# 2017–18 EuroLeague Women

The 2017–18 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

## Team allocation

A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women.

### Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):
Regular season :
| Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi (1st) | Dynamo Kursk (2nd) | Castors Braine (1st) | Wisła Can-Pack (2nd) |
| Fenerbahçe (2nd) | Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd) | USK Praha (1st) | Perfumerías Avenida (1st) |
| Galatasaray (3rd) | ESBVA-LM (1st) | Sopron Basket (1st) | |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) | Tango Bourges Basket (4th) | Famila Schio (2nd) | |
| Qualifying round ||||
| Basket Lattes (2nd) | KSC Szekszárd (2nd) | CCC Polkowice (3rd) | Piešťanské Čajky (2nd) |

## Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows:
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Round date |
| Qualifying round | First leg | 4 July 2017 | 26 September 2017 |
| Qualifying round | Second leg | 4 July 2017 | 29 September–3 October 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 1 | 4 July 2017 | 11 October 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 2 | 4 July 2017 | 18–19 October 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 3 | 4 July 2017 | 25 October 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 4 | 4 July 2017 | 1 November 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 5 | 4 July 2017 | 22–23 November 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 6 | 4 July 2017 | 29 November 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 7 | 4 July 2017 | 6–7 December 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 8 | 4 July 2017 | 13–14 December 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 9 | 4 July 2017 | 20 December 2017 |
| Regular season | Matchday 10 | 4 July 2017 | 3–4 January 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 11 | 4 July 2017 | 10–11 January 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 12 | 4 July 2017 | 17 January 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 13 | 4 July 2017 | 24–25 January 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 14 | 4 July 2017 | 31 January 2018 |
| Quarter-finals play-offs | First leg | 4 July 2017 | 28 February 2018 |
| Quarter-finals play-offs | Second leg | 4 July 2017 | 7 March 2018 |
| Quarter-finals play-offs | Third leg | 4 July 2017 | 14 March 2018 |
| Final Four | Semi-finals | 4 July 2017 | 20 April 2018 |
| Final Four | Final | 4 July 2017 | 22 April 2018 |

### Draw

The draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons.
Seed 1 :
| Seed 1 Team UMMC Ekaterinburg Dynamo Kursk | Seed 2 Team USK Praha Fenerbahçe | Seed 3 Team Nadezhda Orenburg Tango Bourges Basket | Seed 4 Team Galatasaray Famila Schio |
| Seed 5 Team ESBVA-LM Perfumerías Avenida | Seed 6 Team Wisła Can-Pack Castors Braine | Seed 7 Team Sopron Basket Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | Seed 8 Team CCC Polkowice Basket Lattes |

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Piešťanské Čajky | 106–147 | CCC Polkowice | 46–71 | 60–76 |
| KSC Szekszárd | 151–165 | Basket Lattes | 80–79 | 71–86 |

## Regular season

Regular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Regular Season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season game.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KUR | SOP | USK | BOU | GAL | VIL | POL | CAS |
| 1 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1218 | 920 | +298 | 28 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 86–66 | 109–88 | 94–63 | 102–45 | 83–68 | 83–73 | 84–68 |
| 2 | Sopron Basket | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1014 | 940 | +74 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinals | 74–88 | — | 71–79 | 57–50 | 72–55 | 82–56 | 70–53 | 83–59 |
| 3 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1015 | 1020 | −5 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 56–88 | 61–77 | — | 64–61 | 83–80 | 88–51 | 72–66 | 67–68 |
| 4 | Tango Bourges Basket | 14 | 7 | 7 | 959 | 948 | +11 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 65–76 | 76–65 | 86–72 | — | 72–74 | 64–60 | 82–72 | 62–52 |
| 5 | Galatasaray | 14 | 6 | 8 | 980 | 1088 | −108 | 20 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 67–92 | 73–75 | 82–77 | 61–79 | — | 69–64 | 67–72 | 87–76 |
| 6 | ESBVA-LM | 14 | 5 | 9 | 904 | 990 | −86 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 57–63 | 73–83 | 59–72 | 64–55 | 76–62 | — | 65–60 | 81–71 |
| 7 | CCC Polkowice | 14 | 3 | 11 | 952 | 1041 | −89 | 17 | Eliminated | 70–98 | 70–73 | 51–61 | 71–66 | 77–86 | 61–69 | — | 80–66 |
| 8 | Castors Braine | 14 | 3 | 11 | 949 | 1044 | −95 | 17 | Eliminated | 60–72 | 61–66 | 71–75 | 66–78 | 71–72 | 77–61 | 83–76 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | YAK | EKA | FEN | FAM | AVE | NAD | WIS | BLM |
| 1 | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1085 | 931 | +154 | 26 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 70–79 | 72–61 | 67–64 | 80–56 | 93–71 | 87–59 | 81–61 |
| 2 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1057 | 842 | +215 | 25 | Advance to quarterfinals | 82–77 | — | 71–73 | 64–50 | 60–50 | 96–53 | 79–68 | 100–46 |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 10 | 4 | 986 | 959 | +27 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinals | 65–76 | 80–77 | — | 83–77 | 68–56 | 67–61 | 87–78 | 79–63 |
| 4 | Famila Schio | 14 | 7 | 7 | 914 | 879 | +35 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 65–72 | 55–68 | 62–49 | — | 60–50 | 78–64 | 59–68 | 61–55 |
| 5 | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 7 | 7 | 846 | 834 | +12 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 62–67 | 56–43 | 65–64 | 65–58 | — | 67–58 | 62–57 | 64–34 |
| 6 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 14 | 4 | 10 | 935 | 1017 | −82 | 18 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 76–81 | 54–64 | 64–66 | 46–76 | 89–78 | — | 67–61 | 100–56 |
| 7 | Wisła Can-Pack | 14 | 4 | 10 | 928 | 974 | −46 | 18 | Eliminated | 74–82 | 49–74 | 62–68 | 72–74 | 52–48 | 58–63 | — | 85–67 |
| 8 | Basket Lattes | 14 | 1 | 13 | 807 | 1122 | −315 | 15 | Eliminated | 56–80 | 61–100 | 75–76 | 56–75 | 44–67 | 76–69 | 57–85 | — |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Dynamo Kursk | 2–0 | Famila Schio | 73–61 | 73–60 | 0 |
| Sopron Basket | 2–1 | Fenerbahçe | 55–60 | 78–72 | 67–46 |
| Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 2–0 | Tango Bourges Basket | 83–67 | 85–66 | 0 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 2–0 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 97–70 | 73–54 | 0 |

### Third leg
## Final four

| Semifinals 20 April | Semifinals 20 April | Final 22 April | Final 22 April |
| Dynamo Kursk | 77 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 84 | | |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 84 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 72 |
| | | Sopron Basket | 53 |
| Sopron Basket | 68 | Sopron Basket | 53 |
| Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 65 | | |
| Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 65 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Dynamo Kursk | 87 |
| | | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 82 |

### Final

* 2017–18 EuroLeague Women Champions
* UMMC Ekaterinburg Fourth title

## Individual statistics
### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Kayla McBride | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 18 | 336 | 18.7 |
| 2 | Brittney Griner | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 18 | 305 | 16.9 |
| 3 | Amanda Zahui | ZVVZ USK Praha | 16 | 268 | 16.8 |
| 4 | Anete Šteinberga | Castors Braine | 14 | 217 | 15.5 |
| 5 | Sonja Petrović | Dynamo Kursk | 17 | 262 | 15.4 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Jantel Lavender | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 17 | 147 | 8.6 |
| 2 | DeWanna Bonner | ZVVZ USK Praha | 13 | 112 | 8.6 |
| 3 | Sandrine Gruda | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 11 | 92 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Celeste Trahan-Davis | Castors Braine | 14 | 117 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Amanda Zahui | ZVVZ USK Praha | 16 | 130 | 8.1 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Courtney Vandersloot | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 17 | 153 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Marta Xargay | ZVVZ USK Praha | 15 | 99 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Francesca Dotto | Famila Schio | 16 | 84 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Elīna Babkina | CCC Polkowice | 14 | 70 | 5.0 |
| 4 | Anna Cruz | Dynamo Kursk | 10 | 50 | 5.0 |

### Other statistics

| Category | Name | Team | Games | Average |
| Steals | Olivia Époupa | Galatasaray | 14 | 3.0 |
| Blocks | Brittney Griner | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 18 | 2.3 |
| Turnovers | Marta Xargay | ZVVZ USK Praha | 15 | 4.3 |
| Fouls committed | Élodie Godin | Tango Bourges Basket | 16 | 3.7 |
| Minutes | Marta Xargay | ZVVZ USK Praha | 15 | 36:00 |
| 2P% | Crystal Langhorne | Sopron Basket | 14 | 64.9% |
| 3P% | Sonja Petrović | Dynamo Kursk | 17 | 55.4% |
| FT% | Jelena Dubljević | Galatasaray | 13 | 97.8% |