# 2017–18 Basketligan season

The 2017–18 Basketligan season was the 25th season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 6 October 2017 and finished in May 2018. Luleå was the defending champion, but failed to repeat as they lost in the last game of the finals to Norrköping Dolphins, that achieved their fifth title ever.

## Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 28 games. The top six teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

## Teams

After the end of the 2016–17 season, Malbas decided to not continue playing at Basketligan.
| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
| BC Luleå | Luleå | Luleå Energi Arena | 2,700 |
| Borås Basket | Borås | Boråshallen | 3,000 |
| Jämtland Basket | Östersund | Östersunds sporthall | 1,700 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | Norrköping | Stadium Arena | 4,500 |
| KFUM Nässjö | Nässjö | Nässjö Sporthall | Un­known |
| Södertälje Kings | Södertälje | Täljehallen | 2,200 |
| Umeå BSKT | Umeå | Umeå Energi Arena | 1,270 |
| Uppsala Basket | Uppsala | IFU Arena | 2,880 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Luleå | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2457 | 2202 | +255 | 44 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Norrköping Dolphins | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2292 | 2102 | +190 | 42 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 3 | Jämtland | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2284 | 2214 | +70 | 30 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Södertälje Kings | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2195 | 2159 | +36 | 30 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Umeå BSKT | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2372 | 2456 | −84 | 26 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Borås | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2203 | 2251 | −48 | 26 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Uppsala | 28 | 8 | 20 | 2178 | 2302 | −124 | 16 | |
| 8 | KFUM Nässjö | 28 | 5 | 23 | 2139 | 2434 | −295 | 10 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| 4Södertälje Kings | 2 | | |
| 5Umeå BSKT | 0 | | |
| 5Umeå BSKT | 0 | 1Luleå | 4 |
| | | 4Södertälje Kings | 2 |
| | | | | 1Luleå | 3 |
| | | | | 2Norrköping Dolphins | 4 |
| 3Jämtland | 1 | | | 2Norrköping Dolphins | 4 |
| 6Borås | 2 | | | | |
| 6Borås | 2 | 2Norrköping Dolphins | 4 | | |
| | | 6Borås | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Södertälje Kings | 2–0 | Umeå BSKT | 81–78 | 76–73 | 0 |
| Jämtland | 1–2 | Borås | 69–92 | 85–73 | 83–86 |

### Semifinals

Seeded teams played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| Luleå | 4–2 | Södertälje Kings | 83–62 | 69–89 | 82–78 | 89–91 | 86–85 | 91–84 | 0 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | 4–1 | Borås | 85–80 | 102–100 | 85–89 | 81–69 | 70–56 | 0 | 0 |

### Finals

Seeded team played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| Luleå | 3–4 | Norrköping Dolphins | 77–59 | 75–86 | 88–54 | 65–80 | 82–74 | 90–95 | 71–76 |

## Clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Luleå | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Borås | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |
| Södertälje Kings | FIBA Europe Cup | Second qualifying round |