2017–18 PLK season

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Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
Finals MVPPoland Kamil Łączyński
Statistical leaders
Points United States Anthony Beane 22.4
Rebounds United States D.J. Shelton 10.1
Assists United States Aaron Johnson 7.7

The 2017–18 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of the

Anwil Włocławek
won its second ever title in club history.

Teams

Siarka Tarnobrzeg were relegated to the I Liga after finishing in the 15th and 16th place in the 2016–17 PLK season. Legia Warsaw promoted to the PLK 15 years later, after winning the I Liga championship.[1]

On July 28, 2017, the PLK announced it expanded the number of teams to 17 by giving a wild card to GTK Gliwice, the runner-up of the I Liga.[2]


Locations and venues

Toruń
Dąbrowa
Start Lublin
Legia Warsaw
Turów
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Location of teams in 2017–18 Polish Basketball League
Team Location Arena Capacity
Anwil Włocławek
 Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4,200
Asseco Gdynia
 Gdynia
Gdynia Sports Arena
 5,500
AZS Koszalin Koszalin Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa 3,000
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski Hala Sportowa Stal 1,200
Energa Czarni Słupsk Słupsk Hala Gryfia 3,200
GTK Gliwice Gliwice Centrum Sportowo-Kulturalne Łabędź 400
Legia Warsaw Warsaw OSiR Bemowo 1,000[3]
Miasto Szkła Krosno
 Krosno MOSiR Krosno 1,380
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Dąbrowa Górnicza Centrum Hall 2,944
PGE Turów Zgorzelec
 Zgorzelec PGE Turów Arena 3,500
Polpharma Starogard Gdański Starogard Gdański Argo-Kociewie 2,500
Polski Cukier Toruń
 Toruń Arena Toruń 6,248
Rosa Radom Radom ZSE Radom 1,200
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 Zielona Góra CRS Hall 6,080
TBV Start Lublin Lublin Hala Globus 5,000
Trefl Sopot Sopot Ergo Arena 15,000
Wilki Morskie Szczecin Szczecin
Azoty Arena
 7,403

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1
Anwil Włocławek
 32 24 8 2732 2366 +366 .750 Qualification to playoffs
2 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 32 23 9 2586 2350 +236 .719
3
Polski Cukier Toruń
 32 23 9 2730 2427 +303 .719
4
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 32 21 11 2738 2505 +233 .656
5 Rosa Radom 32 20 12 2659 2531 +128 .625
6 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 32 20 12 2642 2477 +165 .625
7 King Szczecin 32 18 14 2656 2583 +73 .563
8
PGE Turów Zgorzelec
 32 18 14 2722 2707 +15 .563
9 TBV Start Lublin 32 17 15 2619 2588 +31 .531
10 Trefl Sopot 32 17 15 2568 2519 +49 .531
11
Asseco Gdynia
 32 17 15 2607 2650 −43 .531
12
Polpharma Starogard Gdański
 32 15 17 2525 2575 −50 .469
13 AZS Koszalin 32 11 21 2506 2756 −250 .344
14 GTK Gliwice 32 10 22 2548 2756 −208 .313
15
Miasto Szkła Krosno
 32 8 24 2481 2711 −230 .250
16 Legia Warsaw 32 5 27 2449 2823 −374 .156
17 Czarni Słupsk[a] (D) 32 5 27 1463 1907 −444 .156 Withdrew
Source: PLK
(D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ On 31 January 2018, Czarni Słupsk retired from the league and was dissolved due to financial collapse.[4]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2-2-1-1-1). The third place series are played in a double-legged format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1
Anwil Włocławek
 		3
8
PGE Turów Zgorzelec
0
1
Anwil Włocławek
 		3
4
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
2
4
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 		3
5 Rosa Radom 1
1
Anwil Włocławek
 		4
2 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 2
2 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3
7
King Szczecin
0
2 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3 Third place
3
Polski Cukier Toruń
1
3
Polski Cukier Toruń
 		3 4
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
182
6 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 0 3
Polski Cukier Toruń
 		200

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Anwil Włocławek
 		3–0 PGE Turów Zgorzelec 86–76 86–72 93–72
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3–0
King Szczecin
 78–71 88–79 91–73
Polski Cukier Toruń
 		3–0 MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza 83–72 73–63 84–69
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 		3–1 Rosa Radom 104–97 86–94 71–60 93–83

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Anwil Włocławek
 		3–2
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 98–84 74–90 104–107 88–87 85–83
BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 3–1
Polski Cukier Toruń
 82–76 82–71 78–84 92–78

Third-place game

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 182–200
Polski Cukier Toruń
 		95–117 87–83

Final

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Anwil Włocławek
 		4–2 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 62–61 77–83 82–80 67–69 84–80 73–65 0

Awards

PLK Most Valuable Player
Player Team Ref.
Cape Verde Ivan Almeida
Anwil Włocławek
[5]
PLK Finals MVP
Player Team Ref.
Poland Kamil Łączyński
Anwil Włocławek
 [6]
All-PLK Team
Player Team Ref.
Cape Verde Ivan Almeida
Anwil Włocławek
[7]
Poland Aaron Cel
Polski Cukier Torun
Poland Michał Sokołowski Rosa Radom
Montenegro Vladimir Dragičević
Stelmet Zielona Góra
United States Aaron Johnson Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

In European competitions

Club Competition Result Ref
Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra
 Champions League Round of 16 [8]
Rosa Radom Regular season
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski FIBA Europe Cup Second qualifying round [9]

References

  1. ^ "Legia Warszawa wywalczyła awans do Polskiej Ligi Koszykówki". Eurosport.onet.pl. 2017-05-20.
  2. ^ "PLK: 17 klubów z licencjami, jedna warunkowa". Polsatsport.pl. 2017-07-28.
  3. ^ "Legia Warszawa". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Czarni Słupsk wycofali się z Energa Basket Ligi, więc Legia się utrzyma" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2017/18". plk.pl. 2018-04-28.
  6. ^ "KAMIL ŁĄCZYŃSKI MVP FINAŁÓW EBL". 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Nagrody za sezon zasadniczy EBL 2017/18". plk.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  8. ^ Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed
  9. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup Qualification Round 1 and 2 pairings confirmed". FIBA.com. 2017-08-03. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017.

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