2017–18 NBL (Czech Republic) season

Kooperativa NBL1
Season2017–18
Teams12
Regular season
RelegatedFiobanka Jindřichův Hradec
Finals
ChampionsČEZ Nymburk
(15th title)
  Runners-upOpava
Third placePardubice
Fourth placeDekstone Tuři Svitavy
1 Sponsored league name.

The 2017–18 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season is the 25th season of the Czech NBL.

Format

Teams in regular season play home and away against every other team in a round-robin tournament, before being split into two groups of six teams for playing again home and away against the teams from the same group.

After the end of the stage after the first split, the six teams from to top group and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group joined the play-offs.

The other four teams would play again home and away against themselves for avoiding the relegation.

Teams

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Location of teams in the 2017–18 NBL

Olomoucko replaced Ariete Prostějov, which was relegated from the previous season and was dissolved.

Team City Venue
Armex Děčín Děčín ARMEX Sportcentrum
ČEZ Nymburk Nymburk Sportovní Centrum
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy Svitavy Na Střelnici
Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec Městská Sportovní Hala
Geosan Kolín Kolín Hala SOU Spojů
JIP Pardubice Pardubice Sportovní hala Dašická
mmcité+ Brno Brno Hala Míč
NH Ostrava Ostrava Bonver Aréna
Opava Opava Hala Opava
Olomoucko Prostějov Sportcentrum - DDM
Sluneta Ústí nad Labem Sportovni Hala Klise
USK Praha Prague Hala Folimanka

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 ČEZ Nymburk 22 22 0 2293 1582 +711 44 Qualification to group A1
2 JIP Pardubice 22 16 6 1932 1678 +254 38
3 Opava 22 15 7 1883 1711 +172 37
4 Armex Děčín 22 13 9 1784 1786 −2 35
5 Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 22 12 10 1807 1749 +58 34
6 Olomoucko 22 11 11 1904 1989 −85 33
7 Sluneta 22 11 11 1735 1752 −17 33 Qualification to group A2
8 Geosan Kolín 22 10 12 1780 1851 −71 32
9 USK Praha 22 9 13 1620 1740 −120 31
10 mmcité+ Brno 22 6 16 1573 1816 −243 28
11 NH Ostrava 22 6 16 1757 2025 −268 28
12 Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec 22 1 21 1746 2135 −389 23
Source: NBL

Second stage

Group A1

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 ČEZ Nymburk 32 31 1 3241 2348 +893 63 Qualification to playoffs
2 JIP Pardubice 32 23 9 2719 2454 +265 55
3 Opava 32 20 12 2702 2546 +156 52
4 Armex Děčín 32 17 15 2493 2569 −76 49
5 Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 32 15 17 2570 2565 +5 47
6 Olomoucko 32 13 19 2780 2915 −135 45
Source: NBL

Group A2

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sluneta 32 18 14 2580 2528 +52 50 Qualification to playoffs
2 Geosan Kolín 32 16 16 2629 2642 −13 48
3 USK Praha 32 16 16 2403 2464 −61 48 Qualification to relegation group
4 NH Ostrava 32 12 20 2576 2843 −267 44
5 mmcité+ Brno 32 9 23 2311 2607 −296 41
6 Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec 32 2 30 2511 3034 −523 34
Source: NBL

Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the third place game where played with a best-of-three format, playing the seeded team the matches 1 and 3 at home, and the finals in a double-legged one.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
ČEZ Nymburk1229410699
 
 
 
Geosan Kolín68656171
 
ČEZ Nymburk79899497
 
 
 
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy70676865
 
Armex Děčín806169788469
 
 
 
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy926482776184
 
ČEZ Nymburk114114
 
 
 
Opava9073
 
JIP Pardubice76765891998770
 
 
 
Sluneta80757089828860
 
JIP Pardubice69601046589
 
 
 
Opava7974908390
 
Opava94938996
 
 
Olomoucko88637173
 
 
Third place
 
    
 
 
 
 
JIP Pardubice717584
 
 
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy658359
 

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 USK Praha 38 19 19 2892 2919 −27 57
2 mmcité+ Brno 38 14 24 2857 3079 −222 52
3 NH Ostrava 38 14 24 3046 3403 −357 52
4 Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec 38 4 34 3003 3544 −541 42 Qualification to relegation playoffs
Source: NBL

Relegation playoffs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec 187–195 Královští sokoli 96–93 91–102

Clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress Ref
ČEZ Nymburk Champions League Round of 16 [1]
JIP Pardubice FIBA Europe Cup Second qualifying round [2]

Clubs in international competitions

Team Competition Progress
USK Praha Alpe Adria Cup Semifinals
mmcite+ Brno Semifinals
Armex Děčín Quarterfinals
Sluneta Ústí nad Labem Regular season

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup Qualification Round 1 and 2 pairings confirmed". FIBA.com. 2017-08-03. Archived from the original on September 19, 2017.