2017–18 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team, Previous season
The Phoenix finished the 2016–17 season 18–14, 10–8 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the CAA Tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to William & Mary.


2017–18 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team represents Elon University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by seventh year head coach Charlotte Smith, play their home games at Alumni Gym and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 25–8, 14–4 in CAA play to finish in third place. They also won the CAA Tournament Championship for the second straight year and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. They lost in the first round to NC State.


2017–18 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team
This season was the last for the Phoenix at Alumni Gym, with the new Schar Center scheduled to open for the 2018 women's volleyball season (which precedes the basketball season within the school year).


2017–18 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team
The 2017–18 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team represented Emporia State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division II women's basketball season, which was the 44th Lady Hornets basketball season. The Lady Hornets were led by eighth-year head coach Jory Collins. The team played their home games on Slaymaker Court at William L. White Auditorium in Emporia, Kansas, the home court since 1974. Emporia State was a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.


2017–18 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Preseason outlook
The Lady Hornets enter the 2017–18 season after finishing with a 29–5 overall, 15–4 in conference play last season under Collins. In the previous season, the Lady Hornets finished tied for second in regular conference play, won the MIAA Basketball Tournament for the fifth consecutive year, and advanced to their sixth straight NCAA Sweet 16, which they lost to Harding Bison.


2017–18 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Preseason outlook
The Lady Hornets were chosen to finish third in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll. On October 31, 2017, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association released their preseason poll with Emporia State as the eleventh ranked team.


2017–18 Emporia State Lady Hornets basketball team, Media
The Lady Hornets basketball games are broadcast on KFFX-FM, Mix 104.9.


2017–18 England Korfball League
The 2017-18 England Korfball League season is played with 10 teams. Trojans KC are the defending korfball champions.


2017–18 England Korfball League, Teams
The league will be played with 10 teams. The teams that have finished from 1st to 7th place as of 9 April 2017 in the 2016–17 season qualified for the 2017/18 season. The remaining three places were filled by Cambridge Tigers, Birmingham City and Bearsted who finished in the top three of the Promotion play-offs.


2017–18 England Korfball League, Squads
The players listed are those who have appeared at least twice for their club in a league game.


2017–18 English Football League
The 2017–18 English Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of the English Football League and was the second under its current name. It began on 4 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018, with the promotion play-off finals at Wembley Stadium on 26–28 May 2018. The EFL is contested through three divisions. The divisions are the Championship, League One and League Two. The winner and the runner up of the Championship will be automatically promoted to the Premier League and they will be joined by the winner of the Championship playoff. The bottom two teams in League Two will be relegated to the National League.


2017–18 Eredivisie
The 2017–18 Eredivisie was the 62nd season of the Eredivisie since its establishment in 1955. The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 6 May 2018; the Europa League and relegation play-offs took place later that month. Feyenoord were the defending champions from the previous season. On 15 April 2018, PSV became champions for the 24th time after defeating their closest rival Ajax 3–0 at the Philips Stadion.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Teams
A total of 18 teams took part in the league: The best fifteen teams from the 2016–17 season, two promotion/relegation playoff winners (Roda JC and NAC Breda) and the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie champions (VVV-Venlo).


2017–18 Eredivisie, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Standings, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Season statistics, Top scorers
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source:  (reliable) (in Dutch),  (unreliable)


2017–18 Eredivisie, Season statistics, Assists
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source:  (reliable) (in Dutch),  (unreliable)


2017–18 Eredivisie, Play-offs, European competition
Four teams will play for a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Play-offs, European competition
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Promotion/relegation play-offs
Ten teams, two from the Eredivisie and eight from the Eerste Divisie, will play for two spots in the 2018–19 Eredivisie, the remaining eight teams will play in the 2018–19 Eerste Divisie.


2017–18 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Promotion/relegation play-offs
Key: * = Play-off winners, (a) = Wins because of away goals rule, (e) = Wins after extra time in second leg, (p) = Wins after penalty shoot-out.


2017–18 Eredivisie (women)
The 2017–18 Eredivisie Vrouwen was the eight season of the Netherlands women's professional football league. The season took place from 1 September 2017 to 25 May 2018 with nine teams. Ajax started the season as defending champions.


2017–18 Eredivisie (women), Teams
On 1 March 2017, Telstar announced it was being replaced by a new club called VV Alkmaar. On 10 April 2017, Excelsior Barendrecht became the ninth team of the league's season. On 21 April 2017, VV Alkmaar was officially formed.


2017–18 Eredivisie (women), Format
At the regular season, the nine teams played each other twice (once at home and once away), for a total of 16 matches each. After that the top five teams qualified for a championship play-offs and the bottom four teams play a placement play-offs. Teams played each other twice in the championship play-offs group, for a total of 8 matches each while in the placement groups teams played each other three times for a total of 9 matches each. Points accumulated at the regular season were halved and added to the points of the play-off stage rounds. There was no relegation nor promotion in the league and the champion qualified to the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2017–18 Eredivisie (women), Play-offs, Championship
The top five were set after matchday 16. Points of the first stage were halved.


2017–18 Eredivisie (women), Play-offs, Placement
The bottom four were set after matchday 16. Points of the first stage were halved.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Ergotelis' 88th season in existence and eleventh overall in the Football League, the second tier of the Greek football league system. It was the first season of the club in the competition since the club's latest promotion as champions of the 2016–17 Gamma Ethniki Group 4, and the first season under the ownership of Egyptian businessman Maged Samy. The content of this article covers club activities from 1 July 2017 until 31 May 2018.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season
After hiring controversial Greek manager Takis Gonias in August 2017, the team struggled early on to earn points on the Table and became relegation contenders at an early stage during the tournament. Ergotelis' squad significantly improved and maintained an impressive good form during the Second Round of the competition, winning several key matches, scoring many goals, maintaining ball possession rates close to 60%-70% and eventually battling their way out of the relegation zone, mainly due to the impressive 22-goal season performance of arriving Belgian striker Hugo Cuypers.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season
The club also participated in the Greek Cup for the first time since its relegation to the Gamma Ethniki, exiting the competition during the Group Stage having suffered three consecutive losses.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season, Players, The following players have departed in mid-season
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.


2017–18 Ergotelis F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 25 May 2018Source: Competitive matchesOrdered by ,   and  = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2017–18 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season
In the 2017–18 season, Espérance Sportive de Tunis is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 63rd season, as well as the Tunisian Cup. It is their 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Tunisian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1, the Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Tunisian Cup.


2017–18 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 November 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Espérance Sportive de Tunis season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2017–18 Essex Senior Football League
The 2017–18 Essex Senior Football League season was the 47th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.


2017–18 Essex Senior Football League
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017. The constitution for the Essex Senior League was ratified at the league's AGM on 22 June, although Ilford were expelled for missing deadlines and fines. The club were readmitted to the league on 17 July following an appeal.


2017–18 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with one new club:


2017–18 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
Also, London Bari merged with Middlesex County League club Hackney Wick and took their name, while Haringey & Waltham changed name to Woodford Town 2017.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2017–18 season is Esteghlal Football Club's 72nd season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 July 2017.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, Persian Gulf League Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season, Players, AFC Champions League Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more are included only.


2017–18 Esteghlal F.C. season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 7 August 2017 (2017-08-07)Source: MatchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2017–18 Estonian Cup
The 2017–18 Estonian Cup was the 28th season of the Estonian main domestic football knockout tournament. FCI Levadia won their ninth title after defeating Flora in the final.


2017–18 Estonian Cup
The winner of the Cup were to qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, but as FCI Levadia were already qualified the spot passed to Narva Trans.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, First Round (1/64)
The draw was made by Estonian Football Association on 27 May 2017.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, First Round (1/64), Byes
These teams were not drawn and secured a place in the second round without playing:


2017–18 Estonian Cup, Second round (1/32)
The draw for the second round was made on 28 June 2017.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, Third round (1/16)
The draw for the third round was made on 27 July 2017.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, Fourth round  (1/8)
The draw for the fourth round was made on 17 August 2017.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw was made on 22 February 2018. At the end of the 2017 league season Levadia and FCI Tallinn merged. The second reserve team of FCI Tallinn, playing in the fourth league, inherited the club's name and cup entry.


2017–18 Estonian Cup, Final
Final was played on 19 May 2018 at A. Le Coq Arena.


2017–18 Estudiantes de La Plata season
The 2017–18 season is Estudiantes de La Plata's 24th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Estudiantes de La Plata season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Estudiantes de La Plata season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Ethiopian Higher League
The 2017–18 Ethiopian Higher League is the second-tier football in Ethiopia. The season began play on 18 November 2017.


2017–18 Ethiopian Higher League
On September 4, 2018 Debub Police (winner of Group B) beat Bahir Dar Kenema (winner of Group A) 1-0 in the championship match and were crowned champions of the 2017–18 Ethiopian Higher League.


2017–18 Ethiopian Higher League
A playoff match was held in Hawassa, Ethiopia between Shire Endaselassie and Jimma Aba Buna to decide the third and final team promoted to the 2018–19 Ethiopian Premier League, a match Shire Endaselassie won by a final score of 2-1.


2017–18 Ethiopian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ethiopian Premier League is the 71st season of top-tier football in Ethiopia (20th season as the Premier League). The season began play on 4 November 2017 and ended on 16 July 2018.


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season
The 2017–18 season was Al-Ettifaq's 73rd season in existence and their second consecutive in the Pro League. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the King Cup.


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season, Competitions, King Cup
Al-Ettifaq will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2017–18 Ettifaq FC season, Competitions, Crown Prince Cup
Al-Ettifaq will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.


2017–18 Euro Hockey League
The Euro Hockey League 2017–18 was the eleventh season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament. Round One was held in Barcelona and the round of 16 and quarterfinals in Rotterdam. The semi-finals, third place game and the final were held in Bloemendaal.


2017–18 Euro Hockey League, Association team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participate in the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2017–18 Euro Hockey League, Round One
If a game is won, the winning team receives 5 points. A draw results in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gives the losing team 1 point unless the losing team loses with more than 3 goals, then they receive 0 points.


2017–18 Euro Hockey League, Round One
The Euro Hockey League trialed a new scoring system for the season 2017–18:


2017–18 Euro Hockey League, Knockout stage
Round of 16 and the quarter-finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands between the 30th of March and the 2nd of April 2018. The semi-finals, third place match and the final will be played in Bloemendaal, Netherlands.


2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour
The 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour was the 22nd season of Euro Hockey Tour. It started in November 2017 and lasted until April 2018. It consisted of Karjala Tournament, Channel One Cup, Carlson Hockey Games and Sweden Hockey Games.


2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, Karjala Tournament
The Karjala Cup was played between 8–12 November 2017. Most of the matches were played in Helsinki, Finland, two matches were held in Switzerland  and Sweden. The tournament was won by Finland.


2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, Channel One Cup
The 2017 Channel One Cup was played between 13 and 17 December 2017. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia with the new teams of Canada and South Korea were involved in the tournament. Eight matches were played in Moscow, Russia, one match was held in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Russia.


2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, Carlson Hockey Games
The 2018 Carlson Hockey Games were played from April 19th to April 22nd, 2018.


2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, Sweden Hockey Games
The 2018 Sweden Hockey Games was played from April 26th to April 29th, 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
The 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, season was the 16th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the tenth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball
The 2018 EuroCup Finals were played between Darüşşafaka and Lokomotiv Kuban, and won by Darüşşafaka, which was their first EuroCup title. As the winners of the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Darüşşafaka qualified for the European top-tier level 2018–19 EuroLeague season.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Format changes
For the 2017–18 season, the EuroCup went back to the initial format for the 2016–17 season which includes 24 teams playing in four regular season groups, with 16 teams advancing to the Top 16 phase, featuring four groups of four teams each. Eight teams will qualify for best-of-three quarterfinals, which will be followed by best-of-three semifinals and best-of-three finals.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 countries participated in the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Round and draw dates, Draw
The draw was held on 6 July 2017, 13:30 CEST, at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona. The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Round and draw dates, Draw
For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Regular season
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams advanced to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were on 10–11 October, 17–18 October, 24–25 October, 31 October–1 November, 7–8 November, 14–15 November, 5–6 December, 12–13 December, 19–20 December and 26–27 December 2017.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Top 16
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams were eliminated. The rounds were on 2–3 January, 9–10 January, 16–17 January, 23–24 January, 30–31 January and 6–7 February 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs
In the playoffs, teams played against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 6 March, the second legs were played on 9 March and the third legs, if necessary, were played on 14 March 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 20 March, the second legs were played on 23 March, and the third legs were scheduled for 28 March 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Playoffs, Finals
The first leg will be played on 10 April, the second leg will be played on 13 April, and the third leg was scheduled to 16 April 2018, if necessary.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball, Attendances
Updated to games played on 10 April 2018Source: Notes:1: 2016–17 season average applied to EuroLeague games.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs
The 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs began on 6 March and end on 13 or 16 April 2018 with the second or third leg, if necessary, of the 2018 EuroCup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball. Eight teams compete in the playoffs.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs
Times up to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (third leg semifinals and finals) times are CEST (UTC+2).


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Format
The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the 2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Top 16.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Format
Each tie in the playoffs, apart from the final, is played with a best-of-three-games format. The team that performed better in the Top 16 will play the games first and third, if necessary, at home.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 6 March, the second legs were played on 9 March and the third legs, if necessary, were played on 14 March 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 20 March, the second legs were played on 23 March, and the third legs were scheduled for 28 March 2018.


2017–18 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs, Finals
The first leg will be played on 10 April, the second leg will be played on 13 April, and the third leg was scheduled to 16 April 2018, if necessary.


2017–18 EuroCup Women
The 2017–18 EuroCup Women is the sixteenth edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name.


2017–18 EuroCup Women, Teams
Teams were confirmed by FIBA Europe on 27 June 2017.


2017–18 EuroCup Women, Group stage
Draw for the group stage was made on 4 July 2017 in Munich, Germany.


2017–18 EuroLeague
The 2017–18 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 18th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 61st season of the premier competition for European men's professional basketball clubs.


2017–18 EuroLeague
The 2018 EuroLeague Final Four was played at the Štark Arena, in Belgrade, Serbia. Real Madrid won its record tenth EuroLeague title, after defeating defending champions Fenerbahçe Doğuş in the championship game.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Team allocation
A total of sixteen teams participate. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Teams
A total of 16 teams from 9 countries took part in the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2016–17 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and Spain's ACB.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Teams
Brose Bamberg and Crvena zvezda qualified, after winning the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Galatasaray Odeabank and Darüşşafaka did not appear this season, as Galatasaray did not have any opportunity in the previous season to qualify and Darüşşafaka finished their two-year wild card. UNICS lost its place in the EuroLeague, as Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Unicaja qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Valencia Basket in the Finals. However, Valencia also qualified as the Spanish champions.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams are eliminated. The regular season runs from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Final Four
The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia in May 2018.


2017–18 EuroLeague, Attendances
Source: Notes:1: 2016–17 season average applied to EuroCup games.2: Olympiacos played one match at Heraklion Arena, in Heraklion, instead of their regular arena.3: CSKA Moscow played three matches at Universal Sports Hall CSKA, instead of Megasport Arena. 4 : Brose Bamberg played one match at Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, instead of Brose Arena.5: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia played one match at PalaBancoDesio, instead of Mediolanum Forum.


2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season
The 2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season are played from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2018. A total of 16 teams will compete in the regular season to decide the eight places of the playoffs.


2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season
Times since 2 November 2017 up to 23 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1), times up to 27 October 2017 and since 29 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2).


2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season, Format
In the regular season, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams will advance to the Playoffs, while the last eight qualified teams will be eliminated. The matchdays are from 12 October 2017 to 6 April 2017.


2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season, Format, Tiebreakers
If a tiebreaker does not resolve a tie completely, a new tiebreak process is initiated with only those teams that remain tied. All points scored in extra periods will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.


2017–18 EuroLeague Regular Season, League table, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women
The 2017–18 EuroLeague Women was the 60th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 22nd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Team allocation
A total of 18 teams from 10 countries will participate in the 2017–18 EuroLeague Women.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Team allocation, Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders; EC: EuroCup Women title holders):


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Round and draw dates, Draw
The draw was held on 4 July 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds, based on their performance in European competitions in the last three seasons.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Regular season
Regular season started on 11 October 2017 and finished on 31 January 2018.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Regular season
The four top teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.


2017–18 EuroLeague Women, Regular season
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
The 2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, also called Adidas Next Generation Tournament by sponsorship reasons, is the 16th edition of the international junior basketball tournament organized by the Euroleague Basketball Company.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
As in past years, 32 teams joined the first stage, which are played in four qualifying tournaments between January and February 2017.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet
The Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet was played between 5 and 7 January 2018.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Kaunas Tournament
The Kaunas Tournament was played between 19 and 21 January 2018.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Munich Tournament
The Munich Tournament was played between 9 and 11 February 2018.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Qualifying tournaments, Belgrade Tournament
The Belgrade Tournament was played between 23 and 25 February 2018.


2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, Final Tournament
The Final Tournament was played between 17 and 20 May 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup
The 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. It was also the 22nd season of the Challenge Cup competition in all forms, following on from the now defunct European Challenge Cup. Clubs from six European nations plus two Russian club will competed for the title.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup
The first round of the group stage began on the weekend of 12/13/14/15 October 2017, and the competition ended with the final on 11 May 2018 in Bilbao, Spain. This was the first time the final has been held outside one of the Six Nations countries.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup
French side Stade Français were the reigning champions but failed to progress past the quarter-finals after losing to Newcastle Falcons. Gloucester returned to the final having lost to Stade Français last season, where they faced Cardiff Blues, who made it their first final of any competition since their 2010 European Challenge Cup Final victory. Like then, Cardiff Blues were victorious, defeating Gloucester 31–30 with a 78th-minute penalty by Gareth Anscombe to clinch the title.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams
20 teams qualified for the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup; a total of 18 qualified from across the Premiership, Pro14 and Top 14, as a direct result of their domestic league performance, with two coming through a play-off. The expected distribution of teams is:


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
Four clubs competed in a play-off to decide the final team in the Champions Cup. The play-off comprised three matches, contested by one team from the Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Pro14.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
The two Pro12 teams each played one of the Premiership or Top 14 sides in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then contested a play-off final, with the winner of this match competing in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. The three losing teams were all entered in the Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off, Matches
A draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches, and which semi-final's winner would have home advantage in the final.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Continental Shield
Eight teams were split into two pools of four to compete in the re-branded European Rugby Continental Shield. Each team played the four teams in the other pool once. The winner of each pool then played a two-legged final against last year's qualifying sides, and the winners, on aggregate, will take the two remaining places in the Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Teams, Team details
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
Teams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
Given the nature of the Continental Shield, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, qualifying teams are automatically included in Tier 4, and are, in effect, seeded equally despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Seeding
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
The draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
Teams in the same pool play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, beginning on the weekend of 12/13/14 October 2017, and continuing through to 19/20 January 2018, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
Teams are awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage, Format
The eight qualifiers are ranked according to their performance in the pool stage and compete in the quarter-finals which will be held on the weekend of 30/31 March 2018. The four top teams will host the quarter-finals against the four lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Knock-out stage, Format
The semi-finals will played on the weekend of 20/21/22 April 2018. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that the home team would be designated based on "performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home".


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
The 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage was the first stage of the competition in the fourth season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
The competition involves twenty teams competing, across five pools of four teams, for eight quarter-final places – awarded to the five pool winners and the three top-ranked pool runners-up.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage
The pool stage began on 12 October 2017 and was completed on 20 January 2018.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
The twenty competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
Teams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw was used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team went into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determined which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others entered Tier 3.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
Given the nature of the Continental Shield, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro12, qualifying teams are automatically included in Tier 4, and are, in effect, seeded equally despite officially being ranked 1/2 from that competition.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Seeding
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams in the same pool play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, beginning on the weekend of 12/13/14 October 2017, and continuing through to 19/20 January 2018, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter finals.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams are awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and 1 defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup
The 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup was the fourth European Rugby Champions Cup championship (23rd overall), the annual rugby union club competition for teams from the top six nations in European rugby and was the twenty-third season of pan-European professional club rugby competition.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup
The format of the competition began with a play-off qualification round at the end of the preceding season featuring teams from England, France, Ireland and Wales. The winner joined 19 teams already qualified by way of their domestic league position in the pool stage of the competition -  a home and away round-robin for five groups of four teams. Following the pool stage, five pool winners, and three highest ranked runners-up, qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition, as the Cup thereafter reverted to a single elimination knockout format.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup
The tournament began on 13 October 2017. The final was won by Leinster on 12 May 2018 at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. This was Leinster's fourth title, tying the record for the most successful team in the competition's history. This was the first time the final was held outside one of the Six Nations countries.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams
Twenty clubs from the three major European domestic and regional leagues competed in the Champions Cup. Nineteen of these qualified directly as a result of their league performance.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
The play-off system that had been suspended the season before, due to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, returned to decide the final team competing in the Champions Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
Four clubs competed in a play-off to decide the final team in the Champions Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
The play-off comprised 3 matches, contested by one team from the Aviva Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Guinness Pro12.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off
The two Pro12 teams played either the Premiership or Top 14 side in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then played in a play-off final, and the winner of this match took the 20th place in the Champions Cup. The three losing teams will all compete in the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, 20th team play-off, Matches
A draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches, and the semi-final winner that would have home advantage in the final.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details
Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Teams, Team details
Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
The twenty competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five teams.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
For the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Seeding
Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1 and to allocate one of the three fourth seed clubs to Tier 2. The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
The draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
Teams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 13/14/15 October 2017, and continues through to 19/20/21 January 2018. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter finals.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
Teams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage, Format
The eight qualifiers were ranked according to their performance in the pool stage and competed in the quarter-finals which were held on the weekend of 30/31 March, 1 April 2018. The four top teams were at home in the quarter-finals against the four lower teams in a 1v8, 2v7, 3v6 and 4v5 format.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup, Knock-out stage, Format
The semi-finals were played on the weekend of 20/21/22 April 2018. In lieu of the draw that used to determine the semi-final pairing, EPCR announced that a fixed semi-final bracket would be set in advance, and that the home team would be designated based on "performances by clubs during the pool stages as well as the achievement of a winning a quarter-final match away from home". Semi-final matches must be played at a neutral ground in the designated home team's country.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage is the first stage of the 23rd season of European club rugby union, and the fourth under the European Rugby Champions Cup format.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The competition involves twenty teams, across five pools of four teams, for eight quarter-final places – awarded to the five pool winners and the three top-ranked pool runners-up.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The pool stage began on the weekend of 13–15 October 2017, and ended following round 6, on the weekend of 19–21 January 2018.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
The 20 competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five teams.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
For the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships, so a losing quarter-finalist in the Top 14 would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1. The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw took place on 8 June 2017, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 13/14/15 October 2017, and continues through to 19/20/21 January 2018. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter-finals.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Teams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:


2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
(Q) denotes the team has qualified for the quarter-finals as the pool winners(q) denotes team has at least qualified for the quarter-finals as one of the three highest-scoring second-place teams


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
The 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the third play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
Following a break to ease fixture congestion caused by the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the three-team play-off held in 2015–16 was expanded, and a four-team format was announced.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
The play-off comprised 3 matches, contested by one team from the Premiership, one from the Top 14, and two from the Pro14.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
The two Pro12 teams each played one of the Premiership or Top 14 sides in a single-leg semi-final, held at the home ground of the non-Pro12 side. The winners of these matches then contested a play-off final, with the winner of this match competing in the 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup. The three losing teams all competed in the 2017–18 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Teams
Four teams competed in the play-off, having qualified as either the highest team from each league that did not already qualify for the Champions Cup, or as the winner of the 2016–17 European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Matches
A draw was held on 15 March 2017 to determine the two semi-final matches.


2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Matches, Play-off final
The draw for the semi-finals was also used to decide that the winner of the second semi-final would have home advantage in the play-off final.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield
The 2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield is a rugby union competition, organised by European Professional Club Rugby, Rugby Europe and the Federazione Italiana Rugby, for entry into the European Rugby Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
The format of the Qualifying Competition remains similar to the previous season. As before, two places in the next year's Challenge Cup will be available for teams in the Continental Shield. Clubs from six countries will compete in the 2017/18 Continental Shield.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
Four representatives from the Italian Eccellenza – Pataro Rugby Calvisano, Femi-CZ Rugby Rovigo, Rugby Petrarca and Rugby Viadana – will be joined by Romania's Timișoara Saracens, RC Batumi from Georgia, Heidelberger RK of Germany and Portugal's Centro Desportivo Universitario de Lisboa (CDUL Rugby) competing in two pools of four.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
Following the pool stage matches, the winner of Pool A will play the runner-up in Pool B, and the winner of Pool B will play the runner-up in Pool A on a home and away basis.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
The two clubs which advance will then play each other home and away with the winner securing a place in the Continental Shield final in Bilbao next May and also qualifying for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
The other Continental Shield finalist will be decided by a home and away play-off between Russia's Enisei-STM and Krasny Yar who have both received a bye into the knockout stage of the competition due to their participation in this season's Challenge Cup and to their success in last season's Continental Shield.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
The winner of the Enisei-STM v Krasny Yar play-offs will go through to the Continental Shield final in Bilbao and will also qualify for the 2018/19 Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, Format
The aim of the Continental Shield is to widen the footprint of club rugby across Europe and to give both emerging and established clubs in different territories the opportunity to qualify for the Challenge Cup.


2017–18 European windstorm season
The 2017–2018 European windstorm season was the third instance of seasonal European windstorm naming. France, Spain and Portugal took part in winter storm naming for the first time this season.


2017–18 European windstorm season
The season started on 12 September 2017 with the formation of Storm Aileen. It was subsequently marked by many high-impact storms which caused severe loss of life and widespread damage, including Ophelia, Eleanor, David and Emma. The season concluded on 17 June 2018 with the dissipation of off-season Storm Hector.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming
In 2015, the Met Office and Met Éireann announced a pilot project to name storm warnings as part of the Name our Storms project for wind storms and asked the public for suggestions. The meteorological offices produced a full list of names for 2015–16 and 2016–17, common to both the UK and Ireland. A new list of names was released on 6 September 2017 for the 2017–18 season. Names in the UK will be based on the National Severe Weather Warning Service, when a storm is assessed to have the potential for an Amber 'be prepared' or Red 'take action (danger to life)' warning.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming
A storm will be named when it is deemed able to have a "substantial" impact on the UK or Ireland. They will be taken from the list, in alphabetical order, alternating between male and female names – the same naming convention that is used by the United States for tropical cyclones. In the case of storms resulting from ex-tropical storms and hurricanes, the original name allocated by the US National Hurricane Center will be used, an example of which during this season being Ophelia. Met Éireann name any storm which triggers a status Orange or Red weather warning for wind.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming
The basis for such, as outlined on their weather warning service, are mean wind speeds in excess of 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn) or gusts over 130 km/h (81 mph; 70 kn). Similarly, the Met Office name storms that have the potential to cause medium (Amber) or high (Red) impacts to the UK. It describes the wind strength relative to observations such as "falling trees or tiles, other items like garden furniture being blown around and even a number of properties left without electrical power."


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming
On 1 December 2017, the national meteorological services of Spain (Aemet), France (Météo-France) and Portugal (IPMA) announced that they would begin naming storms affecting their nations in co-ordination, under the auspices of EUMETNET.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming, United Kingdom and Ireland
The Met Office's and Met Éireann's announcement of the season's names also noted that Fionn is to be pronounced Fyunn, Niall is to be pronounced Nye-ul and Tali is to be pronounced Tarly.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems
One former Atlantic hurricane transitioned into a European windstorm and retained its name as assigned by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida:


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems
Another internationally recognised, but unofficial, naming system for European windstorms is the Adopt a Vortex program of the Free University of Berlin. Participants can ask the FUB to give their names, for example as a birthday present, to high or low pressure systems that affect European weather. The naming service of the FUB is commercial and is the main meteorological naming system in Germany. The names Xavier and Herwart were given by the FUB to major storms this season. Its naming program is recognised in some other European countries, although the British-Irish and the French-Spanish-Portuguese naming co-operations are gaining importance.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Background and naming, Other naming systems
Furthermore, besides of the three internationally recognised naming systems (the two European co-operations and the FUB system), many European countries (Norway, Finland, Denmark etc.) give their own names to cyclones. One of the 16 storms of the season was not named by the three main naming systems: instead it was called Cora in Norway and Aku in Finland.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Season summary
The 2017–18 UK and Ireland windstorm season began on September with storm Aileen, which brought strong winds to Scotland and Northern England on 13 September. Then followed Ophelia which was once a Category 3 major hurricane and the easternmost major hurricane on record; a red (severe) wind warning was issued for many parts in Ireland. Less than a week later, storm Brian rapidly intensified from a trough of low pressure out in the Atlantic.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Season summary
After a rather quiet November without any named systems (like quiet Septembers and Octobers of the previous two years), Caroline and Dylan formed in December followed by Eleanor early in January 2018. In the middle of January, the extremely deep and large arctic low Fionn affected both the UK and Ireland and steered David, a smaller but more intense storm, on a westerly track over Ireland, the UK and Central Europe. The last storm in January was Georgina, a cyclone that mainly affected Ireland and Scotland.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Season summary
A total of 10 storms affected both the UK and Ireland in that season. Three of these – Ophelia, David and Emma – were named by foreign agencies. Six storms were named by the new co-operation of the meteorological services of France, Spain and Portugal. Two of these – David and Emma – also affected Britain and Ireland significantly.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Season summary
The impact of the deadly winter storm Emma was intensified by the collision with the Beast from the East cold wave (anticyclone Hartmut). Cora, another significant windstorm, affected Scandinavia, Norway and Sweden in particular. Cora delivered the highest known gust of the European windstorm season. As a European total, 18 windstorms (one "off-season") affected the continent .


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen
Aileen formed on 12 September, with the Met Office issuing an Amber wind warning, becoming the first named storm of the season. Aileen affected Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire during the evening of 12 September and into the morning of 13 September with winds of over 65 km/h (40 mph). Gusts up to around 110 km/h (68 mph)  were also seen in exposed locations such as along coastlines and over high ground in these areas.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen
A Yellow weather warning for rain was also issued for parts of Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland, as Aileen dropped 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) of rain within 6–9 hours in these areas, causing some disruption from localised flooding. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, with 35.4 mm (1.39 in) falling overnight.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen
During Aileen, approximately 60,000 homes in Wales and almost 9,000 across England suffered power cuts. The strongest gusts, of 83 mph (134 km/h), were recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight. The strongest gust on mainland Britain, of 74 mph (119 km/h), was recorded at Mumbles, Wales.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Aileen
Aileen later crossed the North Sea and intensified, going on to affect Germany, where it was known as Cyclone Sebastian.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia
On 12 October, the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings relating to the extra-tropical remnants of the former Hurricane Ophelia, estimated to affect the UK and Ireland on 16 October. Met Éireann issued an update on 12 October in response to media coverage about possible impacts which might occur in Ireland, highlighting the uncertainties still in the forecast modelling. Met Éireann asked people to keep up to date with changes in the forecast as the storm evolved and confidence in any likely impacts increased.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia
On 14 October Met Éireann issued a red warning for the counties of Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Kerry for 16–17 October, (extended to Limerick, Waterford and Wexford on 15 October) with an orange warning for the rest of the country. Red warnings were extended again on the evening of 15 October to the whole of Ireland. On 15 October the Met Office issued amber warnings for the six counties of Northern Ireland, and updated the yellow warnings in place for England, Wales and Scotland. The Met Office updated its amber warnings to include parts of west Wales, southwest Scotland and the Isle of Man on the morning of 16 October.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Ex-Hurricane Ophelia
In County Waterford, a woman was killed when a tree fell on her car, caused by the winds from Ophelia's remnants. A man died near Dundalk, County Louth, after a tree struck his car. A man was killed in Cahir, County Tipperary, while trying to clear a fallen tree with a chainsaw. Two more people were subsequently killed in Ireland from the combined effects of Ophelia and the subsequent Storm Brian.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian
On 13 October, the US National Hurricane Center designated a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Lesser Antilles as Invest 92L, giving the system a 40% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone. The NHC continued monitoring the system as it moved slowly north-west, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding to Puerto Rico and the British and US Virgin Islands before turning to the north-east. However, on 16 October, the NHC discontinued monitoring the system as it passed Bermuda without any considerable impact, having failed to transition into a tropical cyclone.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian
Subsequently, the area of low pressure began to rapidly intensify as it accelerated eastward across the open Atlantic, developing into a powerful extratropical cyclone. On 19 October, Met Éireann issued an orange wind warning for 21 October in counties Galway and Mayo, thus naming storm Brian. On 20 October Met Éireann extended orange warnings to the counties of Clare, Kerry, Waterford and Wexford. The UK Environment Agency warned that storm Brian could combine with high tides and lead to a heightened risk of flooding on the south coast of the UK.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian
Brian moved over Ireland close to Galway around 07:00 local time on 21 October.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Brian
A 67-year-old man drowned after being swept from the sea wall at Dawlish during the storm. Two more people were killed in Ireland from the combined effects of Brian and the prior Hurricane Ophelia.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Caroline
The Met Office named storm Caroline on 5 December to affect Scotland on 7 December, with a yellow warning for wind, which was upgraded on 6 December to an amber warning for the Western Isles, Northern Isles and northern Scotland. Met Éireann issued a yellow warning for wind to the counties of Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Kerry.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Caroline
In its wake, the storm delivered snowy and icy conditions to parts of England and Wales as the winds turned to the north as the system moved into Scandinavia on 8 December, accumulations of 11 cm were recorded on lower ground in Northern Ireland, with a few centimetres of snow in Wales and North-western England. Even with Caroline being located around Scandinavia, Caroline was still impacting the UK weather with a continuation of cold, Arctic air.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Ana
Storm Ana was the first storm to ever be officially named by Météo-France, Aemet and IPMA. It formed on 10 December as an area of low pressure that underwent explosive cyclogenesis to the northwest of Iberia passing through the Bay of Biscay into France on the morning of 11 December. It then took a northeasterly direction to affect the Low Countries, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and eventually Russia.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Ana
The highest gusts from Ana reached 249 km/h (155 mph) in the Austrian Alps, and its minimal pressure reached 957 hPa (28.3 inHg) on the morning of 11 December. Severe flooding was reported in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy on 12 December, caused by heavy rainfall from a trailing front from Ana and rapid snowmelt due to a large temperature rise caused by Ana's passage. Damage from flooding in Italy reached €105 million.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Bruno
On 26 December 2017, wind warnings were issued in Spain for an area of low pressure that was expected to undergo explosive cyclogenesis. Ultimately, Storm Bruno brought over 25 cm (9.8 in) of snow, wind gusts exceeding 62 mph (100 km/h), and waves as high as 8 m (26 ft) to Spain. One fatality occurred after a man drowned while windsurfing in rough seas. Another fatality occurred after a man was swept off his balcony by high winds and onto his patio, where he immediately succumbed to his injuries.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Dylan
Storm Dylan was named by Met Éireann on 29 December. It brought strong winds to the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland overnight 30–31 December. The north and west coasts of the island of Ireland were expected to be affected by gusts of up to 130 km/h (81 mph).


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Carmen
Storm Carmen began as an area of low pressure in late December 2017. The storm went under some intensification before affecting France and other western European countries with strong winds. A man was killed by Carmen as a tree had fallen on his car during new year celebrations, and a 60-metre-tall (200 ft) wind turbine was blown over in the western Vendée region due to extreme winds.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor
Named by Met Éireann on 1 January with Amber Wind Warning in force for 2 January. Forecast to bring gusts of 110–130 km/h (68–81 mph) into the evening. The Met Office also issued a Yellow Wind Warning for 2–3 January, only to upgrade it to an amber warning across Northern England and Southern Scotland 3 hours prior making landfall in the UK.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor
As Eleanor neared Ireland, it brought heavy rainfall and squally weather followed by very strong gusts of 156 km/h (97 mph; 84 kn) in Knock Airport in Republic of Ireland. As Eleanor tracked further North-east she continued to strengthen as a sting-jet like feature was evident, however, it did not form. Eleanor also produced thunderstorms and intense hail across England and Wales. The worst damage happened in Northern Ireland.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Eleanor
According to the UK Met Office, gusts reached 90 mph (140 km/h) in Orlock Head, while a mountain weather station in Great Dun Fell recorded 100 mph (160 km/h) gusts.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
On 16 January Met Éireann issued orange marine weather warnings for wind to storm force from Roches Point to Slyne Head to Malin Head, along with orange national weather warnings for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Kerry for 16–17 January, so naming storm Fionn. This system, also called Evi by the FUB, was meteorologically speaking a very deep and large Icelandic low that bottomed out at a central pressure of 935 hPa (27.6 inHg) and dominated the weather in the North Atlantic and Northern Europe for several days in the middle of January 2018.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
This low had a large and intense wind field on its southern flank, fuelling a strong jetstream that steered the less deep but much more catastrophic Cyclone David into the UK and Ireland and Central Europe on 18 January. After the arrival of David, Fionn weakened and David became the more dominant low, leading to the decay and dissipation of Fionn.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
As Fionn neared Ireland, it brought heavy winds to Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Clare, Leitrim and Cork.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
On 16 January the Met Office sent out a clarifying tweet that Fionn was only expected to bring strong winds to western Ireland, with impacts to the UK to be expected to be below their warning thresholds. In the tweet they pointed to a separate weather system to affect the UK on 17–18 January, later named David by MeteoFrance, this name was reciprocally adopted by the Met Office and Met Eireann. The low David was named Friederike by the Free University of Berlin, with the name Georgina at that time remaining unused.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
Met Éireann's decision to name Fionn was met with some criticism from some meteorologists, Liam Dutton tweeted that he thought the warning did not strictly accompany a cyclonic area of low pressure, but a "squeeze of isobars" circulating a low hundreds of kilometres (miles) distant in the region of the Faroes, stating that it "needed no more than a standard weather warning".


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
He highlighted the difference in criteria for naming storms employed by the Met Office and Met Éireann (the UK Met Office uses an impact-based criteria, based on the level of expected impacts the weather will bring, whereas the Irish Met Éireann uses fixed numerical criteria, meaning a storm will be named when mean wind speeds are likely to occur, between 65 and 80 km/h [40 and 50 mph] and/or gusts between 110 and 130 km/h [68 and 81 mph]).


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Fionn
Evelyn Cusack of Met Éireann said that she understood Dutton's point, stating that his criticisms were well made. She reiterated that the orange warning issued by Met Éireann fulfilled their criteria for naming the storm, producing severe winds, coastal flooding and high waves on the Irish coast, even if the centre of circulation was distant.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike
Storm David (also named Friederike), affected an area of Europe from northern France and England, through the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the Alps to Poland and the Czech Republic, starting on the evening of 17 January until 19 January. David brought heavy snowfall on its northern flank and high winds (sustained winds up to Bft. 11, widespread hurricane-force gusts) on its southern flank. In some locations, both the high winds and the snowfall occurred, creating blizzard conditions. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was closed, as well as some airports in Germany.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike
European railroad companies (e.g. the Deutsche Bahn in Germany) could only offer very limited transportation services, if any. Road traffic was similarly disrupted by windthrow, snow, ice, high crosswinds, and by traffic jams that were caused by incidents related to the storm. Widespread damage to manmade structures and to forests occurred. Germany was the worst-hit country as there were 10 known deaths as well as a damage total as high as several hundreds of millions. David/Friederike was the most devastating windstorm in Germany after Cyclone Kyrill in 2007. Coincidentally, Friederike and Kyrill both struck Central Europe on 18 January, albeit 11 years apart.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike
This storm, which proved to have catastrophic effects, originated from a low pressure trough in the Western Atlantic that stretched from the Southern Caribbean to Newfoundland on 14 January — 16. After gaining a closed circulation near or over Newfoundland on 16 January, the new cyclone entered the very strong southern wind field of the Icelandic Low Fionn, crossing the Atlantic in less than two days and being steered into Europe. Upon the formation of the precursor trough, the GFS and ECMWF correctly predicted that system to impact Europe as a windstorm. Between 14 and 19 January, the binary storm complex that consisted of Fionn and David brought high winds and snowfall to large portions of Europe. After the storms have passed, they left behind an improved weather situation in Europe that was calmer, drier and warmer.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm David/Friederike
The storm also brought some hurricane-force gusts and heavy snowfall to Britain and Ireland and caused 140,000 power cuts there. Nevertheless, the storm impacted the Netherlands and Germany in a much more dramatic way. The UK Met Office did not give David a name from its own storm naming list as it did not expect the storm to have a significant impact on Britain, which proved to be an underestimation.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Georgina
Storm Georgina was officially named on 23 January after the low pressure area that was nearing Britain and Ireland suddenly had bombed out at 959 hPa (28.3 inHg). The storm affected the northern parts of Britain, causing numerous power outages as well as flooding and widespread structural damage there. There were widespread gusts in the 50–85 mph (80–137 km/h) range in the affected areas, with an isolated 140 mph (225 km/h) gust over a ski area in the Scottish Highlands. Georgina also brought torrential rains to Northern Ireland and Scotland.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Georgina
After crossing the North Sea, the vigorous low pressure area went on to affect Norway.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
Storm Emma (also named Ulrike) was named while it was centred over the Azores and threatened to strike Western Europe as a blizzard. The cyclone affected Iberia,Great Britain and Ireland on its track, causing high winds and snowfall, leading to blizzard conditions.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
As Emma neared southwest England, it brought new cold air to the UK and Ireland, prolonging the cold period. Meteorologists observed the collision of Emma and Anticyclone Hartmut dubbed the Beast from the East by the press, and the interaction of the two highly different air masses worsened the wind and snowfall posed by Emma. Starting on 1 March 2018, the collision of Emma and Hartmut triggered numerous hurricane-force gusts in southern Europe and the United Kingdom. The highest of these gusts occurred in the morning of 1 March on Mount Aigoual in southern France at 228 km/h (142 mph).


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
On 1 March 2018, UK authorities issued a red warning in Wales and south-west England as citizens in Scotland spent up to 20 hours in their cars stuck in traffic in frigid weather and a 46-year-old Southampton man died in a motor vehicle accident on the A34. Schools across the UK were closed in the face of oncoming blizzards, strong winds, and heavy snowfall. Traffic was significantly hindered by the Beast from the East.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
In Lincolnshire commuters near Boston were stranded by snow and had to freed by farmers with tractors, a minimum of 20 cars and HGVs were snowed in on the A46 close to Faldingworth. The Royal Air Force deployed 4×4 vehicles to transport health and emergency workers. Trains were cancelled across the UK, with over 20 rail operators running at reduced capacity; London's Paddington Station closed for about three hours and 50 stations in Kent closed because of inclement weather. Air travel has been similarly curtailed, as terminals all over the country cancel flights. At least three people died in the UK as a result of the storm.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
In Ireland snow began to fall in the east of the country on Tuesday 27 February. Snow continued in the east on Wednesday the 28th, with well over 15 cm (5.9 in) reported in many areas. Schools closed on Wednesday the 28th in affected areas. Panic buying of food was seen as Storm Emma approached. Emma made landfall on the south coast on Thursday 1 March and swept northward. All schools were closed on Thursday 1 March and Friday the 2nd nationwide with a red weather warning put in place by Met Eireann.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Emma
High winds and heavy snowfall on top of the already lying snow led to drifting and severe disruption. Many roads were left impassable, particularly in rural areas and in North Kildare, West Wicklow and Wexford respectively. Power outages and water cuts were reported widely. A Lidl supermarket was torn down and looted in Fortunestown, Tallaght during the chaos caused by the storm. Over 50 cm (20 in) of lying snow was reported in some locations, with drifts many feet high on many rural routes. Some rural villages were cut off for many days. A slow thaw ensued. Many schools remained closed in Kildare, Wicklow and Wexford on Monday 5 March as local authorities continued to attempt to clear roads.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Felix
Storm Felix formed from the remnants of the nor'easter which affected the eastern United States in early March 2018. After moving out into the Atlantic, the low-pressure system which caused the nor'easter quickly deepened to a minimum pressure of 967 hPa (28.6 inHg). Felix was subsequently named by IPMA of Portugal on 9 March, as orange weather warnings were issued for Madeira and surrounding islands. Winds gusting up to 150 km/h (93 mph) were recorded in the mountains of Madeira and up to 120 km/h (75 mph) at Madeira Airport.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Felix
Felix subsequently approached mainland Portugal, where red wind warnings were issued along the central coast and winds reaching 100 km/h (62 mph) were observed. Red warnings were also issued ahead of the storm in northern Spain, as Felix veered northwards into the Bay of Biscay. Felix weakened as it moved further east, making landfall in central France as a minimal storm.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Gisele
Storm Gisele was named by the Spanish AEMET agency on 14 March, as the system was undergoing rapid intensification in the central Atlantic. Around the same time, IPMA in Portugal issued orange wind warnings for the Azores archipelago as Gisele approached. Across the islands, winds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph) were recorded. Gisele subsequently continued northeastwards; orange wind warnings were issued for mainland Portugal and northern Spain, warning of wind impacts and coastal damage. Gisele then made landfall in mainland Portugal, with mesovortices within an unstable cold front bringing isolated gusts of up to 110 km/h (68 mph) and at least one confirmed tornado.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Hugo
Storm Hugo was named by AEMET on 23 March, as it was undergoing explosive intensification in the mid-Atlantic; as a result, the agency issued a Special Warning regarding the formation of Hugo. Subsequently, AEMET issued red weather warnings for northern Portugal and orange warnings for the remainder of the mainland coast, with yellow warnings of wind and snow being issued further inland. Wind gusts of up to 100 km/h (62 mph) were recorded widely, with gusts of up to 120 km/h (75 mph) recorded in coastal areas in the north of the country.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Irene
Storm Irene was named by the Azores Regional Department of Portugal's IPMA meteorological agency on 16 April. Moving swiftly northwards, Irene intensified into an unusually strong low for the region at this time of year, crossing the Azores archipelago with a minimum pressure of 952 hPa (28.1 inHg) and winds of up to 110 km/h (68 mph). As a result, orange weather warnings were issued for the islands. After crossing the Azores, Irene moved northwestwards into the open Atlantic and weakened, dissipating over the northern Atlantic without again affecting land.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Storm Hector
An "off season" windstorm occurring before the 2018 British Isles heat wave.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems
Several notable extratropical cyclones affecting Europe went officially unnamed throughout the season as they did not affect any of the countries involved in issuing names; however, many of these did receive unofficial names from the Free University of Berlin. Cyclone Thomas rapidly deepened as it crossed Romania on 17–18 September, bringing intense straight-line winds to the country. Eight people were killed, with more than 137 injuries and 7,000 damage claims reported, totalling around US$9.4 million in damage.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems
Cyclone Xavier crossed northern Europe in early October 2017. Germany was the worst affected country, with high winds between 4 and 6 October causing severe damage, including in and around Berlin. Further damage was reported in the Czech Republic, where the highest winds of up to 201 km/h (125 mph) were recorded, and in Poland. In total, Xavier killed nine people – seven in Germany and two in Poland – and caused at least £180 million (€200 million) in damage.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems
Cyclone Herwart initially formed as a secondary low to a more northerly centre of low pressure (named Grischa) coming southward from the Svalbard Islands region in late October. Herwart then went through the Fujiwhara effect with this system, rotating counterclockwise around the main low pressure area, passing over Norway, Sweden, Latvia and then losing power while moving over western Russia. In Denmark, which was hit on 28 October, the storm was named Ingolf. In Hungary, the storm was named Nárcisz (Narcissus), a Hungarian female name whose name day is on 29 October. In total, Herwart killed ten people across central Europe and caused £800 million (€950 million) in damage.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems
Cyclone Reinhard (also known locally as Storm Ylva) made landfall in Norway on 23 November, with high winds and heavy rainfall causing millions of euros worth of damage. There were hundreds of reports of damage across southern Norway, but no reports of injuries or fatalities.


2017–18 European windstorm season, Storms, Other systems
A low-pressure area known as Storm Cora in Norway and Ex-Blizzard Aku in Finland brought wind gusts of up to 274 km/h (170 mph) to these areas in January 2018.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by 11th-year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 8 seed in the MVC Tournament, they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team
On March 13, 2018, Evansville fired head coach Marty Simmons. He finished at Evansville with an 11-year record of 184–175. On March 22, the school hired Boston Celtics assistant coach, former Kentucky player and Evansville native Walter McCarty as head coach.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Previous season
The Purple Aces finished the 2016–17 season 16–17, 6–12 to finish in eighth place in MVC play. They defeated Indiana State in the MVC Tournament before losing to Illinois State in the quarterfinals.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Preseason
In the conference's preseason poll, the Aces were picked to finish in ninth place in the MVC. Junior guard Ryan Taylor was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by second year head coach Matt Ruffing, play their home games at Meeks Family Fieldhouse and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–27, 0–18 in MVC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament to Bradley.


2017–18 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence. They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and UEFA Europa League. Everton had a disappointing start to the campaign, leading to the dismissal of manager Ronald Koeman in October after a 5-2 home loss to Arsenal, Koeman sacked just 2 months into his second campaign in charge after guiding Everton into the UEFA Europa League in an impressive first season at the club.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season
It was over a month after his departure that Sam Allardyce took over from interim manager David Unsworth, as prime target, Watford manager Marco Silva, was unable to be released from a contract with The Hornets to take over at Goodison Park.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season
The fiasco led to a legal suit after Silva was controversially sacked by Watford after a downturn in results following his failure to secure the Everton job, and when Silva took over at Everton 2018-19, Everton were forced to pay £4 million in compensation to Watford for what was described as "an unwarranted approach" whilst Silva was still at Watford. Allardyce guided the club to 8th in the league, but could not prevent exits in the Europa League group stage and the FA Cup third round. Allardyce was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, with Everton's fans criticising Allardyce's style of play on a number of occasions; the club stated "The decision is part of a long-term plan".


2017–18 Everton F.C. season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Pre-season, Friendlies
On 22 June 2017, Everton announced four pre-season friendlies against Sevilla, Gor Mahia, FC Twente and Genk.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
In the FA Cup, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Liverpool.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Everton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland. An away trip to Chelsea was announced for the fourth round.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Qualifying
Everton entered the competition in the third qualifying round, where they faced Slovakian side Ružomberok. After winning the tie 2–0 on aggregate they were drawn against Croatian team Hajduk Split in the play-off round.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League, Group stage
On 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.


2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Players, First team squad
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2017–18 Everton F.C. season, Players, Out on loan
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2017–18 Everton L.F.C. season
The 2017-18 season is Everton Ladies Football Club's first season returning to the FA Women's Super League since the 2014 season, having been promoted after winning the WSL2 Spring Series, and being one of the league's foundation clubs.


2017–18 Everton L.F.C. season
Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation for which to be competed.


2017–18 Everton L.F.C. season, First team
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2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Exeter City's 116th year in existence and their sixth consecutive season in League Two, where they finished in fourth place. The Grecians progressed to and lost their second consecutive promotion play-off final City progressed to the third round of the FA Cup after beating 8th-tier Heybridge Swifts in the first round, and fellow League Two side Forest Green Rovers in a second round replay. Exeter were knocked out in the third round by Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. The Grecians were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the First Round, losing at home to Charlton Athletic, and were also eliminated in the regionalised first round (group stage) of the EFL Trophy, finishing bottom of Southern Group D.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Transfers, Loans out
Note: this section may be inaccurate, due to incomplete information released by the club about loans out.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Pre-season
Exeter City played five pre-season fixtures in July 2017, all away from home at teams based in Somerset and Dorset. The club's pre-season schedule began with a trip to Twerton Park, where they faced off against Bath City for the Brian Lomax SD Cup – an annual fixture held between two supporter-owned clubs.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Pre-season
There were no pre-season friendlies at St James Park due to redevelopment work taking place over the summer.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, Matches
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
On 16 October 2017, the Grecians were drawn at home to Heybridge Swifts in the first round of the FA Cup.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
City eventually overcame the Swifts 3–1 with all the goals being scored in the final 45 minutes after an uneventful first half. Jayden Stockley scored a quick brace before Heybridges' Sam Bantick scored a consolation. Liam McAlinden then sealed the win for Exeter in the 86th minute. The following day, the Grecians were drawn away to Forest Green Rovers for the Second Round.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Prolific goalscorer Christian Doidge netted for Rovers after 26 minutes, the only goal in the first half. Grecians skipper Jordan Moore-Taylor equalised in the 58th minute and Jayden Stockley scored not long after to give City a 2–1 lead. However, Forest Green equalised through Scott Laird in the 88th minute and Doidge scored again in the 92nd to turn the game on its head. To make the game's conclusion even more dramatic, Stockley scored his second goal in the 94th minute as the match finished 3–3.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The Grecians achieved an incredible comeback from a goal and a man down to triumph 2–1 in the replay to set a Third Round tie against Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. Forest Green had opened the scoring with a 30th-minute penalty scored by Christian Doidge. City were down to ten men after 63 minutes due to Jordan Tillson's second yellow card. However, Rovers conceded a penalty only ten minutes later and Pierce Sweeney converted.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The score was 1–1 at the end of 90 minutes, and the next significant event was a second sending off, this time the culprit being Rovers defender Manny Monthé, leaving both teams with ten men. Jayden Stockley scored the winner in the 115th minute, netting his 11th goal of the season.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
City's third round tie against West Bromwich Albion started very poorly, conceding after only 75 seconds after Christy Pym failed to keep Salomón Rondón's long-distance shot out. The Baggies scored again in the 25th minute through Jay Rodriguez. The BBC match report attributed both goals to mistakes by Danny Seaborne.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, Exeter City were drawn at home to Charlton Athletic in the first round of the EFL Cup. Lee Holmes opened the scoring for the Grecians after 54 minutes by netting a free kick. However, goals by Billy Clarke and Regan Charles-Cook saw the Reds eliminated in the First Round for the first time since 2014.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
City were placed in the Southern Group D, alongside the other two southwesternmost EFL League One and Two teams Plymouth Argyle and Yeovil Town. The Chelsea F.C. Academy was announced to be the other side in the group. On 13 July 2017, it was revealed that the Grecians would play Chelsea and Yeovil Town at home and Plymouth Argyle away.


2017–18 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
City began with a 3–1 loss at home to Yeovil Town, when City failed to repeat the heroics of the previous season against the same opposition by coming back from 3–0 down, with just the consolation goal from Jack Sparkes, his first in professional football. The Grecians' second match of the group stage took place at Plymouth's Home Park, where they lost 5–3 on penalties to the Pilgrims after a 2–2 draw. City's elimination was confirmed after a 3–1 loss at home to Chelsea under-21s.


2017–18 F.C. Copenhagen season
The 2017–18 FC Copenhagen season was F.C. Copenhagen's 26th season of existence, competing each year in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. Outside of the Superliga, Copenhagen competed in the Danish Cup and the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.


2017–18 F.C. Copenhagen season
F.C. Copenhagen had its worst season since the 1999-2000 campaign, finishing fourth in the 2017-18 Danish Superliga and being eliminated in the fourth round of the 2017-18 Danish Cup.


2017–18 F.C. Copenhagen season
The Lions fared better in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, advancing to the Playoff Round by defeating MŠK Žilina in the Second Qualifying Round and FK Vardar in the Third Qualifying Round, before seeing their Champions League season end with a loss to Qarabağ FK.


2017–18 F.C. Copenhagen season
The playoff loss qualified the team for the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Copenhagen finished second in Group F and qualified for the Round of 32, where Atlético Madrid prevailed, 5–1.


2017–18 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitive, Danish Superliga, Championship round
Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.


2017–18 F.C. Crotone season
The 2017–18 season was Football Club Crotone's second season in Serie A after the club's 17th-place finish the previous season, in which the club sat in the relegation zone for most of the campaign. Crotone competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. The club finished 18th in the league, being relegated to Serie B after just two seasons in Serie A, and were eliminated in the fourth round of the Coppa Italia.


2017–18 F.C. Crotone season, Players, Squad information
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2017–18 F.C. Motagua season
The 2017–18 season was F.C. Motagua's 71st season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. As winners of both Apertura and Clausura last season, the club was looking for their 16th and 17th league title. They also competed for the 2017 Honduran Supercup and the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. No Honduran Cup competition was scheduled from the Federation this season.


2017–18 F.C. Motagua season, Overview
Coach Diego Vásquez lead the team for his 8th consecutive tournament. Due to the incidents occurred on last season's final match where four people lost their lives, the Discipline Commission decided to ban the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino for nine games. This implied the entire home schedule for the Apertura regular season. The penalty was later reduced to five games after an appeal. On 1 June, Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho announced in a video through his social media that he would be visiting Honduras in July to play an exhibition match between the contenders of the Honduran Superclásico.


2017–18 F.C. Motagua season, Overview
It was announced later however, that the match was changed to be played against Real C.D. España instead. Decision taken to avoid a conflict between the two Barra bravas which are known for their fierce and often dangerous rivalry. On 30 July, Ronaldinho played in front of thousands at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino wearing both teams' jerseys on each half. He generated the two assists that gave a historic 0–2 win to Real España. The game served also as a farewell to Amado Guevara, a club's longtime prominent figure.