2017–18_Armenia_Basketball_League_A
The 2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A season, was the inaugural season of the new official competition of basketball first division in Armenia.
| 2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A | |
|---|---|
| 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 → | |
Artsakh won the title after doing a perfect 6–0 in the playoffs.
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.
Seven teams took part in the inaugural season of the competition.[2]
| Club | Place | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 | ||
- "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.