A new format with 27 teams confirmed, schedule to be released on August 18

The 2025 European North Basketball league technical meeting concluded on Sunday, August 17, at the Tallink Rīga hotel in Latvian capital.

More than 20 teams participated in a record breaking event – literally, as the participants witnessed Latvian basketball indoor attendance record – 11 911 spectators – at the exhibition game between Latvia and Slovenia on Saturday, August 16, at the Xiaomi Arena.

A new format was officially announced during the technical meeting.

Twenty seven teams, drawn in three pools of nine, will play a round robin tournament with eight games for each team – four at home, four away – from September 23, 2025 until February 11, 2026.

Sixteen teams will advance to the 2026 ENBL playoffs.

Eightfinals feature a single elimination game at a higher seed (1-16, 2-15, 3-14, 4-13, 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9) on March 4-12, 2026.

Quarterfinals offer “best-of-two” home and away series (first pair 1-16 vs 8-9, second pair 2-15 vs 7-10, third pair 3-14 vs 6-11, fourth pair 4-13 vs 5-12) on March 17-April 2, 2026.

The winners advance to the Final Four, to be held on April 21-23, 2026.

POOL ONE

Donar Groningen, Netherlands

Bristol Flyers, United Kingdom

CSO Voluntari, Romania

Fyllingen Lions, Norway

Hefte Helfen Bulls, Austria

Syntainics MBC, Germany

Valmiera Glass ViA, Latvia

TalTech/Alexela, Estonia

Croatia Team One

POOL TWO

BK Opava, Czechia

Brussels Basketball, Belgium

Sigal Prishtina, Kosovo

Tindastoll, Iceland

Gimle Basket, Norway

Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia

Manchester Basketball, United Kingdom

Keila Coolbet, Estonia

Croatia Team Two

POOL THREE

Riga Zelli, Latvia

Iraklis BC, Greece

Newcastle Eagles, United Kingdom

BC Spartak Pleven, Bulgaria

KB Peja, Kosovo

BK Olomoucko, Czechia

Dziki Warszawa, Poland

KK Dubrava, Croatia

TBA

Croatian Basketball Federation – Hrvatski košarkaški savez – has joined forces with the European North Basketball league to field Croatia Teams One and Two selected in a qualifying tournament on September 17-20, 2025.

Six teams divided in two groups will participate in the qualifying tournament, and the winners of each group will play in the European North Basketball league.

The qualifying tournament groups and schedule will be announced at a later date.