2024–25 European North Basketball League

European North Basketball League
Season2024–25
Duration17 September 2024 –
Teams18
Records
Biggest home winCSO Voluntari 113–64 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
(7 January 2025)
Biggest away winKeila Coolbet 48–82 Bakken Bears
(15 October 2024)
Highest scoringBrno 101–103 Inter Bratislava
(15 October 2024)
Winning streak7 games
Newcastle Eagles
Losing streak6 games
Fyllingen Lions
Spartak Pleven

2024–25 European North Basketball League is the fourth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronized by FIBA.

Teams

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Record-breaking 18 teams will participate in 2024–25 season. For the first time in leagues history, previous season champions Bakken Bears will return to defend their championship.[1]

This season will mark the debut of the teams from Germany, Norway and Slovakia.[2][3][4]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships.
  • TH - Title holder
Regular season[5]
Denmark Bakken Bears (1st)TH United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles (4th) Romania Dinamo București (7th) Germany Bamberg Baskets (11th)
Czech Republic Opava (5th) United Kingdom Bristol Flyers (7th) Slovakia Spišski Rytieri (2nd) Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA (6th)
Czech Republic Brno (6th) Poland Legia Warszawa (5th) Slovakia Inter Bratislava (7th) Netherlands Donar (3rd/4th)
Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd) Poland Dziki Warsaw (10th) Bulgaria Spartak Pleven (4th) Norway Fyllingen Lions (1st)
Estonia Keila Coolbet Romania CSO Voluntari (3rd)

Format

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18 teams are divided into two groups of nine teams each for the regular season. The draw for the regular season groups took place on July 24.[6]

Clubs are guaranteed eight games in the main tournament – four at home and four away. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1). The winners of the quarterfinals will be determined by the sum of two games, with the second game being played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. The Final Four will take place in April 2025.[7]

Regular season

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EAG DZI OPA VOL VAL DON SPI TAR SPA
1 United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles (A) 7 6 1 564 514 +50 13 Advance to Playoffs 84–69 84–80 67–63 75–61
2 Poland Dziki Warsaw (A) 7 5 2 610 541 +69 12 70–79 28 Jan 95–79 102–70
3 Czech Republic BK Opava 7 4 3 562 588 −26 11 68–83 67–88 4 Feb 83–68
4 Romania CSO Voluntari (A) 6 5 1 577 461 +116 11 103–83 21 Jan 104–80 113–64
5 Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA 6 5 1 562 500 +62 11 87–84 96–97 81–78 93–69
6 Netherlands Donar (E) 6 2 4 478 484 −6 8 83–89 88–68 21 Jan 87–84
7 Slovakia Spišskí Rytieri (E) 7 1 6 551 657 −106 8 84–91 89–92 91–87 4 Feb
8 Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (E) 6 1 5 464 545 −81 7 5 Feb 65–79 80–86 83–101
9 Bulgaria Spartak Pleven (E) 6 0 6 454 532 −78 6 77–98 28 Jan 89–104 75–85
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2025. Source: enbleague.eu
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification INT BAM BAK LEG BRI FYL BRN DIN KEI
1 Slovakia Inter Bratislava (A) 7 7 0 635 595 +40 14 Advance to Playoffs 88–83 89–83 90–88 94–79
2 Germany Bamberg Baskets 6 5 1 513 447 +66 11 87–81 21 Jan 93–78 84–58
3 Denmark Bakken Bears 7 4 3 576 517 +59 11 81–87 83–72 4 Feb 83–65
4 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 2 523 494 +29 10 73–87 88–79 102–72 4 Feb
5 United Kingdom Bristol Flyers 7 3 4 555 555 0 10 80–84 69–79 79–86 76–58
6 Norway Fyllingen Lions (E) 7 1 6 540 629 −89 8 5 Feb 70–87 76–86 73–91
7 Czech Republic Brno 5 2 3 431 427 +4 7 101–103 28 Jan 89–93 68–72
8 Romania Dinamo București (E) 6 1 5 462 511 −49 7 4 Feb 88–91 105–89 68–79
9 Estonia Keila Coolbet 5 1 4 367 427 −60 6 48–82 28 Jan 91–94 21 Jan
Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2025. Source: enbleague.eu
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

References

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  1. ^ Return of the Champions: welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus
  2. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-10). "Norwegian champions join the parade: welcome, Fyllingen Basket!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  3. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-07). "First team from Slovakia: welcome, Inter Bratislava!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  4. ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-07-02). "Knights from the High Tatras: welcome, Spišski Rytieri!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. ^ Osborne, Joel (2024-07-22). "ENBL 2024/25 line-up confirmed". Bristol Flyers. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  6. ^ 18 teams from 12 countries: ENBL regular season groups revealed
  7. ^ Eiropas Ziemeļu līgai pievienojas deviņkārtējā Vācijas čempione
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