The 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A () is the 87th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the highest professional basketball league in Hungary. Alba Fehérvár is the defending champion.
Teams
DEAC was promoted to this season as champions from the Hungarian 2016–17 NB I/B. Vasas SC left the league.
Arenas and locations Team Position2016–17 City Arena CapacityAlba Fehérvár Székesfehérvár Vodafone Sportcentrum 1,963Atomerőmű SE 11th Paks ASE Sportcsarnok 1,520Debreceni EAC 1st (NB I/B) Debrecen Oláh Gábor Sports Hall 1,200Falco KC Szombathely Arena Savaria 3,500Jászberényi KSE 12th Jászberény Belvárosi Általános Iskola 1,000Kaposvári KK 7th Kaposvár Városi Sportcsarnok 1,270Kcskeméti TE 8th Kecskemét Messzi István Sportcsarnok 1,600BC Körmend 4th Körmend Városi Sportcsarnok 2,020MAFC 14th Budapest Gabányi László Sportcsarnok 1,000PVSK Panthers 6th Pécs Lauber Dezső Sportcsarnok 2,191Soproni KC 10th Sopron NOVOMATIC Aréna 2,500Szolnoki Olaj KK 5th Szolnok Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok 2,122SZTE-Szedeák 9th Szeged Újszegedi Sportcsarnok 3,000Zalaegerszegi TE Zalaegerszeg Városi Sportcsarnok 2,816
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAlba Fehérvár Branislav Džunić Péter Lóránt Spalding tippmi, Hungrana, HuaweiAtomerőmű SE Teo Čizmić Máté Medve adidas tippmix, MVM AtomerőműDebreceni EAC Sándor Berényi adidas tippmixFalco KC Szombathely Srećko Sekulović Norbert Tóth Zeus tippmix, Vulcano energia, AutófókuszJászberényi KSE Nikola Lazić György Cseh Spalding tippmix, Mercedes-Benz, Jász-PlasztikKaposvári KK Ádám Fekete Roland Hendlein Spalding tippmix, SEATKecskeméti TE Gábor Forray Gergely Hegedűs Kipsta UltraTech, Duna Aszfalt, tippmixBC Körmend Gasper Potocnik Csaba Ferencz Spalding tippmix, EGISMAFC Jovica Arsić Spalding tippmixPVSK-Panthers Ferenc Csirke Veljko Budimir tippmix, Veolia, GP Consulting, Terra21Soproni KC Kornél Váradi Peak tippmixSZTE-Szedeák Anđelko Mandić Andrija Ćirić Toti Sport tippmix, Naturtex, ContinentalSzolnoki Olaj Dragan Aleksić Dávid Vojvoda Nike MOLZalaegerszeg Tamás Bencze Máté Mohácsi adidas Zalakerámia, tippmix, HunGast
Regular season
Results
Second round
1st – 5th placement matches
Results
6th – 10th placement matches
Results
11th – 14th placement matches
Results
Playoffs Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.
Quarter-finals In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
Semi-finals In the semifinals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, third and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
Finals In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Third place In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won two games before all three games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.
Playout Higher ranked team hosted Game 1 plus Game 3 if necessary. The lower ranked hosted Game 2.
In European competitions Club Competition Progress Alba Fehérvár Champions League Second qualifying round Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds and Regular Season draw completed Falco Szombathely FIBA Europe Cup Second qualifying round EGIS Körmend First qualifying round Szolnoki Olaj First qualifying round
All-star game The all-star game was played on 2 December 2017 and was played at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest.
+PosPlayerTeamStartersPG Kendrick PerrySzolnoki Olaj KKSG Dávid VojvodaSzolnoki Olaj KKSF Ivan LilovDEACPF Levente JuhosNaturtex-SZTE-SzedeákC János EilingsfeldAtomerőmű SEReservesSG Marko BoltićNaturtex-SZTE-Szedeák Allen SethAtomerőmű SE James Bernard ThompsonKTE-Duna Aszfalt Devante WallaceJP Auto - JKSEF Quincy FordSzolnoki Olaj KKC Benett DavisMAFCC Isaiah ArmwoodDEACHead coach: Dragan Aleksić (Szolnoki Olaj KK)
+PosPlayerTeamStartersPG Darrin GovensFalco KC SzombathelySG Zoltán PerlFalco KC SzombathelySF Szilárd BenkeZalakerámia ZTE KKPF Péter LórántAlba FehérvárC Ákos KellerAlba FehérvárReserves Marquis WrightEgis Körmend Jabril DurhamPVSK-VEOLIA Chris DunnKaposvári KKG Benedek VáradiFalco KC SzombathelySG Csaba FerenczEgis Körmend Justin TuoyoEgis KörmendC Ryan WatkinsSoproni KCHead coach: Gašper Potočnik (Egis Körmend)
See also 2018 Magyar Kupa
References
External links Hungarian Basketball Federaration bb1.hu