2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup
2017–18 Greek Cup | |
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Season | 2017–18 |
Duration | 13 September 2017 – 17 February 2018 |
Number of teams | 62 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | ![]() |
Finals | |
Champions | AEK (4th title) |
Runners-up | Olympiacos |
← 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.[1][2][3] The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition.[4][5][6]
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Phase 1
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Wednesday 2017-09-13
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 |
Note: Pierikos Archelaos decided to forfeit their game against Charilaos Trikoupis.
Round 2
[edit]Saturday 2017-09-16
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
[edit]Wednesday 2017-09-20
Score |
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95 – 62 |
67 – 64 |
59 – 76 |
62 – 74 |
75 – 60 |
78 – 82 |
69 – 83 |
50 – 79 |
Phase 2
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Saturday 2017-09-23
Score |
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79 – 66 |
79 – 86 |
55 – 83 |
73 – 86 |
70 – 66 |
81 – 76 |
61 – 99 |
65 – 72 |
Round 2
[edit]Wednesday 2017-09-27
Σκορ |
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83 – 79 |
53 – 66 |
92 – 80 |
43 – 81 |
Round 3
[edit]Score |
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70 – 82 |
78 – 58 |
Final rounds
[edit]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
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]5 November 2017 Semifinal | Aris | 49–56 | Olympiacos | Thessaloniki |
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Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall |
5 November 2017 Semifinal | AEK Athens | 73–69 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | Marousi, Athens |
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Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 15–10, 10–16, 31–25 | ||||
Pts: Harris 20 Rebs: Elonu 14 Asts: Green 5 Steals: Green & Larentzakis 2 Blocks: Elonu 3 PIR: Elonu 22 | Pts: Pappas 14 Rebs: Vougioukas 12 Asts: Calathes 9 Steals: Pappas 3 Blocks: Singleton & Denmon 2 PIR: Vougioukas 17 | Arena: Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis |
Final
[edit]17 February 2018 Final | Olympiacos | 83–88 | AEK Athens | 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 Steals: Milutinov 2 Blocks: Papapetrou 2 PIR: Milutinov 25 | Pts: Harris 17 Rebs: Green 5 Asts: Green 7 Steals: Hunter & Larentzakis 2 Blocks: James, Green & Šakota 1 PIR: Punter 16 | Arena: Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena Referees: Chrisostomos Schinas, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis |
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Awards
[edit]Most Valuable Player
[edit]Player | Team |
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![]() | AEK |
Finals Top Scorer
[edit]Player | Team |
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![]() | Olympiacos |
References
[edit]- ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2017). "Τελικός Κυπέλλου μπάσκετ: ο Παναθηναϊκός Superfoods νίκησε τον Άρη". cnn.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος (2017). "Παναθηναϊκός - Άρης 68-59 (pics)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Στατιστικά Κυπέλλου Ανδρών". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Σταύρου, Χάρης (2018). "Βασίλισσα ξανά και Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας για το 2018 η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Μελάγιες, Κωνσταντίνος (2018). "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 83-88 (pics & vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Georgakopoulos, George (2018). "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". ekathimerini.com. Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)