2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A
2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A | |
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Season | 2017–18 |
Duration | 21 October 2017 – 18 April 2018 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Urartu |
Finals | |
Champions | Artsakh (1st title) |
Runners-up | Artik |
Semifinalists | FIMA Urartu |
2018–19 → |
The 2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A season, was the inaugural season of the new official competition of basketball first division in Armenia.
Artsakh won the title after doing a perfect 6–0 in the playoffs.
Competition format
After several negotiations, finally seven teams joined the competition, consisting in a round-robin tournament where the best teams would qualify for the playoffs. The best teams are able for qualifying to the European competitions.[1]
The regular season consisted in a double-legged round-robin tournament where the first qualified would join directly the semifinals. The other six teams would face in the quarterfinals.
Teams
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Seven teams took part in the inaugural season of the competition.[2]
Club | Place | Arena |
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Artik | Artik | Artik Sports School |
Artsakh | Stepanakert | Artsakh State University Sports Hall |
Engineer | Yerevan | Olympavan Training Complex |
FIMA | Yerevan | Olympavan Training Complex |
Grand Sport | Yerevan | Grand Sport Complex |
Shirak | Gyumri | Aram Sargsyan Sports Hall |
Urartu | Yerevan | Olympavan Training Complex |
Regular season
The regular season started on 21 October 2017 and ended on 20 February 2018.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Urartu | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1058 | 766 | +292 | 24 | Qualification to semifinals |
2 | Artik | 12 | 8 | 4 | 935 | 912 | +23 | 20 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
3 | FIMA | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1029 | 980 | +49 | 20 | |
4 | Artsakh | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1003 | 957 | +46 | 18 | |
5 | Shirak | 12 | 3 | 9 | 870 | 960 | −90 | 15 | |
6 | Grand Sport | 12 | 3 | 9 | 843 | 976 | −133 | 15 | |
7 | Engineer | 12 | 2 | 10 | 717 | 904 | −187 | 14 |
Results
Home \ Away | ART | ARS | ENG | FIM | GSP | SHI | URA |
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Artik | — | 76–88 | 61–48 | 99–89 | 87–69 | 82–71 | 62–88 |
Artsakh | 77–82 | — | 82–63 | 88–91 | 110–91 | 88–67 | 69–106 |
Engineer | 71–79 | 65–62 | — | 67–85 | 63–74 | 66–56 | 52–73 |
FIMA | 95–87 | 94–83 | 108–66 | — | 78–57 | 76–75 | 75–103 |
Grand Sport | 67–86 | 63–89 | 69–40 | 74–72 | — | 75–82 | 63–88 |
Shirak | 77–80 | 79–101 | 69–53 | 93–98 | 75–73 | — | 60–76 |
Urartu | 72–54 | 80–66 | 86–63 | 88–68 | 106–68 | 92–66 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Playoffs started on 2 March 2018. Urartu, as winner of the regular season, was directly qualified for the semifinals.[3] Teams that placed better at the end of the regular season played games 1 and 3 at home.
The final was played in a double-legged format at the Mika Sports Arena, Yerevan. These games were played on 14 and 18 April 2018.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
Urartu | 70 | 88 | ||||||||||||||
Artsakh | 76 | 90 | ||||||||||||||
Artsakh | 111 | 124 | ||||||||||||||
Shirak | 81 | 91 | ||||||||||||||
Artsakh | 100 | 98 | ||||||||||||||
Artik | 74 | 90 | ||||||||||||||
Artik | 91 | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Engineer | 63 | 57 | ||||||||||||||
Artik | 111 | 88 | ||||||||||||||
FIMA | 87 | 74 | ||||||||||||||
FIMA | 88 | 109 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Sport | 86 | 90 | ||||||||||||||
Third place | ||||
Urartu | 102 | 115 | ||
FIMA | 78 | 70 | ||
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
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1 | Artsakh | 18 | 12 | 6 |
2 | Artik | 18 | 12 | 6 |
3 | Urartu | 16 | 14 | 2 |
4 | FIMA | 16 | 10 | 6 |
5 | Shirak | 14 | 3 | 11 |
6 | Grand Sport | 14 | 3 | 11 |
7 | Engineer | 14 | 2 | 12 |
References
- ^ "Արա Պողոսյան. Հասունացել էր բասկետբոլի կանոնավոր առաջնություն ունենալու պահը" (in Armenian). Armenia National Olympic Committee. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Մեկնարկում է Ա լիգայի կանոնավոր առաջնությունը" [Armenia Basketball League A, 2017-18 season launched] (in Armenian). Armsport. 20 October 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Մեկնարկում է Ա լիգայի 1/4 եզրափակիչը" (in Armenian). Armenia Basketball Federation. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
- Armenian basketball at Eurobasket.com
- Basketball Federation of Armenia at Facebook