A new format with 27 teams confirmed, schedule to be released on August 18
- Māris Noviks
- Aug 17
- 2 min read
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.
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