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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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4 days ago2 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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5 days ago2 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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6 days ago4 min read


Three playoff tickets on the line in a final day of the regular season
Four games are to be played on Wednesday, February 11. Riga Zelli open the night with a home stand against Spartak Pleven. CSO Voluntari will host the 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC. Alkar Sinj are facing the 2026 Latvian Cup finalists Valmiera Glass ViA. Bristol Flyers are hosting TalTech/ALEXELA. Playoff implications : Riga Zelli will qualify for the playoffs with a win or 1-82 point loss against Spartak Pleven. Spartak Pleven will qualify for the playoffs with a wi
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7 days ago5 min read


Tindastoll complete a massive comeback to eliminate Brussels Basketball
Tindastoll Saudarkrokur erased a 20 points deficit to defeat focused Brussels Basketball, 98-92, and earn a home court advantage in the first round of playoffs on Tuesday, February 10, at the rocking Sikio hall in northern Iceland. Players of the game Dedrick Basile scored 23 points for Tindastoll on 9/17 shooting from the floor. A former Trinity Valley community college and Cal State at Bakersfield point guard went 4/4 from the three point line. Basile registered four assist
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Feb 112 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


Ray`Sean Taylor and Newcastle Eagles set records in a blowout win
Newcastle Eagles set multiple ENBL scoring records and destroyed BK Olomoucko, 128-68, on Friday, February 6, at the Vertu arena in northern England. Players of the game Ray`Sean Taylor stopped two rebounds short from the first triple-double in ENBL history. Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville graduate guard led Eagles with 38 points. Taylor set a season record in scoring – and third best result ever – on 12/20 shooting from the field. More importantly, he posted a n
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Feb 73 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


Dubrava Zagreb go 4-0 on the home floor, make a big step towards playoffs
Dubrava Zagreb posted four wins in four home games and defeated Dziki Warszawa, 94-89, on Tuesday, February 3, at the Sportska dvorana Dubrava in Croatian capital. Players of the game Lovro Gnjidic scored 12 of his 25 points in the last 10 minutes for Dubrava Zagreb. Point guard forced five fouls in the fourth quarter and went 8/9 from the free throw line. Gnjidic shot 5/7 from the field and 14/15 from the charity stripe. He added five assists, two steals and a block. Jure Sk
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Feb 32 min read


Where there`s a `ship, there`s a way: playoffs picture as of January 29, 2026
There are 13 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. Eleven teams are chasing remaining six spots. A five multi way ties have emerged before penultimate week, including a six way tie (3-4), a five way tie (5-2), two three way ties (6-1 and 1-7) and a two way tie (2-5). The three t
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Jan 294 min read


Tait-Jones, Kohs and Vītols open playoff doors for Valmiera Glass ViA
Valmiera Glass ViA outrebounded TalTech/ALEXELA on the offensive glass and limited opponents fast breaks to post a 99-90 road win on Wednesday, January 28, at the TalTech Spordihoone in northern Estonia. Players of the game Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones nearly matched a season high scoring performance in the first three quarters for Valmiera Glass ViA. Kiwi guard eventually scored 29 points on 10/16 shooting from the field and 9/10 from the charity stripe. Tait-Jones grabbed nine rebo
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Jan 282 min read


Playoffs picture as of January 23, 2026
There are 19 days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season. Nine clubs have advanced to the 2026 playoffs , including the 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC, the 2025 ENBL champions CSO Voluntari and a two time Greece champions Iraklis BC. The 2025 bronze medalist Dziki Warszawa returned to the playoffs. BK Opava and Donar Groningen qualified for the playoffs in their second attempt. The newcomers include Tindastoll, Dinamo Zagreb and Manchester Basketball. Twel
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Jan 234 min read


Manchester Basketball advance to the 2026 playoffs in their European debut
Manchester Basketball went on a 34-18 run in the fourth quarter to defeat Gimle Basket, 94-72, and advance to the 2026 playoffs on Wednesday, January 21, at the Gimlehallen in Bergen, western Norway. Players of the game Seven Manchester players finished in double figures. Gabe Osabuohien entered game from the bench to finish with 20 points. Canadian player dished out eight assists and registered three steals. Point guard Max Jones had 15 points and four assists. Hallvard Alek
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Jan 212 min read


Dinamo Zagreb drop ENBL record 23 threes, win at Tindastoll
Dinamo Zagreb shot 60 percent from the three point line to beat Tindastoll Saudarkrokur, 110-104, and advance to the 2026 playoffs on Tuesday, January 23, at the Sikio hall in northern Iceland. Players of the game Three players scored 22 or more points for Dinamo Zagreb. Luke Avdalovic had 25 points on 9/14 shooting from the floor. A former University of Pacific sharpshooter went 7/12 from the three point line. DeLonnie Hunt posted a brilliant double-double. University of Ric
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Jan 213 min read


Witamy ponownie! Dziki Warszawa return to the playoffs
Dziki Warszawa posted a third consecutive home win and defeated Spartak Pleven, 94-77, to advance to the 2026 playoffs on Tuesday, January 20, at the Hala Kolo in Polish capital. Players of the game Lukasz Frackiewicz led Dziki Warszawa with 19 points on 6/9 shooting from the field and excellent 7/8 from the free throw line. Center added six rebounds, one steal and one block. Grzegorz Kaminski followed with 16 points. Bennett Vander Plas, Landrius Horton and Rivaldo Soares sc
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Jan 212 min read


Playoffs picture as of January 16, 2026
There are 26 days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season. It`s time to take a look how teams are placed in the standings, taking into account overall records and winning percentages. Iraklis BC are placed higher than Tindastoll due to a better goal difference: 1.1399 vs 1.1364. Riga Zelli have a weaker goal difference against Spartak Pleven (0.9798 vs 0.9804) but own a head-to-head advantage (1-0, +4). Go+ Peja received a forfeit and have five points out of six po
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Jan 164 min read


Jason Dourisseau and Donar Groningen book a maiden trip to postseason
Jason Dourisseau didn`t wasted his first full season at the helm of Donar Groningen as his team posted a 89-81 comeback win against HEFTE HELFEN BULLS to advance to the 2026 playoffs on Wednesday, January 14, at the Sportarena Walfersam in Kapfenberg, Austria. Players of the game Malik Miller led Donar Groningen with 27 points on 10/15 shooting from the floor. A former Morgan State and Svendborg Rabbits guard went 3/5 from the three point line. Miller filled the stat sheet wi
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Jan 142 min read


Iraklis BC end Dziki Warszawa streak, punch ticket to the 2026 playoffs
Iraklis BC returned to the winning ways and defeated Dziki Warszawa, 87-75, to advance to the 2026 playoffs on Wednesday, January 7, Ch at the Ivanofeio Arena in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Players of the game DJ Funderburk scored 26 points on 11/16 shooting from the floor. Iraklis BC center added nine rebounds and three assists. December MVP Sean Christian Smith contributed with 14 points and eight rebounds. Iraklis captain Dimitris Moraitis had seven points, five rebound
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Jan 72 min read


Wesley Person Junior guides BK Opava into the 2026 playoffs
BK Opava trailed by 13 points at Keila Coolbet, took initiative later and posted a 94-84 win to advance to the 2026 playoffs on Wednesday, January 7, at the Keila Tervisekeskus in northern Estonia. Players of the game Wesley Person Junior led BK Opava with 27 points on 5/12 shooting from the field and amazing 16/17 effort from the free throw line. October MVP registered four steals, five rebounds and two assists. Jan Svandrlik had 15 points on 5/8 shooting from the three poin
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Jan 72 min read
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