The 2017–18 Polish Basketball League (PLK) season, the Energa Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 84th season of the

Polish Basketball League Polska Liga Koszykówki (PLK) (English: Polish Basketball League) is a professional men's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crow ...

, the highest professional

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league in the

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. The season started on 30 September 2017 and ended 4 June 2018.

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won its second ever title in club history.

Teams

Polfarmex Kutno KKS Pro-Basket Kutno, for sponsorship reasons named Polfarmex Kutno, is a Polish professional basketball team based in Kutno. The team currently plays in the I Liga (basketball), I Liga, the second tier league in Poland. History Kutno was promot ...

and Siarka Tarnobrzeg were relegated to the

I Liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga ...

after finishing in the 15th and 16th place in the

2016–17 PLK season The 2016–17 Polish Basketball League was the 83rd season of the highest professional basketball tier in Poland and the 21st since the foundation of the Polish Basketball League. Teams As finishing in one of the two last positions during the two ...

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promoted to the PLK 15 years later, after winning the

championship. On July 28, 2017, the PLK announced it expanded the number of teams to 17 by giving a wild card to GTK Gliwice, the runner-up of the I Liga.

Locations and venues

Regular season

League table

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals are played in a best-of-five format (2-2-1) while the finals in a best-of-seven one (2-2-1-1-1). The third place series are played in a double-legged format.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third-place game

Final

Awards

;

PLK Most Valuable Player The PLK Most Valuable Player award is given annually at the end of the regular season of the Polish Basketball League (PLK), the highest professional basketball league in Poland, to the most valuable player of the league. Originally, the award was ...

; PLK Finals MVP ;

All-PLK Team The All-PLK Team is an annual honour for the five best players of a given Polish Basketball League (PLK) regular season. The team is voted by press reporters from around the country. Teams The player in bold was named the PLK Most Valuable Pla ...

In European competitions

References

External links

Polska Liga Koszykówki - Official Site

Polish League at Eurobasket.com
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