2017–18 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga

The 2017–18 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga season, for sponsorships reasons named the Admiral Basketball Bundesliga, is the 72nd season of the first tier of basketball in Austria.

2017–18 Admiral Basketball Bundesliga^1
Jiří Hubálek (left, representing Hallmann Vienna) defending against Davor Lamešić (Raiffeisen Flyers Wels) in the Bundesliga match on January 21, 2018
Season	2017–18
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	ece Bulls Kapfenberg (6th title)
Runners-up	Swans Gmunden
Awards
MVP	Stjepan Stazić (Vienna)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Admiral.

Teams

Gmunden

Wels

Fürstenfeld

Traiskirchen

Kapfenberg

Vienna

Oberwart

Klosterneuburg

Graz

Location of teams in 2017–18 ÖBL

Raiffeisen Flyers Wels replaced WBC Wels, from the same city.

Club	Place	Arena	Capacity
Swans Gmunden	Gmunden	Volksbank Arena	2,200
Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld	Fürstenfeld	Stadthalle Fürstenfeld	1,200
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	Traiskirchen	Lions Dome	1,200
ece Bulls Kapfenberg	Kapfenberg	Sporthalle Walfersam	1,000
Hallmann Vienna	Wien	Wiener Stadthalle B	1,000
Raiffeisen Flyers Wels	Wels	Raiffeisen Arena	1,700
Redwell Gunners Oberwart	Oberwart	Sporthalle Oberwart	2,500
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	Klosterneuburg	Happyland Klosterneuburg	1,000
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	Graz	Unionhalle	600

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	32	26	6	2693	2259	+434	52	Qualification to semifinals
2	Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	32	23	9	2625	2356	+269	46
3	Swans Gmunden	32	22	10	2707	2517	+190	44	Qualification to quarterfinals
4	Raiffeisen Flyers Wels	32	17	15	2726	2705	+21	34
5	Hallmann Vienna	32	17	15	2833	2801	+32	34
6	Klosterneuburg Dukes	32	14	18	2643	2538	+105	28
7	Redwell Gunners Oberwart	32	13	19	2508	2599	−91	26
8	Raiffeisen Fürstenfeld Panthers	32	9	23	2387	2663	−276	18
9	UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	32	3	29	2275	2959	−684	6

Source: ÖBL

Play-offs

Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three games format, semifinals in a 2–2–1 format and the final in a best-of-seven format 2–2–1–1–1.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	4 Raiffeisen Flyers Wels	0
	5 Hallmann Vienna	2
					1 ece Bulls Kapfenberg	3
					5 Hallmann Vienna	0
									1 ece Bulls Kapfenberg	4
									3 Swans Gmunden	2
	3 Swans Gmunden	2
	6 Klosterneuburg Dukes	1
					2 Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	0
					3 Swans Gmunden	3

Quarterfinals

The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Swans Gmunden	2–1	Klosterneuburg Dukes	76–67	74–82	63–61
Raiffeisen Flyers Wels	0–2	Hallmann Vienna	79–86	60–91

Semifinals

The team with the higher seed played game one, two and 5 (if necessary) at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
ece Bulls Kapfenberg	3–0	Hallmann Vienna	97–72	96–68	92–78
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	0–3	Swans Gmunden	66–68	81–89	77–84

Semifinals

The team with the higher seed played game one, two, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg	6th leg	7th leg
ece Bulls Kapfenberg	4–2	Swans Gmunden	73–74	82–79	69–78	79–75	69–53	95–92

Clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Ref
ece Bulls Kapfenberg	Champions League	First qualifying round	[1]
	FIBA Europe Cup	Regular season

Clubs in international competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Klosterneuburg Dukes	Alpe Adria Cup	Regular season
Hallman Vienna		Regular season
Raiffeisen Graz		Regular season

References

1. "Champions line up in battle for European Glory". BasketballCL.com. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

External links

• Official website (in German)