2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup
# 2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup

The 2018 Triglav osiguranje Radivoj Korać Cup was the 16th season of the Serbian men's national basketball cup tournament. The Žućko's left trophy awarded to the winner Partizan NIS from Belgrade.

## Venue

| Niš | Niš2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |
| - | - |
| Čair Sports Center | Niš2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |
| Capacity: 5,000 expanded | Niš2017–18 Radivoj Korać Cup (Serbia) |

## Qualified teams

| ABA League First Division | Basketball League of Serbia | Cup of Serbia (2nd-tier) |
| - | - | - |
| Crvena zvezda mts FMP Mega Bemax Partizan NIS | Borac Čačak (1st) Dynamic VIP PAY (2nd) | Zlatibor (Winner) Metalac (Runner-up) |

$^1$ League table position after 13 rounds played

### Draw

The draw was held in Belgrade on 31 January 2018.

| Seeded | Unseeded |
| - | - |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Borac Čačak |
| FMP | Dynamic VIP PAY |
| Mega Bemax | Metalac |
| Partizan NIS | Zlatibor |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 February | 15 February | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts (OT) | 85 | | | |
| Crvena zvezda mts (OT) | 85 | 17 February | 17 February | | |
| Borac Čačak | 79 | 17 February | 17 February | |
| Borac Čačak | 79 | Crvena zvezda mts | 98 | |
| 15 February | 15 February | | Crvena zvezda mts | 98 | |
| 15 February | 15 February | FMP | 82 | |
| FMP | 101 | FMP | 82 | |
| FMP | 101 | | | | 18 February | 18 February |
| Metalac | 68 | | | | 18 February | 18 February |
| Metalac | 68 | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 75 |
| 16 February | 16 February | | | | | Crvena zvezda mts | 75 |
| 16 February | 16 February | | | | Partizan NIS | 81 |
| Partizan NIS | 67 | | | | Partizan NIS | 81 |
| Partizan NIS | 67 | 17 February | 17 February | | | |
| Zlatibor | 54 | 17 February | 17 February | | | |
| Zlatibor | 54 | Partizan NIS | 89 | | | |
| 16 February | 16 February | | Partizan NIS | 89 | | | |
| 16 February | 16 February | Mega Bemax | 79 | |
| Mega Bemax | 94 | Mega Bemax | 79 | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 79 | | | |

## Quarterfinals

### FMP v Metalac

* 15 February 2018 17:00
* Boxscore

| FMP | 101–68 | Metalac |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 23–18, 35–11, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Čović 18 Rebs: Ojo 9 Asts: Radanov 7 | | Pts: Đukanović 22 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: A. Vasić 7 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vladimir Jevtović, Ivan Stefanović, Radoš Arsenijević

### Crvena zvezda mts v Borac Čačak

* 15 February 2018 19:30
* Boxscore

| Crvena zvezda mts | 85–79 (OT) | Borac Čačak |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–16, 12–16, 23–25, Overtime: 14–8 |||
| Pts: Feldeine, Rochestie 15 Rebs: Lessort 10 Asts: Rochestie 6 | | Pts: Đoković 18 Rebs: Popović, Stojadinović 8 Asts: Đoković, Pešaković 3 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Branislav Mrdak, Nemanja Ninković, Aleksandar Milojević

### Mega Bemax v Dynamic VIP PAY

* 16 February 2018 17:00
* Boxscore

| Mega Bemax | 94–79 | Dynamic VIP PAY |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 35–19, 26–23, 15–19 |||
| Pts: Bitadze 17 Rebs: Bitadze 11 Asts: Sinovec, Jaramaz 4 | | Pts: Todorović 20 Rebs: Krstić, Todorović 5 Asts: Milisavljević 5 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Saša Maričić, Siniša Prpa, Vladimir Vesković

### Partizan NIS v Zlatibor

* 16 February 2018 19:30
* Boxscore

| Partizan NIS | 67–54 | Zlatibor |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 15–16, 21–8, 14–16 |||
| Pts: three players 10 Rebs: Williams-Goss 5 Asts: Vaughn 4 | | Pts: Gudžić 14 Rebs: Riznić 7 Asts: Popović, Papić 3 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Uroš Nikolić, Jasmina Juras, Marko Pecelj

## Semifinals

### Crvena zvezda mts v FMP

* 17 February 2018 17:00
* Boxscore

| Crvena zvezda mts | 98–82 | FMP |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 24–16, 22–17, 25–21 |||
| Pts: Ennis 20 Rebs: Lessort 5 Asts: Feldeine, Rochestie 5 | | Pts: Apić 21 Rebs: Ojo 6 Asts: Čović, Nenadić 5 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Milija Vojinović, Uroš Obrknežević, Aleksandar Glišić

### Partizan NIS v Mega Bemax

* 17 February 2018 21:00
* Boxscore

| Partizan NIS | 89–79 | Mega Bemax |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 22–25, 26–19, 21–19 |||
| Pts: Marinković 18 Rebs: Gagić 13 Asts: Williams-Goss, Veličković 8 | | Pts: Čančar 20 Rebs: Bitadze 8 Asts: Rebić 5 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Milivoje Jovčić, Marko Juras

## Final

* 18 February 2018 21:00
* Boxscore

| Crvena zvezda mts | 75–81 | Partizan NIS |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 22–24, 24–16, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Dangubić, Bjelica 14 Rebs: Bjelica 6 Asts: Dangubić, Lessort 3 | | Pts: Williams-Goss 23 Rebs: Veličković 7 Asts: Williams-Goss 7 |

* Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević, Milivoje Jovčić, Milija Vojinović

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 22 | Taylor Rochestie | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| G/F | 10 | Branko Lazić | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 6 | Nemanja Dangubić | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| F/C | 51 | Milko Bjelica | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| F/C | 26 | Mathias Lessort | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 7 | Dejan Davidovac | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F/C | 12 | Pero Antić | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G/F | 13 | Ognjen Dobrić | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 14 | James Feldeine | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| F/C | 16 | Stefan Janković | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 23 | Alen Omić | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 31 | Dylan Ennis | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dušan Alimpijević ||||||
| Crvena zvezda | Partizan |

* 2018 Radivoj Korać Cup Champions
* Partizan NIS 14th title MVP Nigel Williams-Goss

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 3 | Nigel Williams-Goss | 23 | 3 | 7 |
| SG | 9 | Vanja Marinković | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Bandja Sy | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Novica Veličković | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| C | 41 | Đorđe Gagić | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 4 | Kwame Vaughn | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| PG | 6 | Tadija Tadić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 7 | Aleksandar Aranitović | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 10 | Nikola Tanasković | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 17 | Strahinja Gavrilović | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 21 | Mihajlo Andrić | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 95 | Đoko Šalić | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Nenad Čanak ||||||
