2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: 2017–18 Košarkaška liga Srbije) is the 12th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 74th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Basketball League of Serbia
Season2017–18
Teams18[1]
Games played261
DatesOctober 14, 2017 – April 7, 2018
(First League)
April 18, 2018 – May 16, 2018
(Super League)
May 21, 2018–June 11, 2018
(Playoffs)
TVArena Sport
Final positions
ChampionsCrvena zvezda mts (19th title)
Runners-upFMP
SemifinalistsPartizan NIS
Borac
PromotedSloboda
Novi Pazar
RelegatedRadnički
Sloga
Awards
MVP Đukan Đukanović[2]
Finals MVP Alen Omić[3]
All statistics correct as of June 4, 2018.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Napredak Rubin who competed in the BLS during the last season changed the tier with KKK Radnički. By approval from Basketball Federation of Serbia, Napredak moved to the 3rd-tier First Regional League (West).[4]

Teams promoted from the Second League
Teams relegated to the Second League

Venues and locations
Location of teams in the 2017–18 season
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Beovuk 72 Belgrade Mega Factory 700
Borac Čačak Borac Hall 2,000
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878
Dunav Stari Banovci Park Hall
Dynamic VIP PAY Belgrade Dynamic Arena 500
FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Mega Bemax Sremska Mitrovica Mega Factory 700
Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall 1,500
Mladost Zemun Vizura Sports Center 1,500
Radnički Kragujevac Jezero Hall 3,750
OKK Beograd Belgrade SC Šumice 1,300
Partizan NIS Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878
Sloga Kraljevo Kraljevo Sports Hall 3,350
Spartak Subotica SC Dudova Šuma 3,000
Tamiš Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall 1,100
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 7,022
Vršac Vršac Millennium Center 4,400
Zlatibor Čajetina WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor 712
Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League First Division
Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League Second Division

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Beovuk 72 Slobodan Srezoski Igor Jevđenić — —
Borac Jovica Arsić Marko Marinović — P.S. Fashion, mts
Crvena zvezda mts Milenko Topić Branko Lazić Nike mts
Dunav Mitar Ašćerić Aleksandar Miljković Cvetex Best Shop Group
Dynamic VIP PAY Miroslav Nikolić Vuk Vulikić NAAI VIP PAY
FMP Vladimir Jovanović Radoš Šešlija Champion FMP
Mega Bemax Dejan Milojević Ognjen Čarapić Adidas Bemax
Metalac Mihailo Poček Đukan Đukanović — —
Mladost Branko Maksimović Veljko Brkić — —
Radnički Bojan Kusmuk Nikola Vasojević NAAI FIAT
OKK Beograd Darko Kostić — Adidas —
Partizan NIS Nenad Čanak Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS
Sloga Mihailo Drobnjak Saša Đorđević — —
Spartak Dragoljub Vidačić Miloš Nikolić — —
Tamiš Bojan Jovičić Mladen Vitković unit-sport —
Vojvodina Filip Socek Teodor Atanasov Peak Roda
Vršac Mihajlo Mitić — NAAI Villager
Zlatibor Vanja Guša Vladimir Veličković Ardu Dino park

Coaching changes
Round Team Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
— Sloga Bojan Kusmuk October 2017 Mihailo Drobnjak
5th Radnički Zoran Todorović 8 November 2017[5] Bojan Kusmuk
ABA Partizan NIS Miroslav Nikolić 12–14 December 2017[6] Nenad Čanak
11th Spartak Nenad Čanak 15 December 2017[7] Dragoljub Vidačić
12th Dynamic VIP PAY Oliver Popović 19 December 2017[8] Miroslav Nikolić
14th Beovuk 72 Rajko Mirković 14 January 2018[9] Slobodan Srezoski
15th Vršac Vladimir Đokić 20–21 January 2018[10][11] Goran Topić
— Borac Raško Bojić 9 April 2018[12] Jovica Arsić
— Vršac Goran Topić April 2018 Mihajlo Mitić
7th Crvena zvezda mts Dušan Alimpijević 8 May 2018[13] Milenko Topić

First League

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borac 26 20 6 2254 1983 +271 46 Qualification to the Super League
2 Dynamic VIP PAY 26 19 7 2276 2077 +199 45
3 Vršac 26 17 9 2250 2078 +172 43
4 Tamiš 26 16 10 2157 1990 +167 42
5 Metalac 26 16 10 2362 2244 +118 42
6 Zlatibor 26 16 10 2168 2057 +111 42
7 Vojvodina 26 14 12 2334 2236 +98 40
8 Mladost 26 12 14 2186 2218 −32 38
9 Dunav 26 12 14 2058 2123 −65 38
10 Beovuk 72 26 11 15 2213 2310 −97 37
11 Spartak 26 10 16 2036 2203 −167 36
12 OKK Beograd 26 9 17 1983 2133 −150 35
13 Radnički 26 7 19 2072 2286 −214 33 Relegation to Second League
14 Sloga 26 3 23 1980 2391 −411 29
Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Super League

Qualified teams
ABA League First Division First League
Crvena zvezda mts
FMP
Mega Bemax
Partizan NIS		 Borac
Dynamic VIP PAY
Metalac
Mladost
Tamiš
Vojvodina
Vršac
Zlatibor

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CZV BOR MEG ZLA TAM MLA
1 Crvena zvezda mts 10 8 2 903 735 +168 18[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the Playoffs — 84–74 91–64 102–64 94–87 115–64
2 Borac 10 8 2 897 747 +150 18[lower-alpha 1] 70–63 — 89–77 109–80 72–62 96–63
3 Mega Bemax 10 6 4 850 809 +41 16 76–74 81–88 — 96–90 86–77 90–92
4 Zlatibor 10 4 6 843 901 −58 14 75–89 102–93 79–82 — 83–98 99–73
5 Tamiš 10 3 7 810 830 −20 13 86–87 69–86 62–73 83–89 — 102–81
6 Mladost 10 1 9 736 1017 −281 11 75–104 66–120 67–125 76–82 79–84 —
Source: Basketball League of Serbia
Notes:
  1. Crvena zvezda mts 1–1, 1.02; Borac 1–1, 0.98

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FMP PAR DYN VRS VOJ MET
1 FMP 10 9 1 906 757 +149 19[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to the Playoffs — 87–82 84–71 84–54 94–71 101–74
2 Partizan NIS 10 9 1 942 741 +201 19[lower-alpha 1] 94–90 — 87–71 108–66 90–67 91–79
3 Dynamic VIP PAY 10 5 5 836 808 +28 15 70–82 82–93 — 94–74 94–83 84–90
4 Vršac 10 3 7 783 913 −130 13 89–102 59–108 75–90 — 103–85 109–79
5 Vojvodina 10 2 8 773 898 −125 12[lower-alpha 2] 77–81 62–88 66–87 79–84 — 81–76
6 Metalac 10 2 8 810 933 −123 12[lower-alpha 2] 75–101 78–101 74–93 84–70 101–102 —
Source: Basketball League of Serbia
Notes:
  1. FMP 1–1, 1.01; Partizan NIS 1–1, 0.99
  2. Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

Playoffs
Main article: 2018 Basketball League of Serbia playoffs

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
21–23 May 2018
 
 
Crvena zvezda mts2
 
28–30 May 2018
 
Vršac0
 
Crvena zvezda mts2
 
22–24 May 2018
 
Partizan NIS0
 
Partizan NIS2
 
7–11 June 2018
 
Mega Bemax0
 
Crvena zvezda mts3
 
22–24 May 2018
 
FMP0
 
FMP2
 
29 May–3 June 2018
 
Zlatibor0
 
FMP2
 
21–25 May 2018
 
Borac1
 
Borac2
 
 
Dynamic VIP PAY1
 


 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
28–30 May 2018
 
 
Vršac0
 
Did not play
 
Mega Bemax2
 
Mega Bemax–
 
29 May–3 June 2018
 
Dynamic VIP PAY–
 
Zlatibor1
 
 
Dynamic VIP PAY2
 
Seventh place game
 
 
6–10 June 2018
 
 
Vršac2
 
 
Zlatibor1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Crvena zvezda mts 2–0 Vršac 89–50 109–82 —
Partizan NIS 2–0 Mega Bemax 97–68 93–79 —
FMP 2–0 Zlatibor 102–53 94–87 —
Borac 2–1 Dynamic VIP PAY 83–75 70–81 85–77

5th–8th place semifinals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Mega Bemax 2–0 Vršac 94–76 83–61 —
Dynamic VIP PAY 2–1 Zlatibor 118–76 85–90 90–80

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Crvena zvezda mts 2–0 Partizan NIS 87–62 81–73 —
FMP 2–1 Borac 71–69 59–64 77–56

Seventh place games
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Zlatibor 1–2 Vršac 88–78 89–95 87–94

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Crvena zvezda mts 3–0 FMP 84–83 68–62 97–88——
2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia Champions

Crvena zvezda mts
19th Title
MVP Alen Omić

Super League final standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification to Adriatic Leagues
Crvena zvezda mts 17 15 2 1518 1235 +283 32 Qualified for Adriatic First Division
FMP 18 13 5 1542 1335 +207 31
3 Partizan NIS 14 11 3 1267 1056 +211 25 Qualified for Adriatic First Division
4 Borac 16 11 5 1324 1187 +137 27 Qualification to Adriatic Second Division
5 Mega Bemax 14 8 6 1174 1136 +38 22 Qualified for Adriatic First Division
6 Dynamic VIP PAY 16 8 8 1362 1292 +70 24 Qualification to Adriatic Second Division
7 Vršac 17 5 12 1319 1552 −233 22
8 Zlatibor 18 6 12 1493 1657 −164 24
9 Tamiš 10 3 7 810 830 −20 13
10 Vojvodina 10 2 8 773 898 −125 12[lower-alpha 1]
11 Metalac 10 2 8 810 933 −123 12[lower-alpha 1]
12 Mladost 10 1 9 736 1017 −281 11
Source: KLS
Notes:
  1. Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

See also
Teams

References
  1. Four teams (Crvena zvedza, FMP, Mega and Partizan) will only play starting from the second half of the season.
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