Champions and winners 2023

Graphic: Mārtiņš Zaļūksnis

The 2023 ENBL Final Four was played on April 11-12, at the Arena Ostrów in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. BM Stal Ostrów won the first title, defeating BC Wolves Alytus, 70-66. Polski Cukier Start Lublin earned a bronze medal, while King Szczecin finished in the fourth place. Damian Kulig was named MVP.

First place: BM Stal Ostrów (8-3, Final Four 2-0)

Damian Kulig (captain), Ojārs Siliņš (Latvia), Nemanja Djurišič (Montenegro/University of Georgia), Aleksander Zalucki, Mateusz Zebski, Jakub Garbacz, Filip Siewruk, Aigars Šķēle (Latvia), Adonis Thomas (University of Memphis), Michal Michalak, Markus Lončar (Croatia), Krzysztof Rozpedowski, Bartosz Rachwalski. Head coach Andrzej Urban (second season), assistant coach Konrad Kaźmierczyk. President Bartosz Karasiński. Mayor Beata Klimek.

Second place: BC Wolves Alytus (7-4, Final Four 1-1)

Mindaugas Lukauskis (captain), Jeffery Taylor (Sweden/Vanderbilt University), Adas Juškevičius, Eigirdas Žukauskas, Kristupas Žemaitis, Arnas Beručka, Marcos Delia (Argentina/Italy), Regimantas Miniotas, Eric Buckner (Georgia State), Ahmad Caver (Old Dominion), Juan Gomez de Liano (Philippines), Vitalijus Kozys, Kelly Rashard DaeQuan (Wichita State). Head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra (from March 28). Previous head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis. Coaches Nedas Pacevičius, Marius Leonavičius. Fitness coach Deividas Rinkevičius. President Rimantas Kaukėnas. Club ambassadors Darius Lavrinovič, Kšištof Lavrinovič.

Third place: Polski Cukier Start Lublin (8-2, Final Four 1-1)

Mateusz Dziemba (captain), Bartlomiej Pelczar, Cleveland Melvin (DePaul), Dayshon Hassan Smith (Dayton), Klāvs Čavars (Latvia), Troy Barnies (Maine), Michal Krasuski, Kacper Mlynarski, Sebastian Walda, Gabe DeVoe (Clemson), Roman Szymanski, Benas Griciūnas (Lithuania). Head coach Artur Gronek. Coaches Michal Sikora, Jakub Lewandowski.

Fourth place: King Wilki Morskie Szczecin (7-one tie-3, Final Four 0-2)

Andrzej Mazurczak (captain), Kacper Borowski, Bryce Brown (Auburn), Zac Cuthbertson (Coastal Carolina), Mateusz Kostrzewski, Tony Meier (Milwaukee), Konrad Szymanski, Filip Matczak, Maciej Zmudzki, Phil Fayne (Illinois State), Konrad Rosinski, Aleksander Wisniewski, Alexander Hamilton. Head coach Arkadiusz Miloszewski. Coach Maciej Majcherek.

Classification

Fifth place: Budivelnyk Kyiv (6-2, play-offs 1-1, second in Group A)

Sixth place: Zastal Zielona Gora (5-3, play-offs 1-1, third in Group A)

Seventh place: Ironi Ness Ziona (5-4, play-offs 0-2, fourth in Group B)

Eighth place: KB Sigal Prishtina (2-one tie-5, fourth in Group A)

Classification 9-15

Ninth place: Trefl Sopot (4-3, 600:582, 1.0309, 57.1%)

Tenth place: Kalev/Cramo (2-4, 455:436, 1.0435, 33.3%)

Eleventh place: Šiauliai (2-4, 453:492, 0.9207, 33.3)

Twelfth place: Tartu University (2-5, 552:568, 0.9718, 28.6%)

Thirteenth place: TalTech Optibet (1-5, 453:524, 0.8645, 16.7%)

Fourteenth place: Basket Brno (1-6, 515:576, 0.8940, 14.3%)

Fifteenth place: Valmiera Glass ViA (0-7, 502:671, 0.7481, 0.0%)

All star team

Bryce Brown, King Szczecin

Aigars Šķēle, BM Stal Ostrów

Ahmad Caver, BC Wolves

Troy Barnies, Polski Cukier Start Lublin

Eigirdas Žukauskas, BC Wolves

MVP

Damian Kulig, BM Stal Ostrów

Teams (15): Basket Brno (second season), Šiauliai (second season), Tartu University (second season), Valmiera Glass ViA (second season), BC Budivelnyk (first season), BC Ironi Ness Ziona (first season), BC Kalev/Cramo (first season), BC Wolves (first season), BC Zielona Gora (first season), BM Stal Ostrów (first season), KB Sigal Prishtina (first season), King Szczecin (first season), Polski Cukier Start Lublin (first season), TalTech Optibet (first season), Trefl Sopot (first season).

Countries represented (8): Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine (first year), Israel (first year), Poland, Kosovo (first year).

ENBL links

Budivelnyk Kyiv https://www.enbleague.eu/post/we-are-from-ukraine-welcome-budivelnyk-kyiv

Zastal Zielona Gora https://www.enbleague.eu/post/enea-zastal-bc-zielona-gora-will-join-enbl

Sigal Prishtina https://www.enbleague.eu/post/welcome-sigal-prishtina

TalTech Optibet https://www.enbleague.eu/post/welcome-taltech-optibet

Ironi Ness Ziona https://www.enbleague.eu/post/stand-up-for-the-champions-welcome-ironi-ness-ziona

BM Stal Ostrów https://www.enbleague.eu/post/welcome-bm-slam-stal-ostr%C3%B3w-wielkopolski

King Szczecin https://www.enbleague.eu/post/welcome-king-wilki-morskie-szczecin

Start Lublin https://www.enbleague.eu/post/welcome-mks-start-lublin

Kalev/Cramo https://www.enbleague.eu/post/tallinn-ballin-welcome-kalev-cramo

Trefl Sopot https://www.enbleague.eu/post/wedding-to-the-sea-welcome-trefl-sopot

BC Wolves https://www.enbleague.eu/post/rimas-and-juan-check-in-welcome-bc-wolves

University of Tartu https://www.enbleague.eu/post/european-capital-of-culture-2024-tartu-pumps-it-up

Basket Brno https://www.enbleague.eu/post/basket-brno-return-to-the-enbl

Valmiera Glass ViA https://www.enbleague.eu/post/go-north-young-man-valmiera-glass-via-stay-in-the-chat

Šiauliai https://www.enbleague.eu/post/bc-%C5%A1iauliai-eye-a-possible-return-to-the-enbl

CBet Jonava https://www.enbleague.eu/post/surprise-from-the-neris-valley-welcome-cbet-jonava

BC Dunav https://www.enbleague.eu/post/dobro-do%C5%A1li-welcome-bc-dunav

Final Four history

Wloclawek 2022: Anwil Wloclawek, Šiauliai, Basket Brno, Tartu University

Ostrów Wielkopolski 2023: BM Stal Ostrów, BC Wolves, Start Lublin, King Szczecin