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2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup

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2017–18 Greek Cup
Season2017–18
Duration13 September 2017 – 17 February 2018
Teams62
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Manny Harris
Finals
ChampionsAEK (4th title)
  Runners-upOlympiacos

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.[1][2][3] The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition.[4][5][6]

Format

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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

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Phase 1

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Round 1

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Wednesday 2017-09-13

Home Team Away Team Score
Ionikos Nikaias – Diagoras Dryopideon 91 – 80
K.A.O. Corinth – Iraklio 73 – 65
Filathlitikos – Pagrati 66 – 68
Mandraikos – Ippokratis 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 Archelaos – Charilaos Trikoupis 0 – 20
Machites Doxas Pefkon – Kavala 55 – 63
G.A.S. Chalkidonas – Evropi Pefkochoriou 44 – 58
Agrinio – Ermis Lagkada 81 – 60
Gefyra – S.A. Stratoniou 70 – 66
Anatolia – Aspis Xanthi 70 – 56
Titanes Palama – Ikaroi Serron 81 – 90

Note: Pierikos Archelaos decided to forfeit their game against Charilaos Trikoupis.

Round 2

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Saturday 2017-09-16

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 Trikoupis – Papagou 69 – 71

Round 3

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Wednesday 2017-09-20

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

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Round 1

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Saturday 2017-09-23

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

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Wednesday 2017-09-27

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

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

Final rounds

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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

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

Semifinals

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5 November 2017
Semifinal
 Aris 49–56 Olympiacos Thessaloniki
Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall
5 November 2017 (2017-11-05)
Semifinal
 AEK Athens 73–69 Panathinaikos Superfoods Marousi, Athens
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 15–10, 10–16, 31–25
Pts: Harris 20
Rebs: Elonu 14
Asts: Green 5
Steals: Green & Larentzakis 2
Blocks: Elonu 3
PIR: Elonu 22 		Pts: Pappas 14
Rebs: Vougioukas 12
Asts: Calathes 9
Steals: Pappas 3
Blocks: Singleton & Denmon 2
PIR: Vougioukas 17 		Arena: Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall
Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis

Final

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17 February 2018 (2018-02-17)
Final
 Olympiacos 83–88 AEK Athens 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
Steals: Milutinov 2
Blocks: Papapetrou 2
PIR: Milutinov 25 		Pts: Harris 17
Rebs: Green 5
Asts: Green 7
Steals: Hunter & Larentzakis 2
Blocks: James, Green & Šakota 1
PIR: Punter 16 		Arena: Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Referees: Chrisostomos Schinas, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 17 Greece Vangelis Mantzaris 3 3 0
SG 7 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 20 1 9
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 jersey
Team colours
Olympiacos
AEK jersey
Team colours
AEK
2018 Greek Cup champions
AEK
4th title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

Awards

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Main article: Greek Basketball Cup Finals MVP

Most Valuable Player

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Player Team
United States Manny Harris AEK

Finals Top Scorer

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Player Team
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos

References

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  1. ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2017). "Τελικός Κυπέλλου μπάσκετ: ο Παναθηναϊκός Superfoods νίκησε τον Άρη". cnn.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος (2017). "Παναθηναϊκός - Άρης 68-59 (pics)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Στατιστικά Κυπέλλου Ανδρών". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ Σταύρου, Χάρης (2018). "Βασίλισσα ξανά και Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας για το 2018 η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ^ Μελάγιες, Κωνσταντίνος (2018). "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 83-88 (pics & vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  6. ^ Georgakopoulos, George (2018). "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". ekathimerini.com. Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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