2021–22 European North Basketball League
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| European North Basketball League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Duration | 19 October 2021–7 April 2022 |
| Teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Best4Sport TV |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Anwil Włocławek |
| Runners-up | Šiauliai |
| Third place | Brno |
| Fourth place | Tartu Ulikool Maks & Moorits |
| Records | |
| Biggest home win | Anwil Włocławek 116–55 Liepāja (9 February 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Liepāja 64–104 Brno (2 March 2022) |
| Highest scoring | BC Šiauliai 104–107 BC Brno (28 December 2021) |
| Winning streak | 7 games Anwil Włocławek |
| Losing streak | 5 games Valmiera Glass ViA |
2022–23 → | |
2021–22 European North Basketball League was the first season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA. The tournament began on October 19, 2021.[1][2][3]
Competition format
[edit]A round robin tournament – at least seven games in three stages (3+2+2), followed by the Final Four in Spring of 2022. There was no games during FIBA international windows for the National teams (November 22–30, 2021; February 21-March 1, 2022). Final Four tournament was held at Włocławek. [4]
Teams
[edit]| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anwil Włocławek
|
Włocławek | Hala Mistrzów | 4200 |
 Brno
|
Brno | Sportovní hala Sokola Brno | 1100 |
 Borisfen
|
Mogilev | Olympic Stadium | 2740 |
 Enisey
|
Krasnoyarsk | Arena Sever | 4100 |
 Liepāja
|
Liepāja | Liepāja Olympic Center | 2542 |
 Šiauliai
|
Šiauliai | Šiauliai Arena | 5700 |
 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
|
Tartu | University of Tartu Sports Hall | 1650 |
| Valmiera Glass VIA
|
Valmiera | Vidzeme Olympic Center | 1500 |
Regular season
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anwil Włocławek
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 468 | 346 | +122 | 1.000 | Advance to Final 4 |
| 2 | Brno
|
5 | 4 | 1 | 459 | 412 | +47 | .800 | |
| 3 | Šiauliai
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 438 | 436 | +2 | .600 | |
| 4 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 333 | 358 | −25 | .400 | |
| 5 | Liepāja
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 335 | 433 | −98 | .200 | |
| 6 | Valmiera Glass VIA
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 355 | 403 | −48 | .000 | |
| 7 | BC Enisey1
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Excluded |
| 8 | Borisfen1
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: enbleague.eu
1Participation of Russian and Belarusian teams suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thus, according to article D.5.1 of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, all their results in the relevant phases were annulled.[5]
Final Four
[edit]| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 6 Apr | ||||||
| Anwil Włocławek | 80 | |||||
| 7 Apr | ||||||
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 74 | |||||
| Anwil Włocławek | 90 | |||||
| 6 Apr | ||||||
| Šiauliai | 79 | |||||
| Brno | 73 | |||||
| Šiauliai | 84 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| 7 Apr | ||||||
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 76 | |||||
| Brno | 80 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Лига ENBL — БК Борисфен — Официальный сайт". bcborisfen.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Wloclawek, Anwil. "Anwil Włocławek - Anwil Włocławek w European North Basketball League". Anwil Włocławek (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ archynewsy (2021-07-17). "A new international league in European basketball: the participation of Lithuanian clubs is also announced / News". Archynewsy. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Anwill official Twitter account
- ^ "ENBL announcement on March 1, 2022". European North Basketball League. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.