# 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian: 2017–18 Košarkaška liga Srbije) is the 12th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 74th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

Napredak Rubin who competed in the BLS during the last season changed the tier with KKK Radnički. By approval from Basketball Federation of Serbia, Napredak moved to the 3rd-tier First Regional League (West).

#### Teams promoted from the Second League

* Zlatibor
* Vojvodina

#### Teams relegated to the Second League

* Smederevo 1953
* Konstantin

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Beovuk 72 | Belgrade | Mega Factory | 700 |
| Borac | Čačak | Borac Hall | 2,000 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 5,878 |
| Dunav | Stari Banovci | Park Hall | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Belgrade | Dynamic Arena | 500 |
| FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Mega Bemax | Sremska Mitrovica | Mega Factory | 700 |
| Metalac | Valjevo | Valjevo Sports Hall | 1,500 |
| Mladost | Zemun | Vizura Sports Center | 1,500 |
| Radnički | Kragujevac | Jezero Hall | 3,750 |
| OKK Beograd | Belgrade | SC Šumice | 1,300 |
| Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 5,878 |
| Sloga | Kraljevo | Kraljevo Sports Hall | 3,350 |
| Spartak | Subotica | SC Dudova Šuma | 3,000 |
| Tamiš | Pančevo | Strelište Sports Hall | 1,100 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SPC Vojvodina | 7,022 |
| Vršac | Vršac | Millennium Center | 4,400 |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor | 712 |
* Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League First Division
* Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League Second Division

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Beovuk 72 | Slobodan Srezoski | Igor Jevđenić | — | — |
| Borac | Jovica Arsić | Marko Marinović | — | P.S. Fashion, mts |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Milenko Topić | Branko Lazić | Nike | mts |
| Dunav | Mitar Ašćerić | Aleksandar Miljković | Cvetex | Best Shop Group |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Miroslav Nikolić | Vuk Vulikić | NAAI | VIP PAY |
| FMP | Vladimir Jovanović | Radoš Šešlija | Champion | FMP |
| Mega Bemax | Dejan Milojević | Ognjen Čarapić | Adidas | Bemax |
| Metalac | Mihailo Poček | Đukan Đukanović | — | — |
| Mladost | Branko Maksimović | Veljko Brkić | — | — |
| Radnički | Bojan Kusmuk | Nikola Vasojević | NAAI | FIAT |
| OKK Beograd | Darko Kostić | — | Adidas | — |
| Partizan NIS | Nenad Čanak | Novica Veličković | Under Armour | NIS |
| Sloga | Mihailo Drobnjak | Saša Đorđević | — | — |
| Spartak | Dragoljub Vidačić | Miloš Nikolić | — | — |
| Tamiš | Bojan Jovičić | Mladen Vitković | unit-sport | — |
| Vojvodina | Filip Socek | Teodor Atanasov | Peak | Roda |
| Vršac | Mihajlo Mitić | — | NAAI | Villager |
| Zlatibor | Vanja Guša | Vladimir Veličković | Ardu | Dino park |

### Coaching changes

| Round | Team | Outgoing coach | Date of change | Incoming coach |
| — | Sloga | Bojan Kusmuk | October 2017 | Mihailo Drobnjak |
| 5th | Radnički | Zoran Todorović | 8 November 2017 | Bojan Kusmuk |
| ABA | Partizan NIS | Miroslav Nikolić | 12–14 December 2017 | Nenad Čanak |
| 11th | Spartak | Nenad Čanak | 15 December 2017 | Dragoljub Vidačić |
| 12th | Dynamic VIP PAY | Oliver Popović | 19 December 2017 | Miroslav Nikolić |
| 14th | Beovuk 72 | Rajko Mirković | 14 January 2018 | Slobodan Srezoski |
| 15th | Vršac | Vladimir Đokić | 20–21 January 2018 | Goran Topić |
| — | Borac | Raško Bojić | 9 April 2018 | Jovica Arsić |
| — | Vršac | Goran Topić | April 2018 | Mihajlo Mitić |
| 7th | Crvena zvezda mts | Dušan Alimpijević | 8 May 2018 | Milenko Topić |

## First League
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borac | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2254 | 1983 | +271 | 46 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 2 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2276 | 2077 | +199 | 45 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 3 | Vršac | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2250 | 2078 | +172 | 43 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 4 | Tamiš | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2157 | 1990 | +167 | 42 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 5 | Metalac | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2362 | 2244 | +118 | 42 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 6 | Zlatibor | 26 | 16 | 10 | 2168 | 2057 | +111 | 42 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 7 | Vojvodina | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2334 | 2236 | +98 | 40 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 8 | Mladost | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2186 | 2218 | −32 | 38 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 9 | Dunav | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2058 | 2123 | −65 | 38 | |
| 10 | Beovuk 72 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2213 | 2310 | −97 | 37 | |
| 11 | Spartak | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2036 | 2203 | −167 | 36 | |
| 12 | OKK Beograd | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1983 | 2133 | −150 | 35 | |
| 13 | Radnički | 26 | 7 | 19 | 2072 | 2286 | −214 | 33 | Relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Sloga | 26 | 3 | 23 | 1980 | 2391 | −411 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |

## Super League
### Qualified teams

| ABA League First Division | First League |
| Crvena zvezda mts FMP Mega Bemax Partizan NIS | Borac Dynamic VIP PAY Metalac Mladost Tamiš Vojvodina Vršac Zlatibor |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CZV | BOR | MEG | ZLA | TAM | MLA |
| 1 | Crvena zvezda mts | 10 | 8 | 2 | 903 | 735 | +168 | 18 | Qualification to the Playoffs | — | 84–74 | 91–64 | 102–64 | 94–87 | 115–64 |
| 2 | Borac | 10 | 8 | 2 | 897 | 747 | +150 | 18 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 70–63 | — | 89–77 | 109–80 | 72–62 | 96–63 |
| 3 | Mega Bemax | 10 | 6 | 4 | 850 | 809 | +41 | 16 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 76–74 | 81–88 | — | 96–90 | 86–77 | 90–92 |
| 4 | Zlatibor | 10 | 4 | 6 | 843 | 901 | −58 | 14 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 75–89 | 102–93 | 79–82 | — | 83–98 | 99–73 |
| 5 | Tamiš | 10 | 3 | 7 | 810 | 830 | −20 | 13 | | 86–87 | 69–86 | 62–73 | 83–89 | — | 102–81 |
| 6 | Mladost | 10 | 1 | 9 | 736 | 1017 | −281 | 11 | | 75–104 | 66–120 | 67–125 | 76–82 | 79–84 | — |
* 1 2 Crvena zvezda mts 1–1, 1.02; Borac 1–1, 0.98

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FMP | PAR | DYN | VRS | VOJ | MET |
| 1 | FMP | 10 | 9 | 1 | 906 | 757 | +149 | 19 | Qualification to the Playoffs | — | 87–82 | 84–71 | 84–54 | 94–71 | 101–74 |
| 2 | Partizan NIS | 10 | 9 | 1 | 942 | 741 | +201 | 19 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 94–90 | — | 87–71 | 108–66 | 90–67 | 91–79 |
| 3 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 10 | 5 | 5 | 836 | 808 | +28 | 15 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 70–82 | 82–93 | — | 94–74 | 94–83 | 84–90 |
| 4 | Vršac | 10 | 3 | 7 | 783 | 913 | −130 | 13 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 89–102 | 59–108 | 75–90 | — | 103–85 | 109–79 |
| 5 | Vojvodina | 10 | 2 | 8 | 773 | 898 | −125 | 12 | | 77–81 | 62–88 | 66–87 | 79–84 | — | 81–76 |
| 6 | Metalac | 10 | 2 | 8 | 810 | 933 | −123 | 12 | | 75–101 | 78–101 | 74–93 | 84–70 | 101–102 | — |
* 1 2 FMP 1–1, 1.01; Partizan NIS 1–1, 0.99
* 1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals |
| 21–23 May 2018 | 21–23 May 2018 | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | 28–30 May 2018 | 28–30 May 2018 | | |
| Vršac | 0 | 28–30 May 2018 | 28–30 May 2018 | |
| Vršac | 0 | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |
| 22–24 May 2018 | 22–24 May 2018 | | Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |
| 22–24 May 2018 | 22–24 May 2018 | Partizan NIS | 0 | |
| Partizan NIS | 2 | Partizan NIS | 0 | |
| Partizan NIS | 2 | | | | 7–11 June 2018 | 7–11 June 2018 |
| Mega Bemax | 0 | | | | 7–11 June 2018 | 7–11 June 2018 |
| Mega Bemax | 0 | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 3 |
| 22–24 May 2018 | 22–24 May 2018 | | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 3 |
| 22–24 May 2018 | 22–24 May 2018 | | | | FMP | 0 |
| FMP | 2 | | | | FMP | 0 |
| FMP | 2 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | | | |
| Zlatibor | 0 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | | | |
| Zlatibor | 0 | FMP | 2 | | | |
| 21–25 May 2018 | 21–25 May 2018 | | FMP | 2 | | | |
| 21–25 May 2018 | 21–25 May 2018 | Borac | 1 | |
| Borac | 2 | Borac | 1 | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 1 | | | |
| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 28–30 May 2018 | 28–30 May 2018 |
| Vršac | 0 |
| Vršac | 0 | Did not play | Did not play |
| Mega Bemax | 2 | Did not play | Did not play |
| Mega Bemax | 2 | Mega Bemax | – |
| 29 May–3 June 2018 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | | Mega Bemax | – |
| 29 May–3 June 2018 | 29 May–3 June 2018 | Dynamic VIP PAY | – |
| Zlatibor | 1 | Dynamic VIP PAY | – |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 2 | | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 2 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 6–10 June 2018 | 6–10 June 2018 |
| | | Vršac | 2 |
| | | Zlatibor | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Vršac | 89–50 | 109–82 | — |
| Partizan NIS | 2–0 | Mega Bemax | 97–68 | 93–79 | — |
| FMP | 2–0 | Zlatibor | 102–53 | 94–87 | — |
| Borac | 2–1 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 83–75 | 70–81 | 85–77 |

### 5th–8th place semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Mega Bemax | 2–0 | Vršac | 94–76 | 83–61 | — |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 2–1 | Zlatibor | 118–76 | 85–90 | 90–80 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Partizan NIS | 87–62 | 81–73 | — |
| FMP | 2–1 | Borac | 71–69 | 59–64 | 77–56 |

### Seventh place games

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Zlatibor | 1–2 | Vršac | 88–78 | 89–95 | 87–94 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 3–0 | FMP | 84–83 | 68–62 | 97–88 | — | — |
* 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
* Crvena zvezda mts 19th Title MVP Alen Omić

## Super League final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification to Adriatic Leagues |
| | Crvena zvezda mts | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1518 | 1235 | +283 | 32 | Qualified for Adriatic First Division |
| | FMP | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1542 | 1335 | +207 | 31 | Qualified for Adriatic First Division |
| 3 | Partizan NIS | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1267 | 1056 | +211 | 25 | Qualified for Adriatic First Division |
| 4 | Borac | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1324 | 1187 | +137 | 27 | Qualification to Adriatic Second Division |
| 5 | Mega Bemax | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1174 | 1136 | +38 | 22 | Qualified for Adriatic First Division |
| 6 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1362 | 1292 | +70 | 24 | Qualification to Adriatic Second Division |
| 7 | Vršac | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1319 | 1552 | −233 | 22 | Qualification to Adriatic Second Division |
| 8 | Zlatibor | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1493 | 1657 | −164 | 24 | |
| 9 | Tamiš | 10 | 3 | 7 | 810 | 830 | −20 | 13 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 10 | 2 | 8 | 773 | 898 | −125 | 12 | |
| 11 | Metalac | 10 | 2 | 8 | 810 | 933 | −123 | 12 | |
| 12 | Mladost | 10 | 1 | 9 | 736 | 1017 | −281 | 11 | |
* 1 2 Vojvodina 2–0; Metalac 0–2