2017–18 Total League season

2017–18 Total League
Season	2017–18
Duration	23 September 2017 – 2018
Teams	10
Regular season
Relegated	Contern Hiefenech
Finals
Champions	Amicale (8th title)
Runners-up	Etzella
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Total League season was the 65th season of the first division of the professional basketball in Luxembourg.

Amicale defended successfully its title and achieved their eighth league.

Competition format

The regular season consisted in a double-legged round robin tournament where the six first qualified teams advanced to the group for the title, while the other four teams played for avoiding relegation.

In the second stage, all wins from the regular season counted for the standings, while the points are reset. The four first qualified teams in the group for the title, advanced to the playoffs, played in a format of best-of-three-games series.

Teams of the relegation group play twice against themselves and twice against the four first qualified teams of the first stage of the Nationale 2. The two worst teams would be relegated.

Teams

Esch

T71

Racing

Etzella

Musel Pikes

Résidence

Sparta

Hiefenech

Contern

Amicale

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Locations of the 2017–18 Total League teams

Club	City	Arena
AB Contern	Contern	Hall sportif "Um Ewent"
Amicale Steinsel	Steinsel	Hall omnisports "Alain Marchetti"
Racing Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Centre sportif Tramsschapp
Basket Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Hall omnisport Esch-sur-Alzette
Etzella Ettelbruck	Ettelbruck	Centre sportif du Deich
Musel Pikes	Stadtbredimus	Sporthal Stadbriedemes
Résidence	Walferdange	Centre Prince Henri
Sparta Bertrange	Bertrange	Centre Atert
T71 Dudelange	Dudelange	Salle Fos Grimler
US Hiefenech	Heffingen	Centre sportif Heffingen

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Amicale	18	15	3	1674	1339	+335	33	Qualification for the group for the title
2	Etzella	18	14	4	1620	1419	+201	32
3	Esch	18	13	5	1478	1370	+108	31
4	T71 Dudelange	18	10	8	1625	1573	+52	28
5	Musel Pikes	18	9	9	1532	1462	+70	27
6	Sparta Bertrange	18	9	9	1461	1498	−37	27
7	Contern	18	6	12	1415	1586	−171	24	Qualification for the relegation group
8	Racing Luxembourg	18	6	12	1306	1446	−140	24
9	Résidence	18	5	13	1517	1594	−77	23
10	Hiefenech	18	3	15	1269	1610	−341	21

Source:

Second stage

Group for the title

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Etzella	23	18	5	473	438	+35	41	Qualification for the semifinals
2	Amicale	23	18	5	462	424	+38	41
3	Esch	23	15	8	376	396	−20	38	Qualification for the quarterfinals
4	T71 Dudelange	23	13	10	419	421	−2	36
5	Musel Pikes	23	12	11	468	423	+45	35
6	Sparta Bertrange	23	9	14	368	484	−116	32

Source:

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Relegation
1	Racing Luxembourg	31	19	12	1182	897	+285	50
2	Résidence	31	15	16	1191	1043	+148	46
3	Contern (R)	31	11	20	1135	1140	−5	42	Relegation to Nationale 2
4	Hiefenech (R)	31	7	24	1052	1102	−50	38

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source:
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

Bracket

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					Etzella	3
					Musel Pikes	0
	T71 Dudelange	1
	Musel Pikes	2
									Etzella	0
									Amicale	3
					Amicale	3
					Esch	1
	Esch	2
	Sparta Bertrange	0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
T71 Dudelange	1–2	Musel Pikes	95–86	70–98	77–79
Esch	2–0	Sparta Bertrange	93–71	92–78	0

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Etzella	3–0	Musel Pikes	114–94	87–64	119–103	0	0
Amicale	3–1	Esch	64–80	76–70	82–79	102–72	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Etzella	0–3	Amicale	81–85	81–88	82–85	0	0

External links

• Luxembourgish basketball at Eurobasket.com
• Total League website at FLBB.com