2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prvenstva BiH
Duration	14 October 2017 – 23 May 2018
Teams	12
Regular season
Top seed	Zrinjski
Finals
Champions	Zrinjski (1st title)
Runners-up	Igokea
Third place	Bosna Royal
Fourth place	Spars Ziraat Bank
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 17th season of this championship, with twelve teams participating in it. Igokea, the defending champion, did not join the tournament until the second stage.

The competition started on 14 October 2017 and ended in the middle of May 2018.^[1]

Competition format

Twelve teams would join the regular season, where the first five teams qualified for the Liga 6 with Igokea, that plays the season's ABA League First Division.

On 18 September 2017, the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina released the calendar of the regular season.^[2]

Teams and locations

Bosna
Spars

Bošnjak

Radnik

Igokea

Kakanj

Mladost

Sloboda

Široki

Vogošća

Zrinjski
Stundent

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Locations of the 2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina teams

Team	City	Venue
Bosna Royal	Sarajevo	Mirza Delibašić Hall
Bošnjak	Hadžići
Igokea	Laktaši	Laktaši Sports Hall
Kakanj	Kakanj
Mladost Mrkonjić Grad	Mrkonjić Grad	Arena Komercijalne Banke Mrkonjić Grad
Radnik	Bijeljina
Spars Ziraat Bank	Sarajevo	Mirza Delibašić Hall
Sloboda	Tuzla	SKPC Mejdan
Student Mostar	Mostar
Široki	Široki Brijeg	Pecara
Vogošća	Vogošća	Sportska Dvorana Amel Bečković
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg Hall

	Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League First Division
	Teams that play in the 2017–18 Adriatic League Second Division

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zrinjski	20	17	3	1675	1430	+245	37	Advance to Liga 6
2	Spars Ziraat Bank	20	16	4	1660	1491	+169	36
3	Bosna Royal	20	14	6	1560	1445	+115	34
4	Kakanj	20	13	7	1644	1486	+158	33
5	Široki	20	13	7	1540	1446	+94	33
6	Sloboda	20	9	11	1590	1593	−3	29	Advance to relegation stage
7	Mladost Mrkonjić Grad	20	9	11	1548	1581	−33	29
8	Student Mostar	20	7	13	1417	1577	−160	27
9	Vogošća	20	5	15	1536	1678	−142	25
10	Radnik	20	5	15	1430	1624	−194	25
11	Bošnjak	20	2	18	1427	1676	−249	22

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH

Second stage

Group 1–6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zrinjski	10	7	3	848	776	+72	17	Qualification to playoffs
2	Igokea	10	7	3	814	722	+92	17
3	Bosna Royal	10	5	5	772	757	+15	15
4	Spars Ziraat Bank	10	4	6	723	764	−41	14
5	Kakanj	10	4	6	747	835	−88	14
6	Široki	10	3	7	778	828	−50	13

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH

Group 7–12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Relegation
1	Vogošća	10	8	2	873	744	+129	18
2	Sloboda	10	7	3	886	807	+79	17
3	Mladost Mrkonjić Grad	10	7	3	837	815	+22	17
4	Student Mostar	10	4	6	800	823	−23	14
5	Radnik (R)	10	3	7	712	813	−101	13	Relegation
6	Bošnjak (R)	10	1	9	784	890	−106	11

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3 and 5 at home.

	Semi-finals								Final
	Zrinjski			70	64	88
	Spars Ziraat Bank			90	56	72
									Zrinjski		73	59	71	77
									Igokea		67	80	65	73
	Igokea				76	107
	Bosna Royal				51	83

	Third place
	Bosna Royal			82	55	71
	Spars Ziraat Bank			74	69	67

References

1. Bosnian Basketball Federation
2. "Obavljeno izvlačenje takmičarskih brojeva Prvenstva BiH za muškarce sezona 2017/2018" (in Bosnian). basket.ba. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

External links

• Official website