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The 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) 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.[1] 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.

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Dutch Basketball League
Season2017–18
Dates7 October 2017 – 29 May 2018
Games played163
Teams9
Regular season
Top seedDonar
Season MVPBrandyn Curry
Finals
ChampionsDonar
7th title
  Runners-upZZ Leiden
Playoffs MVPBrandyn Curry
Statistical leaders
Points Ordane Kanda 18.8
Rebounds Roel Aarts 8.1
Assists Carrington Love 6.8
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Teams

Location of teams in the 2017–18 Dutch Basketball League

Den Helder Suns entered the DBL for this season, which meant the return of a teams from Den Helder since the departure of Kings three seasons ago.[2] Starting from the 2017–18 season, BSW Weert was dissolved and replaced by BAL.

Arenas and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
New Heroes Netherlands Sander van der Holst Mutual consent May 31, 2017 Pre-season Croatia Silvano Poropat May 31, 2017[4]
Aris Leeuwarden Netherlands Klaas Stoppels End of contract June 15, 2017 Belgium Tony van den Bosch June 15, 2017[5]
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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.[6] Additional was the restriction that a team is not allowed to have five foreign players on the court at the same time.

  1. Stephen Domingo of Donar suffered a season-ending injury in January 2018, opening up space for Bradford Burgess.[24]
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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

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Donar 32 28 4 2686 2031 +655 56 Qualification to semifinals
2 Landstede 32 24 8 2556 2244 +312 48
3 ZZ Leiden 32 24 8 2598 2292 +306 48 Qualification to quarterfinals
4 New Heroes 32 24 8 2618 2289 +329 48
5 Forward Lease Rotterdam 32 15 17 2467 2636 169 30
6 Aris Leeuwarden 32 10 22 2184 2448 264 20
7 Apollo Amsterdam 32 9 23 2350 2583 233 18
8 Den Helder Suns 32 6 26 2164 2671 507 12
9 BAL 32 4 28 2212 2641 429 8
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Source: DBL, Scoresway

Results

First round

More information Home \ Away, APO ...
Home \ Away APO ARI BAL DHE DON ROT LAN NEW ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam 82–76 109–114 85–67 47–78 71–84 76–84 67–79 64–83
Aris Leeuwarden 79–73 73–76 84–82 20–0[a] 69–80 61–81 48–99 64–66
BAL 54–79 80–96 76–82 67–93 65–79 88–91 63–81 73–76
Den Helder Suns 84–74 74–78 60–79 69–86 73–76 76–73 56–82 78–100
Donar 88–55 112–65 76–49 98–62 82–49 79–68 85–65 91–69
Forward Lease Rotterdam 80–82 83–74 79–62 95–77 68–106 92–89 81–91 77–76
Landstede 97–72 87–66 80–59 87–47 60–75 85–65 72–65 69–65
New Heroes 89–64 88–47 82–48 91–65 73–95 74–68 87–65 68–60
ZZ Leiden 82–69 77–55 101–78 87–49 75–63 92–74 74–64 83–81
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Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Second round

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Home \ Away APO ARI BAL DHE DON RDM LAN NEW ZZL
Apollo Amsterdam 55–74 85–70 94–72 81–87 84–91 65–105 82–93 79–100
Aris Leeuwarden 70–68 82–67 85–80 46–70 72–75 73–85 82–90 72–81
BAL 55–80 54–79 80–87 66–79 93–81 57–67 61–88 46–75
Den Helder Suns 56–80 69–66 85–83 73–95 77–86 44–80 73–77 68–84
Donar 90–61 85–61 84–71 78–56 89–65 84–68 71–80 103–112
Forward Lease Rotterdam 65–67 79–63 77–69 72–55 66–95 74–92 80–89 92–94
Landstede 73–69 88–66 88–65 84–49 55–86 111–74 86–78 82–81
New Heroes 78–73 90–79 92–75 91–52 48–96 114–86 68–69 86–78
ZZ Leiden 87–60 72–59 74–70 89–66 61–85 102–74 64–71 79–61
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Source: DBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
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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.[43]

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
4
New Heroes
1
 
 
 
5
Rotterdam
2
 
1
Donar
4
 
 
5
Rotterdam
0
 
 
 
 
 
1
Donar
4
 
 
 
3
ZZ Leiden
0
 
3
ZZ Leiden
2
 
 
 
6
Aris Leeuwarden
1
 
2
Landstede
0
 
 
3
ZZ Leiden
4
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

The legs were played on 1 May, 3 May and (if necessary) on 5 May.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one and three (if necessary) at home.

More information Team 1, Series ...
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
ZZ Leiden 2–1 Aris Leeuwarden 85–77 64–56 66–55
New Heroes 1–2 Forward Lease Rotterdam 99–64 97–93 (ot) 89–92
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Semifinals

The legs were played on 8 May, 10 May, 12 May, 15 May and (if necessary) 17 May, 19 May and 20 May.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Donar 4–0 Forward Lease Rotterdam 96–77 85–114 98–74107–51
Landstede 0–4 ZZ Leiden 79–81 74–78 73–7860–63
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Finals

The legs were played on 22 May, 24 May, 26 May, 29 May and (if necessary) 31 May, 2 June and 3 June.[43] The team with the higher seed played game one, three, five and seven (if necessary) at home.

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Donar 4–0 ZZ Leiden 105–66 78–71 80–6973–66
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Final standings

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

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Pos Team Pld W L
1 Donar (C, O) 40 36 4 Qualification for Champions League qualifying rounds
2 ZZ Leiden 43 30 13 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
3 Landstede 36 24 12
4 Forward Lease Rotterdam 39 17 22
5 New Heroes[b] 35 25 10 Qualification for FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds
6 Aris Leeuwarden 35 11 24
7 Apollo Amsterdam 32 9 23
8 Den Helder Suns 32 6 26
9 BAL 32 4 28
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Source: DBL
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. Donar won the match on November 17, 2017, 56–84 over Aris Leeuwarden. However, the result was reverted because Donar had five foreign players playing on the court at the same time, violating the DBL's foreigner policy.[42]
  2. New Heroes qualified for the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup, after Landstede and Rotterdam denied the invitation.
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Awards

Statistics

Statistical leaders

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In European competitions

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ClubCompetitionPerformanceRecordRef
DonarChampions LeagueThird qualifying round
2–1–3
[50]
FIBA Europe CupSemi-finals
12–6
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    See also

    References

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