2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division B

The 2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division B is the 30th season of the Cyprus Basketball Division B, the second-tier level men's professional basketball league on Cyprus.

Cyprus Basketball Division B
Teams8
Finals
ChampionsAEL Limassol
(4th title)
  Runners-upOmonia

Competition format

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Eight teams joined the regular season, where the four first qualified would join the playoffs for the promotion.

Teams and locations

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Team City Venue
AEL Limassol Limassol Nicos Solomonides
Achilleas Agrou Agros Glafkos Klerides
Achilleas Kaimakli Kaimakli Gymnasium Palouriotissas
Asteras Mesa Geitonias Mesa Geitonia
ENAD Ayiou Dometiou Ayios Dometios Lefkotheo
Kentro Neon Limassol
National Guard Nicosia
Omonia Nicosia Eleftheria Indoor Hall

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 AEL Limassol 14 13 1 981 771 +210 27 Qualification to Semifinals
2 Omonia 14 10 4 935 781 +154 24
3 Achilleas Agrou 14 10 4 854 806 +48 24 Qualification to Quarterfinals
4 Achilleas Kaimakli 14 9 5 839 751 +88 23
5 ENAD 14 7 7 877 900 −23 21
6 Asteras 14 4 10 775 872 −97 18
7 National Guard 14 2 12 775 936 −161 15
8 K.N. Agios Nikolas (R) 14 1 13 635 854 −219 12 Relegation to Division C
Source: CBF
(R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away AEL AGR KAI AST ENA AGN NAT OMO
AEL 56–63 77–56 88–43 74–57 20–0 81–55 53–49
Achilleas Agrou 54–67 58–54 64–50 57–44 81–45 83–65 71–74
Kaimakli 55–67 77–44 61–52 69–53 65–53 68–47 66–55
Asteras 84–88 52–60 67–66 62–73 51–49 60–64 69–77
ENAD 65–75 46–58 47–57 72–50 67–64 75–57 71–65
K.N. Agios Nikolas 59–77 49–60 0–20 0–20 67–70 84–81 65–89
National Guard 66–87 46–54 63–67 50–67 68–74 69–45 44–71
Omonia 65–71 81–47 68–58 60–48 77–63 84–55 20–0
Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Achilleas Agrou 2–0 Asteras 64–48 65–69
Achilleas Kaimakli 2–0 ENAD 75–67 81–58

Semifinals

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In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
AEL Limassol 2–1 Achilleas Kaimakli 70–58 57–62 54–51
Omonia 2–1 Achilleas Agrou 96–82 65–74 82–69

Final

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In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
AEL Limassol 3–0 Omonia 67–56 84–81 83–64

References

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