European North Basketball League

The European North Basketball League (ENBL) is regional professional men's club basketball league in northern, central and eastern Europe; it has been organised since 2021.[1] ENBL format is based on the European Youth Basketball league (founded in 1998) – FIBA approved international competition for girls and boys which recently featured around 300 teams from 29 countries.

European North Basketball League
Founded2021 (2021)
First season2021–22
RegionEurope
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Number of teams15 (2022–23)
8 (2021–22)
Current championsPoland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(1st title)
Most championshipsPoland Anwil Włocławek
Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(1 title)
TV partnersBest4Sport TV
Websiteenbleague.eu
2023–24 season

History

European North Basketball league (ENBL) has been founded in summer 2021 for professional men's clubs from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It's designed for the clubs who wish to compete internationally at a high level.

The first season featured eight teams from Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Russia, including several national medalists with wide regional and international experience.

The second season saw an expansion to 16 teams within two groups. While Belarusian and Russian teams were excluded, teams from Israel, Ukraine and Kosovo joined. A team from Serbia also joined but withdrew at the last moment, meaning the participating teams dropped to 15.[2][3]

Competition format

A round robin tournament – at least seven games in three stages (3+2+2), followed by the Final Four in Spring of 2022. There will be no games during FIBA international windows for the National teams (November 22–30, 2021; February 21–March 1, 2022).[4]

Venues and locations
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Poland Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4200
Czech Republic Brno Brno Sportovní hala Vodova Brno 1100
Belarus Borisfen Mogilev Olympic Stadium 2740
Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 4100
Latvia Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2542
Lithuania Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5700
Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 1650
Latvia Valmiera Glass VIA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center 1500

Summary
Year Teams Final Semifinalists
Champions Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
2021–22
Details		 8 Poland Anwil Włocławek 90–79 Lithuania Šiauliai Czech Republic Brno 80–76 Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits
2022–23
Details		 15 Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 70–66 Lithuania BC Wolves Poland Start Lublin 86–62 Poland King Szczecin

Titles by club
Rank Team Championships Runner-ups Championship years
1.
 Poland Anwil Włocławek
1
—
2021–22
Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
2022–23
2.
 Lithuania BC Wolves
—
1
—
Lithuania Šiauliai

Titles by country
CountryChampionshipsRunner-upsChampionship years
1  Poland2— 2021–22, 2022–23
2  Lithuania—2—

See also

References
  1. A new international league in European basketball: the participation of Lithuanian clubs is also announced
  2. About us
  3. "ENBL announcement on November 4, 2022". ENBL. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  4. ENBL official documents
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