2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs

2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup play-offs will begin on 7 March and conclude on 25 April and 2 May 2018 with the 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup. A total of 16 teams will compete in the play-offs.

Format

The play-offs involves 16 teams which qualified as winners or second placed of each one of the four groups in the second round.

Each tie in the knockout phase, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home.

The draw will be made without any restriction or seeding, being decided all the bracket by the luck of the draw in the round of 16. If two teams from the same previous round are paired, the team with the best record in the last round would play the second leg at home. If a FIBA Europe Cup team is drawn against a Basketball Champions League team, the FIBA Europe Cup side would have the home-court advantage in the second leg. This rule apply for all the rounds of the play-offs.^[1]

Qualified teams

Teams from the second round

The four group winners and second-placed teams from the second round advanced to the play-offs. In case of vacants due to opt-out options of teams transferred from the Basketball Champions League, these places would be filled with the best third-qualified teams.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third
I	ESSM Le Portel	Nizhny Novgorod
J	Alba Fehérvár	Egis Körmend
K	Bakken Bears	Tsmoki-Minsk	Mornar
L	Donar	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Keravnos

Standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	I	ESSM Le Portel	6	6	0	496	403	+93
2	J	Alba Fehérvár	6	5	1	500	462	+38
3	L	Donar	6	4	2	511	444	+67
4	K	Bakken Bears	6	4	2	509	536	−27
5	K	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	3	3	472	429	+43
6	I	Nizhny Novgorod	6	3	3	491	478	+13
7	L	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	6	3	3	455	468	−13
8	J	Egis Körmend	6	3	3	461	483	−22
9	L	Keravnos	6	3	3	437	463	−26
10	K	Mornar	6	3	3	461	497	−36

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Transfers from Champions League regular season

Eight teams from the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the fifth and sixth-placed teams. Movistar Estudiantes, Élan Chalon, AEK Athens and SIG Strasbourg, had opt-out clauses from playing in the FIBA Europe Cup and in the event of them claiming fifth or sixth place, their spot would be filled by the best-ranked third-placed teams from the second round.^[2]

Group	Fifth place	Sixth place
A	Dinamo Sassari	Juventus
B	Ventspils	~~Élan Chalon~~
C	~~Movistar Estudiantes~~	Umana Reyer Venezia
D	Sidigas Scandone	Oostende

Standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1	C	Umana Reyer Venezia	14	8	6	1146	1140	+6
2	A	Dinamo Sassari	14	7	7	1158	1174	−16
3	D	Sidigas Scandone	14	6	8	1049	1028	+21
4	B	Ventspils	14	6	8	1034	1085	−51
5	D	Oostende	14	6	8	975	1050	−75
6	A	Juventus	14	4	10	1105	1193	−88

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Finals



Juventus	87	76	163

Alba Fehérvár	74	78	152
				Juventus	77	68	145

				Sidigas Scandone	77	85	162
Sidigas Scandone	70	81	151

Tsmoki-Minsk	70	72	142
								Sidigas Scandone	75	82	157

								Bakken Bears	72	72	144
Ventspils	73	81	154

Bakken Bears	93	75	168
				Bakken Bears	76	80	156

				ESSM Le Portel	62	86	148
Dinamo Sassari	72	81	153

ESSM Le Portel	55	100	155
												Sidigas Scandone	69	79	148

												Reyer Venezia	77	81	158
Reyer Venezia	83	86	169

Egis Körmend	51	88	139
				Reyer Venezia	86	90	176

				Nizhny Novgorod	76	94	170
Keravnos	62	61	123

Nizhny Novgorod	77	71	148
								Reyer Venezia	82	80	162

								Donar	72	83	155
Oostende	84	63	147

Mornar	71	90	161
				Mornar	73	74	147

				Donar	67	101	168
Donar	103	76	179

U-BT Cluj-Napoca	76	69	145

Round of 16

The first legs will be played on 6 and 7 March, and the second legs will be played on 13 and 14 March 2017. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Keravnos	123–148	Nizhny Novgorod	62–77	61–71
Sidigas Scandone	151–142	Tsmoki-Minsk	70–70	81–72
Dinamo Sassari	153–155	ESSM Le Portel	72–55	81–100
Oostende	147–161	Mornar	84–71	63–90
Donar	179–145^[A]	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	103–76	76–69
Ventspils	154–168	Bakken Bears	73–93	81–75
Juventus	163–152	Alba Fehérvár	87–74	76–78
Umana Reyer Venezia	169–139	Egis Körmend	83–51	86–88

Notes

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Order of legs reversed after original draw, requested by Donar due to the no availability of their home arena for the second leg.

First leg

6 March 2018	Donar	103–76	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Groningen
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 27–14, 33–21, 24–21
	Pts: Curry 26 Rebs: Koenis 9 Asts: Curry 9 Eff: Curry 33	Boxscore	Pts: Kromah 20 Rebs: Šakić 6 Asts: Watson 4 Eff: Rašić 16	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 4,350 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Anastasios Manos (GRE), Hugues Thépénier (FRA)

7 March 2018	Juventus	87–74	Alba Fehérvár	Utena
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 29–6, 25–28, 15–20, 13–20
	Pts: Gaines 25 Rebs: Dendy 8 Asts: Šikšnius 6 Eff: Dendy 28	Boxscore	Pts: Hill 18 Rebs: Lóránt 9 Asts: Mohammed, Simpson 4 Eff: Lóránt 20	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 1,013 Referees: Sergey Krug (RUS), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Ville Selkee (FIN)

7 March 2018	Keravnos	62–77	Nizhny Novgorod	Strovolos
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 13–17, 18–19, 15–19
	Pts: Abukar 21 Rebs: Parks 6 Asts: Ross 5 Eff: Abukar, Parks 14	Boxscore	Pts: Gubanov, Jelovac 18 Rebs: Veremeenko 11 Asts: Strebkov 9 Eff: Jelovac 24	Arena: Costas Papaellinas Attendance: 500 Referees: Aliaksandr Syrytsa (BLR), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)

7 March 2018	Ventspils	73–93	Bakken Bears	Ventspils
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 16–28, 22–27, 13–24
	Pts: Ubilla 19 Rebs: Gulbis, Ubilla 5 Asts: Ubilla 4 Eff: Ubilla 26	Boxscore	Pts: Akoon-Purcell 23 Rebs: Crockett 12 Asts: Akoon-Purcell 6 Eff: Akoon-Purcell, Diouf 24	Arena: Olympic Center Attendance: 950 Referees: Chris Dodds (GBR), Sigmundur Herbertsson (ISL), Martin Vulić (CRO)

7 March 2018	Sidigas Scandone	70–70	Tsmoki-Minsk	Avellino
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 15–12, 13–25, 25–15
	Pts: Fesenko 24 Rebs: Fesenko 15 Asts: Filloy 6 Eff: Fesenko 32	Boxscore	Pts: Gray, Kravish 16 Rebs: Kravish 8 Asts: Gaulden-Saddler 5 Eff: Kravish 21	Arena: Giacomo Del Mauro Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Petr Hrůša (CZE), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE)

7 March 2018	Dinamo Sassari	72–55	ESSM Le Portel	Sassari
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 6–18, 21–14, 19–15, 26–8
	Pts: Bostic 20 Rebs: Polonara 8 Asts: Bamforth 5 Eff: Bostic, Polonara 22	Boxscore	Pts: Golden 11 Rebs: Hassell 8 Asts: Chathuant 4 Eff: Chathuant 10	Arena: Roberta Serradimigni Attendance: 2,629 Referees: Boris Krejić (SLO), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Marko Vučković (SLO)

7 March 2018	Oostende	84–71	Mornar	Ostend
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 18–17, 25–18, 19–16
	Pts: Myers 17 Rebs: Myers 8 Asts: Đorđević 6 Eff: Myers 19	Boxscore	Pts: Needham 23 Rebs: Vujošević 9 Asts: Raley-Ross 5 Eff: Vujošević, Raley-Ross 17	Arena: Sleuyter Arena Attendance: 1,896 Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Francisco Araña (ESP), Gytis Vilius (LTU)

7 March 2018	Umana Reyer Venezia	83–51	Egis Körmend	Venice
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 23–9, 21–13, 23–10
	Pts: Perić 13 Rebs: Watt 6 Asts: three players 3 Eff: Watt, Tonut 15	Boxscore	Pts: Hollins 11 Rebs: Wright 6 Asts: Wright 3 Eff: Horti 11	Arena: Giuseppe Taliercio Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Borys Shulga (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)

Second leg

13 March 2018	Alba Fehérvár	78–76 (152–163 agg.)	Juventus	Székesfehérvár
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 21–19, 17–18, 15–18
	Pts: three players 14 Rebs: Keller 7 Asts: Kovács 6 Eff: Hill 14	Boxscore	Pts: Buterlevičius 20 Rebs: Kupšas 9 Asts: Bičkauskis 7 Eff: Kupšas 21	Arena: Alba Regia Sportcsarnok Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Alexandru Olaru (ROU), Ognjen Jokić (MNE), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)

14 March 2018	Nizhny Novgorod	71–61 (148–123 agg.)	Keravnos	Nizhny Novgorod
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–14, 18–14, 17–16
	Pts: Jelovac 17 Rebs: Veremeenko 9 Asts: Odum 7 Eff: Veremeenko 21	Boxscore	Pts: Abukar 23 Rebs: Parks 12 Asts: Barker 5 Eff: Parks 21	Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace Attendance: 1,154 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Christoph Rohacky (AUT), Ville Selkee (FIN)

14 March 2018	Tsmoki-Minsk	72–81 (142–151 agg.)	Sidigas Scandone	Minsk
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 18–13, 16–20, 24–24
	Pts: Kudrautsu 17 Rebs: Kravish 13 Asts: Adamović 5 Eff: Kravish 26	Boxscore	Pts: Filloy 22 Rebs: Wells, Zerini 5 Asts: Leunen 6 Eff: Filloy 26	Arena: Minsk Arena Attendance: 1,246 Referees: Anastasios Piloidis (GRE), Ilya Putenko (RUS), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)

14 March 2018	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	69–76 (145–179 agg.)	Donar	Cluj-Napoca
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 19–24, 11–22, 17–17
	Pts: Šakić, Watson 13 Rebs: Šakić 13 Asts: three players 3 Eff: Šakić 20	Boxscore	Pts: Pašalić 20 Rebs: Slagter 7 Asts: Curry 8 Eff: Slagter 22	Arena: Polyvalent Hall Attendance: 1,530 Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Pavel Fuska (SVK), Rune Ressel Larsen (DEN)

14 March 2018	Bakken Bears	75–81 (168–154 agg.)	Ventspils	Aarhus
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 15–13, 20–23, 21–19
	Pts: Crockett 23 Rebs: Crockett 9 Asts: Akoon-Purcell 5 Eff: Crockett 26	Boxscore	Pts: Lomažs, Ubilla 15 Rebs: Ubilla 5 Asts: Ubilla 4 Eff: Ubilla 16	Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Sergiy Chebyshev (UKR), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE)

14 March 2018	Egis Körmend	88–86 (139–169 agg.)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Körmend
19:10	Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 23–23, 20–12, 23–22
	Pts: Ferencz 18 Rebs: Horti 11 Asts: Wright 9 Eff: Ferencz 21	Boxscore	Pts: Tonut 24 Rebs: Daye, Perić 4 Asts: Daye, De Nicolao 5 Eff: Tonut 28	Arena: Szentély Aréna Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Petar Denkovski (MKD), Uroš Nikolić (SRB), Arnis Ozols (LAT)

14 March 2018	ESSM Le Portel	100–810(OT) (155–153 agg.)	Dinamo Sassari	Le Portel
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–18, 27–14, 14–19, Overtime: 12–10
	Pts: Hassell 33 Rebs: Hassell 12 Asts: Carter, Golden 7 Eff: Hassell 37	Boxscore	Pts: Bamforth, Hatcher 16 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Bostic 6 Eff: three players 14	Arena: Le Chaudron Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Sébastien Clivaz (SUI), Paulo Marques (POR)

14 March 2018	Mornar	90–63 (161–147 agg.)	Oostende	Bar
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 19–19, 30–16, 17–14
	Pts: Vranješ 29 Rebs: Pavić 12 Asts: Raley-Ross, Vranješ 4 Eff: Vranješ 28	Boxscore	Pts: Kesteloot 14 Rebs: Fieler 7 Asts: Fieler 4 Eff: Fieler 17	Arena: Topolica Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Anastasios Manos (GRE), Ivan Miličević (BIH)

Quarterfinals

The first legs will be played on 20 and 21 March, and the second legs will be played on 27 and 28 March 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Umana Reyer Venezia	176–170	Nizhny Novgorod	86–76	90–94
Juventus	145–162	Sidigas Scandone	77–77	68–85
Bakken Bears	156–148	ESSM Le Portel	76–62	80–86
Mornar	147–168	Donar	73–67	74–101

First leg

20 March 2018	Bakken Bears	76–62	ESSM Le Portel	Aarhus
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 22–18, 20–15, 14–12
	Pts: Crockett 21 Rebs: Crockett 9 Asts: Jukić, Wiggins 4 Eff: Crockett 23	Boxscore	Pts: Golden 17 Rebs: Traoré 8 Asts: Golden 4 Eff: Hassell 17	Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen Attendance: 1,930 Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Luka Kardum (CRO), Oskars Lucis (LAT)

21 March 2018	Juventus	77–77	Sidigas Scandone	Utena
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 15–24, 24–22, 17–17
	Pts: Gaines 18 Rebs: Korniyenko 10 Asts: Šikšnius 5 Eff: Korniyenko 24	Boxscore	Pts: Wells 17 Rebs: Fesenko, Scrubb 6 Asts: Leunen 8 Eff: Leunen 19	Arena: Utena Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Haris Bijedić (BIH), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE)

21 March 2018	Mornar	73–67	Donar	Bar
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 19–30, 15–12, 21–15
	Pts: Needham 20 Rebs: Vujošević 16 Asts: Raley-Ross 3 Eff: Vujošević 25	Boxscore	Pts: Pašalić 15 Rebs: Curry 10 Asts: Curry 5 Eff: Pašalić 17	Arena: Topolica Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR)

21 March 2018	Umana Reyer Venezia	86–76	Nizhny Novgorod	Venice
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 22–16, 25–23, 19–18
	Pts: Perić 26 Rebs: Bramos 13 Asts: Haynes 9 Eff: Perić 27	Boxscore	Pts: Jelovac 28 Rebs: Jelovac 12 Asts: Strebkov 6 Eff: Jelovac 28	Arena: Giuseppe Taliercio Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Boris Krejić (SLO), Özlem Yalman (TUR)

Second leg

27 March 2018	ESSM Le Portel	86–800(OT) (148–156 agg.)	Bakken Bears	Le Portel
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 19–16, 20–13, 14–18, Overtime: 8–16
	Pts: Golden 25 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Carter 6 Eff: Hachad, Traoré 24	Boxscore	Pts: Akoon-Purcell 19 Rebs: Crockett 17 Asts: Akoon-Purcell 8 Eff: Crockett 25	Arena: Le Chaudron Attendance: 3,533 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

28 March 2018	Nizhny Novgorod	94–90 (170–176 agg.)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Nizhny Novgorod
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 29–25, 22–23, 23–20
	Pts: Jelovac 38 Rebs: Jelovac 15 Asts: Odum 7 Eff: Jelovac 45	Boxscore	Pts: Haynes 21 Rebs: Daye 5 Asts: De Nicolao 4 Eff: Biligha, De Nicolao 19	Arena: Trade Union Sport Palace Attendance: 1,935 Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

28 March 2018	Donar	101–74 (168–147 agg.)	Mornar	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 27–14, 18–20, 31–20
	Pts: Curry 19 Rebs: Burges, Koenis 7 Asts: Cunningham 9 Eff: Curry 26	Boxscore	Pts: Needham 24 Rebs: Bakić, Mićović 4 Asts: Raley-Ross 2 Eff: Vranješ 22	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 4,350 Referees: Marek Ćmikiewicz (POL), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Tanel Suslov (EST)

28 March 2018	Sidigas Scandone	85–68 (162–145 agg.)	Juventus	Avellino
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 31–8, 15–23, 20–22
	Pts: D'Ercole 17 Rebs: Leunen 8 Asts: Fitipaldo 8 Eff: three players 16	Boxscore	Pts: Korniienko 18 Rebs: Korniienko 12 Asts: Bičkauskis 8 Eff: Korniienko 28	Arena: Giacomo del Mauro Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Markos Michaelides (SUI), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

Semifinals

The first legs will be played on 11 April, and the second legs will be played on 18 and 19 April 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Umana Reyer Venezia	162–155	Donar	82–72	80–83
Sidigas Scandone	157–144	Bakken Bears	75–72	82–72

First leg

11 April 2018	Umana Reyer Venezia	82–72	Donar	Venice
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 14–22, 24–14, 16–15
	Pts: Ress 14 Rebs: Daye 9 Asts: Haynes 7 Eff: Haynes, Watt 16	Boxscore	Pts: Pašalić 20 Rebs: Burgess 11 Asts: Curry 5 Eff: Burgess 20	Arena: Giuseppe Taliercio Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Markos Michaelides (SUI), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)

11 April 2018	Sidigas Scandone	75–72	Bakken Bears	Avellino
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 22–16, 28–21, 10–20
	Pts: Rich 28 Rebs: Rich 8 Asts: Leunen 6 Eff: Rich 30	Boxscore	Pts: Diouf 26 Rebs: Akoon-Purcell, Bishop 7 Asts: Darboe 7 Eff: Diouf 28	Arena: Giacomo del Mauro Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Marek Ćmikiewicz (POL), Uroš Nikolić (SRB)

Second leg

18 April 2018	Bakken Bears	72–82 (144–157 agg.)	Sidigas Scandone	Aarhus
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 18–30, 22–12, 17–22
	Pts: Jukić 17 Rebs: Diouf 10 Asts: Akoon-Purcell 6 Eff: Bishop 19	Boxscore	Pts: Fesenko 19 Rebs: Rich 7 Asts: Rich 5 Eff: Fesenko 22	Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen Attendance: 2,250 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

19 April 2018	Donar	83–80 (155–162 agg.)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Groningen
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 20–17, 17–17, 22–22
	Pts: Curry 23 Rebs: Bruinsma 8 Asts: Curry 3 Eff: Bruinsma 23	Boxscore	Pts: Bramos 16 Rebs: Watt 8 Asts: De Nicolao 4 Eff: Watt 19	Arena: MartiniPlaza Attendance: 4,350 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Gentian Cici (ALB), Luka Kardum (CRO)

Finals

The first legs will be played on 25 April, and the second legs will be played on 2 May 2018. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sidigas Scandone	148–158	Umana Reyer Venezia	69–77	79–81

References

^ "FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 field confirmed, Draw on Thursday". FIBA. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^ "Which Basketball Champions League clubs could be coming to FIBA Europe Cup?". FIBA. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

External links

Official website

[cnote_A] 
Order of legs reversed after original draw, requested by Donar due to the no availability of their home arena for the second leg.

[1] "FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 field confirmed, Draw on Thursday". FIBA. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[2] "Which Basketball Champions League clubs could be coming to FIBA Europe Cup?". FIBA. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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