The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.

Teams

Five teams from the 2016–2017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the

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, disbanded prior to the season. One team,

Mono Vampire The Mono Vampire Basketball Club () is a Thai basketball team that previously played in the ASEAN Basketball League. They have also participated at the Thailand Basketball League. It is owned by Mono Group, a Thai media and technology conglome ...

, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to concurrently play in the ABL and in the

Thailand Basketball League The Thailand Basketball League (TBL) () is a men's professional basketball league in Thailand. The league is composed 11 teams on the Men's division while the Women's division consists of six teams. The league also consists of 3 divisions: Divis ...

for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members:

Nanhai Long-Lions The Macau Black Bears () are a Macanese professional basketball team competing in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). History Chong Son Kung Fu was a Chinese basketball team playing in the ASEAN Basketball League. Based in Nanhai District, F ...

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and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the

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, the Dreamers are an

expansion team An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also ...

from Taiwan, and the Knights left the

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to play in the ABL. Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started. Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with

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, prior the season started. CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "

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" prior the season started. Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as "

San Miguel Alab Pilipinas San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (under the corporate name Pilipinas Basketball Club, Inc. or PBCI) is a Filipino professional basketball team which played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) under the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation. The team ...

" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from

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Pale Pilsen.

Venues and locations

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Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, an ...

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, 25,000 , - ,

Filoil Flying V Centre The Filoil EcoOil Centre, formerly Filoil Flying V Centre, Filoil Flying V Arena and The Arena in San Juan, also known as the Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People (initials taken after former mayor and president Joseph Estrada's nic ...

, San Juan , 5,500 , - , Caloocan Sports Complex,

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, 3,000 , - ,

Baliuag, Bulacan Baliwag or Baliuag, officially the City of Baliwag ( fil, Lungsod ng Baliwag), is a component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 168,470 people. Baliuag was founded in 1732 by Augu ...

, Baliwag Star Arena , , - ,

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, City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex , 5,700 , - ,

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, 7,400 , - ,

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Gymnasium , 7,000 , - ,

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, 3,000 , - ,

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, MABA Stadium , 2,500 , -

Personnel

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds. Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.

Regular season

Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times: * Chong Son, Eastern, Formosa * CLS, Alab, Singapore * Malaysia, Mono, Saigon

Standings

Results

First and second rounds

Third and fourth rounds

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Semi-finals

The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.

Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.

Awards

Finals awards

End-of-season awards

The winners were announced before Game 2 of the 2018 ABL Finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in

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. *Most Valuable Players: **Local:

Bobby Ray Parks Jr. Bobby Ray Barbosa Parks Jr. (born February 19, 1993) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the Japanese B.League. A 6'4" Guard (basketball), guard, he played college basketball for the NU Bulldogs f ...

(

) **Heritage Import:

Mikh McKinney Mikhael Alexander Mercado McKinney (born January 26, 1992) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player who last played for Zamalek of the Egyptian Basketball Super League. He played college basketball for Sacramento State and was the f ...

( Chong Son Kung Fu) **World Import: Anthony Tucker ( Chong Son Kung Fu) *Defensive Player of the Year:

Renaldo Balkman Renaldo Miguel Balkman (born July 14, 1984) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who most recently played for the Mets de Guaynabo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He also represents the Puerto Rican national team. He p ...

(

) and Chris Charles (

) *Coach of the Year: Charles Dube-Brais ( Chong Son Kung Fu)

Players of the Week

Local players

Heritage imports

World imports

Statistical leaders

Individual season leaders

References

External links

Official website
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