2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia

Basketball League of Serbia
Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2017–18
Duration	October 14, 2017 – April 7, 2018; (First League); April 18, 2018 – May 16, 2018; (Super League); May 21, 2018–June 11, 2018; (Playoffs)
Number of games	261
Number of teams	18
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Regular season
Season MVP	Nigel Williams-Goss
Promoted	Sloboda; Novi Pazar
Relegated	Radnički; Sloga
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts (19th title)
Runners-up	FMP
Semifinalists	Partizan NIS; Borac
Finals MVP	Alen Omić
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Nigel Williams-Goss
Rebounds	Lazar Zoric
Assists	Nigel Williams-Goss
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of June 4, 2018.

The 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: 2017–18 Košarkaška liga Srbije) is the 12th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 74th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Napredak Rubin who competed in the BLS during the last season changed the tier with KKK Radnički. By approval from Basketball Federation of Serbia, Napredak moved to the 3rd-tier First Regional League (West).^[3]

Teams promoted from the Second League

Teams relegated to the Second League

Venues and locations

2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia is located in Serbia

Belgrade

Belgrade clubs:

Beovuk 72
Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of teams in the 2017–18 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beovuk 72	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	2,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Dynamic Arena	500
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Mega Bemax	Sremska Mitrovica	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost	Zemun	Vizura Sports Center	1,500
Radnički	Kragujevac	Jezero Hall	3,750
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	SC Šumice	1,300
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Sloga	Kraljevo	Kraljevo Sports Hall	3,350
Spartak	Subotica	SC Dudova Šuma	3,000
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Zlatibor	Čajetina	WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor	712

	Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League First Division
	Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League Second Division

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Beovuk 72	Slobodan Srezoski	Igor Jevđenić	—	—
Borac	Jovica Arsić	Marko Marinović	—	P.S. Fashion, mts
Crvena zvezda mts	Milenko Topić	Branko Lazić	Nike	mts
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	Aleksandar Miljković	Cvetex	Best Shop Group
Dynamic VIP PAY	Miroslav Nikolić	Vuk Vulikić	NAAI	VIP PAY
FMP	Vladimir Jovanović	Radoš Šešlija	Champion	FMP
Mega Bemax	Dejan Milojević	Ognjen Čarapić	Adidas	Bemax
Metalac	Mihailo Poček	Đukan Đukanović	—	—
Mladost	Branko Maksimović	Veljko Brkić	—	—
Radnički	Bojan Kusmuk	Nikola Vasojević	NAAI	FIAT
OKK Beograd	Darko Kostić	—	Adidas	—
Partizan NIS	Nenad Čanak	Novica Veličković	Under Armour	NIS
Sloga	Mihailo Drobnjak	Saša Đorđević	—	—
Spartak	Dragoljub Vidačić	Miloš Nikolić	—	—
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	Mladen Vitković	unit-sport	—
Vojvodina	Filip Socek	Teodor Atanasov	Peak	Roda
Vršac	Mihajlo Mitić	—	NAAI	Villager
Zlatibor	Vanja Guša	Vladimir Veličković	Ardu	Dino park

Coaching changes

Round	Team	Outgoing coach	Date of change	Incoming coach
—	Sloga	Bojan Kusmuk	October 2017	Mihailo Drobnjak
5th	Radnički	Zoran Todorović	8 November 2017^[4]	Bojan Kusmuk
ABA	Partizan NIS	Miroslav Nikolić	12–14 December 2017^[5]	Nenad Čanak
11th	Spartak	Nenad Čanak	15 December 2017^[6]	Dragoljub Vidačić
12th	Dynamic VIP PAY	Oliver Popović	19 December 2017^[7]	Miroslav Nikolić
14th	Beovuk 72	Rajko Mirković	14 January 2018^[8]	Slobodan Srezoski
15th	Vršac	Vladimir Đokić	20–21 January 2018^[9]^[10]	Goran Topić
—	Borac	Raško Bojić	9 April 2018^[11]	Jovica Arsić
—	Vršac	Goran Topić	April 2018	Mihajlo Mitić
7th	Crvena zvezda mts	Dušan Alimpijević	8 May 2018^[12]	Milenko Topić

First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac	26	20	6	2254	1983	+271	46	Qualification to the Super League
2	Dynamic VIP PAY	26	19	7	2276	2077	+199	45
3	Vršac	26	17	9	2250	2078	+172	43
4	Tamiš	26	16	10	2157	1990	+167	42
5	Metalac	26	16	10	2362	2244	+118	42
6	Zlatibor	26	16	10	2168	2057	+111	42
7	Vojvodina	26	14	12	2334	2236	+98	40
8	Mladost	26	12	14	2186	2218	−32	38
9	Dunav	26	12	14	2058	2123	−65	38
10	Beovuk 72	26	11	15	2213	2310	−97	37
11	Spartak	26	10	16	2036	2203	−167	36
12	OKK Beograd	26	9	17	1983	2133	−150	35
13	Radnički	26	7	19	2072	2286	−214	33	Relegation to Second League
14	Sloga	26	3	23	1980	2391	−411	29	Relegation to Second League

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Super League

Qualified teams

ABA League First Division	First League
Crvena zvezda mts FMP Mega Bemax Partizan NIS	Borac Dynamic VIP PAY Metalac Mladost Tamiš Vojvodina Vršac Zlatibor

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	CZV	BOR	MEG	ZLA	TAM	MLA
1	Crvena zvezda mts	10	8	2	903	735	+168	18^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to the Playoffs	—	84–74	91–64	102–64	94–87	115–64
2	Borac	10	8	2	897	747	+150	18^{[lower-alpha 1]}		70–63	—	89–77	109–80	72–62	96–63
3	Mega Bemax	10	6	4	850	809	+41	16		76–74	81–88	—	96–90	86–77	90–92
4	Zlatibor	10	4	6	843	901	−58	14		75–89	102–93	79–82	—	83–98	99–73
5	Tamiš	10	3	7	810	830	−20	13		86–87	69–86	62–73	83–89	—	102–81
6	Mladost	10	1	9	736	1017	−281	11		75–104	66–120	67–125	76–82	79–84	—

Source: Basketball League of Serbia
Notes:

1 2 Crvena zvezda mts 1–1, 1.02; Borac 1–1, 0.98

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	FMP	PAR	DYN	VRS	VOJ	MET
1	FMP	10	9	1	906	757	+149	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to the Playoffs	—	87–82	84–71	84–54	94–71	101–74
2	Partizan NIS	10	9	1	942	741	+201	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}		94–90	—	87–71	108–66	90–67	91–79
3	Dynamic VIP PAY	10	5	5	836	808	+28	15		70–82	82–93	—	94–74	94–83	84–90
4	Vršac	10	3	7	783	913	−130	13		89–102	59–108	75–90	—	103–85	109–79
5	Vojvodina	10	2	8	773	898	−125	12^{[lower-alpha 2]}		77–81	62–88	66–87	79–84	—	81–76
6	Metalac	10	2	8	810	933	−123	12^{[lower-alpha 2]}		75–101	78–101	74–93	84–70	101–102	—

Source: Basketball League of Serbia
Notes:

1 2 FMP 1–1, 1.01; Partizan NIS 1–1, 0.99
1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

21–23 May 2018

Crvena zvezda mts	2
		28–30 May 2018
Vršac	0
		Crvena zvezda mts	2
22–24 May 2018
		Partizan NIS	0
Partizan NIS	2
				7–11 June 2018
Mega Bemax	0
				Crvena zvezda mts	3
22–24 May 2018
				FMP	0
FMP	2
		29 May–3 June 2018
Zlatibor	0
		FMP	2
21–25 May 2018
		Borac	1
Borac	2

Dynamic VIP PAY	1

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

28–30 May 2018

Vršac	0
		Did not play
Mega Bemax	2
		Mega Bemax	–
29 May–3 June 2018
		Dynamic VIP PAY	–
Zlatibor	1

Dynamic VIP PAY	2
		Seventh place game

		6–10 June 2018

		Vršac	2

		Zlatibor	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–0	Vršac	89–50	109–82	—
Partizan NIS	2–0	Mega Bemax	97–68	93–79	—
FMP	2–0	Zlatibor	102–53	94–87	—
Borac	2–1	Dynamic VIP PAY	83–75	70–81	85–77

5th–8th place semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Mega Bemax	2–0	Vršac	94–76	83–61	—
Dynamic VIP PAY	2–1	Zlatibor	118–76	85–90	90–80

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–0	Partizan NIS	87–62	81–73	—
FMP	2–1	Borac	71–69	59–64	77–56

Seventh place games

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Zlatibor	1–2	Vršac	88–78	89–95	87–94

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts	3–0	FMP	84–83	68–62	97–88	—	—

2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
Crvena zvezda mts 19th Title MVP Alen Omić

Super League final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification to Adriatic Leagues
	Crvena zvezda mts	17	15	2	1518	1235	+283	32	Qualified for Adriatic First Division
	FMP	18	13	5	1542	1335	+207	31	Qualified for Adriatic First Division

3	Partizan NIS	14	11	3	1267	1056	+211	25	Qualified for Adriatic First Division
4	Borac	16	11	5	1324	1187	+137	27	Qualification to Adriatic Second Division

5	Mega Bemax	14	8	6	1174	1136	+38	22	Qualified for Adriatic First Division
6	Dynamic VIP PAY	16	8	8	1362	1292	+70	24	Qualification to Adriatic Second Division
7	Vršac	17	5	12	1319	1552	−233	22	Qualification to Adriatic Second Division
8	Zlatibor	18	6	12	1493	1657	−164	24

9	Tamiš	10	3	7	810	830	−20	13
10	Vojvodina	10	2	8	773	898	−125	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Metalac	10	2	8	810	933	−123	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	Mladost	10	1	9	736	1017	−281	11

Source: KLS
Notes:

1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

References

↑ Four teams (Crvena zvedza, FMP, Mega and Partizan) will only play starting from the second half of the season.
↑ "CENTAR ZVEZDE BEZ PREMCA Omić dobio dva priznanja". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
↑ "KKK Radnički - novi član Prve lige Srbije (KLS)". kkkradnicki.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
↑ "Bojan Kusmuk na čelu stručnog štaba". kkkradnicki.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
↑ "PROMENE U PARTIZANU Čanak novi trener, Todorić smenjen". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
↑ "SUBOTIČANI DOBILI NOVOG TRENERA Vidačić umesto Čanka na klupi Spartaka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
↑ "Dynamic VIP PAY part ways with Oliver Popović and appoint Miroslav Nikolić as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
↑ "Vršcu dovoljna četvrtina za novi trijumf". kls.rs. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
↑ "Vršac parted ways with Đokić". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
↑ "ZAMENA ZA ĐOKIĆA Goran Topić novi trener Vršca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
↑ "POSLE DEVET GODINA SA BOJIĆEM NA KORMILU Košarkaši Borca imaju novog trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
↑ "NOVI ZVEZDIN TRENER Ko je Milenko Topić, miljenik navijača i čovek koji je pobedio Olimpijakos u Beogradu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

External links

Official website of Serbian Basketball League

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[table_hth_CZV0.99196013901008-13] 1 2 Crvena zvezda mts 1–1, 1.02; Borac 1–1, 0.98

[table_hth_FMP0.34260125241363-14] 1 2 FMP 1–1, 1.01; Partizan NIS 1–1, 0.99

[table_hth_VOJ0.34260125241363-15] 1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

[table_hth_VOJ0.18247095364261-16] 1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

[1] Four teams (Crvena zvedza, FMP, Mega and Partizan) will only play starting from the second half of the season.

[2] "CENTAR ZVEZDE BEZ PREMCA Omić dobio dva priznanja". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

[3] "KKK Radnički - novi član Prve lige Srbije (KLS)". kkkradnicki.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[4] "Bojan Kusmuk na čelu stručnog štaba". kkkradnicki.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[5] "PROMENE U PARTIZANU Čanak novi trener, Todorić smenjen". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[6] "SUBOTIČANI DOBILI NOVOG TRENERA Vidačić umesto Čanka na klupi Spartaka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

[7] "Dynamic VIP PAY part ways with Oliver Popović and appoint Miroslav Nikolić as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[8] "Vršcu dovoljna četvrtina za novi trijumf". kls.rs. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

[9] "Vršac parted ways with Đokić". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[10] "ZAMENA ZA ĐOKIĆA Goran Topić novi trener Vršca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[11] "POSLE DEVET GODINA SA BOJIĆEM NA KORMILU Košarkaši Borca imaju novog trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[12] "NOVI ZVEZDIN TRENER Ko je Milenko Topić, miljenik navijača i čovek koji je pobedio Olimpijakos u Beogradu". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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