 3–2 Olympiacos 65–75 71–66 73–5876–9284–70

3rd Place Final

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Promitheas Patras 0–3 PAOK 79–81 61–100 79–91

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1Panathinaikos 36 34 2 Qualification to the EuroLeague
*Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2Olympiacos 36 29 7
3PAOK 34 22 12 Qualification to the Champions League regular season
*PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation.
4Promitheas Patras 34 19 15
5AEK 28 15 13
6Lavrio 28 14 14 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup qualification round.
7Kymis Seajets 28 14 14
8Kolossos Rodou 28 11 17
9Aris 26 10 16 Qualification to the Champions League qualification round, as wild card.
10Rethymno Cretan Kings 26 10 16
11Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 26 8 18
12Panionios 26 7 19
13Koroivos 26 7 19 Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14Trikala Aries 26 4 22

Clubs in European-wide competitions

Team Competition Result
OlympiacosEuroLeaguePlayoffs
PanathinaikosPlayoffs
AEKFIBA Champions LeagueChampion
ArisRegular season
PAOKRound of 16

See also

References

  1. "Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Olympiacos BC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. "Arena". P.A.O.K. B.C. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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