2017–18 Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League | |
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Season | 2017–18 |
Dates | September 19 – October 2, 2017 (qualifying) October 10, 2017 – May 6, 2018 (competition proper) |
Number of teams | 32 (competition proper) 56 (qualifying) |
← 2016–17 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
- Notes
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 |
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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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dinamo Tbilisi ![]() |
126–158 | ![]() |
60–72 | 66–86 |
Keravnos ![]() |
139–146 | ![]() |
72–83 | 67–63 |
Bosna ![]() |
118–187 | ![]() |
59–85 | 59–102 |
Karpoš Sokoli ![]() |
160–165 | ![]() |
79–87 | 81–78 |
Donar ![]() |
159–138 | ![]() |
75–77 | 84–61 |
Sigal Prishtina ![]() |
124–146 | ![]() |
50–57 | 74–89 |
ece Bulls Kapfenberg ![]() |
134–142 | ![]() |
72–75 | 62–67 |
Luleå ![]() |
153–164 | ![]() |
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Kalev/Cramo ![]() |
142–150 | ![]() |
78–71 | 64–79 |
Divina Seguros Joventut ![]() |
146–150 | ![]() |
75–79 | 71–71 |
Telenet Giants Antwerp ![]() |
156–149 | ![]() |
90–87 | 66–62 |
Avtodor Saratov ![]() |
158–132 | ![]() |
88–70 | 70–62 |
Benfica ![]() |
153–178 | ![]() |
82–91 | 71–87 |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg ![]() |
166–149 | ![]() |
78–72 | 88–77 |
Donar ![]() |
169–163 | ![]() |
78–80 | 91–83 |
Tsmoki-Minsk ![]() |
129–117 | ![]() |
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Tsmoki-Minsk ![]() |
143–148 | ![]() |
68–68 | 75–80 |
Telenet Giants Antwerp ![]() |
145–152 | ![]() |
75–69 | 70–83 |
Avtodor Saratov ![]() |
129–161 | ![]() |
70–69 | 59–92 |
Lukoil Academic ![]() |
160–168 | ![]() |
81–82 | 79–86 |
Kataja ![]() |
151–175 | ![]() |
70–90 | 81–85 |
Donar ![]() |
145–153 | ![]() |
76–76 | 69–77 |
Alba Fehérvár ![]() |
164–171 | ![]() |
92–90 | 72–81 |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg ![]() |
160–109 | ![]() |
85–59 | 75–50 |
Regular season
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 | |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 345 | 245 | +100 | 8 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 89–73 | 90–53 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 365 | 327 | +38 | 7 | — | 96–82 | 86–89 | 100–80 | ||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 358 | 352 | +6 | 7 | — | 90–78 | 98–91 | |||||||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 309 | 324 | −15 | 6 | — | 62–68 | 85–81 | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 304 | 321 | −17 | 6 | Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup | — | 78–83 | 78–76 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 309 | 330 | −21 | 5 | 63–81 | 76–83 | 87–88 | — | ||||||
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 283 | 334 | −51 | 5 | — | 71–69 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 | 292 | 332 | −40 | 4 | 56–85 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LUD | TFE | NEP | VEN | CHA | GAZ | PAOK | ORL | |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 343 | 296 | +47 | 7 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 95–83 | 103–70 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 329 | 266 | +63 | 7 | 82–72 | — | 88–47 | |||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 359 | 321 | +38 | 7 | — | 87–80 | 75–73 | 114–73 | ||||||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 292 | 309 | −17 | 6 | 61–73 | 73–72 | — | 78–77 | ||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 292 | 269 | +23 | 6 | Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup | — | 75–61 | 67–55 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 314 | 360 | −46 | 6 | 74–87 | — | 82–77 | |||||||
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 276 | 321 | −45 | 5 | 82–85 | — | ||||||||
8 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 | 237 | 300 | −63 | 4 | 58–63 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAN | VEN | BAY | EST | SIG | AEK | OLI | RAD | |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 347 | 335 | +12 | 7 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 85–74 | 87–83 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 368 | 342 | +26 | 7 | 108–101 | — | 78–67 | 101–103 | ||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 342 | 321 | +21 | 7 | — | 82–80 | ||||||||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 314 | 305 | +9 | 6 | — | 75–81 | 78–68 | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 307 | 303 | +4 | 6 | Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup | 77–74 | — | 83–69 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 348 | 354 | −6 | 6 | 70–74 | 79–87 | — | 96–92 | ||||||
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 310 | 335 | −25 | 5 | 77–90 | — | ||||||||
8 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 | 310 | 351 | −41 | 4 | 71–81 | 79–96 | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BJK | NAN | ARIS | ZGA | NYM | AVE | BONN | OST | |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 259 | +33 | 7 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 65–60 | 80–86 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 307 | 297 | +10 | 7 | — | 89–81 | 75–74 | |||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 279 | 300 | −21 | 6 | 70–62 | — | 70–64 | 69–75 | ||||||
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 287 | 283 | +4 | 6 | — | 90–79 | 73–69 | |||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 324 | 308 | +16 | 6 | Transfer to FIBA Europe Cup | 64–70 | 72–81 | 99–70 | — | |||||
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 312 | 316 | −4 | 6 | — | 66–57 | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 305 | −8 | 5 | 87–89 | — | 66–74 | |||||||
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 3 | 254 | 284 | −30 | 5 | 49–77 | — |
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
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Basketball Champions League announces next season's competition format, calendar and improved financial benefits". BasketballCL.com. 8 May 2017.
- ^ "Champions line up in battle for European glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017.
- ^ "BCL Competition Regulations 2017-18" (PDF). BasketballCL.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Basketball Champions League draw explained". BasketballCL.com. 4 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed". BasketballCL.com. 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Pinar Karsiyaka's Jarrod Jones claims Gameday 1 MVP honor". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ "Smith claims Gameday 2 MVP accolade". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ "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
- Basketball Champions League (official website)
- FIBA (official website)