2017–18 WCBA season
| WCBA | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Duration | November 13, 2017 – January 17, 2018 (regular season） January 24, 2018 – March 5, 2018 (Playoffs) March 10, 2018 – March 14, 2017 (Finals) |
| Games played | 26 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Beijing Great Wall |
| Runners-up | Shanxi Flame |
| Semifinalists | Guangdong Dolphins Shanghai Swordfish |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The 2017–18 WCBA season was the 16th season of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association.
The regular season began on Monday, November 13, 2017 and ended on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. The playoffs began on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 and ended on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.[1]
Venues
[edit]| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayi Kylin | Nanchang | Nanchang International Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Beijing Great Wall | Beijing | Shougang Basketball Center | N/A |
| Guangdong Dolphins | Dongguan | Dalang Arena | 4,000 |
| Shenzhen | Bao'an Gymnasium | N/A | |
| Heilongjiang Dragons | Daqing | Daqing Gymnasium | N/A |
| Harbin | Heilongjiang University Gymnasium | N/A | |
| Jiangsu Phoenix | Nanjing | Jiangning Sports Center Gymnasium | 5,500 |
| Liaoning Flying Eagles | Anshan | Angang Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shaanxi Red Wolves | Weinan | Weinan Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shandong Six Stars | Penglai | Penglai Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shanghai Swordfish | Shanghai | Baoshan Sports Center Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shanxi Flame | Taiyuan | Shanxi Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Shenyang Army Golden Lions | Dandong | Dandong Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales | Chengdu | Wenjiang Gymnasium | N/A |
| Xinjiang Magic Deer | Ürümqi | Xinjiang Sports Centre Gymnasium | N/A |
| Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank Golden Bulls | Yiwu | Meihu Arena | 6,000 |
Foreign Players
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Regular Season Standings
[edit]| # | 2017–18 WCBA season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | PCT | Pts | Tiebreaker | |
| 1 | Beijing Great Wall | 21 | 5 | .808 | 47 | |
| 2 | Xinjiang Magic Deer | 20 | 6 | .769 | 46 | |
| 3 | Shanxi Flame | 19 | 7 | .731 | 45 | |
| 4 | Shanghai Swordfish | 18 | 8 | .692 | 44 | |
| 5 | Jiangsu Phoenix | 15 | 11 | .577 | 41 | |
| 6 | Heilongjiang Dragons | 15 | 11 | .577 | 41 | |
| 7 | Guangdong Dolphins | 13 | 13 | .500 | 39 | |
| 8 | Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank Golden Bulls | 12 | 14 | .462 | 38 | |
| 9 | Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales | 11 | 15 | .423 | 37 | |
| 10 | Bayi Kylin | 10 | 16 | .385 | 36 | |
| 11 | Liaoning Flying Eagles | 9 | 17 | .346 | 35 | |
| 12 | Shandong Six Stars | 8 | 18 | .308 | 34 | |
| 13 | Shenyang Army Golden Lions | 8 | 18 | .308 | 34 | |
| 14 | Shaanxi Red Wolves | 3 | 23 | .115 | 29 | |
| Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs |
Playoffs
[edit]The 2018 WCBA Playoffs began on January 24, 2018. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.
| First round 24 January–3 February | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beijing Great Wall | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank Golden Bulls | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beijing Great Wall | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Shanghai Swordfish | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Shanghai Swordfish | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Jiangsu Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beijing Great Wall | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shanxi Flame | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Xinjiang Magic Deer | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Guangdong Dolphins | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Guangdong Dolphins | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shanxi Flame | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shanxi Flame | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Heilongjiang Dragons | 0 | ||||||||||||
- Bold Series winner
- Italics Team with home-court advantage
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WCBA赛程出炉：揭幕战北京客战浙江" (in Chinese). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.