2017–18 Dutch Basketball League Explained
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
Dutch Basketball League |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Champions: | Donar 7th title |
Runners Up: | ZZ Leiden |
Teams: | 9 |
Games: | 163 |
Dates: | 7 October 2017 – 29 May 2018 |
Top Seed: | Donar |
Mvp Link: | DBL Most Valuable Player |
Playoffs Mvp: | Brandyn Curry |
Playoffs Mvp Link: | DBL Play-offs MVP |
Ppg: | 18.8 |
Rpg: | 8.1 |
Apg: | 6.8 |
The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018.[1] Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.
Teams
Den Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago.[2] Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.
Arenas and locations
Club | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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| | | align=center | 1,500 |
| | | align=center | 1,700 |
| | Sporthal Boshoven | align=center | 1,000 |
| | Sporthal Sportlaan | align=center | 1,000 |
| | | align=center | 4,350 |
| | | align=center | 1,000 |
| | | align=center | 1,200 |
| | | align=center | 2,800 |
| | | align=center | 2,000 | |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| | | | |
| Tony van den Bosch | Stefan Mladenovic | | Friezon |
| | | | |
| Peter van Noord | | Burned | Envinity[3] |
| | | Burned | Hepro |
| | | | Forward Lease |
| | | Burned | Landstede |
| | | Burned | New Heroes |
| | | | Zorg en Zekerheid | |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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New Heroes | Sander van der Holst | Mutual consent | | Pre-season | Silvano Poropat | [4] |
Aris Leeuwarden | Klaas Stoppels | End of contract | | Tony van den Bosch | [5] | |
Foreign players
See also: 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League squads. For the 2017–18 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5.[6] Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.
Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.
Standings
Results
Second round
Play-offs
In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.[41]
Quarterfinals
The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May. The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.|}
Semifinals
The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.|}
Finals
The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.
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Final standings
Teams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.
Awards
Statistics
Statistical leaders
In European competitions
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3314 Nieuw seizoen start 5 oktober
- Web site: Den Helder volgend seizoen terug in eredivisie basketbal! . 2017-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143609/http://denhelderactueel.nl/2017/06/helder-volgend-seizoen-terug-eredivisie-basketbal/ . 2019-03-05 . dead .
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3397 Shirtsponsor voor Den Helder Suns
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3281 Poropat nieuwe coach New Heroes
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3298 Van den Bosch nieuwe coach Aris
- Web site: Buitenlandse spelers van 4 naar 5 . 2017-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171109054657/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3297 . 2017-11-09 . dead .
- News: Apollo haalt buitenlandse forward. Basketballleague.nl. 2017-08-26. 2017-08-26. nl.
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/speler/571 DBL Player Profile – Michal Mandaly
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3363 Buitenlandse aanwinst voor Aris
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3369 Aris contracteert Nate Kratch
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3467 Aris trekt Deividas Kumelis aan
- News: David Michaels terug bij Aris. DBL. 28 February 2018. nl. 8 March 2018.
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3313 Lufile terug bij Aris Leeuwarden
- News: Meshack Lufile vertrekt bij Aris, Van der List komt terug. Omrop Fryslan. 2017-11-09. 2017-11-17. nl.
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3328 Suns trekken LaVonte Dority aan
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3357 Luxemburgse forward voor de Suns
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3361 McConico tekent bij Den Helder Suns
- https://www.oogtv.nl/2017/04/slagter-en-pasalic-twee-jaar-langer-bij-donar/ Slagter en Pasalic twee jaar langer bij Donar
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3288 Brandyn Curry gaat naar Donar
- News: Donar versterkt zich met Amerikaan Bradford Burgess. 27 January 2018. nl. 7 February 2018. Rtvnoord.nl.
- News: Teddy Gipson tekent tijdelijk contract bij Donar [Teddy Gipson signs temporary contract with Donar] ]. Donar.nl. 2017-10-19. 2017-10-19.
- Web site: Donar heeft het team rond met aanwinst Evan Bruinsma.
- https://www.donar.nl/nieuws/donar-legt-de-amerikaan-stephen-domingo-voor-een-seizoen-vast donar legt de amerikaan stephen domingo voor een seizoen vast
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3311 Belgische belofte naar Rotterdam
- Web site: Trevor Setty signs with Forward Lease Rotterdam . Sportando.com . 2018-02-28 . 2018-04-21.
- News: Versterking voor Forward Lease. Basketballleague.nl. 5 January 2018. 5 January 2018.
- News: Micheal Madanly versterkt Forward Lease. 21 December 2017. 21 December 2017. nl.
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3376 Lange mannen voor Rotterdam
- News: Forward Lease stopt met Commons. 24 December 2017. nl. Basketballeague.nl. 25 December 2017. 26 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020619/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3664. dead.
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3312 Landstede legt Noah Dahlman vast
- http://omroepleo.nl/landstede-zwolle-opent-beurs-voor-jordan-gregory/ Landstede Zwolle opent beurs voor Jordan Gregory
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3342 Dorsey-Walker naar Landstede
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3377 House completeert Zwolse selectie
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3326 Amerikaanse schutter New Heroes
- http://www.newheroesbasketball.com/news/sherrill-tweede-amerikaanse-aanwinst-voor-new-heroes/ TWEEDE AMERIKAANSE AANWINST VOOR NEW HEROES
- http://www.newheroesbasketball.com/news/carey-derde-buitenlandse-aanwinst-new-heroes/ NEW HEROES PRESENTEERT DERDE BUITENLANDSE AANWINST
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3375 New Heroes haalt Anthony Marshall
- http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3323 De Randamie naar ZZ Leiden
- https://www.eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/nieuwsbericht/?bericht=2964 ZZ Leiden trekt Vette aan
- Web site: ZZ Leiden | Nieuwsbericht | ZZ Leiden haalt Carrington Love . nl . Eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl . 2018-04-21.
- News: Schema voor de play-offs. DBL. nl. 22 March 2018. Schedule for the play-offs. 28 March 2018.
- News: Brandyn Curry gekozen tot MVP. 23 April 2018. DBL. 23 April 2018. 24 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071445/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4009. dead.
- Web site: Brandyn Curry MVP play-offs. 29 May 2018. 30 May 2018. DBL. nl. https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045308/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/4090. 14 June 2018. dead.
- News: MVP U23: Van der Vuurst de Vries. DBL. 18 April 2018. 18 April 2018. nl. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230141/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3985. dead.
- News: ROTY: Van der Vuurst de Vries. 18 April 2018. 19 April 2018. DBL. nl. 19 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180419183739/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3986. dead.
- News: Cunningham beste verdediger. DBL. 20 April 2018. nl. 21 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232215/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3996. 21 April 2018. dead.
- Web site: All Defense Team 2017-2018. 20 April 2018. 21 April 2018. DBL. 21 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232651/http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3997. dead.
- http://www.basketballcl.com/17-18/news/basketball-champions-league-qualification-rounds-and-regular-season-draw-completed Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed