# 2017–18 Greek Basketball Cup

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. The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition.

## Format

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
### Phase 1
#### Round 1

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

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

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
#### Round 1

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

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

| 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

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 | Quarterfinals 4 October 2017 | Semifinals 5 November 2017 | Semifinals 5 November 2017 | Final 17 February 2018 | Final 17 February 2018 |
| Aris | 70 | | |
| PAOK | 63 | | |
| PAOK | 63 | Aris | 49 |
| | | Olympiacos | 56 |
| Faros Larissas | 67 | Olympiacos | 56 |
| Olympiacos | 97 | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 97 | | | Olympiacos | 83 |
| | | | | AEK | 88 |
| AEK | 97 | | | AEK | 88 |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 62 | | | | |
| Rethymno Cretan Kings | 62 | AEK | 73 | | |
| | | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 69 |
| Kolossos H Hotels | 54 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 69 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 84 | | |

## Quarterfinals

* 4 October 2017
| Aris | 70–63 | PAOK |
* Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall, Thessaloniki
* 4 October 2017
| Faros Larissas | 67–97 | Olympiacos |
* Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena, Larissa
* 4 October 2017
| AEK | 97–62 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
* Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
* 4 October 2017
| Kolossos H Hotels | 54–84 | Panathinaikos Superfoods |
* Venetokleio Indoor Hall, Rhodes

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 17 | Vangelis Mantzaris | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SG | 7 | Vassilis Spanoulis | 20 | 1 | 9 |
| SF | 16 | Kostas Papanikolaou | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| PF | 15 | Georgios Printezis | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 11 | Nikola Milutinov | 17 | 8 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 1 | Jamel McLean | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 6 | Ioannis Papapetrou | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 13 | Jānis Strēlnieks | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| PG | 22 | Brian Roberts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 31 | Georgios Bogris | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 33 | Kyle Wiltjer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 34 | Hollis Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ioannis Sfairopoulos ||||||
| Olympiacos | AEK |
* 2018 Greek Cup champions
* AEK 4th title
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Mike Green | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| SG | 12 | Giannoulis Larentzakis | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| SF | 3 | Manny Harris | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 1 | Delroy James | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 32 | Vince Hunter | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| PG | 4 | Vassilis Xanthopoulos | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 5 | Dušan Šakota | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 8 | Panagiotis Vasilopoulos | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Edin Atić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 22 | Dimitrios Mavroeidis | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 24 | Vassilis Kavvadas | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dragan Šakota ||||||

## Awards
### Most Valuable Player

| Player | Team |
| Manny Harris | AEK |

### Finals Top Scorer

| Player | Team |
| Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |