2017–18 EuroCup Basketball

7DAYS EuroCup¹
7DAYS EuroCup1
Season	2017–18
Number of games	184
Number of teams	Darüşşafaka (1st title)
Runners-up	Lokomotiv Kuban
Semifinalists	Bayern Munich; Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Finals MVP	Scottie Wilbekin
Awards
Coach of the Year	Saša Obradović
Rising Star	Džanan Musa
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Scottie Wilbekin
Rebounds	Richard Hendrix
Assists	Chris Kramer
Index Rating	Scottie Wilbekin
Records
Biggest home win	Lokomotiv Kuban
Losing streak	7 games; Partizan NIS; ratiopharm Ulm
Highest attendance	8,878; Alba Berlin 86–68 RETAbet Bilbao Basket; (27 December 2017)
Lowest attendance	377; Galatasaray Odeabank 92–97 Alba Berlin; (6 February 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 13 April 2018. 1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

The 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, season was the 16th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the tenth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

The 2018 EuroCup Finals were played between Darüşşafaka and Lokomotiv Kuban, and won by Darüşşafaka, which was their first EuroCup title. As the winners of the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Darüşşafaka qualified for the European top-tier level 2018–19 EuroLeague season.

Format changes

For the 2017–18 season, the EuroCup went back to the initial format for the 2016–17 season which includes 24 teams playing in four regular season groups, with 16 teams advancing to the Top 16 phase, featuring four groups of four teams each. Eight teams will qualify for best-of-three quarterfinals, which will be followed by best-of-three semifinals and best-of-three finals.^[1]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 12 countries participated in the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.^[1]^[3]

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season (24 teams)	3 highest-placed teams from Adriatic 3 highest-placed teams from Russia 3 highest-placed teams from Spain 2 highest-placed teams from France 2 highest-placed teams from Germany 2 highest-placed teams from Italy 2 highest-placed teams from Turkey 1 highest-placed team from Greece 1 highest-placed team from Israel 1 highest-placed team from Lithuania 1 highest-placed team from Poland 3 wild cards
Top 16 (16 teams)		4 group winners from the regular season 4 group runners-up from the regular season 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs (8 teams)		4 group winners from the Top 16 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:^[1]^[2]

1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
WC: Wild card

Regular season
Cedevita (2nd)^{[Note ABA]}	Herbalife Gran Canaria (7th)	ratiopharm Ulm (3rd)	Darüşşafaka (4th)
Partizan NIS (3rd)^{[Note ABA]}	MoraBanc Andorra (8th)^{[Note ESP]}	Bayern Munich (4th)	Galatasaray Odeabank (6th)
Budućnost VOLI (4th)^{[Note ABA]}	RETAbet Bilbao Basket (10th)	Alba Berlin (WC)	Tofaş (WC)
Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd )	Levallois Metropolitans (3rd )	Dolomiti Energia Trento (2nd)	Lietkabelis (2nd)
Lokomotiv Kuban (4th)	ASVEL (4th)	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia (6th)	Lietuvos rytas (WC)
UNICS (5th)	Limoges CSP (WC)	Fiat Torino (WC)	Hapoel Jerusalem (1st)

Notes

Cedevita, Partizan NIS and Budućnost VOLI qualified through the ABA League
.

^
Spain (ESP): MoraBanc Andorra is a club based in Andorra (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for Spain (any coefficient points they earn count toward Spain).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[4]^[3]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg

Regular season Round 1 6 July 2017 10–11 October 2017

Round 2 17–18 October 2017

Round 3 24–25 October 2017

Round 4 31 October–1 November 2017

Round 5 7–8 November 2017

Round 6 14–15 November 2017

Round 7 5–6 December 2017

Round 8 12–13 December 2017

Round 9 19–20 December 2017

Round 10 26–27 December 2017

Top 16 Round 1 2–3 January 2018

Round 2 9–10 January 2018

Round 3 16–17 January 2018

Round 4 24 January 2018

Round 5 30–31 January 2018

Round 6 6–7 February 2018

Playoffs Quarterfinals 6 March 2018 9 March 2018 14 March 2018

Semifinals 20 March 2018 23 March 2018 28 March 2018

Finals 10 April 2018 13 April 2018 16 April 2018

Draw

The draw was held on 6 July 2017, 13:30
Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[4]

Pot 1
Team Pts

Lokomotiv Kuban 133

Herbalife Gran Canaria 125

Galatasaray Odeabank 120

UNICS 113

Pot 2
Team Pts

Bayern Munich 96

Zenit Saint Petersburg
90

Darüşşafaka 90

Alba Berlin 86

Pot 3
Team Pts

Cedevita
85

Tofaş 80^†

Hapoel Jerusalem 71^†

Lietuvos rytas 65

Pot 4
Team Pts

Dolomiti Energia Trento 63^†

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 63^†

Fiat Torino 63^†

RETAbet Bilbao Basket 60^†

Pot 5
Team Pts

MoraBanc Andorra 60^†

Lietkabelis 54

Limoges CSP 48

ratiopharm Ulm 43^†

Pot 6
Team Pts

Budućnost VOLI 42

Levallois Metropolitans
35

Partizan NIS 35^†

ASVEL 25^†

Notes

^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

Regular season

Darüşşafaka
Galatasaray Odeabank

[cnote_Note_ABA] Cedevita, Partizan NIS and Budućnost VOLI qualified through the ABA League
.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[Note ABA]

[Note ESP]

[4]

†

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	DAC	UNK	CED	TOR	AND	LVM
1	Darüşşafaka	10	8	2	805	716	+89	Advance to Top 16	—	78–69	85–83	75–77	85–77	100–67
2	UNICS	10	7	3	794	760	+34		75–79	—	78–61	101–93	89–80	76–68
3	Cedevita	10	5	5	821	785	+36		89–83	94–74	—	83–86	91–73	94–79
4	Fiat Torino	10	5	5	793	842	−49		60–89	72–79	65–87	—	92–86	92–86
5	MoraBanc Andorra	10	3	7	784	810	−26		68–69	68–76	78–71	83–77	—	79–61
6	Levallois Metropolitans	10	2	8	755	839	−84		64–69	67–77	91–81	73–79	99–92	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	BAY	GSO	REG	BUD	LIE	JER
1	Bayern Munich	10	9	1	881	749	+132	Advance to Top 16	—	86–78	83–58	85–82	93–57	111–85
2	Galatasaray Odeabank	10	5	5	795	770	+25		69–86	—	82–72	82–61	73–78	87–68
3	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	10	5	5	739	747	−8		90–82	74–71	—	77–71	82–85	61–63
4	Budućnost VOLI	10	5	5	776	776	0		60–76	87–78	82–74	—	76–62	92–75
5	Lietkabelis	10	4	6	761	812	−51		87–88	77–84	75–82	86–79	—	86–72
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	10	2	8	767	865	−98		83–91	81–91	66–79	81–86	93–81	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	LOK	LRY	ALB	LIM	RBB	PAR
1	Lokomotiv Kuban	10	10	0	851	710	+141	Advance to Top 16	—	77–68	75–59	81–55	102–86	99–64
2	Lietuvos rytas	10	6	4	855	796	+59		85–93	—	94–73	92–76	83–93	93–75
3	Alba Berlin	10	6	4	847	812	+35		84–89	93–86	—	78–84	86–68	111–85
4	Limoges CSP	10	5	5	787	804	−17		61–63	69–71	65–73	—	86–74	92–83
5	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	10	2	8	821	899	−78		69–91	79–96	86–94	91–98	—	92–96
6	Partizan NIS	10	1	9	811	951	−140		83–93	80–91	80–96	98–101	67–83	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	ASV	TRE	ZEN	HGC	TOF	ULM
1	ASVEL	10	7	3	856	814	+42	Advance to Top 16	—	79–67	88–85	68–84	84–74	108–77
2	Dolomiti Energia Trento	10	6	4	830	797	+33		85–75	—	103–81	79–76	88–91	77–66
3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	10	6	4	862	864	−2		89–92	81–70	—	90–85	84–82	90–78
4	Herbalife Gran Canaria	10	5	5	884	837	+47		128–129	85–76	97–87	—	92–71	97–84
5	Tofaş	10	4	6	826	861	−35		82–81	79–91	76–80	98–94	—	100–84
6	ratiopharm Ulm	10	2	8	830	915	−85		84–94	84–94	93–95	97–87	83–73	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification	DAC	HGC	ALB	GSO
1	Darüşşafaka	6	5	1	480	412	+68	Advance to quarterfinals	—	88–70	82–70	77–63
2	Herbalife Gran Canaria	6	4	2	507	484	+23	Advance to quarterfinals	78–70	—	100–81	76–87
3	Alba Berlin	6	2	4	469	483	−14		66–79	72–75	—	95–62
4	Galatasaray Odeabank	6	1	5	448	525	−77		65–84	86–108	92–97	—

2017–18 EuroCup Basketball

Format changes

Team allocation

Distribution

Teams

Round and draw dates

Draw

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Top 16

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Attendances

Awards

7DAYS EuroCup MVP

7DAYS EuroCup Finals MVP

All–7DAYS EuroCup Teams

Coach of the Year

Rising Star

Regular Season MVP

Top 16 MVP

Quarterfinals MVP

Semifinals MVP

MVP of the Round

See also

References

External links

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Darüşşafaka	2–0	Budućnost VOLI	57–54	78–71	0
Bayern Munich	2–1	UNICS	83–75	73–80	91–81
Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	Herbalife Gran Canaria	79–74	80–58	0
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	2–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	75–61	77–91	105–99

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Darüşşafaka	2–0	Bayern Munich	76–74	87–83	0
Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	82–65	79–69	0

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	38,785	8,403	7,169	7,757	−9.7%^†
2	Alba Berlin	62,050	8,878	6,322	7,756	+14.5%^†
3	Lietuvos rytas	48,529	8,593	4,031	6,066	+13.2%^†
4	Bayern Munich	60,075	6,239	4,327	5,461	+0.5%^†
5	ASVEL	42,711	5,560	4,932	5,339	n/a^†
6	Lokomotiv Kuban	47,298	7,124	2,205	4,300	−2.5%^†
7	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	20,319	4,375	3,711	4,064	−24.9%^†
8	Herbalife Gran Canaria	36,526	5,567	2,725	4,058	+8.6%^†
9	Limoges CSP	32,274	4,574	2,946	4,034	n/a^†
10	Zenit Saint Petersburg	36,243	5,156	2,527	4,027	+39.3%^†
11	Lietkabelis	19,823	4,381	3,515	3,965	+2.6%^†
12	UNICS	33,286	5,644	2,856	3,698	−1.0%¹
13	ratiopharm Ulm	15,947	3,699	2,501	3,189	−22.4%^†
14	Tofaş	15,830	3,457	2,879	3,166	n/a^†
15	Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia	34,726	4,465	2,446	3,157	n/a^†
16	MoraBanc Andorra	15,642	3,479	2,462	3,128	n/a^†
17	Budućnost VOLI	25,794	4,202	2,135	2,866	+28.8%^†
18	Fiat Torino	20,993	3,901	1,850	2,624	n/a^†
19	Darüşşafaka	26,098	4,750	1,258	2,610	−44.2%¹
20	Partizan NIS	9,430	2,784	661	1,886	n/a^†
21	Dolomiti Energia Trento	13,248	1,997	1,335	1,656	n/a^†
22	Levallois Metropolitans	7,893	2,447	1,160	1,579	n/a^†
23	Galatasaray Odeabank	9,863	4,889	377	1,233	−74.3%¹
24	Cedevita	9,362	1,580	895	1,170	+16.3%^†
	League total	682,746	8,878	377	3,731	−13.3%^†

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Michael Eric	Darüşşafaka	30	^[34]
2	Scottie Wilbekin	Darüşşafaka	44	^[35]