2018 BBL-Pokal
{{Short description|German basketball competition}}
{{Infobox basketball league season
| title = 2018 BBL-Pokal
| image = Ratiopharm arena neu-ulm 1.jpg
| caption = The Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm hosted the Top Four
| dates = 20–21 January (qualifiers)
17–18 February (Top Four)
| season = 2018
| champions = Bayern Munich (2nd title)
| runners_up = Alba Berlin
| third_place = ratiopharm Ulm
| fourth_place = Medi Bayreuth
| teams = 7
| games = 6
| finals_MVP =
| prevseason = 2017
| nextseason = 2018–19
}}
The 2018 BBL-Pokal was the 51st season of the German Basketball Cup, the domestic cup competition of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). On 6 June 2017, it was announced that the Top Four would be held at the Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm in Ulm, which gained ratiopharm Ulm automatic qualification.{{Cite news|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2017/mai/top-four-2018-ratiopharm-arena-ulm/|title=„Exzellenter Standort für ein solches Event“: Ulm ist Gastgeber des easyCredit TOP FOUR 2018|publisher=Easycredit-bbl.de|date=1 June 2016|access-date=9 January 2018|language=German|trans-title="Excellent standard for such an event": Ulm is the host of the easyCredit TOP FOUR 2018}} The other six participating teams were selected through the standings in the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga.
Participants
The highest six teams qualified based on their standings in the first half of the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga qualify.{{Cite web|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/tabelle/pokal-tabelle/|title=Pokal-Tabelle|trans-title=Cup Table|access-date=8 January 2018|publisher=Easycredit-bbl.de|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003921/http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/tabelle/pokal-tabelle/|archive-date=1 January 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} ratiopharm Ulm qualified directly as the hosts of the tournament.
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL
|update=complete
|source=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/tabelle/pokal-tabelle/ Easycredit BBL]
|for_against_style=points |winpoints=2|losspoints=0
|team1=MUN |team2=BER |team3=LUD |team4=BAY |team5=BAM |team6=FRA
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|win_BAY=11|loss_BAY=5 |gf_BAY=1337|ga_BAY=1274
|win_BER=12|loss_BER=4 |gf_BER=1358|ga_BER=1175
|win_BON=10|loss_BON=6 |gf_BON=1167|ga_BON=1165
|win_BRA=6 |loss_BRA=10|gf_BRA=1229|ga_BRA=1341
|win_BRE=2 |loss_BRE=13|gf_BRE=1129|ga_BRE=1265
|win_FRA=10|loss_FRA=6 |gf_FRA=1248|ga_FRA=1215
|win_GIE=8 |loss_GIE=8 |gf_GIE=1325|ga_GIE=1352
|win_GOT=4 |loss_GOT=12|gf_GOT=1174|ga_GOT=1339
|win_JEN=7 |loss_JEN=9 |gf_JEN=1236|ga_JEN=1314
|win_LUD=12|loss_LUD=4 |gf_LUD=1350|ga_LUD=1173
|win_MBC=5 |loss_MBC=11|gf_MBC=1318|ga_MBC=1403
|win_MUN=15|loss_MUN=1 |gf_MUN=1372|ga_MUN=1099
|win_OET=4 |loss_OET=12|gf_OET=1173|ga_OET=1369
|win_OLD=9 |loss_OLD=7 |gf_OLD=1347|ga_OLD=1343
|win_TUB=1 |loss_TUB=15|gf_TUB=1212|ga_TUB=1379
|win_ULM=9 |loss_ULM=6 |gf_ULM=1220|ga_ULM=1162
|win_WUR=8 |loss_WUR=8 |gf_WUR=1234|ga_WUR=1241
|status_ULM=H
|res_col_header=Q
|col_S=green1 |text_S=Seeded in draw
|col_NS=blue1 |text_NS=Unseeded in draw
|result1=S |result2=S |result3=S |result4=NS |result5=NS|result6=NS
|name_MUN=Bayern Munich
|name_BER=Alba Berlin
|name_LUD=MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
|name_BAY=Medi Bayreuth
|name_BAM=Brose Bamberg
|name_FRA=Skyliners Frankfurt
}}
Bracket
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 7 January 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2018/1januar/auslosung-quali-partien-/|title=Armin Andres zieht Kracher in München: Titelverteidiger Bamberg muss beim Liga-Primus Bayern antreten|date=7 January 2018|access-date=8 January 2018|publisher=Easycredit-bbl.de|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109065443/http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/news/2018/1januar/auslosung-quali-partien-/|archive-date=9 January 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes|nowrap=yes|score-width=25
|skipmatch2=yes
|omit_blanks=yes
|RD1=Qualifying round
20–21 January
|RD2=Semifinals
17 February
|RD3=Final
18 February
||Bayern Munich (OT)|101|Brose Bamberg|97
||Skyliners Frankfurt|74|Medi Bayreuth|96
||Alba Berlin|78|MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg|73
||Bayern Munich|84|ratiopharm Ulm|73
||Medi Bayreuth|74|Alba Berlin|96
||Bayern Munich|80|Alba Berlin|75
||ratiopharm Ulm|81|Medi Bayreuth|79
}}
Qualifying round
{{basketballbox|date=20 January 2018|time=18:00|place=Fraport Arena, Frankfurt
|teamA=Skyliners Frankfurt |scoreA=74
|teamB=Medi Bayreuth |scoreB=96
|Q1=16–31|Q2=17–29|Q3=22–19|Q4=19–17
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-01-20-fra-bay Boxscore]
|points1=Robertson, Webster 15
|rebounds1=Mike Morrison 6
|assist1=Tai Webster 6
|points2=Gabe York 20
|assist2=Gabe York 5
|attendance=4,740
|referee=Anne Panther, Martin Matip, Christof Madinger
}}
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{{basketballbox|date=21 January 2018|time=15:00|place=Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
|teamA=Alba Berlin |scoreA=78
|teamB=MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |scoreB=73
|Q1=20–28|Q2=15–14|Q3=23–11|Q4=20–20
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-01-21-ber-lud Boxscore]
|points1=Marius Grigonis 21
|rebounds1=Luke Sikma 7
|assist1=Luke Sikma 9
|points2=Adika Peter-McNeilly 21
|rebounds2=Johannes Thiemann 7
|assist2=Thomas Walkup 7
|attendance=6,105
|referee=Moritz Reiter, Toni Rodriguez, Benjamin Barth
}}
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{{basketballbox|date=21 January 2018|time=19:00|place=Audi Dome, Munich
|teamA=Bayern Munich |scoreA=101
|teamB=Brose Bamberg |scoreB=97
|Q1=25–30|Q2=15–10|Q3=25–21|Q4=21–25|OT=15–11
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-01-21-fcb-bam Boxscore]
|points1=Reggie Redding 24
|rebounds1= Devin Booker 7
|points2= Daniel Hackett 21
|rebounds2= Augustine Rubit 7
|assist2= Daniel Hackett 4
|attendance=6,523
|referee=Robert Lottermoser, Nesa Kovačević, Clemens Fritz
}}
Top Four
=Semifinals=
{{basketballbox|date=17 February 2018|time=16:00|place=Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
|teamA=Bayern Munich |scoreA=84
|teamB=ratiopharm Ulm |scoreB=73
|Q1=25–22|Q2=16–20|Q3=26–15|Q4=17–16
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-02-17-fcb-ulm Boxscore]
|points1=Jared Cunningham 22
|rebounds1=Devin Booker 8
|assist1=Reggie Redding 6
|points2=Isaac Fotu 21
|assist2=Ryan Thompson 3
|attendance=6,200
|referee=Toni Rodriguez, Anne Panther, Nesa Kovačević
}}
{{basketballbox|date=17 February 2018|time=19:00|place=Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
|teamA=Medi Bayreuth |scoreA=74
|teamB=Alba Berlin |scoreB=96
|Q1=22–30|Q2=18–19|Q3=11–28|Q4=23–19
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-02-17-bay-ber Boxscore]
|points1=Robin Amaize 18
|rebounds1=Linhart, Robinson 5
|assist1=James Robinson 5
|points2=Luke Sikma 16
|rebounds2=Luke Sikma 6
|assist2=Peyton Siva 8
|attendance=6,200
|referee=Robert Lottermoser, Martin Matip, Moritz Reiter
}}
=Third place game=
{{basketballbox|date=18 February 2018|time=12:00|place=Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
|teamA=ratiopharm Ulm |scoreA=81
|teamB=Medi Bayreuth |scoreB=79
|Q1=15–14|Q2=25–27|Q3=14–19|Q4=27–19
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-02-18-ulm-bay Boxscore]
|points1=Ryan Thompson 21
|assist1=Da'Sean Butler 6
|points2=De'Mon Brooks 17
|rebounds2=Andreas Seiferth 6
|assist2=James Robinson 5
|attendance=5,500
|referee=Anne Panther, Toni Rodriguez, Nesa Kovačević
}}
=Final=
{{basketballbox|date=18 February 2018|time=15:00|place=Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Ulm
|teamA=Bayern Munich |scoreA=80
|teamB=Alba Berlin |scoreB=75
|Q1=19–20|Q2=17–18|Q3=18–21|Q4=26–16
|report=[http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2017-18/nachbericht/2018-02-18-fcb-ber Boxscore]
|points1=Jared Cunningham 28
|rebounds1=Danilo Barthel 6
|assist1=Stefan Jović 5
|points2=Luke Sikma 14
|rebounds2=Marius Grigonis 5
|assist2=Peyton Siva 7
|attendance=6,200
|referee=Robert Lottermoser, Moritz Reiter, Martin Matip
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/spielplan/pokal/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628102704/https://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/saison/spielplan/pokal/ |date=2021-06-28 }}
{{BBL-Pokal}}
{{2017–18 in European men's basketball}}