2017–18 Basketligaen

2017–18 Basketligaen
2017–18 Basketligaen
Season	2017–18
Duration	20 September 2017 – 7 May 2018
Teams	8
Regular season
Top seed	Horsens
Season MVP	Kevin Larsen
Finals
Champions	Bakken Bears; 16th title
Runners-up	Horsens IC
Third place	Randers Cimbria
Fourth place	Team FOG Næstved
Finals MVP	Jeffrey Crockett
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Matt Bonds
Rebounds	Durell Vinson
Assists	Ferederik Nielsen
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The 2017–18 Basketligaen was the 43rd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 20 September 2017 and ended on 7 May 2018. Bakken Bears was the defending champion, and won the championship again after beating Horsens IC in the play-off finals.

Competition format

In the regular season, teams played against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight teams advanced to the playoffs.

Teams

Location of teams in 2017–18 Basketligaen

Wolfpack returned to the Basketligan after a two-year absence. They replaced SISU, which was the last qualified in the previous season and therefore relegated.

Team	City	Arena
Bakken Bears	Aarhus	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
Horsens IC	Horsens	Forum Horsens
Hørsholm 79ers	Hørsholm	Fire Arena
Randers Cimbria	Randers	Arena Randers
Stevnsgade SuperMen	Copenhagen	Nørrebrohallen
Svendborg Rabbits	Svendborg	Svendborg Idrætscenter
Team FOG Næstved	Næstved	Næstved Hallen
Wolfpack	Copenhagen

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Horsens	21	19	2	1910	1601	+309	38	Qualification to playoffs
2	Bakken Bears	21	17	4	1985	1709	+276	34
3	Team FOG Næstved	21	13	8	1814	1699	+115	26
4	Hørsholm 79ers	21	12	9	1881	1734	+147	24
5	Randers Cimbria	21	9	12	1924	1843	+81	18
6	Svendborg Rabbits	21	8	13	1723	1839	−116	16
7	Wolfpack	21	4	17	1548	1966	−418	8
8	Stevnsgade SuperMen	21	2	19	1620	2014	−394	4

Source: Basketligaen
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points ratio; 4) Total points ratio.

Playoffs

The playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game.^[1] The playoffs began on 13 March and ended 7 May 2018.^[2]

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals



1 Horsens	3

8 Stevnsgade SuperMen	0
		1 Horsens	3

		5 Randers Cimbria	2
4 Hørsholm 79ers	1

5 Randers Cimbria	3
				1 Horsens	0

				2 Bakken Bears	4
2 Bakken Bears	3

7 Wolfpack	0
		2 Bakken Bears	3

		3 Team FOG Næstved	2	Third place game
3 Team FOG Næstved	3

6 Svendborg Rabbits	0
				3 Team FOG Næstved	99

				5 Randers Cimbria	100

Quarterfinals

The quarter-finals began on 18 March and ended 29 March 2018.^[2]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
Horsens	3–0	Stevnsgade SuperMen	97–69	102–73	123–72
Hørsholm 79ers	1–3	Randers Cimbria	99–86	80–94	90–98	96–105
Bakken Bears	3–0	Wolfpack	103–68	98–77	109–106
Team FOG Næstved	3–0	Svendborg Rabbits	93–78	82–67	96–78

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Horsens	3–2	Randers Cimbria	102–97	81–79	76–93	81–85	77–73
Bakken Bears	3–2	Team FOG Næstved	83–91	74–84	100–84	85–78	74–61

Third place game

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Team FOG Næstved	99–100	Randers Cimbria

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Horsens	0–4	Bakken Bears	57–71	77–100	68–79	76–83

Clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Result	Record	Ref
Bakken Bears	Champions League	Second qualifying round	1–1	^[3]
Bakken Bears	FIBA Europe Cup	Semi-finals	10–8

References

^ Play-off program Archived 2017-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Basketligaen.dk
^ ^a ^b "Schedule" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
^ "Champions line up in battle for European Glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links

Official Basketligaen website

[1] Play-off program Archived 2017-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Basketligaen.dk

[schedule-2] "Schedule" (in Danish). Basketligaen.dk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

[3] "Champions line up in battle for European Glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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