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The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the
Dutch Basketball League The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT Le ...
, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018. Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.


Teams

Den Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of
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three seasons ago. Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.


Arenas and locations


Personnel and sponsorship


Managerial changes


Foreign players

For the 2017–18 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5. Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.


Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.


Standings


Results


First round


Second round


Play-offs

In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.


Bracket


Quarterfinals

The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May. The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.


Semifinals

The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.


Finals

The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.


Final standings

Teams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.


Awards


Statistics


Statistical leaders


In European competitions


Notes


See also

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2017–18 NBB Cup The 2017–18 NBB Cup ( nl, 2017–18 NBB-Beker) was the 50th edition of the Netherlands' national basketball cup tournament. Donar (basketball club), Donar was the defending champion. Donar successfully defended its title, after beating runners-up ...
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2017 Dutch Basketball Supercup The 2017 Dutch Basketball Supercup was the 7th edition of the Dutch Basketball Supercup. The game was played in the MartiniPlaza in Groningen. The game featured Donar, the defending champions of the Dutch Basketball League, and Landstede Basketbal ...


References

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