The 2025 Glasora Final Four Most Valuable Player Mike Caffey made a game winning jumpshot in the last second of regulation to lift CSO Voluntari over Riga Zelli, 81-80, on Easter Sunday, April 5, at the Daugava Sports hall in Latvian capital. Players of the game Easter week gifted basketball fans with three exciting play-off games – all three single possession games. Visiting teams posted a 3-0 record and CSO Voluntari visit at Riga Zelli was no exception. Mike Caffey (Long B

The 2026 ENBL quarterfinals continue on Easter Sunday, April 5. Riga Zelli will host the 2025 champions CSO Voluntari. Riga Zelli vs CSO Voluntari Playoff experience : CSO Voluntari are seeking their third straight Final Four appearance, this time with a head coach Dan Ioan at the steering wheel. Ainars Bagatskis and CSO Voluntari reached the 2024 Final Four in their debut season and advanced to final where they fall at the hands of the hosts – the Danish champions Bakken Bea

The European North Basketball league`s VIMODROM Final Four 2026 will take place on April 22-23, at the Stadthalle Weissenfels in Weissenfels, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The arena  Stadthalle Weissenfels  was inaugurated in June 2002 and has a maximum capacity of 3 000 spectators, including 2 300 in stationary seats. The arena is the home of the 2025 German Cup and the 2004 FIBA Europe Cup winners – SYNTAINICS MBC. Stadthalle Weissenfels hosted the 2025 German Cup Final Four |

Dziki Warszawa posted the biggest upset of the 2026 playoffs, defeated Iraklis BC on their legendary home court, 84-83, and won the series, 173-165, to advance to the Final Four on Wednesday, April 1, at Thessaloniki, Greece. Players of the game Dziki Warszawa faced a proud team with fantastic and dedicated supporters. They passed this test to post their biggest win of the season...so far. Landrius Horton led all scorers with 27 points on massive 4/9 effort from the three poi

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

The European North Basketball League has joined the International Basketball HUB, an initiative launched in Alicante, Spain by Lucentum Alicante – a global network connecting the basketball ecosystem with 41 members from 37 countries. The line-up  includes six ENBL clubs : Tartu Ulikool (Estonia), Landstede Hammers Zwolle (the Netherlands), 2024 Champions Bakken Bears (Denmark), 2025 Champions CSO Voluntari (Romania), 2025 finalists Newcastle Eagles (United Kingdom) and Riga

The European North Basketball league has confirmed the game dates for the 2026 quarterfinal series between Riga Zelli and CSO Voluntari. The first game will take place on Sunday, April 5, at the Daugava sports hall (DSN) in Rīga, tipoff at 18.00 local time. CSO Voluntari will host Riga Zelli on Thursday, April 9, at the Gabriela Szabo hall. Tipoff at 19.00 local time. 2026 quarterfinals  | local time | CET Tuesday, March 17 (8)Donar Groningen 81-100 SYNTAINICS MBC (1)...

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 Dark team offense, Dark 20 sets a screen to his teammate Dark 11 defender White 35. Contact occurred between Dark 20 and White 35. Referees call an illegal screen by Dark 20. FIBA OBRI 33.7 . Screening: Legal and illegal Screening is an attempt to delay or prevent an opponent without t

The 2026 ENBL quarterfinals continue on Wednesday, March 18, as the seventh seeded Dziki Warszawa host a two time Greece champion Iraklis BC. 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 Baskets. Dziki Warszawa defeated Valmiera Glass ViA in the round of 16 game, 97-84, capped by Ricchi e Poveri classic hit Sara perche ti amo (it`s b

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

Frankie Fidler, Jānis Bērziņš and Rolands Šulcs combined for 58 points to lead Riga Zelli past Tindastoll Saudarkrokur, 101-94, and into the 2026 quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 11, at the Sikio sports hall in northern Iceland. Players of the game Meet the Spartans. Frankie Fidler graduated the Michigan State University in 2025 and is the scoring machine for Riga Zelli. Young wing scored a team high 20 points and dished out eight assists. Experienced Jānis Bērziņš aka Bonis

Three single elimination games are to be played on Wednesday, March 11. Two time Greece champions Iraklis BC will host TalTech/ALEXELA. The 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC are facing BK Olomoucko. Tindastoll and Riga Zelli are meeting in the High North. Iraklis BC vs TalTech/ALEXELA Playoff experience : both teams have qualified to the ENBL playoffs for the first time. TalTech/ALEXELA finished thirteenth in 2023 with a 1-5 record. This year the Estonian team returned t

CSO Voluntari scored more second chance points in the first three quarters of the game, 24-8, to defeat Slovan Bratislava, 99-74, and advance to the 2026 quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 10, at the Hala Gabriela Szabo in southern Romania. Players of the game The 2025 ENBL champions once again showed their depth as five players scored 10 or more points. Sacar Anim led CSO Voluntari with a game high 18 points on 6/12 shooting from the floor. A former Marquette wing shot 3/6 from

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. On the Pink team offense, the Pink 7 receives a pass while moving towards the basket and makes a shot, which is unsuccessful. Defender Blue 0 pushes Pink 7 during a moment of shot. Pink 7 loses balance. Referees call a defensive act of shooting foul by Blue 0. FIBA OBRI 33.3. Legal guarding position. A defensi

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

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

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

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

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

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