2024–25 European North Basketball League
| European North Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Duration | 17 September 2024 – |
| Teams | 18 |
← 2023–24 | |
2024–25 European North Basketball League is the fourth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronized by FIBA.
Teams
[edit]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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bakken Bears (1st)TH
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 Newcastle Eagles (4th)
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 Dinamo București (7th)
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 Bamberg Baskets (11th)
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 Opava (5th)
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Bristol Flyers (7th)
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 Spišski Rytieri (2nd)
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 Valmiera Glass ViA (6th)
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| Brno (6th)
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 Legia Warszawa (5th)
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Inter Bratislava (7th)
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 Donar (3rd/4th)
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 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd)
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Dziki Warsaw (10th)
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 Spartak Pleven (4th)
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 Fyllingen Lions (1st)
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| Keila Coolbet
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CSO Voluntari (3rd)
| ||
Format
[edit]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
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VAL | SPI | DZI | VOL | OPA | EAG | DON | SPA | TAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valmiera Glass ViA
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3 | 3 | 0 | 278 | 236 | +42 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 93–69 | — | — | 27 Nov | 10 Dec | 81–78 | — | — | |
| 2 | Spišskí Rytieri
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3 | 1 | 2 | 244 | 271 | −27 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 14 Jan | 84–91 | — | 4 Feb | 91–87 | ||
| 3 | Dziki Warsaw
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2 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 182 | −4 | 3 | 28 Jan | 24 Oct | — | — | — | 26 Nov | 95–79 | — | — | ||
| 4 | CSO Voluntari
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1 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 83 | +20 | 2 | 21 Jan | 6 Nov | 103–83 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 Jan | ||
| 5 | BK Opava
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1 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 68 | +15 | 2 | — | — | 5 Nov | 12 Nov | — | — | 4 Feb | 83–68 | — | ||
| 6 | Newcastle Eagles
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1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 84 | +7 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 Dec | 7 Jan | — | 5 Nov | 22 Oct | — | ||
| 7 | Donar
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2 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 176 | −19 | 2 | — | 27 Nov | — | 23 Oct | — | — | — | 11 Dec | 21 Jan | ||
| 8 | Spartak Pleven
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2 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 187 | −30 | 2 | 89–104 | — | 8 Jan | 28 Jan | — | — | — | — | 27 Nov | ||
| 9 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
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1 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 91 | −4 | 1 | 5 Nov | — | 10 Dec | — | 23 Oct | 5 Feb | — | — | — |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAK | LEG | BAM | INT | DIN | BRI | BRN | FYL | KEI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bakken Bears
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2 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 120 | +45 | 4 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 10 Dec | 31 Oct | 83–72 | 4 Feb | — | — | |
| 2 | Legia Warsaw
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2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 160 | +33 | 4 | 6 Nov | — | 11 Dec | — | — | — | — | 102–72 | 4 Feb | ||
| 3 | Bamberg Baskets
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2 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 147 | +25 | 4 | 18 Dec | — | — | — | 93–78 | — | 21 Jan | — | 31 Oct | ||
| 4 | Inter Bratislava
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1 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 101 | +2 | 2 | — | 22 Oct | 13 Nov | — | — | — | — | 30 Oct | 15 Jan | ||
| 5 | Dinamo București
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2 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 184 | −18 | 2 | — | 88–91 | — | 4 Feb | — | — | 17 Dec | 12 Nov | — | ||
| 6 | Bristol Flyers
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2 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 162 | −21 | 2 | — | 30 Oct | 69–79 | 6 Nov | 15 Jan | — | — | — | — | ||
| 7 | Brno
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1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 103 | −2 | 1 | — | 28 Jan | — | 101–103 | — | 3 Dec | — | 14 Jan | — | ||
| 8 | Fyllingen Lions
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1 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 102 | −30 | 1 | 8 Jan | — | 5 Feb | — | — | 19 Dec | — | — | 4 Dec | ||
| 9 | Keila Coolbet
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1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 82 | −34 | 1 | 48–82 | — | — | — | 21 Jan | 28 Jan | 12 Nov | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ Return of the Champions: welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus
- ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-10). "Norwegian champions join the parade: welcome, Fyllingen Basket!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-07). "First team from Slovakia: welcome, Inter Bratislava!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Noviks, Māris (2024-07-02). "Knights from the High Tatras: welcome, Spišski Rytieri!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ Osborne, Joel (2024-07-22). "ENBL 2024/25 line-up confirmed". Bristol Flyers. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ 18 teams from 12 countries: ENBL regular season groups revealed
- ^ Eiropas Ziemeļu līgai pievienojas deviņkārtējā Vācijas čempione