2017–18 Slovak Basketball League

The 2017–18 Slovak Basketball League season was the 26th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. Inter Bratislava was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals. Levickí Patrioti won their second league.

Extraliga
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Finals
Champions	Levickí Patrioti (2nd title)
Runners-up	Košice
Third place	Inter Bratislava
Fourth place	MBK Rieker Komarno
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Competition format

Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

Teams

Handlová

Inter

Karlovka

Košice

Levickí

Prievidza

Komárno

Spišská NV

Iskra Svit

Žilina

Location of teams in 2017–18 Slovak Extraliga

Lučenec and SPU Nitra did not continue in the Extraliga. Žilina, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.

Team	City	Arena
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	Spišská Nová Ves
Handlová	Handlová	Športová Hala
Inter Bratislava	Bratislava	Hant Aréna
Iskra Svit	Svit	Iskra Aréna
Košice	Košice
Levickí Patrioti	Levice
Prievidza	Prievidza	Niké Aréna
Rieker Com Therm Komárno	Komárno	Mestská športová hala
VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava	Bratislava
Žilina	Žilina

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Bratislava	36	30	6	3370	2801	+569	.833	Qualification to playoffs
2	Levickí Patrioti	36	26	10	3175	2832	+343	.722
3	Prievidza	36	25	11	3246	2792	+454	.694
4	Košice	36	25	11	3390	2952	+438	.694
5	Iskra Svit	36	22	14	3265	3010	+255	.611
6	Rieker Com Therm Komárno	36	22	14	3087	2995	+92	.611
7	VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava	36	12	24	2811	2995	−184	.333
8	Handlová	36	9	27	2801	3375	−574	.250
9	Žilina	36	5	31	2837	3547	−710	.139
10	04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	36	4	32	2756	3439	−683	.111

Source: Basket.sk

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.

	Quarter-finals										Semi-finals										Final
	Inter Bratislava					98	100	96
	Handlová					64	86	68
											Inter Bratislava		87	68	81	75	103	86
											Košice		62	74	90	95	85	97
	Košice			102	73	84	72	94
	Iskra Svit			89	78	68	81	85
																					Košice			81	79	66	77	66
																					Levickí Patrioti			80	82	72	81	81
	Levickí Patrioti					85	91	91
	VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava					69	91	60
											Levickí Patrioti			81	92	67	86	89
											Rieker Com Therm Komárno			60	95	65	57	81
	Prievidza					71	63	74
	Rieker Com Therm Komárno					78	67	80

Slovak clubs in Regional competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Levicki Patrioti	Alpe Adria Cup	Runners-up
Prievidza		Regular season
Rieker Com Therm Komarno		Regular season