The 2017–18 Basketligan season was the 25th season of the

Basketligan Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...

, the top tier basketball league on

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. The season started on 6 October 2017 and finished in May 2018.

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was the defending champion, but failed to repeat as they lost in the last game of the finals to

Norrköping Dolphins The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league six times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena. History Th ...

, that achieved their fifth title ever.

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Teams

After the end of the 2016–17 season,

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decided to not continue playing at Basketligan.

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Seeded teams played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

Finals

Seeded team played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

Clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official Basketligan website
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