2025–26 European North Basketball League
| European North Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Duration | September 23 2025 - April 23 2026 |
| Teams | 27 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
2025–26 European North Basketball League will be the fifth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA.
Teams
In the 2025–26 season, between 18 and 27 teams will participate. The exact amount of teams is still to be announced. [1]
Due to the high interest of Croatian clubs in the ENBL and only 3 spots available for Croatian teams, the Croatian Basketball Federation decided to play a tournament deciding which clubs were allowed to participate in the ENBL. Participating teams are:
The 2 best ranked teams from this tournament will participate in the ENBL. If Dubrava is not among the top two, it will still participate in this competition, as it is the first club to independently negotiate entry into the Northern League. Thus either 2 or 3 Croatian teams will participate in the ENBL.[2]
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships.
- TH - Title holder
- QT: Qualifying tournament winner
| Regular season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Newcastle Eagles (2nd)
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 Dubrava (9th)
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 Olomoucko (3rd)
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 Rigas Zelli (3rd)
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| Manchester (4th)
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(QT)
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Opava (6th)
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Valmiera Glass ViA (4th)
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| Bristol Flyers (7th)
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 KB Peja (5th)
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 TalTech (4th)
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 Dziki Warsaw (10th)
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 Fyllingen Lions (1st)
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KB Prishtina (3rd)
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Keila Coolbet (6th)
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 Spartak Pleven (4th)
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| Gimle Basket (3rd)
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 Mitteldeutscher BC (8th)
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.svg.png){kind=small} Brussels (5th)
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 Hefte Helfen Bulls (8th)
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 CSO Voluntari (4th)TH
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 Donar (4th)
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 Slovan Bratislava (2nd)
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 Iraklis Thessaloniki (2nd)2nd
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 Tindastóll (2nd)
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Format
Since the exact amount of teams is not definitive yet, the format is also not revealed yet. Teams will at least all play in the regular season, in which they will play 4 home games and 4 away games. The groups will be determind on the following criteria:[3]
- Team positions in the ENBL 2024-2025 season
- Geographic limitations – no more than 1 team from each country in group, if possible
- Subjective opinion to make groups as equal as possible
The exact setup and the group distribution of the 2025-26 format will be discussed during the Technical Meeting of the league in Riga in the weekend of 16 and 17th of August, to which each team will send a representative. [4]
Presumably the format will entail three groups of 9 teams, bringing the total of 27 teams. The best 16 of these three groups will progress to the Round of 16. There, one match will determine which team progresses to the quarterfinals. The quaterfinals will consist of two matches, a home and an away match, and determine who progresses to the final four. [5]
Regular Season
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | FLY | VOL | FYL | VAL | BUL | TAL | DON | MBC | UNK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol Flyers
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2 | CSO Voluntari
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | Fyllingen Lions
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 4 | Valmiera Glass ViA
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 5 | Hefte Helfen Bulls
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 6 | TalTech
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 7 | Donar
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 8 | Mitteldeutscher BC
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 9 | Unknown
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | MCB | GIM | OPA | TIN | PRI | KEI | BRU | SLB | UNK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester Basketball
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2 | Gimle Basket
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 3 | BK Opava
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 4 | Tindastóll
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 5 | Sigal Prishtina
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 6 | Keila Coolbet
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | Brussels Basketball
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 8 | Slovan Bratislava
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 | Unknown
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | SPA | DUB | OLO | EAG | IRA | PEJ | DZI | RIG | UNK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Pleven
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2 | KK Dubrava
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 3 | BK Olomoucko
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Newcastle Eagles
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 5 | Iraklis BC
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 6 | KB Peja
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | Dziki Warsaw
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8 | Rigas Zelli
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 |  Unknown
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "The wolfs start international" (in German). 4 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Two or three Croatian clubs will enter the Northern League, they will decide among themselves in a tournament in Opatija" (in Croatian). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Noviks, Māris (30 May 2025). "ENBL classification 2025, team announcements to start". ENBL. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Iraklis in the European North Basketball League" (in Greek). 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Via Opatija and the Liburnia Cup to the international ENBL league" (in Croatian). 11 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.