European North Basketball League
Season2023–24
Number of teams16
Records
Biggest home winTartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 83–41 Svendborg Rabbits
(9 January 2024)
Biggest away winSvendborg Rabbits 62–102 Polski Cukier Start Lublin
(8 November 2023)
Highest scoringEnea Zastal Zielona Gora 106–100 Valmiera Glass ViA
(31 October 2023)
Winning streak5 games
Uniclub Casino Juventus
Losing streak7 games
Valmiera Glass ViA
2023–24

2023–24 European North Basketball League is the third season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA. There are 16 teams participating from 11 countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania and UK) and the regular season is divided into two groups. Four teams from each group will advance to play-offs.

There were new teams added to the league – Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania and UK all debuted in this competition, while Russian and Belarus teams are still banned, due to ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1][2]

Teams

1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. - positions in national championships.

Regular season
Denmark Bakken Bears (1st) Lithuania Uniclub Casino Juventus (5th)[3] United Kingdom Bristol Flyers (3rd)[4] Czech Republic Brno (5th)[5]
Denmark Svendborg Rabbits (5th)[6] Lithuania Šiauliai (9th)[7] United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles (8th)[8] Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA (15th)[9]
Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd)[10] Poland Enea Zastal Zielona Gora (9th)[11] Belgium Royal Liege Basket (9th)[12] Netherlands Landstede Hammers (5th)[13]
Estonia Keila Coolbet (7th)[14] Poland Polski Cukier Start Lublin (13th)[15] Bulgaria Spartak Pleven (5th)[16] Romania CSO Voluntari (5th)[17]
Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva-Dimona (8th)[18][19] Kosovo KB Prishtina

KB Prishtina[20] was originally supposed to participate in this tournament, however they were excluded from the competition, due to the unfulfilled financial obligations.[21] Hapoel Be'er Sheva withdrew due to ongoing war in Israel.

Regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JUV BAK TAR FLY LUB SPA RAB HAM
1 Lithuania Uniclub Casino Juventus (A) 5 5 0 465 378 +87 10 Advance to Playoffs 26 Jan 27 Dec 110–92 84–56
2 Denmark Bakken Bears 5 4 1 545 478 +67 9 91–98 87–70 13 Feb
3 Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 5 4 1 413 356 +57 9 71–94 79–72 83–71 83–41
4 United Kingdom Bristol Flyers 6 3 3 495 456 +39 9 75–76 83–87 68–56
5 Poland Polski Cukier Start Lublin 5 2 3 453 464 11 7 73–103 22 Jan 85–107 7 Feb
6 Bulgaria Spartak Pleven (E) 6 1 5 474 530 56 7 82–92 73–90 101–95
7 Denmark Svendborg Rabbits (E) 6 1 5 336 475 139 7 79–103 24 Jan 62–102 83–77
8 Netherlands Landstede Hammers 4 1 3 267 311 44 5 78–97 30 Jan 77–62
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2024. Source: enbleague.eu
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VOL ZZG LIE SIA KEI BRN VAL EAG
1 Romania CSO Voluntari (A) 6 5 1 499 432 +67 11 Advance to Playoffs 31 Jan 89–68 84–76
2 Poland Enea Zastal Zielona Gora 5 4 1 475 450 +25 9 109–83 95–91 86–74 106–100
3 Belgium Royal Liege Basket 5 4 1 458 390 +68 9 102–79 17 Jan 97–68
4 Lithuania Šiauliai 5 4 1 473 434 +39 9 85–77 107–79 30 Jan 94–92
5 Estonia Keila (E) 6 2 4 505 544 39 8 53–82 92–96 31 Jan
6 Czech Republic Brno (E) 6 1 5 452 510 58 7 72–75 62–95 73–93 90–74
7 Latvia Valmiera Glass ViA (E) 7 0 7 562 676 114 7 78–92 77–104 91–97 74–90
8 United Kingdom Newcastle Eagles 4 2 2 345 333 +12 6 13 Feb 23 Jan 87–81
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2024. Source: enbleague.eu
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

References

  1. Петрова, Виктория (2023-07-23). "Богдан Петков: Нивото в Европейската северна лига е доста високо". BBALL (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | באר שבע תשחק בליגה הצפון אירופית". basket.co.il. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  3. "Native town of Jonas Valančiūnas: welcome Uniclub Casino – Juventus Utena!". ENBL. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  4. North by Northwest: welcome Bristol Flyers
  5. "New head coach, same captain: welcome Basket Brno!". ENBL. 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  6. marisnoviks (2023-10-09). "Denmark rising: welcome Svendborg Rabbits!". ENBL. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  7. "Sun City reloaded: welcome Šiauliai!". ENBL. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  8. "The Eagles are coming: welcome Newcastle!". ENBL. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  9. "In the name of the father: welcome Valmiera Glass ViA!". www.enbleague.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  10. "European Capital of Culture stays with us: welcome Tartu Ülikool Maks&Moorits!". ENBL. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  11. "Here we go again: welcome Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora!". ENBL. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  12. "Belgium checks-in: welcome Royal Liège Basket!". ENBL. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  13. "Sailing into new waters: welcome Landstede Hammers!". www.enbleague.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  14. "Lineup completed: welcome Keila KK!". ENBL. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  15. "European Youth Capital back at it: welcome Polski Cukier Start Lublin!". ENBL. 2023-06-28. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  16. "Bulgaria enters the chat: welcome Spartak Pleven!". ENBL. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  17. "We the South: welcome CSO Voluntari!". ENBL. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  18. "The capital of Negev: welcome Hapoel Beer Sheva-Dimona!". ENBL. 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  19. Noviks, Maris (27 November 2023). "Thanks, Hapoel Beer Sheva-Dimona. Welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus!". European North Basketball League. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  20. "Aiming for another playoff run: welcome KB Prishtina!". ENBL. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  21. marisnoviks (2023-09-29). "ENBL announcement on September 29, 2023". ENBL. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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