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 | DZI | VOL | EAG | SPI | OPA | DON | TAR | SPA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valmiera Glass ViA
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4 | 4 | 0 | 379 | 319 | +60 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 10 Dec | 93–69 | 27 Nov | 81–78 | — | — | |
| 2 | Dziki Warsaw
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4 | 3 | 1 | 363 | 320 | +43 | 7 | 28 Jan | — | — | 26 Nov | 102–70 | — | 95–79 | — | — | ||
| 3 | CSO Voluntari
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3 | 3 | 0 | 296 | 246 | +50 | 6 | 21 Jan | 103–83 | — | — | 104–80 | — | — | 8 Jan | — | ||
| 4 | Newcastle Eagles
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3 | 3 | 0 | 233 | 208 | +25 | 6 | — | — | 3 Dec | — | — | 7 Jan | 67–63 | — | 75–61 | ||
| 5 | Spišskí Rytieri
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5 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 477 | −83 | 6 | — | — | — | 84–91 | — | 14 Jan | — | 91–87 | 4 Feb | ||
| 6 | BK Opava
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3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 231 | +6 | 5 | — | 68–83 | 12 Nov | — | — | — | 4 Feb | — | 83–68 | ||
| 7 | Donar
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4 | 0 | 4 | 303 | 332 | −29 | 4 | — | — | 83–89 | — | 27 Nov | — | — | 21 Jan | 11 Dec | ||
| 8 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
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3 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 278 | −28 | 3 | 83–101 | 10 Dec | — | 5 Feb | — | 80–86 | — | — | — | ||
| 9 | Spartak Pleven
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3 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 262 | −44 | 3 | 89–104 | 8 Jan | 28 Jan | — | — | — | — | 27 Nov | — |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LEG | INT | BAK | BAM | BRI | DIN | FYL | KEI | BRN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legia Warsaw
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5 | 4 | 1 | 450 | 407 | +43 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | 88–79 | 11 Dec | — | — | 102–72 | 4 Feb | — | |
| 2 | Inter Bratislava
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4 | 4 | 0 | 366 | 352 | +14 | 8 | 89–83 | — | — | 13 Nov | — | — | 90–88 | 15 Jan | — | ||
| 3 | Bakken Bears
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4 | 3 | 1 | 327 | 273 | +54 | 7 | — | 10 Dec | — | — | 83–72 | 83–65 | — | — | 4 Feb | ||
| 4 | Bamberg Baskets
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3 | 3 | 0 | 256 | 205 | +51 | 6 | — | — | 18 Dec | — | — | 93–78 | — | 84–58 | 21 Jan | ||
| 5 | Bristol Flyers
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4 | 0 | 4 | 300 | 332 | −32 | 4 | 79–86 | 80–84 | — | 69–79 | — | 15 Jan | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Dinamo București
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3 | 0 | 3 | 231 | 267 | −36 | 3 | 88–91 | 4 Feb | — | — | — | — | 12 Nov | — | 17 Dec | ||
| 7 | Fyllingen Lions
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2 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 192 | −32 | 2 | — | — | 8 Jan | 5 Feb | 19 Dec | — | — | 4 Dec | — | ||
| 8 | Keila Coolbet
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2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 166 | −60 | 2 | — | — | 48–82 | — | 28 Jan | 21 Jan | — | — | 12 Nov | ||
| 9 | Brno
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1 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 103 | −2 | 1 | 28 Jan | 101–103 | — | — | 3 Dec | — | 14 Jan | — | — |
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