2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup
Competition details | |||
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Season | 2017–18 | ||
Teams | 62 | ||
Dates | 13 September 2017 – 17 February 2018 | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | AEK (4th title) | ||
Runners-up | Olympiacos | ||
Awards | |||
MVP | Manny Harris | ||
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup was the 43rd edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winners of the cup were Panathinaikos Superfoods. The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition[1]
Contents
1 Format
2 Preliminary Rounds
2.1 Phase 1
2.1.1 Round 1
2.2 Round 2
2.3 Round 3
2.4 Phase 2
2.4.1 Round 1
2.4.2 Round 2
2.4.3 Round 3
3 Final Rounds
4 Quarterfinals
5 Semifinals
6 Final
7 Most Valuable Player
8 Finals Top Scorer
9 References
Format
The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League 2016–17 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2017–18 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League 2017–18 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League 2017–18 season, play in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds are played under a single elimination format.
Preliminary Rounds
Phase 1
Round 1
Wednesday 13/09/2017
Score |
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91 – 80 |
73 – 65 |
66 – 68 |
85 – 71 |
79 – 74 |
72 – 77 |
54 – 48 |
61 – 64 |
82 – 58 |
0 – 20 |
55 – 63 |
44 – 58 |
81 – 60 |
70 – 66 |
70 – 56 |
81 – 90 |
Round 2
Saturday 16/09/2017
Score |
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109 – 56 |
71 – 94 |
59 – 75 |
64 – 62 |
65 – 84 |
68 – 73 |
84 - 69 |
55 – 70 |
83 – 81 |
89 – 63 |
64 – 75 |
71 – 64 |
57 – 81 |
72 – 88 |
55 – 62 |
69 – 71 |
Round 3
Wednesday 20/09/2017
Score |
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95 – 62 |
67 – 64 |
59 – 76 |
62 – 74 |
75 – 60 |
78 – 82 |
69 – 83 |
50 – 79 |
Phase 2
Round 1
Saturday 23/09/2017
Score |
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79 – 66 |
79 – 86 |
55 – 83 |
73 – 86 |
70 – 66 |
81 – 76 |
61 – 99 |
65 – 72 |
Round 2
Wednesday 27/09/2017
Σκορ |
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83 – 79 |
53 – 66 |
92 – 80 |
43 – 81 |
Round 3
Score |
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70 – 82 |
78 – 58 |
Final Rounds
Faros Larissas and Kolossos Rodou reached the quarterfinals, after winning the preliminary rounds. The other six sides were qualified based on their Greek Basket League 2016–17 season position.
Quarterfinals 4 October 2017 | Semifinals 5 November 2017 | Final 17 February 2018 | ||||||||
Aris | 70 | |||||||||
PAOK | 63 | |||||||||
Aris | 49 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 56 | |||||||||
Faros Larissas | 67 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 97 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 83 | |||||||||
AEK | 88 | |||||||||
AEK | 97 | |||||||||
Rethymno Cretan Kings | 62 | |||||||||
AEK | 73 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos Superfoods | 69 | |||||||||
Kolossos H Hotels | 54 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos Superfoods | 84 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
4 October 2017 |
Aris | 70–63 | Kymis Seajets |
Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki |
4 October 2017 |
Faros Larissas | 67–97 | Olympiacos |
Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena, Larissa |
4 October 2017 |
AEK | 97–62 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens |
4 October 2017 |
Kolossos H Hotels | 54–84 | Panathinaikos Superfoods |
Venetokleio Indoor Hall, Rhodes |
Semifinals
5 November 2017 |
Aris | 49–56 | Olympiacos |
Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki |
5 November 2017 |
AEK | 73–69 | Panathinaikos Superfoods |
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens |
Final
Olympiacos v AEK
17 February 2018 | Olympiacos | 83–88 | AEK | Heraklion, Crete | |
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17:15 EET (UTC +2) | Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 19–19, 21–20, 20–23 | ||||
ERT1 | Pts: Spanoulis 20 Rebs: Papanikolaou 12 Asts: Spanoulis 9 PIR: Milutinov 25 | Pts: Harris 17 Rebs: Green 5 Asts: Green 7 PIR: Punter 16 | Arena: Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena Referees: Schinas, Manos, Poursanidis |
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Most Valuable Player
Player | Team |
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Manny Harris[2] | AEK |
Finals Top Scorer
Player | Team |
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Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
References
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