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Revision as of 11:24, 2 November 2017

Basketball Champions League
Season2017–18
DatesSeptember 19 – October 2, 2017
(qualifying)
October 10, 2017 – May 6, 2018
(competition proper)
Number of teams32 (competition proper)
56 (qualifying)
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Basketball Champions League will be the second season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition will begin on 19 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and will conclude on 6 May 2018.

Format changes

For the 2017–18 season, the league went back to the initial format of the 2016–17 season, which includes a regular season of four groups of eight teams, followed by a knock-out stage. 24 teams will be qualified directly, while eight teams will come from the three qualifying rounds that will be implemented. In the Round of 16 and quarterfinals, two-legged series will be played, and the season will be capped off with the Final Four.[1]

Eligibility of players

FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got less players.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 56 teams from 32 countries will participate in the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League.[2]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: Basketball Champions League title holders; FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CW: Cup winners
Regular season
France Élan Chalon (1st) Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (1st) Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg (2nd) Israel Hapoel Unet Holon (5th)
France SIG Strasbourg (2nd) Italy Sidigas Avellino (4th) Germany medi bayreuth (5th) Latvia Ventspils (2nd)
Monaco Monaco (5th)[Note FRA] Italy Dinamo Sassari (5th) Spain Iberostar TenerifeTH (5th) Lithuania Neptūnas (4th)
Greece AEK Athens (3rd) Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan (2nd) Spain UCAM Murcia (9th) Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra (1st)
Greece Aris (4th) Turkey Banvit (5th) Belgium Oostende (1st) Russia Enisey (6th)
Greece PAOK (5th) Turkey Gaziantep (7th) Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk (1st) Slovenia Petrol Olimpija (1st)
Third qualifying round
Belgium Basic-Fit Brussels (2nd) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (7th) Lithuania Juventus (5th) Spain Movistar Estudiantes (11th)
France Nanterre 92FEC (CW) Italy SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando (8th) Poland Rosa Radom (6th) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (9th)
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Lukoil Academic (1st) Finland Kataja (1st) Montenegro Mornar (2nd) Russia Nizhny Novgorod (9th)
Denmark Bakken Bears (1st) Hungary Alba Fehérvár (1st) Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st) Ukraine Budivelnyk (1st)
First qualifying round
Austria Kapfenberg Bulls (1st) Cyprus Keravnos (1st) Kosovo Sigal Prishtina (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st)
Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk (1st) Estonia Kalev/Cramo (1st) Lithuania Vytautas (6th) Russia Avtodor Saratov (10th)
Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp (3rd) Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) North Macedonia Karpoš Sokoli (2nd) Spain Divina Seguros Joventut (14th)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna (2nd) Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (8th) Netherlands Donar (1st) Sweden Luleå (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participated in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise):[3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 11 July 2017 19 September 2017 21 September 2017
Second qualifying round 24 September 2017 26 September 2017
Third qualifying round 29 September 2017 2 October 2017
Regular season Matchday 1 10–11 October 2017
Matchday 2 17–18 October 2017
Matchday 3 24–25 October 2017
Matchday 4 31 October–1 November 2017
Matchday 5 7–8 November 2017
Matchday 6 14–15 November 2017
Matchday 7 5–6 December 2017
Matchday 8 12–13 December 2017
Matchday 9 19–20 December 2017
Matchday 10 9–10 January 2018
Matchday 11 16–17 January 2018
Matchday 12 23–24 January 2018
Matchday 13 30–31 January 2018
Matchday 14 6–7 February 2018
Play-offs Round of 16 TBD 6–7 March 2018 13–14 March 2018
Quarter-finals 27–28 March 2018 3–4 April 2018
Final Four Semi-finals TBD 4 May 2018
Final 6 May 2018

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2017, at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4][5]

In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams, based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. However, 19 of 24 losing teams enter the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.

First qualifying round

A total of 16 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 19 September, and the second legs were played on 21 September 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 126–158 Spain Divina Seguros Joventut 60–72 66–86
Keravnos Cyprus 139–146 Russia Avtodor Saratov 72–83 67–63
Bosna Bosnia and Herzegovina 118–187 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 59–85 59–102
Karpoš Sokoli North Macedonia 160–165 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 79–87 81–78
Donar Netherlands 159–138 Lithuania Vytautas 75–77 84–61
Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 124–146 Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk 50–57 74–89
ece Bulls Kapfenberg Austria 134–142 Portugal Benfica 72–75 62–67
Luleå Sweden 153–164 Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 79–81 74–83

Second qualifying round

A total of 16 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: Eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 24 September, and the second legs will be played on 26 September 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kalev/Cramo Estonia 142–150 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 78–71 64–79
Divina Seguros Joventut Spain 146–150 Finland Kataja 75–79 71–71
Telenet Giants Antwerp Belgium 156–149 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 90–87 66–62
Avtodor Saratov Russia 158–132 Montenegro Mornar 88–70 70–62
Benfica Portugal 153–178 Bulgaria Lukoil Academic 82–91 71–87
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 166–149 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 78–72 88–77
Donar Netherlands 169–163 Denmark Bakken Bears 78–80 91–83
Tsmoki-Minsk Belarus 129–117 Ukraine Budivelnyk 69–64 60–53

Third qualifying round

A total of 16 teams are expected to play in the third qualifying round: Eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the second qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 29 September, and the second legs will be played on 2 October 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tsmoki-Minsk Belarus 143–148 France Nanterre 92 68–68 75–80
Telenet Giants Antwerp Belgium 145–152 Poland Rosa Radom 75–69 70–83
Avtodor Saratov Russia 129–161 Italy SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando 70–69 59–92
Lukoil Academic Bulgaria 160–168 Lithuania Juventus 81–82 79–86
Kataja Finland 151–175 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 70–90 81–85
Donar Netherlands 145–153 Spain Movistar Estudiantes 76–76 69–77
Alba Fehérvár Hungary 164–171 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 92–90 72–81
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 160–109 Belgium Basic-Fit Brussels 85–59 75–50

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The draw for the regular season was held on 11 July 2017, at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[4][5]

The 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams, advance to the round of 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams enter the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup round of 16.

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 24 teams which enter in this stage, and the 8 winners of the third qualifying round. The match-days will be on 10–11 October, 17–18 October, 24–25 October, 31 October–1 November, 7–8 November, 14–15 November, 5–6 December, 12–13 December, 19–20 December 2016, 9–10 January, 16–17 January, 23–24 January, 30–31 January and 6–7 February 2017.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MON EWE KSK ENI MUR SAS JUV HAP
1 Monaco Monaco 4 4 0 345 245 +100 8 Advance to round of 16 — 89–73 90–53
2 Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 4 3 1 365 327 +38 7 — 96–82 86–89 100–80
3 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 4 3 1 358 352 +6 7 — 90–78 98–91
4 Russia Enisey 4 2 2 309 324 −15 6 — 62–68 85–81
5 Spain UCAM Murcia 4 2 2 304 321 −17 6 Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup — 78–83 78–76
6 Italy Dinamo Sassari 4 1 3 309 330 −21 5 63–81 76–83 87–88 —
7 Lithuania Juventus 4 1 3 283 334 −51 5 — 71–69
8 Israel Hapoel Unet Holon 4 0 4 292 332 −40 4 56–85 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD TFE NEP VEN CHA GAZ PAOK ORL
1 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 4 3 1 343 296 +47 7 Advance to round of 16 — 95–83 103–70
2 Spain Iberostar Tenerife 4 3 1 329 266 +63 7 82–72 — 88–47
3 Lithuania Neptūnas 4 3 1 359 321 +38 7 — 87–80 75–73 114–73
4 Latvia Ventspils 4 2 2 292 309 −17 6 61–73 73–72 — 78–77
5 France Élan Chalon 4 2 2 292 269 +23 6 Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup — 75–62 67–55
6 Turkey Gaziantep 4 2 2 314 360 −46 6 74–87 — 82–77
7 Greece PAOK 4 1 3 276 321 −45 5 82–85 —
8 Italy SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando 4 0 4 237 300 −63 4 58–63 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAN VEN BAY EST SIG AEK OLI RAD
1 Turkey Banvit 4 3 1 347 335 +12 7 Advance to round of 16 — 85–74 87–83
2 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 4 3 1 368 342 +26 7 108–101 — 78–67 101–103
3 Germany medi bayreuth 4 3 1 342 321 +21 7 — 82–80
4 Spain Movistar Estudiantes 4 2 2 314 305 +9 6 — 75–81 78–68
5 France SIG Strasbourg 4 2 2 307 303 +4 6 Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup 77–74 — 83–69
6 Greece AEK Athens 4 2 2 348 354 −6 6 70–74 79–87 — 96–92
7 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 4 1 3 310 335 −25 5 77–90 —
8 Poland Rosa Radom 4 0 4 310 351 −41 4 71–81 79–96 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BJK NAN ARIS ZGA NYM AVE BONN OST
1 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 4 3 1 292 259 +33 7 Advance to round of 16 — 65–60 80–86
2 France Nanterre 92 4 3 1 307 297 +10 7 — 89–81 75–74
3 Greece Aris 4 2 2 279 300 −21 6 70–62 — 70–64 69–75
4 Poland Stelmet Zielona Góra 4 2 2 287 283 +4 6 — 90–79 73–69
5 Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 4 2 2 324 308 +16 6 Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup 64–70 72–81 99–70 —
6 Italy Sidigas Avellino 4 2 2 312 316 −4 6 — 66–57
7 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 4 1 3 297 305 −8 5 87–89 — 66–74
8 Belgium Oostende 4 1 3 254 284 −30 5 49–77 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2017. Source: Basketball Champions League

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the Final Four. In the playoffs draw, the group winners and the runners-up are seeded, and the third-placed teams and the fourth-placed teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same country cannot be drawn against each other.

Awards

Gameday MVP

Regular season

Round Player Team Efficiency (basketball) Ref.
1
 United States Jarrod Jones Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
33
[6]
2
 United States Adam Smith France Élan Chalon
31
[7]
3
 United States Byron Allen Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg
26
[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Basketball Champions League announces next season's competition format, calendar and improved financial benefits". BasketballCL.com. 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Champions line up in battle for European glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "BCL Competition Regulations 2017-18" (PDF). BasketballCL.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Basketball Champions League draw explained". BasketballCL.com. 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed". BasketballCL.com. 11 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Pinar Karsiyaka's Jarrod Jones claims Gameday 1 MVP honor". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  7. ^ "Smith claims Gameday 2 MVP accolade". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  8. ^ "It's all about the team wins for Gameday 3 MVP Allen of EWE Baskets". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

External links

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