2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup

2017–18 Greek Cup
Competition details
Season 2017–18
Teams 62
Dates 13 September 2017 – 17 February 2018
Final positions
Champions AEK (4th title)
Runners-up Olympiacos
Awards
MVP United States Manny Harris
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup was the 43rd edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winners of the cup were Panathinaikos Superfoods. The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition[1]

Format

The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League 2016–17 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2017–18 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League 2017–18 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League 2017–18 season, play in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds are played under a single elimination format.

Preliminary Rounds

Phase 1

Round 1

Wednesday 13/09/2017

Home Team Away Team Score
Ionikos Nikaias – Diagoras Dryopideon 91 – 80
K.A.O. Corinth – Iraklio 73 – 65
Filathlitikos – Pagrati 66 – 68
Mandraikos – Ippocratis 85 – 71
Tritonas – Dafni Dafniou 79 – 74
Panerithraikos – Panelefsiniakos 72 – 77
Kifissia – Proteas Voulas 54 – 48
Koropi – Ikaros Neas Smyrnis 61 – 64
G.S. Elimeias Kozani – Pharsala 82 – 58
S.F.K Pierikos Arxelaos – Charilaos Trikoupis 0 – 20
Machites Doxas Pefkon – Kavala 55 – 63
G.A.S. Chalkidonas – Evropi Pefkochoriou 44 – 58
Agrinio – Ermis Langada 81 – 60
Gefyra – S.A. Stratoniou 70 – 66
Anatolia – Aspis Xanthi 70 – 56
Titanes Palama – Ikaroi Serron 81 – 90

Round 2

Saturday 16/09/2017

Home Team Away Team Score
Kavala – Arkadikos 109 – 56
Mandraikos – Kastoria 71 – 94
G.S. Elimeias Kozani – Amyntas 59 – 75
Pagrati – Apollon Patras 64 – 62
Ikaros Neas Smyrnis – Holargos 65 – 84
Panelefsiniakos – Maroussi 68 – 73
Anatolia – AEL 84 - 69
Agrinio – Ethnikos Pireaus 55 – 70
Nea Kifissia – Ermis Agias 83 – 81
Ikaroi Serron – Doukas 89 – 63
K.A.O. Corinth – Karditsa 64 – 75
Ionikos Nikaias – Peristeri 71 – 64
Tritonas – Iraklis Thessaloniki 57 – 81
Evropi Pefkochoriou – Doxa Lefkadas 72 – 88
Gefyra – Psychiko 55 – 62
Charilaos – Papagou 69 – 71

Round 3

Wednesday 20/09/2017

Home Team Away Team Score
Ionikos Nikaia – Doxa Lefkadas 95 – 62
Nea Kifissia – Psychiko 67 – 64
Pagrati – Amyntas 59 – 76
Maroussi – Ethnikos Pireaus 62 – 74
Kavala – Papagou 75 – 60
Karditsa – Iraklis Thessaloniki 78 – 82
Anatolia – Kastoria 69 – 83
Ikaroi Serron – Holargos 50 – 79

Phase 2

Round 1

Saturday 23/09/2017

Home Team Away Team Score
Ionikos Nikaia – Trikala Aries 79 – 66
Koroivos – Promitheas Patras 79 – 86
Amyntas – Kolossos H Hotels 55 – 83
Nea Kifissia – Holargos 73 – 86
Faros Larissas – Kymis 70 – 66
Kavala – Kastoria 81 – 76
Panionios – Lavrio 61 – 99
Ethnikos Piraeus – Iraklis Thessaloniki 65 – 72

Round 2

Wednesday 27/09/2017

Home Team Away Team Σκορ
Promitheas Patras – Lavrio 83 – 79
Holargos – Faros Larissas 53 – 66
Ionikos Nikaia – Iraklis Thessaloniki 92 – 80
Kavala – Kolossos H Hotels 43 – 81

Round 3

Date Home Team Away Team Score
Saturday 30/09/2017 Ionikos Nikaias – Faros Larissas 70 – 82
Sunday 01/10/2017 Kolossos H Hotels – Promitheas Patras 78 – 58

Final Rounds

Faros Larissas and Kolossos Rodou reached the quarterfinals, after winning the preliminary rounds. The other six sides were qualified based on their Greek Basket League 2016–17 season position.

 
Quarterfinals
4 October 2017		Semifinals
5 November 2017		Final
17 February 2018
 
          
 
 
 
 
Aris70
 
 
 
PAOK63
 
Aris49
 
 
 
Olympiacos56
 
Faros Larissas67
 
 
 
Olympiacos97
 
Olympiacos83
 
 
 
AEK88
 
AEK97
 
 
 
Rethymno Cretan Kings62
 
AEK73
 
 
 
Panathinaikos Superfoods69
 
Kolossos H Hotels54
 
 
Panathinaikos Superfoods84
 

Quarterfinals

4 October 2017
Kolossos H Hotels 54–84 Panathinaikos Superfoods
Venetokleio Indoor Hall, Rhodes

Semifinals

Final

17 February 2018 Olympiacos 83–88 AEK Heraklion, Crete
17:15 EET (UTC +2) Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 19–19, 21–20, 20–23
ERT1 Pts: Spanoulis 20
Rebs: Papanikolaou 12
Asts: Spanoulis 9
PIR: Milutinov 25		 Pts: Harris 17
Rebs: Green 5
Asts: Green 7
PIR: Punter 16		 Arena: Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Referees: Schinas, Manos, Poursanidis


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 20 1 9
SG 17 Greece Vangelis Mantzaris 3 3 0
SF 16 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou 4 12 2
PF 15 Greece Georgios Printezis 10 4 1
C 11 Serbia Nikola Milutinov 17 8 0
Reserves:
C 1 United States Jamel McLean 10 2 0
PF 6 Greece Ioannis Papapetrou 5 2 1
SG 13 Latvia Jānis Strēlnieks 14 1 3
PG 22 United States Brian Roberts 0 0 0
C 31 Greece Georgios Bogris DNP
PF 33 Canada Kyle Wiltjer 0 0 0
SF 34 United States Hollis Thompson 0 0 0
Head coach:
Greece Ioannis Sfairopoulos
Olympiacos
AEK


2018 Greek Cup champions
AEK
4th title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 United States Mike Green 6 5 7
SG 12 Greece Giannoulis Larentzakis 6 0 3
SF 3 United States Manny Harris 17 4 1
PF 1 United States Delroy James 11 3 2
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 15 3 0
Reserves:
PG 0 United States Kevin Punter 14 3 2
PG 4 Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos 3 1 1
PF 5 Greece Dušan Šakota 8 4 1
SF 8 Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 0 2 1
SF 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić DNP
C 22 Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis 4 2 0
C 24 Greece Vassilis Kavvadas 4 4 0
Head coach:
Serbia Dragan Šakota

Most Valuable Player

Player Team
United States Manny Harris[2]AEK

Finals Top Scorer

Player Team
Greece Vassilis SpanoulisOlympiacos

References

  1. ↑ "Κύπελλο Ανδρών 2017-2018 [Men's Cup 2017-2018]". Basket.gr.
  2. ↑ Georgakopoulos, George (February 17, 2018). "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". Ekathimerini.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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