2017–18 Dutch Basketball League


The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League was the 58th season of the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and ended 21 April 2018. Donar is the defending champion. The playoffs started on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018. Donar captured its seventh championship, its third in a row and fourth in fifth years, after defeating ZZ Leiden in the finals.

Teams

entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago. Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.

Arenas and locations

ClubLocationVenueCapacity
Apollo AmsterdamAmsterdamApollohal1,500
Aris LeeuwardenLeeuwardenKalverdijkje1,700
BALWeertSporthal Boshoven1,000
Den Helder SunsDen HelderSporthal Sportlaan1,000
DonarGroningenMartiniPlaza4,350
Forward Lease RotterdamRotterdamTopsportcentrum1,000
LandstedeZwolleLandstede Sportcentrum1,200
New Heroes's-HertogenboschMaaspoort2,800
Zorg en Zekerheid LeidenLeidenVijf Meihal2,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Foreign players

For the 2017–18 season, league policy was changed and the number of allowed foreign players per team was increased from 4 to 5. Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Left during season
Apollo Amsterdam Benjamin Janssens Micheal Madanly
Aris Leeuwarden Emile Blackman Nate Kratch Deividas Kumelis David Michaels Meshack Lufile
BAL
Den Helder Suns LaVonte Dority Alex Laurent Quinterian McConico
Donar Drago Pašalić Brandyn Curry Bradford Burgess Teddy Gipson Evan Bruinsma Stephen Domingo
Forward Lease Rotterdam Ordane Kanda-Kanyndia Trevor Setty Marcel Boyd Joey Puddister Micheal Madanly Chris Commons
Landstede Noah Dahlman Jordan Gregory Sherron Dorsey-Walker Franko House
New Heroes Mike Miklusak Keshun Sherrill Norville Carey Anthony Marshall
ZZ Leiden Sergio De Randamie Clayton Vette Carrington Love

Regular season

In the regular season, teams play against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The six first qualified teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 7 October 2017 and will end 21 April 2018.

Standings

Results

First round

Second round

Play-offs

In the quarterfinals a best-of-three format is used, while in the semifinals and finals are played in a best-of-seven format. The play-offs start on 1 May and ended 29 May 2018.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and on 5 May. The team with the higher seed played game one and three at home.

Semifinals

The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and 17 May, 19 May and 20 May. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven at home.

Finals

The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and 31 May, 2 June and 3 June. The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven at home.

Final standings

Teams are ranked based on the playoff round in which they were eliminated and their regular season records.

Awards

Statistics

Statistical leaders

In European competitions