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
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
Phase 1
Round 1
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
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
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
Round 1
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
Wednesday 2017-09-27
Σκορ |
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83 – 79 |
53 – 66 |
92 – 80 |
43 – 81 |
Round 3
Score |
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70 – 82 |
78 – 58 |
Final Rounds
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
Semifinals
5 November 2017 Semifinal
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Aris | 49–56 | Olympiacos | Thessaloniki |
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Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall |
5 November 2017 Semifinal
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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
17 February 2018 Final
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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
Most Valuable Player
Player | Team |
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AEK |
Finals Top Scorer
Player | Team |
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Olympiacos |
References
- ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης. "Τελικός Κυπέλλου μπάσκετ: ο Παναθηναϊκός Superfoods νίκησε τον Άρη". cnn.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος. "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. "Βασίλισσα ξανά και Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας για το 2018 η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Μελάγιες, Κωνσταντίνος. "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 83-88 (pics & vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Georgakopoulos, George. "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". ekathimerini.com. Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
- Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)