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Tough Calls: April 9, 2026
The Tough Calls are sponsored by Fiziocentrs – a well known physiotherapy clinic in Latvia. The videos shown below will help to understand the game, referees and rules. In White team offense, White 11 drives to the basket and makes a field goal shooting attempt. Defender Blue 28 was trying to guard White 11 shot, contact occurred. Referees call a foul act of shooting by Blue 28. FIBA OBRI 33.3. The legal guarding position extends vertically above him (cylinder) from the floor
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3 days ago5 min read


Final Four bound! Historic night for Manchester Basketball
Manchester Basketball erased 18 points deficit to defeat Dinamo Zagreb, 97-94, win the series, 183-178, and advance to the 2026 Final Four on Wednesday, April 1, at the Drazen Petrovic hall in the Croatian capital. Players of the game Wednesday delivered a proud moment for the Super League Basketball and the British club basketball as a whole. SLB club advanced to the ENBL Final Four for a second year in a row, after Marc Steutel and the Newcastle Eagles reached the 2025 fina
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Apr 23 min read


2026 quarterfinals: decisive games in Thessaloniki and Zagreb
The 2026 ENBL quarterfinals continue on Wednesday, April 1, with two games in Greece and Croatia. The two time Greece champions Iraklis BC will face Dziki Warszawa. Dinamo Zagreb will host the 2026 Super League Basketball Cup finalists Manchester Basketball. Iraklis BC vs Dziki Warszawa Playoff experience : Dziki Warszawa return to the ENBL quarterfinals a year after a famous win against the nine time German champions – and, more recently, 2026 German Cup winners – Bamberg Ba
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Apr 14 min read


Tough Calls: March 29, 2026
Credit: Peter Simmons The Tough Calls are sponsored by Fiziocentrs – a well known physiotherapy clinic in Latvia. The videos shown below will help to understand the game, referees and rules. In Yellow team`s offense, Yellow 44 sets a screen to his teammate`s Yellow 1 defender Black 1. Contact occurred between Yellow 44 and Black 1, Black 1 falls down to the floor. Referees call an illegal screen foul by Yellow 44. FIBA OBRI 33.7 . Screening: Legal and illegal Screening is an
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Mar 293 min read


DeLonnie Hunt scores at the buzzer, Manchester Basketball win Game One
Manchester Basketball registered their eighth European win and defeated Dinamo Zagreb, 86-84, in the first game of the best-of-two quarterfinal series on Wednesday, March 25, at the National Basketball Performance Centre in central England. Players of the game Last Wednesday of March delivered another 40 minutes of exciting playoff basketball as Manchester Basketball posted their fifth win on the home floor. PJay Smith was excellent for the hosts and finished with 18 points.
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Mar 262 min read


SYNTAINICS MBC, willkommen zu den Final Four!
SYNTAINICS MBC won the quarterfinal series against Donar Groningen, 180-154, to advance to the 2026 ENBL Final Four on Wednesday, March 25, at the Stadthalle Weissenfels in central Germany. Players of the game The 2025 German Cup winner won the Game One, 100-81, at the electric martiniplaza in the northern Netherlands. Het Ziltepad – the Salt Path – wasn`t finished yet as 40 more minutes of play awaited in Weissenfels. SYNTAINICS MBC rewarded the home crowd with a 80-73 succe
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Mar 252 min read


2026 quarterfinals: decider in Weissenfels, opener in Manchester
The 2026 ENBL quarterfinals continue on Wednesday, March 25, with two games in Germany and the United Kingdom. The 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC will face Donar Groningen. The 2026 Super League Basketball Cup finalists Manchester Basketball will host Dinamo Zagreb. SYNTAINICS MBC vs Donar Groningen Playoff experience : both teams have qualified to the ENBL playoffs for the first time. Donar Groningen celebrated 75 th anniversary on March 8, 2026. Two days later Dona
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Mar 254 min read


Marcus Foster and Spencer Reaves shoot the lights out for SYNTAINICS MBC
The 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC entered quarterfinals in uplifting mood and defeated Donar Groningen in the first game of the best-of-two series, 100-81, on Tuesday, March 17, at the electric martiniplaza in the northern Netherlands. Players of the game SYNTAINICS MBC destroyed ALBA Berlin, 99-68, on March 15, gaining a boost in confidence. It showed two days later as the Bundesliga team took initiative from the start. Spencer Reaves led the visitors with 28 points
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Mar 172 min read


Quarterfinals start now: Donar Groningen to host SYNTAINICS MBC
The 2026 ENBL quarterfinals start on Tuesday, March 17, as the eighth seeded Donar Groningen host the 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC. Playoff experience : both teams have qualified to the ENBL playoffs for the first time. Donar Groningen celebrated 75 th anniversary on March 8, 2026. Two days later Donar won the Round of 16 home game against BK Opava, 103-86, and advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-3 record. Jason Dourisseau is the 2026 ENBL Coach of the Year. SYN
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Mar 173 min read


2026 quarterfinals to start on Tuesday, March 17
The 2026 quarterfinals, featuring best-of-two home and away series will start on Tuesday, March 17. Winners will advance to the Final Four. Six teams from Croatia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have advanced to the ENBL quarterfinals for the first time. Two returnees are from Poland and Romania. The 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC will travel to the Netherlands, to face Donar Groningen, with a return leg set on Wednesday, March 25. Th
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Mar 132 min read


Sweet escape and historic win for Manchester Basketball
What a game! Manchester Basketball survived a late scare and defeated sensational Dubrava Zagreb, 94-92, to post a historic 2026 playoffs win on Tuesday, March 10, at the National Basketball Performance Centre in central England. Players of the game A human wave formed in the stands with 1.7 seconds left. It was a perfect example of how far a new look Manchester team has come this season. Less than two seconds later the crowd erupted and players celebrated their first ENBL pl
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Mar 112 min read


SIGAL Prishtina opts to skip postseason, Dinamo Zagreb advances
SIGAL Prishtina has decided to pull itself out of the 2026 playoffs and will not travel to the road game at Dinamo Zagreb, the Kosovo club informed the European North Basketball league on Monday, March 9. SIGAL Prishtina thanked the league for opportunity to play in the ENBL and announced its withdrawal due to the difficult financial conditions left by the previous management. The European North Basketball league, following a withdrawal by SIGAL Prishtina, cancels a Round of
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Mar 91 min read


Tough Calls: March 3, 2026
The Tough Calls are sponsored by Fiziocentrs – a well known physiotherapy clinic in Latvia. The videos shown below will help to understand the game, referees and rules. Black 20 drives to the basket and makes a shooting attempt. Defender White 24 blocks the ball, it touched Black 20 and went out of bounds. Referees call out of bounds and show that the ball goes to the White team for a throw-in. FIBA OBRI 33.3. Legal guarding position. A defensive player has established an ini
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Mar 45 min read


2026 playoffs schedule
The 2026 ENBL playoffs will start on Wednesday, Marh 4, with a game between Dziki Warszawa and Valmiera Glass ViA. League spans across four time zones – most European countries will return to summer time on Sunday, March 29, 2025, while the USA on March 8. Iceland currently observes Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) all year. Clocks do not change in Iceland. There is a two hour time difference between Iceland and Central European Time (CET) in summer, and one hour time difference b
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Feb 132 min read


2026 playoffs to start on Wednesday, March 4
Sixteen teams from 13 countries – Germany, Greece, Romania, Croatia, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Poland, the Netherlands, Czechia, Latvia, Kosovo, Slovakia and Estonia – have qualified for the 2026 European North basketball league playoffs. The field includes five teams with previous playoff experience – the 2025 ENBL champions CSO Voluntari, bronze medalists Dziki Warszawa, semifinalists Slovan Bratislava, as well as the 2025 quarterfinalists Valmiera Glass ViA and the 20
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Feb 132 min read


Live blog: the playoffs are coming
Sixteen teams have qualified for the 2026 playoffs, as of February 11 – SYNTAINICS MBC, Iraklis BC, CSO Voluntari, Manchester Basketball, Dinamo Zagreb, Tindastoll, Valmiera Glass ViA, Dziki Warszawa, Donar Groningen, BK Opava, Dubrava Zagreb, SIGAL Prishtina, Slovan Bratislava, Riga Zelli, BK Olomoucko, TalTech/ALEXELA. ENBL standings as of February 11, 2026 Syntainics MBC 7-1, +131 Q Iraklis BC 7-1, +130 Q CSO Voluntari 7-1, +90 Q Dinamo Zagreb 6-2, +23 Q Manchest
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Feb 114 min read


Live blog: 28 hours until bracket reveal
Thirteen teams from 12 countries have qualified for the 2026 playoffs – SYNTAINICS MBC, Iraklis BC, CSO Voluntari, Manchester Basketball, Dinamo Zagreb, Tindastoll, Valmiera Glass ViA, Dziki Warszawa, Donar Groningen, BK Opava, Dubrava Zagreb, SIGAL Prishtina, Slovan Bratislava. Three tickets left Five teams are competing for three remaining playoff spots on Wednesday – Riga Zelli (4-3, -2), BK Olomoucko (4-4, -85), TalTech/ALEXELA (3-4, -5), Bristol Flyers (3-4, -9) and Spar
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Feb 103 min read


Tindastoll eyeing a home court advantage, Brussels chasing a playoff spot
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur will finish the regular season with a home stand against Brussels Basketball. Playoff implications : Tindastoll will secure a home court advantage in the first round of playoffs with a win against Brussels Basketball. Brussels Basketball will qualify for the playoffs with a win at Tindastoll. A maximum of 18 teams may finish with four wins or more – if Brussels win at Tindastoll and Spartak Pleven win at Riga Zelli. A minimum of 16 teams may finish wit
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Feb 102 min read


It`s Friday then... Playoffs picture as of February 5, 2026
Charles Callison. Photo: SYNTAINICS MBC There are six days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season. Ten teams from ten countries – Germany, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Poland, the United Kingdom, Czechia, Iceland, Latvia and the Netherlands – have qualified for the 2026 playoffs. Nine teams are chasing remaining six spots as Newcastle Eagles and Alkar Sinj were eliminated. Eight multi way ties have emerged before the final week. The two teams from Pool Two with a 6
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Feb 54 min read


Manchester survive at Dinamo Zagreb to secure a home court advantage
Manchester Basketball wasted a 19 points lead in the last eight minutes of regulation but defeated Dinamo Zagreb, 91-88, on Tuesday, February 3, at the Drazen Petrovic hall in Croatian capital. Players of the game Max Jones led Manchester Basketball with 19 points on 7/16 shooting from the field. University of Kansas State graduate guard scored his most important points from the free throw line with under 30 seconds left to play. Jones sank both free throws for a 88-85 lead.
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Feb 32 min read
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