2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division A

The 2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division A is the 51st season of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top-tier level men's professional basketball league on Cyprus.

Cyprus Basketball Division A

Competition details
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Petrolina AEK (4th title)
Runners-up	Keravnos
Relegated	APOP
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Competition format

Seven teams joined the regular season, where after a three-legs round-robin tournament, the four first qualified would join the playoffs for the title.

Teams and locations

AEK

Apollon

APOEL

APOP

ETHA

Enosis

Keravnos

Locations of the 2017–18 Cyprus Basketball Division A teams

Team	City	Venue
APOEL	Nicosia	Lefkotheo
Apollon	Limassol	Apollon Arena
APOP	Paphos	Aphroditi Sports Hall
Enosis Neon	Paralimni	Avgorou Technical School
ETHA	Engomi	Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Keravnos	Strovolos	Costas Papaellinas Arena
Petrolina AEK	Larnaca	Kition Athletic Center

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Petrolina AEK	18	15	3	1560	1330	+230	33	Qualification to semifinals
2	Keravnos	18	15	3	1472	1218	+254	33
3	APOEL	18	11	7	1458	1404	+54	29	Qualification to quarterfinals
4	Enosis Neon	18	9	9	1329	1361	−32	27
5	ETHA	18	6	12	1390	1460	−70	24
6	Apollon	18	4	14	1236	1429	−193	22
7	APOP	18	3	15	1288	1531	−243	21	Relegation to Division B

Source: CBF, CBF

Results

First round Home \ Away APO LIM PAP PAR ETH KER AEK APOEL — 96–67 86–82 65–59 66–76 71–87 82–84 Apollon 76–82 — 68–61 67–78 53–79 68–75 70–79 APOP 58–75 76–82 — 53–73 72–71 71–93 62–81 Enosis Neon 77–76 74–67 96–88 — 76–71 69–68 62–74 ETHA 83–78 80–61 83–66 83–76 — 73–93 69–91 Keravnos 74–67 82–44 88–63 69–58 89–77 — 74–82 Petrolina AEK 90–102 87–61 106–77 102–71 79–70 84–75 — Source: CBF Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second round Home \ Away APO LIM PAP PAR ETH KER AEK APOEL — 82–73 — 90–83 — — 94–87 Apollon — — 92–76 — 87–84 66–75 — APOP 65–71 — — 76–74 — — 73–118 Enosis Neon — 81–73 — — 104–81 — 61–73 ETHA 93–102 — 88–97 — — 48–84 — Keravnos 90–73 — 86–72 85–57 — — — Petrolina AEK — 82–61 — — 86–81 75–85 — Source: CBF Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and (if necessary) 5 at home.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
					Petrolina AEK	3
					Enosis Neon	0
	Enosis Neon	2
	ETHA	0
									Petrolina AEK	3
									Keravnos	0
					Keravnos	3
					APOEL	1
	APOEL	2
	Apollon	1

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
APOEL	2–1	Apollon	76–70	76–80	79–52
Enosis Neon	2–0	ETHA	82–46	83–45	0

Semifinals

In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Petrolina AEK	3–0	Enosis Neon	83–61	96–70	57–54	0	0
Keravnos	3–1	APOEL	94–69	79–81	80–71	81–66	0

Finals

In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Petrolina AEK	3–0	Keravnos	69–60	76–70	69–64	0	0

References

External links

• Cyprus Basketball Federation
• Cyprus at Eurobasket.com