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
Teams	7
Regular season
Top seed	Urartu
Finals
Champions	Artsakh (1st title)
Runners-up	Artik
Semifinalists	FIMA Urartu
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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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Artik

Yerevan

Shirak

Artsakh

  

Locations of the 2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A teams

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

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
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

Source: Basketball Federation of Armenia

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	—

Source: Basketball Federation of Armenia
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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Արա Պողոսյան. Հասունացել էր բասկետբոլի կանոնավոր առաջնություն ունենալու պահը" (in Armenian). Armenia National Olympic Committee. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
2. "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.
3. "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