HEFTE HELFEN BULLS stormed out of the gates and outscored Pully Lausanne Foxes in the last three quarters to post a 94-71 road win on Wednesday, September 23, at the Vallee de la Jeunesse in western Switzerland. Players of the game Lausanne is located at the northern shore of magnificent Lac Leman/Lake Geneva and is known as the Olympic capital. Wednesday marked the first ENBL game in Switzerland and the first Alpine derby between historic clubs from Austria and Switzerland.

Three games are to be played on Wednesday, September 23. The 2026 Estonian bronze medalists TalTech/ALEXELA will host the three time Norway champions, Fyllingen Lions. Half an hour later, BK Liepāja will face the Iceland finalists, Tindastoll. Last but not least, Pully Lausanne Foxes are facing the 2026 Austrian champions, HEFTE HELFEN BULLS. TalTech/ALEXELA vs Fyllingen Lions Series history: TalTech/ALEXELA will face Fyllingen Lions for the second time. TalTech/ALEXELA poste

The sixth ENBL season will start on Wednesday, September 23, at Lausanne, Switzerland, at Tallinn, Estonia, and at Liepāja, Latvia. League spans across five time zones with Daylight saving time – or winter time – starting on Sunday, October 25, 2026 in Europe | November 1 in the USA, when clocks will “fall back” one hour. Most European countries will return to summer time on Sunday, March 28, 2027, while the USA on March 14, 2027. Iceland currently observes Greenwich Mean Tim

The 2026 European North Basketball league`s technical meeting concluded on Monday, August 24, at the AC Marriott hotel Riga in Latvian capital. A 2026-2027 season format was officially announced. The 18 teams, selected in two pools of nine, will play a round robin tournament with eight games for each team – four at home, four away – from September 22, 2026 until February 4, 2027. Eight teams – A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4 – will advance to the 2027 ENBL playoffs. Quarterfin

The most ambitious basketball club from Switzerland – Pully Lausanne Foxes – joins the European North Basketball league for the first time. Switzerland has played and continues to play a big part in international basketball. On June 18, 1932, eight national federations – Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland – established the International Basketball Federation, FIBA. In May 1935, Geneva hosted the first EuroBasket – a test event