2017–18 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
Season2017–18
Dates26 September – 3 October 2017
(qualifying)
11 October 2017 – 22 April 2018
(competition proper)
Games played129
Teams16 (competition proper)
18 (total)
Finals
ChampionsRussia UMMC Ekaterinburg (4th title)
  Runners-upHungary Sopron Basket
Third placeRussia Dynamo Kursk
Fourth placeTurkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
Final Four MVPBelgium Emma Meesseman
Statistical leaders
Points United States Kayla McBride 18.7
Rebounds United States Jantel Lavender 8.6
Assists Hungary Courtney Vandersloot 9.0

The 2017–18 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

Team allocation

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A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women.[1]

Teams

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League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):

Regular season
Turkey Yakın Doğu ÜniversitesiEC (1st) Russia Dynamo KurskTH (2nd) Belgium Castors Braine (1st) Poland Wisła Can-Pack (2nd)
Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd) Russia Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd) Czech Republic USK Praha (1st) Spain Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray (3rd) France ESBVA-LM (1st) Hungary Sopron Basket (1st)
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) France Tango Bourges Basket (4th) Italy Famila Schio (2nd)
Qualifying round
France Basket Lattes (2nd) Hungary KSC Szekszárd (2nd) Poland CCC Polkowice (3rd) Slovakia Piešťanské Čajky (2nd)

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows:[2][3]

Phase Round Draw date Round date
Qualifying round First leg 4 July 2017 26 September 2017
Second leg 29 September–3 October 2017
Regular season Matchday 1 11 October 2017
Matchday 2 18–19 October 2017
Matchday 3 25 October 2017
Matchday 4 1 November 2017
Matchday 5 22–23 November 2017
Matchday 6 29 November 2017
Matchday 7 6–7 December 2017
Matchday 8 13–14 December 2017
Matchday 9 20 December 2017
Matchday 10 3–4 January 2018
Matchday 11 10–11 January 2018
Matchday 12 17 January 2018
Matchday 13 24–25 January 2018
Matchday 14 31 January 2018
Quarter-finals play-offs First leg 28 February 2018
Second leg 7 March 2018
Third leg 14 March 2018
Final Four Semi-finals 20 April 2018
Final 22 April 2018

Draw

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The draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons.[3][4]

Seed 1
Team
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Russia Dynamo Kursk
Seed 2
Team
Czech Republic USK Praha
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Seed 3
Team
Russia Nadezhda Orenburg
France Tango Bourges Basket
Seed 4
Team
Turkey Galatasaray
Italy Famila Schio
Seed 5
Team
France ESBVA-LM
Spain Perfumerías Avenida
Seed 6
Team
Poland Wisła Can-Pack
Belgium Castors Braine
Seed 7
Team
Hungary Sopron Basket
Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
Seed 8
Team
Poland CCC Polkowice
France Basket Lattes

Qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Piešťanské Čajky Slovakia 106–147 Poland CCC Polkowice 46–71 60–76
KSC Szekszárd Hungary 151–165 France Basket Lattes 80–79 71–86

Regular season

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Regular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.

The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Head-to-head point differential.
  3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
  4. Points scored during the regular season.
  5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KUR SOP USK BOU GAL VIL POL CAS
1 Russia Dynamo Kursk 14 14 0 1218 920 +298 28 Advance to quarterfinals 86–66 109–88 94–63 102–45 83–68 83–73 84–68
2 Hungary Sopron Basket 14 10 4 1014 940 +74 24 74–88 71–79 57–50 72–55 82–56 70–53 83–59
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 14 8 6 1015 1020 −5 22 56–88 61–77 64–61 83–80 88–51 72–66 67–68
4 France Tango Bourges Basket 14 7 7 959 948 +11 21 65–76 76–65 86–72 72–74 64–60 82–72 62–52
5 Turkey Galatasaray 14 6 8 980 1088 −108 20 Transfer to EuroCup Women 67–92 73–75 82–77 61–79 69–64 67–72 87–76
6 France ESBVA-LM 14 5 9 904 990 −86 19 57–63 73–83 59–72 64–55 76–62 65–60 81–71
7 Poland CCC Polkowice 14 3 11 952 1041 −89 17 Eliminated 70–98 70–73 51–61 71–66 77–86 61–69 80–66
8 Belgium Castors Braine 14 3 11 949 1044 −95 17 60–72 61–66 71–75 66–78 71–72 77–61 83–76
Source: FIBA.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification YAK EKA FEN FAM AVE NAD WIS BLM
1 Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 14 12 2 1085 931 +154 26 Advance to quarterfinals 70–79 72–61 67–64 80–56 93–71 87–59 81–61
2 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 11 3 1057 842 +215 25 82–77 71–73 64–50 60–50 96–53 79–68 100–46
3 Turkey Fenerbahçe 14 10 4 986 959 +27 24 65–76 80–77 83–77 68–56 67–61 87–78 79–63
4 Italy Famila Schio 14 7 7 914 879 +35 21 65–72 55–68 62–49 60–50 78–64 59–68 61–55
5 Spain Perfumerías Avenida 14 7 7 846 834 +12 21 Transfer to EuroCup Women 62–67 56–43 65–64 65–58 67–58 62–57 64–34
6 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 14 4 10 935 1017 −82 18 76–81 54–64 64–66 46–76 89–78 67–61 100–56
7 Poland Wisła Can-Pack 14 4 10 928 974 −46 18 Eliminated 74–82 49–74 62–68 72–74 52–48 58–63 85–67
8 France Basket Lattes 14 1 13 807 1122 −315 15 56–80 61–100 75–76 56–75 44–67 76–69 57–85
Source: FIBA.com

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Dynamo Kursk Russia 2–0 Italy Famila Schio 73–61 73–60 0
Sopron Basket Hungary 2–1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 55–60 78–72 67–46
Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Turkey 2–0 France Tango Bourges Basket 83–67 85–66 0
UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 2–0 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 97–70 73–54 0

First leg

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28 February 2018 UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 97–70
(Series: 1–0)
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha Yekaterinburg
19:00 (UTC+5) Scoring by quarter: 26–7, 26–19, 23–19, 22–25
Pts: Moore 29
Rebs: Moore 7
Asts: Toliver, Torrens 7
Boxscore Pts: Elhotová 17
Rebs: Hanušová, Zahui 5
Asts: Xargay 7
Arena: DIVS Sport Hall
Referees: Juris Kokainis (LAT), Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Özlem Yalman (TUR)
28 February 2018 Dynamo Kursk Russia 73–61
(Series: 1–0)
Italy Famila Schio Kursk
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 20–13, 16–20, 17–13
Pts: Prince 17
Rebs: Ogwumike 8
Asts: Ogwumike 6
Boxscore Pts: Yacoubou 16
Rebs: Hruščáková 6
Asts: Yacoubou 4
Arena: Sport Concert Complex
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Gytis Vilius (LTU), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)
28 February 2018 Sopron Basket Hungary 55–60
(Series: 0–1)
Turkey Fenerbahçe Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 15–12, 18–17, 9–9
Pts: Crvendakić 15
Rebs: Turner 7
Asts: Turner 4
Boxscore Pts: Sottana 18
Rebs: Vaughn 10
Asts: Sottana, Verameyenka 3
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)
28 February 2018 Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Turkey 83–67
(Series: 1–0)
France Tango Bourges Basket Istanbul
20:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 20–21, 26–13, 19–17
Pts: McBride 23
Rebs: Gruda 12
Asts: Vandersloot 13
Boxscore Pts: Ayayi 20
Rebs: Palau 7
Asts: three players 3
Arena: Caferağa Sports Hall
Attendance: 250
Referees: Marko Vučković (SLO), Andrada Csender (ROU), Gellért Kapitány (HUN)

Second leg

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7 March 2018 Fenerbahçe Turkey 72–78
(Series: 1–1)
Hungary Sopron Basket Istanbul
20:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 15–20, 22–24, 14–18
Pts: Vaughn 18
Rebs: Vaughn 8
Asts: Vardarlı 6
Boxscore Pts: Milovanović 18
Rebs: Coates 8
Asts: Crvendakić 8
Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall
Referees: Mart Uuehendrik (EST), Erez Gurion (ISR), Ivan Miličević (BIH)
7 March 2018 ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 54–73
(Series: 0–2)
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg Prague
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–19, 8–15, 14–20
Pts: Xargay 13
Rebs: Režan 9
Asts: Xargay 4
Boxscore Pts: Meesseman 17
Rebs: Meesseman 11
Asts: Moore 8
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 1,152
Referees: Arnis Ozols (LAT), Luka Kardum (CRO), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)
7 March 2018 Tango Bourges Basket France 66–85
(Series: 0–2)
Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Bourges
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 6–24, 18–19, 17–18, 25–24
Pts: Hamblin 12
Rebs: Godin, Hamblin 8
Asts: three players 4
Boxscore Pts: McBride 20
Rebs: Gruda, Lavender 9
Asts: McBride 7
Arena: Palais des sports du Prado
Attendance: 3,910
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Michał Proc (POL), Jelena Tomić (CRO)
7 March 2018 Famila Schio Italy 60–73
(Series: 0–2)
Russia Dynamo Kursk Schio
20:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 19–15, 11–17, 12–27
Pts: Zandalasini 18
Rebs: Yacoubou 7
Asts: Dotto, Zandalasini 4
Boxscore Pts: McCoughtry 23
Rebs: Prince 8
Asts: McCoughtry 5
Arena: Pala Campagnola
Attendance: 1,768
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Sébastien Clivaz (SUI), Özlem Yalman (TUR)

Third leg

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14 March 2018 Sopron Basket Hungary 67–46
(Series: 2–1)
Turkey Fenerbahçe Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 16–10, 19–12, 15–3
Pts: Turner 29
Rebs: Crvendakić 7
Asts: three players 3
Boxscore Pts: Vaughn 13
Rebs: Verameyenka 10
Asts: Sottana, Verameyenka 3
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Petr Hrůša (CZE), Marko Vladic (AUT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Final four

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Semifinals
20 April
Final
22 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
Russia Dynamo Kursk77
 
 
 
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg84
 
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg72
 
 
 
Hungary Sopron Basket53
 
Hungary Sopron Basket68
 
 
Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi65
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Russia Dynamo Kursk87
 
 
Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi82

Semifinals

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20 April 2018 Dynamo Kursk Russia 77–84 Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 22–19, 16–27, 18–15
Pts: McCoughtry 26
Rebs: Ciak 11
Asts: Cruz 5
Boxscore Pts: Moore 28
Rebs: Meesseman 8
Asts: Moore 5
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)
20 April 2018 Sopron Basket Hungary 68–65 Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Sopron
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–18, 16–16, 12–19
Pts: Turner 19
Rebs: Crvendakić 11
Asts: Turner 4
Boxscore Pts: Vandersloot 15
Rebs: Lavender 10
Asts: Vandersloot 5
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

Third place game

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22 April 2018 Dynamo Kursk Russia 87–82 Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–24, 29–22, 12–16
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Vadeeva 7
Asts: Cruz 8
Boxscore Pts: Eldebrink 21
Rebs: Lavender 9
Asts: Hollingsworth 4
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andrada Csender (ROU), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Final

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22 April 2018 UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 72–53 Hungary Sopron Basket Sopron
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 20–15, 11–12, 19–11
Pts: Meesseman 19
Rebs: Meesseman 9
Asts: Moore, Toliver 7
Boxscore Pts: Turner 21
Rebs: Jovanović, Page 7
Asts: Salvadores 4
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)


2017–18 EuroLeague Women Champions
Russia
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Fourth title

Individual statistics

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Points

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Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 United States Kayla McBride Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 18 336 18.7
2 United States Brittney Griner Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 18 305 16.9
3 Sweden Amanda Zahui Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 16 268 16.8
4 Latvia Anete Šteinberga Belgium Castors Braine 14 217 15.5
5 Serbia Sonja Petrović Russia Dynamo Kursk 17 262 15.4

Rebounds

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Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 United States Jantel Lavender Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 17 147 8.6
2 United States DeWanna Bonner Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 13 112 8.6
3 France Sandrine Gruda Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 11 92 8.4
4 United States Celeste Trahan-Davis Belgium Castors Braine 14 117 8.4
5 Sweden Amanda Zahui Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 16 130 8.1

Assists

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Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 Hungary Courtney Vandersloot Turkey Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi 17 153 9.0
2 Spain Marta Xargay Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 15 99 6.6
3 Italy Francesca Dotto Italy Famila Schio 16 84 5.3
4 Latvia Elīna Babkina Poland CCC Polkowice 14 70 5.0
Spain Anna Cruz Russia Dynamo Kursk 10 50 5.0

Other statistics

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Category Name Team Games Average
Steals France Olivia Époupa Turkey Galatasaray 14 3.0
Blocks United States Brittney Griner Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 18 2.3
Turnovers Spain Marta Xargay Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 15 4.3
Fouls committed France Élodie Godin France Tango Bourges Basket 16 3.7
Minutes Spain Marta Xargay Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 15 36:00
2P% United States Crystal Langhorne Hungary Sopron Basket 14 64.9%
3P% Serbia Sonja Petrović Russia Dynamo Kursk 17 55.4%
FT% Montenegro Jelena Dubljević Turkey Galatasaray 13 97.8%

References

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  1. ^ "A mix of old and new clubs for upcoming EuroLeague Women season". FIBA.basketball. 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Regulations.pdf" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Seedings released ahead of 2017/18 EuroLeague Women Draw". FIBA.basketball. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "EuroLeague Women Regular Season groups confirmed for 2017/18 campaign". FIBA.basketball. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017.
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