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Greek Basket League
Season2017–18
Duration7 October 2017 – 12 May 2018 (regular season)
16 May 2018 – 17 June 2018 (playoffs)
Games played182 (regular season)
22 (playoffs)
Teams14
TV partner(s)ERT
Cosmote Sport
Regular season
Season MVPGreece Nick Calathes
RelegatedKoroivos
Trikala Aries
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos Superfoods (36th title)
  Runners-upOlympiacos
Third placePAOK
Fourth placePromitheas Patras
Statistical leaders
Points United States Stefan Moody 391
Rebounds United States Shaquille Goodwin 187
Assists Greece Nick Calathes 182


The 2017–18 Greek Basket League was the 78th season of the Greek Basket League, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Greece. The season started on October 7, 2017, and ended on June 17, 2018.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation

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Apollon Patras, and Doxa Lefkadas were relegated after the 2016–17 Greek Basket League. Panionios and Gymnastikos Larissas Faros were promoted from the 2016–17 Greek A2 Basket League.

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2017–18 Greek Basket League season club locations.

Locations and arenas

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Club City Arena Capacity App.
AEK Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[1]
61
Aris Thessaloniki Alexandrio Melathron 5,138
64
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros Larissa Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena 4,000
13
Kolossos Rhodes City Venetoklio Indoor Hall 1,242[2]
12
Koroivos Amaliada Amaliada Indoor Hall 2,000
4
Kymis Kymi Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall 1,620
2
Lavrio Megabolt Lavrio Lavrio Indoor Hall 1,700
3
Olympiacos Athens (Piraeus) Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,000[3]
65
Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens (Marousi) OAKA Indoor Hall 19,250[1]
68
Panionios Athens (Nea Smyrni) Nea Smyrni Indoor Hall 1,832
49
PAOK Thessaloniki (Pylaia) PAOK Sports Arena 8,500[4]
61
Promitheas Patras Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena 4,200
2
Rethymno Cretan Kings Rethymno Rethymno Indoor Hall 1,600
8
Trikala Aries Trikala Trikala Indoor Hall 2,500
5

Personnel and kits

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Team Head Coach Team Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AEK Serbia/ Greece Dragan Šakota Greece Dušan Šakota Fila OPAP
Aris Greece Panagiotis Giannakis Greece Spyros Mourtos CAP
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros Greece Thanasis Skourtopoulos Greece Ioannis Vavatsikos
Kolossos Greece Aris Lykogiannis Greece Ioannis Georgalis Fila Aegean Airlines
Koroivos Greece Dinos Kalampakos Greece Giannis Sachpatzidis Nickan Loux
Kymis Greece Ioannis Kastritis Greece Sotirios Manolopoulos Erreà Seajets
Lavrio Megabolt Greece Christos Serelis Greece Sakis Giannakopoulos Nickan Naprosyn
Olympiacos Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Nike OPAP
Panathinaikos Superfoods Spain Xavi Pascual Greece Ian Vougioukas Adidas OPAP
Panionios Greece Vangelis Ziagkos Greece Nikos Michalos Nickan Vikos Cola
PAOK Greece Ilias Papatheodorou Greece Vangelis Margaritis Athlos OPAP
Promitheas Patras Greece Makis Giatras Greece Nikos Gkikas Spalding Loux
Rethymno Cretan Kings Greece Nikos Vetoulas Greece Charis Giannopoulos Nickan OPAP
Trikala Aries Greece Fotis Takianos Greece Diamantis Slaftsakis CAP Olympos

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 26 26 0 2404 1777 +627 52 Advanced to playoffs
2 Olympiacos 26 22 4 2245 1781 +464 48
3 Promitheas Patras 26 17 9 2081 2013 +68 43
4 PAOK 26 17 9 2063 1975 +88 43
5 AEK 26 15 11 2082 2031 +51 41
6 Lavrio Megabolt 26 14 12 2149 2110 +39 40
7 Kymis 26 14 12 2026 2032 −6 40
8 Kolossos H Hotels 26 11 15 1934 1977 −43 37
9 Aris 26 10 16 1754 1869 −115 36
10 Rethymno Cretan Kings 26 10 16 2047 2136 −89 36
11 Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 26 8 18 1927 2190 −263 34
12 Panionios 26 7 19 1876 2078 −202 33
13 Koroivos (R) 26 7 19 1824 2082 −258 33 Relegated to Greek A2 League
14 Trikala Aries (R) 26 4 22 1802 2163 −361 30
Source: ESAKE
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AEK ARIS GSL KOL KOR KYM LAV OLY PAO PAN PAOK PRO RCK TRI
AEK — 73–64 106–79 95–79 86–60 82–76 96–86 66–62 74–94 83–73 72–81 75–76 81–74 91–78
Aris 64–62 — 71–60 72–86 66–68 60–73 80–69 55–80 70–88 60–48 65–66 68–64 70–52 82–63
Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 75–86 81–76 — 79–77 82–78 80–91 80–87 83–95 52–89 98–68 101–89 81–89 70–89 77–70
Kolossos H Hotels 82–78 73–67 94–74 — 86–71 68–81 71–77 54–72 71–72 70–62 76–79 70–89 64–63 78–60
Koroivos 75–77 71–55 73–55 79–76 — 59–73 67–91 54–104 49–86 68–67 87–91 78–71 102–97 82–85
Kymis 77–79 94–69 70–71 93–89 62–60 — 94–81 56–85 73–90 95–83 88–85 68–73 82–76 72–63
Lavrio Megabolt 80–72 70–71 77–55 80–62 80–69 78–65 — 68–84 57–111 83–73 90–72 101–87 78–77 117–87
Olympiacos 100–86 86–66 100–69 83–72 97–76 93–78 91–62 — 68–71 87–65 96–77 104–69 90–72 86–51
Panathinaikos Superfoods 115–85 84–63 103–70 87–63 92–57 87–64 120–118 68–61 — 97–53 89–74 96–64 91–69 87–56
Panionios 71–69 81–87 74–66 70–90 70–59 91–92 72–71 73–79 66–89 — 67–81 80–87 96–64 82–76
PAOK 86–65 63–57 91–51 70–56 92–63 94–83 92–87 78–71 74–91 92–74 — 73–79 80–72 58–54
Promitheas Patras 69–66 70–40 91–80 76–80 75–70 93–82 98–87 73–87 91–108 69–58 81–68 — 94–72 88–71
Rethymno Cretan Kings 90–95 80–73 91–84 89–61 95–90 83–73 73–95 66–86 69–103 90–78 73–79 82–78 — 103–67
Trikala Aries 71–82 64–83 65–74 59–86 71–59 60–71 91–79 73–98 66–96 76–81 87–78 68–87 76–86 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ESAKE
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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The eight highest ranked teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs.

Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Panathiniakos Superfoods 2
8 Kolossos Rodou 0
1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 3
4 PAOK 0
4 PAOK 2
5 AEK 0
1 Panathinaikos Superfoods 3
2 Olympiacos 2
2 Olympiacos 2
7 Kymis 0
2 Olympiacos 3 Third place series
3 Promitheas Patras 0
3 Promitheas Patras 2 3 Promitheas Patras 0
6 Lavrio Megabolt 0 4 PAOK 3

Quarterfinals

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The higher-seeded team played the first and third leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 16 May, while the second legs were played on 19 May 2018.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Panathinaikos Superfoods 2–0 Kolossos Rodou 96–65 87–69
PAOK 2–0 AEK 78–74 93–88
Olympiacos 2–0 Kymis 78–75 88–67
Promitheas Patras 2–0 Lavrio Megabolt 75–70 79–77

Semifinals

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The higher-seeded team played the first, second and fifth leg (if necessary) at home. The first legs were played on 24 May, while the second legs were played on 26 May 2018.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Panathinaikos Superfoods 3–0 PAOK 92–79 84–67 88–72
Olympiacos 3–0 Promitheas Patras 108–71 89–88 89–56

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Panathinaikos Superfoods 3–2 Olympiacos 65–75 71–66 73–58 76–92 84–70

3rd Place Final

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Promitheas Patras 0–3 PAOK 79–81 61–100 79–91

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or Relegation
1 Panathinaikos 36 34 2 Qualification to the EuroLeague
*Club qualified for EuroLeague by having a contract
2 Olympiacos 36 29 7
3 PAOK 34 22 12 Qualification to the Champions League regular season
*PAOK, Promitheas Patras, and AEK declined EuroCup participation.
4 Promitheas Patras 34 19 15
5 AEK 28 15 13
6 Lavrio 28 14 14 Qualification to the FIBA Europe Cup qualification round.
7 Kymis Seajets 28 14 14
8 Kolossos Rodou 28 11 17
9 Aris 26 10 16 Qualification to the Champions League qualification round, as wild card.
10 Rethymno Cretan Kings 26 10 16
11 Gymnastikos Larissas Faros 26 8 18
12 Panionios 26 7 19
13 Koroivos 26 7 19 Relegation to the Greek A2 League
14 Trikala Aries 26 4 22

Awards

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Season MVP

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Finals MVP

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Top scorer

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Most Improved Player

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Most Spectacular Player

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Defensive Player of the Year

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Best Young Player

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Best Coach

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All-Greek League First Team[5]
Pos. Player Team
PG United States Greece Nick Calathes MVP Panathinaikos
SG United States Georgia (country) Thad McFadden Kymis
SF United States McKenzie Moore Lavrio
PF United States Chris Singleton Panathinaikos
C Serbia Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
All-Greek League Second Team[6]
Pos. Player Team
PG Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos
SG United States Mike James Panathinaikos
SF Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF United States Michale Kyser Kymis
C Greece Georgios Printezis Olympiacos
All-Greek League Defensive Team[7]
Pos. Player Team
PG United States Greece Nick Calathes (Best Defender) Panathinaikos
SG United States McKenzie Moore Lavrio
SF Greece Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos
PF Greece Thanasis Antetokounmpo Panathinaikos
C United States Michale Kyser Kymis

Clubs in European-wide competitions

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Team Competition Result
Olympiacos EuroLeague Playoffs
Panathinaikos Playoffs, Quarterfinals
AEK FIBA Champions League Final-4, 1st place
PAOK Playoffs, Round of 16
Aris Regular season, 8th place

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Indoor Basketball Arena". OAKA Indoor Hall official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ ΒΕΝΕΤΟΚΛΕΙΟ ΚΛΕΙΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ (in Greek). Kolossos Rodou. Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  3. ^ "The Peace and Friendship Stadium". Olympiacos BC. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Arena". P.A.O.K. B.C. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ "Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ^ "Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε." - Ε.Σ.Α.Κ.Ε. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
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