2017–18 LPB season


The 2017–18 LPB season was the 85th season of the premier Portuguese basketball league and the tenth season under the current Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol format. For sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as Liga Placard.
Benfica played as defending champions but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Porto, who in turn lost 3–0 in the final to Oliveirense, who won their first league title.

Format

The competition format consisted of two stages: a regular season, comprising two phases, and the play-offs. In the first phase of the regular season, the twelve participating teams compete against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches.
The second phase of the regular season comprised two groups; the six best-ranked teams at the end of the first phase competed in Group A, and the remaining six teams competed in Group B. Again, teams in each group competed against each other in a double round-robin system, with home and away matches. The six Group A teams and the two best-ranked Group B teams qualified for the play-offs, while the two worst-ranked teams in Group B were relegated to the second-tier Proliga.
The play-offs were disputed as a single-elimination tournament, with fixtures determined by each team's classification in the previous round, and comprise three knockout rounds played in a best-of-five system.

Teams

TeamCityVenue
Barreirense Dif BrokerBarreiroLuís de Carvalho
BenficaLisbonPavilhão da Luz Nº 1
CAB MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraPavilhão do CAB
Eléctrico TekeverPonte de SôrMunicipal
Galitos BarreiroBarreiroLuís Carvalho
IlliabumÍlhavoCapitão Adriano Nordeste
LusitâniaAngra do Heroísmo, AzoresMunicipal
OliveirenseOliveira de AzeméisDr. Salvador Machado
Ovarense Dolce VitaOvarArena Dolce Vita
PortoPortoDragão Caixa
TerceiraAngra do Heroísmo, Azores
Vitória de GuimarãesGuimarãesPavilhão do Vitória S.C.

First phase

League table

Second stage

Group 1–6

Group 7–12

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.