2017–18 Macedonian First League

The 2017–18 Macedonian First League was the 26th season of the Macedonian First League, with 12 teams participating in it. The season started in November 2017 and ended May 2018. Rabotnički achieved their fifteenth title after defeating MZT Skopje in the finals, that won the six previous championships.

Macedonian First League
Season2017–18
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Macedonian Radio Television
Finals
ChampionsRabotnički (15th title)
  Runners-upMZT Skopje Aerodrom
SemifinalistsKumanovo 2009
Blokotehna

Competition format

The twelve teams that compose the league played a double-legged round robin tournament, where the six first qualified teams joined the Super League and the other six fought for avoiding the relegation.

The top four teams of the Super League qualified for the playoffs for the title.

Teams
Location of teams in the 2017–18 Macedonian First League

Gostivar replaced Vardar, who was relegated from the previous season. As a result of an expansion of the league to 12 teams, Blokotehna and Skhupi were also promoted.

Team Home City Arena Coach
AV Ohrid Ohrid Biljanini Izvori North Macedonia Petar Čočoroski
Blokotehna Gevgelija Sportska Sala Blokotehna North Macedonia Marjan Ilievski
Feni Industries Kavadarci Jasmin North Macedonia Ljupčo Malinkov
Gostivar Gostivar Mladost Gostivar North Macedonia Marjan Srbinovski
Karpoš Sokoli Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center North Macedonia Borče Daskalovski
Kožuv Gevgelija 26-ti April North Macedonia Pavle Nikolov
Kumanovo 2009 Kumanovo Sports Hall Kumanovo North Macedonia Aleksandar Petrović
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena North Macedonia Aleksandar Todorov
Pelister Bitola Sports Hall Mladost North Macedonia Zoran Petkovski
Rabotnički Skopje Gradski Park North Macedonia Marin Dokuzovski
Shkupi Skopje Šaban Trstena North Macedonia Enver Miftari
Strumica Strumica Park Greece Vlasis Vlaikidis
Teams that play in the 2017–18 First Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2017–18 Second Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2017–18 BIBL

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rabotnički 22 22 0 1996 1453 +543 44 Qualification to the Super League
2 Blokotehna 22 17 5 1909 1529 +380 39
3 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 16 6 1904 1547 +357 38
4 Kumanovo 2009 22 15 7 2013 1809 +204 37
5 Gostivar 22 14 8 1850 1654 +196 36
6 AV Ohrid 22 10 12 1816 1807 +9 32
7 Feni Industries 22 10 12 1759 1840 −81 32 Qualification to the relegation group
8 Kožuv 22 9 13 1650 1863 −213 31
9 Pelister 22 7 15 1569 1865 −296 29
10 Karpoš Sokoli 22 5 17 1797 2047 −250 27
11 Shkupi 22 5 17 1735 2076 −341 27
12 Strumica 22 2 20 1478 1986 −508 24
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation

Second stage

Super League
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Rabotnički 32 30 2 2856 2162 +694 62 Qualification to playoffs
2 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 32 24 8 2762 2336 +426 56
3 Blokotehna 32 22 10 2740 2310 +430 54
4 Kumanovo 2009 32 20 12 2815 2677 +138 52
5 Gostivar 32 17 15 2568 2413 +155 49
6 AV Ohrid 32 11 21 2554 2708 −154 43
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Relegation
1 Feni Industries 32 18 14 2665 2649 +16 50
2 Kožuv 32 15 17 2468 2667 −199 47
3 Pelister 32 14 18 2372 2588 −216 46
4 Shkupi 32 9 23 2669 2951 −282 41
5 Karpoš Sokoli (R) 32 8 24 2576 2987 −411 40 Relegation
6 Strumica (R) 32 4 28 2248 2845 −597 36
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
(R) Relegated

Playoffs

Playoffs will be played with a best-of-five games format, where the seeded team played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Rabotnički1018281
 
 
 
Kumanovo 2009726865
 
 Rabotnički 867687
 
 
 
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 777584
 
MZT Skopje Aerodrom80948974
 
 
Blokotehna741067272
 

References
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