2017–18 A-1 League

The 2017–18 HT Premijer liga was the 27th season of the HT Premijer liga, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. It started on 6 October 2017 and finished on 3 June 2018.

HT Premijer liga
Season	2017–18
Duration	October 6, 2017–April 26, 2018 (Regular season) May 2, 2018–June 3, 2018 (Playoffs)
Teams	13
TV partner(s)	HRT Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Cedevita
Promoted	Bosco Gorica
Relegated	Zagreb Ribola Kaštela Jazine Arbanasi
Finals
Champions	Cedevita (5th title)
Runners-up	Cibona
Semifinalists	Split Zadar
Statistical leaders
Points Steven Gray (Zadar) 19.8 Rebounds Luka Žorić (Cibona) 8.1 Assists Mirza Sarajlija (Jazine Arbanasi) 6.0
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Cedevita retained the title and achieved their fifth league overall.

Format

As in the previous season, all participants in A-1 League including teams that play ABA League joined the regular season. It was played with a double round-robin format where the eight first qualified teams joined the playoffs while the last qualified one was relegated.

Current teams

Alkar

Zadar

Zagreb

Šibenik

Kaštela

Jazine

Split

Škrljevo

Vrijednosnice

Zabok

Zagreb clubs:

Cibona

Cedevita

Hermes Analitica

Zagreb

Location of teams in the A-1 League 2017–18

After the resign of Jolly Šibenik to its berth, the league was reduced to 13 teams. Jazine and Ribola Kaštela were promoted from the previous season. They would replace Gorica and Kvarner 2010.

Team	Coach	City	Venue	Capacity
Alkar	Srđan Helbich	Sinj	ŠD Sinj	1,500
Cedevita	Jure Zdovc	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	3,100
Cibona	Ante Nazor	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall	5,400
Hermes Analitica	Zvonimir Mravak	Zagreb	ŠD Prirodoslovne škole Vladimir Prelog	600
Jazine Arbanasi	Luka Bujas	Zadar	Jazine Basketball Hall	3,000
Ribola Kaštela	Ivica Ćelan	Kaštel Sućurac	Sportska dvorana Sokolana	1,500
Split	Ivica Skelin	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
Šibenik	Vladimir Anzulović	Šibenik	Sportska dvorana Baldekin	1,726
Škrljevo	Damir Rajković	Škrljevo	Dvorana Mavrinci	1,000
Vrijednosnice	Vladimir Krstić	Osijek	Gradski Vrt	3,538
Zabok	Ivan Perinčić	Zabok	Zabok Sports Hall	3,000
Zadar	Aramis Naglić	Zadar	Dvorana Krešimir Ćosić	10,000
Zagreb	Nikola Garma	Zagreb	ŠD Trnsko	2,500

	Teams that play in the 2017–18 First Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2017–18 Second Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2017-18 Alpe Adria Cup

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cedevita	24	23	1	2153	1584	+569	47	Qualification to playoffs
2	Zadar	24	23	1	2266	1789	+477	47
3	Cibona	24	18	6	2145	1810	+335	42
4	Split	24	16	8	2102	1924	+178	40
5	Šibenik	24	16	8	1875	1771	+104	40
6	Škrljevo	24	13	11	2003	1993	+10	37
7	Zabok	24	12	12	1876	1821	+55	36
8	Vrijednosnice Osijek	24	8	16	1796	1923	−127	32
9	Alkar	24	7	17	1733	1994	−261	31
10	Hermes Analitica	24	7	17	1759	1974	−215	31
11	Jazine Arbanasi (R)	24	5	19	1819	2147	−328	29	Relegation
12	Ribola Kaštela (R)	24	4	20	1696	2100	−404	28
13	Zagreb (R)	24	4	20	1929	2322	−393	28

Source: ^[1]
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals were played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one (1-3-5).

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Cedevita	2
	8	Vrijednosnice	0
						1	Cedevita	2
						4	Split	1
	4	Split	2
	5	Šibenik	0
											1	Cedevita	3
											3	Cibona	1
	2	Zadar	2
	7	Zabok	0
						2	Zadar	1
						3	Cibona	2
	3	Cibona	2
	6	Škrljevo	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Cedevita	2–0	Vrijednosnice	101–67	89–62	—
Zadar	2–0	Zabok	98–76	87–69	—
Cibona	2–1	Škrljevo	88–65	61–62	116–77
Split	2–0	Šibenik	94–76	84–82	—

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Cedevita	2−1	Split	84−80	66–75	95–64
Zadar	1−2	Cibona	89−78	86–96	88–96

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4
Cedevita	3–1	Cibona	87–96	82–73	81–54	77–68