2017–18 EuroLeague Women explained
The 2017–18 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.
Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women.[1]
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows:[2] [3]
Phase | Round | Draw date | Round date |
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Qualifying round | First leg | 4 July 2017 | 26 September 2017 |
Second leg | 29 September–3 October 2017 |
Regular season | Matchday 1 | 11 October 2017 |
Matchday 2 | 18–19 October 2017 |
Matchday 3 | 25 October 2017 |
Matchday 4 | 1 November 2017 |
Matchday 5 | 22–23 November 2017 |
Matchday 6 | 29 November 2017 |
Matchday 7 | 6–7 December 2017 |
Matchday 8 | 13–14 December 2017 |
Matchday 9 | 20 December 2017 |
Matchday 10 | 3–4 January 2018 |
Matchday 11 | 10–11 January 2018 |
Matchday 12 | 17 January 2018 |
Matchday 13 | 24–25 January 2018 |
Matchday 14 | 31 January 2018 |
Quarter-finals play-offs | First leg | 28 February 2018 |
Second leg | 7 March 2018 |
Third leg | 14 March 2018 |
Final Four | Semi-finals | 20 April 2018 |
Final | 22 April 2018 | |
Draw
The draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons.[4]
Qualifying round
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Regular season
Regular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record.
- Head-to-head point differential.
- Point differential during the Regular Season.
- Points scored during the regular season.
- Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.
Group B
Quarter-finals
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Third leg
Final four
Final
Individual statistics
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Other statistics
Category | Name | Team | Games | Average |
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Steals | | | 14 | 3.0 |
Blocks | | | 18 | 2.3 |
Turnovers | | | 15 | 4.3 |
Fouls committed | | | 16 | 3.7 |
Minutes | | | 15 | 36:00 |
2P% | | | 14 | 64.9% |
3P% | | | 17 | 55.4% |
FT% | | | 13 | 97.8% | |
Notes and References
- News: A mix of old and new clubs for upcoming EuroLeague Women season. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630091418/http://www.fiba.com/europe/euroleaguewomen/2017/news/a-mix-of-old-and-new-clubs-for-upcoming-euroleague-women-season. live. June 30, 2017. FIBA.basketball. 27 June 2017. en.
- Web site: Regulations.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707232603/http://www.fiba.com/europe/euroleaguewomen/2018/Regulations.pdf. live. July 7, 2017. FIBA.basketball. en.
- News: Seedings released ahead of 2017/18 EuroLeague Women Draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20170706124831/http://www.fiba.com/euroleaguewomen/17-18/news/seedings-released-ahead-of-2017/18-euroleague-women-draw. live. July 6, 2017. FIBA.basketball. 3 July 2017. en.
- News: EuroLeague Women Regular Season groups confirmed for 2017/18 campaign. https://web.archive.org/web/20170704152059/http://www.fiba.com/euroleaguewomen/17-18/news/euroleague-women-regular-season-groups-confirmed-for-2017-18-campaign. live. July 4, 2017. FIBA.basketball. 4 July 2017. en.