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.^[1][2][3] The cup competition started on 13 September 2017, and ended 17 February 2018. AEK won the competition.^[4][5][6]

2017–18 Greek Cup
Season	2017–18
Duration	13 September 2017 – 17 February 2018
Number of teams	62
Regular season
Season MVP	Manny Harris
Finals
Champions	AEK (4th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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

Semifinals

Aris v Olympiacos

5 November 2017 Semifinal	Aris	49–56	Olympiacos	Thessaloniki
				Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall

AEK Athens v Panathinaikos Superfoods

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) Semifinal	AEK Athens	73–69	Panathinaikos Superfoods	Marousi, Athens
	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 15–10, 10–16, 31–25
	Pts: Harris 20 Rebs: Elonu 14 Asts: Green 5 Steals: Green & Larentzakis 2 Blocks: Elonu 3 PIR: Elonu 22		Pts: Pappas 14 Rebs: Vougioukas 12 Asts: Calathes 9 Steals: Pappas 3 Blocks: Singleton & Denmon 2 PIR: Vougioukas 17	Arena: Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis

Final

Olympiacos v AEK Athens

17 February 2018 (2018-02-17) Final	Olympiacos	83–88	AEK Athens	Heraklion, Crete
17:15 EET (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 19–19, 21–20, 20–23
ERT1	Pts: Spanoulis 20 Rebs: Papanikolaou 12 Asts: Spanoulis 9 Steals: Milutinov 2 Blocks: Papapetrou 2 PIR: Milutinov 25		Pts: Harris 17 Rebs: Green 5 Asts: Green 7 Steals: Hunter & Larentzakis 2 Blocks: James, Green & Šakota 1 PIR: Punter 16	Arena: Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena Referees: Chrisostomos Schinas, Anastasios Manos, Georgios Poursanidis

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7   Vassilis Spanoulis 20 1 9 SG 17   Vangelis Mantzaris 3 3 0 SF 16   Kostas Papanikolaou 4 12 2 PF 15   Georgios Printezis 10 4 1 C 11   Nikola Milutinov 17 8 0 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 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: 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: 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 C 22   Dimitrios Mavroeidis 4 2 0 C 24   Vassilis Kavvadas 4 4 0 Head coach:   Dragan Šakota

Awards

Main article: Greek Basketball Cup Finals MVP

Most Valuable Player

Player	Team
Manny Harris	AEK

Finals Top Scorer

Player	Team
Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos

References

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2. Κούβαρης, Γιώργος (2017). "Παναθηναϊκός - Άρης 68-59 (pics)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
3. "Στατιστικά Κυπέλλου Ανδρών". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
4. Σταύρου, Χάρης (2018). "Βασίλισσα ξανά και Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας για το 2018 η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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6. Georgakopoulos, George (2018). "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". ekathimerini.com. Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

External links

• Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
• Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
• Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)