2017-18_LKL_season

2017–18 LKL season

2017–18 LKL season

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The 2017–18 Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, also called Betsafe-LKL for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the top-tier level professional basketball league of Lithuania, the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). The season started in September 2017, and the last game of final series was played in 18 June 2018.

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Žalgiris is the defending champion.

Competition format

During the regular season, all teams will play 36 games. The top eight teams in the regular season standings, after playing their entire 36 game schedule, will each qualify for the playoffs in the quarterfinals, that will be played in a best-of-five games format. The semifinals will also be played in that format.

The final round will be played between the two winners of the semifinals. The finals series, for first place, will be played in a best-of-seven format, while the series for third place will be played in a best-of-five format.[1]

Teams

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times, home-and-away, in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the play-offs. The regular season started on 19 September 2017.

Table

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Source: LKL
Notes:
  1. If other 9 LKL teams and Vytis from National Basketball League (NKL) meet the licensing requirements, Vytautas would be relegated. However, Vytis did not meet licensing requirements, meaning Vytautas stayed onto the LKL for at least another season.

Play-offs

The quarter-finals are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and (if necessary) fifth game at home. The semi-finals are played in a best-of-five format and the finals in a best-of-seven format, with the higher seed team playing games 1, 3, 5 and 7 (if necessary) at home.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
1
Žalgiris
3
 
 
 
8
Nevėžis
0
 
1
Žalgiris
3
 
 
 
4
Lietkabelis
0
 
4
Lietkabelis
3
 
 
 
5
Šiauliai
1
 
1
Žalgiris
4
 
 
 
2
Lietuvos rytas
1
 
2
Lietuvos rytas
3
 
 
 
7
Juventus
0
 
2
Lietuvos rytas
3
 
 
 
3
Neptūnas
2Third place series
 
3
Neptūnas
3
 
 
 
6
Pieno žvaigždės
1
 
3
Neptūnas
3
 
 
4
Lietkabelis
1
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place series

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Finals

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Attendance data

Attendance data included playoff games:

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Source: LKL

Clubs in European competitions

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Clubs in regional competitions

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References

  1. "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season". EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "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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