# 2017–18 Total League season

The 2017–18 Total League season was the 65th season of the first division of the professional basketball in Luxembourg.
Amicale defended successfully its title and achieved their eighth league.

## Competition format

The regular season consisted in a double-legged round robin tournament where the six first qualified teams advanced to the group for the title, while the other four teams played for avoiding relegation.
In the second stage, all wins from the regular season counted for the standings, while the points are reset. The four first qualified teams in the group for the title, advanced to the playoffs, played in a format of best-of-three-games series.
Teams of the relegation group play twice against themselves and twice against the four first qualified teams of the first stage of the Nationale 2. The two worst teams would be relegated.

## Teams

| Club | City | Arena |
| AB Contern | Contern | Hall sportif "Um Ewent" |
| Amicale Steinsel | Steinsel | Hall omnisports "Alain Marchetti" |
| Racing Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | Centre sportif Tramsschapp |
| Basket Esch | Esch-sur-Alzette | Hall omnisport Esch-sur-Alzette |
| Etzella Ettelbruck | Ettelbruck | Centre sportif du Deich |
| Musel Pikes | Stadtbredimus | Sporthal Stadbriedemes |
| Résidence | Walferdange | Centre Prince Henri |
| Sparta Bertrange | Bertrange | Centre Atert |
| T71 Dudelange | Dudelange | Salle Fos Grimler |
| US Hiefenech | Heffingen | Centre sportif Heffingen |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Amicale | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1674 | 1339 | +335 | 33 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 2 | Etzella | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1620 | 1419 | +201 | 32 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 3 | Esch | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1478 | 1370 | +108 | 31 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 4 | T71 Dudelange | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1625 | 1573 | +52 | 28 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 5 | Musel Pikes | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1532 | 1462 | +70 | 27 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 6 | Sparta Bertrange | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1461 | 1498 | −37 | 27 | Qualification for the group for the title |
| 7 | Contern | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1415 | 1586 | −171 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 8 | Racing Luxembourg | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1306 | 1446 | −140 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 9 | Résidence | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1517 | 1594 | −77 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 10 | Hiefenech | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1269 | 1610 | −341 | 21 | Qualification for the relegation group |

## Second stage
### Group for the title

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Etzella | 23 | 18 | 5 | 473 | 438 | +35 | 41 | Qualification for the semifinals |
| 2 | Amicale | 23 | 18 | 5 | 462 | 424 | +38 | 41 | Qualification for the semifinals |
| 3 | Esch | 23 | 15 | 8 | 376 | 396 | −20 | 38 | Qualification for the quarterfinals |
| 4 | T71 Dudelange | 23 | 13 | 10 | 419 | 421 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Musel Pikes | 23 | 12 | 11 | 468 | 423 | +45 | 35 | Qualification for the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sparta Bertrange | 23 | 9 | 14 | 368 | 484 | −116 | 32 | Qualification for the quarterfinals |

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Racing Luxembourg | 31 | 19 | 12 | 1182 | 897 | +285 | 50 | |
| 2 | Résidence | 31 | 15 | 16 | 1191 | 1043 | +148 | 46 | |
| 3 | Contern (R) | 31 | 11 | 20 | 1135 | 1140 | −5 | 42 | Relegation to Nationale 2 |
| 4 | Hiefenech (R) | 31 | 7 | 24 | 1052 | 1102 | −50 | 38 | Relegation to Nationale 2 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

Seeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Etzella | 3 |
| | | Musel Pikes | 0 |
| T71 Dudelange | 1 | Musel Pikes | 0 |
| Musel Pikes | 2 | | | | |
| Musel Pikes | 2 | | | Etzella | 0 |
| | | | | Amicale | 3 |
| | | Amicale | 3 | | |
| | | Esch | 1 |
| Esch | 2 | Esch | 1 |
| Sparta Bertrange | 0 | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| T71 Dudelange | 1–2 | Musel Pikes | 95–86 | 70–98 | 77–79 |
| Esch | 2–0 | Sparta Bertrange | 93–71 | 92–78 | 0 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Etzella | 3–0 | Musel Pikes | 114–94 | 87–64 | 119–103 | 0 | 0 |
| Amicale | 3–1 | Esch | 64–80 | 76–70 | 82–79 | 102–72 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Etzella | 0–3 | Amicale | 81–85 | 81–88 | 82–85 | 0 | 0 |