2017–18 BLNO season

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BLNO
Teams10
Games played152
Dates22 September 2017 – 11 April 2018
Final positions
Top seed Asker Aliens
Champions Kongsberg Miners
(1st title)
Runners-up Asker Aliens
Semifinalists Fyllingen
Bærum
Relegated Centrum Tigers
Awards
MVPAksel Bolin
Statistical leaders
Points Nikolas Skouen 26.3
Rebounds Brian Voelkel 15.6
Assists Brian Voelkel 9.0
2018–19

The 2017–18 BLNO was the 18th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. It started on 22 September 2017 and ended on 11 April 2018 with the third and last game of the finals.

Contents

Kongsberg Miners, in their third season in the league, won the title [1] defended by Centrum Tigers, that ended in the last position.

Format

The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. Quarterfinals and semifinals were played with a best-of-three format and the final is played as a single game. [2]

The last qualified team would be relegated.

Team Changes

Persbråten were relegated at the end of the last season, replaced by Fyllingen.

Teams

TeamCityArena
Ammerud Oslo Apallokka
Asker Aliens Asker Vollenhallen
Bærum Bærum Rykkinnhallen
Centrum Tigers Oslo Vulkanhallen
Frøya Bergen Frøya Idrettspark
Fyllingen Bergen Framohallen
Gimle Bergen Gimlehallen
Kongsberg Miners Kongsberg Kongsberghallen
Nidaros Jets Trondheim Husebyhallen
Tromsø Storm Tromsø Tromsøhallen

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Asker Aliens 2724324451994+45151Qualification to playoffs
2 Kongsberg Miners 2723425742095+47950
3 Fyllingen 27161125322404+12843
4 Gimle 27141321412102+3941
5 Bærum 27141322382118+12041
6 Frøya 27141324332274+15941
7 Tromsø Storm 2712151997220520839
8 Ammerud 279181877224837136
9 Nidaros Jets 278192100231821835
10 Centrum Tigers 271261886246557928
Source: BLNO

Playoffs

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Asker Aliens 9297
 
 
 
Ammerud 5866
 
Asker Aliens 867380
 
 
 
Bærum 758975
 
Gimle 6676
 
 
 
Bærum 8792
 
Asker Aliens 707968
 
 
 
Kongsberg Miners 936883
 
Kongsberg Miners 9395
 
 
 
Tromsø Storm 6185
 
Kongsberg Miners 84110
 
 
 
Fyllingen 7894
 
Fyllingen 11472110
 
 
Frøya 9291104
 

Awards

The individual awards and the All-League team were chosen by the coaches of the League. [3]

Individual awards

AwardPlayerClub
Regular Season MVP Aksel Bolin Asker Aliens
Defensive Player of the YearFred Thomas Kongsberg Miners
Young Player of the Year Mikal Gjerde Kongsberg Miners
Coach of the YearMathias Eckhoff Bærum
BLNO Finals MVP Brian Voelkel Kongsberg Miners

All-BLNO team

PG Stian Mjøs Bærum
SG Nikolas Skouen Frøya
SF Brian Voelkel Kongsberg Miners
PF Aksel Bolin Asker Aliens
CEvan Harris Nidaros Jets

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References

  1. "Miners var ustoppelige i finalen" [Miners were unstoppable in the final] (in Norwegian). Laagendalsposten. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. "Serieformat KL og BLNO 2016-17" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Basketball Federation. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. "BLNO Awards 2017-18" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Basketball Federation. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.