| Albanian Basketball Superleague | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Duration | 13 October 2017 – 13 May 2018 |
| Teams | 6 |
| TV partner(s) | Telesport TVSH |
| Regular season | |
| Relegated | Eagles |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Tirana (20th title) |
| Runners-up | Teuta |
| ← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The 2017–18 Albanian Basketball Superleague, is the 52nd season of the top professional basketball league in Albania.
League started on 13 October 2017 and will end on 13 May 2018.
Competition format
The six clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs.
The fifth qualified team faced the runner-up of the second division in a best-of-three games playoff for avoiding relegation, and the last qualified team was directly relegated.
Clubs and arenas
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KamzaVllazniaTiranaTeutaPartizaniclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017–18 Albanian Superliga teams
| Club | Location | Founded | Colours | Arena | Capacity | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles | Tirana | Farie Hoti Sports Palace | 3,000 | |||
| Kamza | Kamëz | 1962 | Bathore Sports Hall | 500 |  Adem Muhametaj
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| Partizani | Tirana | 1946 | Asllan Rusi Sports Palace | 3,000 | E.Ismeti
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| Teuta | Durrës | 1925 | Ramazan Njala Sports Palace | 1,000 | Artan Kalaja
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| Tirana | Tirana | 1946 | Farie Hoti Sports Palace | 3,000 | Bujar Shehu
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| Vllaznia | Shkodër | 1919 | Qazim Dërvishi Sports Palace | 1,200 | Bledar Gjeçaj
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Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tirana | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1654 | 1251 | +403 | 39 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Teuta | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1534 | 1370 | +164 | 33 | |
| 3 | Partizani | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1358 | 1233 | +125 | 33 | |
| 4 | Kamza | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1371 | 1396 | −25 | 28 | |
| 5 | Vllaznia (O) | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1459 | 1434 | +25 | 27 | Relegation playoffs |
| 6 | Eagles (R) | 20 | 0 | 20 | 785 | 1593 | −808 | 20 | Relegation to First Division |
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Retired after 13 rounds. The rest of the games were imposed with a 0–20 loss.
Playoffs
The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Finals | |||||
| 1Tirana | 2 | |||||
| 4Kamza | 0 | |||||
| 1Tirana | 3 | |||||
| 2Teuta | 2 | |||||
| 2Teuta | 2 | |||||
| 3Partizani | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tirana | 2–0 | Kamza | 93–78 | 89–86 | 0 |
| Teuta | 2–0 | Partizani | 77–69 | 75–74 | 0 |
Finals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tirana | 3–2 | Teuta | 73–76 | 74–71 | 76–74 | 73–83 | 68–60 |
Relegation playoffs
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vllaznia | 2–0 | Flamurtari | 90–47 | 89–49 | 0 |
References
External links
| 2017–18 in European men's basketball | |
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| Domestic leagues |
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| Regional leagues | |
| Domestic cups | |
| Supercups | |
| Continental competitions | |
| International competitions | |