Playoffs picture as of January 16, 2026
- marisnoviks
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There are 26 days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season.
It`s time to take a look how teams are placed in the standings, taking into account overall records and winning percentages.
Iraklis BC are placed higher than Tindastoll due to a better goal difference: 1.1399 vs 1.1364.
Riga Zelli have a weaker goal difference against Spartak Pleven (0.9798 vs 0.9804) but own a head-to-head advantage (1-0, +4).
Go+ Peja received a forfeit and have five points out of six possible.
ENBL classification as of January 16, 2026
First place: Syntainics MBC 5-0, 479:370, 1.2946, 100.0%
Second place: CSO Voluntari 6-1, 647:561, 1.1533, 85.7%
Third place: Iraklis BC 5-1, 497:436, 1.1399, 83.3%
Fourth place: Tindastoll 5-1, 583:513, 1.1364, 83.3%
Fifth place: Dinamo Zagreb 4-1, 438:421, 1.0403, 80.0%
Sixth place: BK Opava 5-2, 622:580, 1.0724, 71.4%
Seventh place: Dziki Warszawa 4-2, 533:451, 1.1818, 66.7%
Eighth place: Manchester 4-2, 548:502, 1.0916, 66.7%
Classification 9-16
Ninth place: Valmiera 4-2, 528:524, 1.0076, 66.7%
Tenth place: Donar Groningen 5-3, 713:667, 1.0689, 62.5%
Eleventh place: Olomoucko 3-2, 328:346, 0.9480, 60.0%
Twelfth place: Sigal Prishtina 4-3, 602:587, 1.0255, 57.1%
Thirteenth place: Brussels 3-3, 454:429, 1.0582, 50.0%
Fourteenth place: Dubrava Zagreb 3-3, 478:461, 1.0369, 50.0%
Fifteenth place: TalTech Alexela 3-3, 451:447, 1.0089, 50.0%
Sixteenth place: Riga Zelli 3-3, 485:495, 0.9798, 50.0%
Classification 17-26
Seventeenth: Spartak Pleven 3-3, 500:510, 0.9804, 50.0%
Eighteenth: Slovan Bratislava 3-4, 565:572, 0.9877, 42.8%
Nineteenth: Bristol Flyers 3-4, 589:598, 0.9849, 42.8%
Twentieth: Alkar Sinj 1-4, 351:413, 0.8499, 20.0%
Twenty first: Go+ Peja 1-4, 332:385, 0.8623, 16.7%
Twenty second: Hefte Helfen Bulls 1-6, 556:602, 0.9236, 14.3%
Twenty third: Gimle Basket 1-6, 539:640, 0.8422, 14.3%
Twenty fourth: Fyllingen Lions 1-6, 539:671, 0.8033, 14.3%
Twenty fifth: Keila Coolbet 0-7, 541:648, 0.8349, 0.0%
Twenty sixth: Newcastle Eagles 0-4, 310:379, 0.8179, 0.0%
Four teams – Hefte Helfen Bulls, Gimle Basket, Fyllingen Lions and Keila Coolbet – are eliminated from the playoffs.
ENBL bracketology as of January 16, 2026
(1) Syntainics MBC Q
(16) Riga Zelli
vs
(8) Manchester Basketball
(9) Valmiera Glass ViA
(5) Dinamo Zagreb
(12) SIGAL Prishtina
vs
(4) Tindastoll Q
(13) Brussels Basketball
(6) BK Opava Q
(11) BK Olomoucko
vs
(3) Iraklis BC Q
(14) Dubrava Zagreb
(7) Dziki Warszawa
(10) Donar Groningen Q
vs
(2) CSO Voluntari Q
(15) TalTech/ALEXELA
Classification of teams
ENBL uses official FIBA Basketball rules, when determining team classification
See appendix D – classification of teams – page 81.
D.1.3 If 2 or more teams have the same win-loss record of all games in the group, the
game(s) between these 2 or more teams shall decide on the classification. If these 2
or more teams have the same win-loss record of the games between them, further
criteria shall be used in the following order:
• Higher game points difference of the games between them.
• Higher number of game points scored in the games between them.
• Higher game points difference of all games in the group | 26 teams in ENBL case
• Higher number of game points scored in all games in the group | 26 teams in ENBL case
ENBL regular season 2025-2026 | local time | CET
Tuesday, January 20
18:00 | 17:00 Iraklis BC – Go+ Peja Re-scheduled on January 14
19:30 | 18:30 Keila Coolbet – Sigal Prishtina
19:15 | 20:15 Tindastoll Saudarkrokur – Dinamo Zagreb
19:00 | 19:00 Dziki Warszawa – Spartak Pleven
Wednesday, January 21
19:00 | 19:00 Alkar Sinj – Syntainics MBC
19:00 | 19:00 Gimle Basket – Manchester Basketball
19:30 | 18:30 Riga Zelli – Newcastle Eagles Re-located to a new venue on January 6 | Address: Krisjana Barona iela 107, Riga.
Monday, January 26
19:30 | 19:30 Go+ Peja – BK Olomoucko Added on November 21
Tuesday, January 27
20:30 | 20:30 Brussels Basketball – Dinamo Zagreb
19:30 | 20:30 Newcastle Eagles – KK Dubrava Zagreb
Wednesday, January 28
18:30 | 17:30 TalTech/Alexela – Valmiera Glass ViA
19:00 | 19:00 Fyllingen Lions – Alkar Sinj
Tuesday, February 3
19:30 | 19:30 Syntainics MBC – Hefte Helfen Bulls Kapfenberg
19:00 | 19:00 KK Dubrava Zagreb – Dziki Warszawa
Wednesday, February 4
18:00 | 18:00 Slovan Bratislava – BK Opava
20:00 | 20:00 Dinamo Zagreb – Manchester Basketball
Friday, February 6
19:30 | 20:30 Newcastle Eagles – BK Olomoucko Re-scheduled from January 6
Tuesday, February 10 | LIVE BLOG, starting 19.00 CET
19:15 | 20:15 Tindastoll Saudarkrokur – Brussels Basketball
Wednesday, February 11 | LIVE BLOG, starting 16.00 CET
20:00 | 21:00 Bristol Flyers – TalTech/Alexela
19:30 | 19:30 Peja – Newcastle Eagles
19:00 | 18:00 CSO Voluntari – Syntainics MBC Added on August 23
19:30 | 18:30 Riga Zelli – Spartak Pleven Added on November 5
February 23 – March 3, 2026
International window for men`s basketball
March 4-12, eightfinals
Single elimination game at the higher seed
March 17-April 2, quarterfinals
Best-of-two, home and away series
April 21-23, Final Four
Location to be confirmed