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The 2017–18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 18th season of the modern era of
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and the eighth under the title
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of the
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. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the
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Champions Cup, this was the 61st season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs. The 2018 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the
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, in
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, Serbia.
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won its record tenth EuroLeague title, after defeating defending champions Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the championship game.


Team allocation

A total of sixteen teams participate. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit. *LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence *1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs *EC: EuroCup champion *WC: Wild card ;Notes


Teams

A total of 16 teams from 9 countries took part in the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2016–17 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the
ABA League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedoni ...
, the German Bundesliga, the
VTB United League The VTB United League () is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2009. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it is the first tier of Russian ...
and Spain's ACB.
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and Crvena zvezda qualified, after winning the
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and
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titles respectively. Galatasaray Odeabank and Darüşşafaka did not appear this season, as Galatasaray did not have any opportunity in the previous season to qualify and Darüşşafaka finished their two-year wild card. UNICS lost its place in the EuroLeague, as
Khimki Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...
qualified as runner-up of the
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. Unicaja qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating
Valencia Basket Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...
in the Finals. However, Valencia also qualified as the Spanish champions.


Venues and locations

;Notes


Personnel and sponsorship

;Notes :1. ''Cultura del Esfuerzo'' () is the motto of the club.


Managerial changes


Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams are eliminated. The regular season runs from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018.


League table


Results


Playoffs

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series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the
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.


Series


Final Four

The
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, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the
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in
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, Serbia in May 2018.


Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:


Awards


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* Luka Dončić (
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)


EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* Luka Dončić (
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)


All-EuroLeague Team The All-EuroLeague Team is an EuroLeague awards, award for European professional club basketball system, Europe's premier level league, the EuroLeague, that is given to the league's top ten basketball players for each season, since the 2000–01 s ...
s

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Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

*
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(
Khimki Khimki (, ) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located approximately northwest from central Moscow, and is part of the Moscow metropolitan area. History Origins and formation Khimki was initially a railway station that had existed sin ...
)


Best Defender

* Kyle Hines (
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)


Rising Star

* Luka Dončić (
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)


Coach of the Year

*
Pablo Laso Pablo Laso Biurrun (born 13 October 1967) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for Saski Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was the head coach of Real Madrid for eleven s ...
(
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)


Magic Moment

* Jan Veselý ( Fenerbahçe)Jan Vesely wins 7DAYS Magic Moment of the season!
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MVP of the Round

;Regular season ;Playoffs


MVP of the Month


Individual statistics


Rating


Points


Rebounds


Assists


Other statistics


See also

* 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball * 2017–18 Basketball Champions League * 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup


References


External links


Official website
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