2017–18 Slovak Basketball League

Extraliga
Season2017–18
Teams10
Finals
ChampionsLevickí Patrioti
(2nd title)
  Runners-upKošice
Third place Inter Bratislava
Fourth placeMBK Rieker Komarno

The 2017–18 Slovak Basketball League season was the 26th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. Inter Bratislava was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals. Levickí Patrioti won their second league.

Competition format

Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2017–18 Slovak Extraliga

Lučenec and SPU Nitra did not continue in the Extraliga. Žilina, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.

Team City Arena
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves
Handlová Handlová Športová Hala
Inter Bratislava Bratislava Hant Aréna
Iskra Svit Svit Iskra Aréna
Košice Košice
Levickí Patrioti Levice
Prievidza Prievidza Niké Aréna
Rieker Com Therm Komárno Komárno Mestská športová hala
VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava Bratislava
Žilina Žilina

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Bratislava 36 30 6 3370 2801 +569 .833 Qualification to playoffs
2 Levickí Patrioti 36 26 10 3175 2832 +343 .722
3 Prievidza 36 25 11 3246 2792 +454 .694
4 Košice 36 25 11 3390 2952 +438 .694
5 Iskra Svit 36 22 14 3265 3010 +255 .611
6 Rieker Com Therm Komárno 36 22 14 3087 2995 +92 .611
7 VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava 36 12 24 2811 2995 −184 .333
8 Handlová 36 9 27 2801 3375 −574 .250
9 Žilina 36 5 31 2837 3547 −710 .139
10 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves 36 4 32 2756 3439 −683 .111
Source: Basket.sk

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Inter Bratislava9810096
 
 
 
Handlová648668
 
Inter Bratislava8768817510386
 
 
 
Košice627490958597
 
Košice10273847294
 
 
 
Iskra Svit8978688185
 
Košice8179667766
 
 
 
Levickí Patrioti8082728181
 
Levickí Patrioti859191
 
 
 
VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava699160
 
Levickí Patrioti8192678689
 
 
 
Rieker Com Therm Komárno6095655781
 
Prievidza716374
 
 
Rieker Com Therm Komárno786780
 

Slovak clubs in Regional competitions

Team Competition Progress
Levicki Patrioti Alpe Adria Cup Runners-up
Prievidza Regular season
Rieker Com Therm Komarno Regular season

References