Playoffs picture as of January 23, 2026
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There are 19 days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season.
Nine clubs have advanced to the 2026 playoffs, including the 2025 German Cup winners SYNTAINICS MBC, the 2025 ENBL champions CSO Voluntari and a two time Greece champions Iraklis BC.
The 2025 bronze medalist Dziki Warszawa returned to the playoffs. BK Opava and Donar Groningen qualified for the playoffs in their second attempt.
The newcomers include Tindastoll, Dinamo Zagreb and Manchester Basketball.
Twelve clubs continue fight for seven remaining spots in the Sweet 16.
In total, there are four teams with a 5-2 record, and due to a fact that they are from two different pools, are ranked as follows – Dziki 1.1875; Manchester 1.1185; Tindastoll 1.1027; Opava 1.0724.
Dziki have a better goal difference than the next three teams, so it`s possible to rank Pool Two teams according to a three way tie – Manchester Basketball 1-1, +16; BK Opava 1-1, +7; Tindastoll 1-1, -23.
There are four teams from three different pools with a 50.0% record, ranked as follows – Brussels 1.0582; Dubrava 1.0369; Prishtina 1.0191; TalTech 1.0089.
Three teams from three different pools with a 42.8% record are ranked as follows – Slovan 0.9877; Bristol 0.9849; Spartak 0.9553.
Go+ Peja received a forfeit and have six points out of seven possible.
Finally, Gimle Basket own a head-to-head advantage against Keila Coolbet (1-0, +1).
ENBL classification as of January 23, 2026
First place: Syntainics MBC 6-0, 548:422, 1.2985, 100.0%
Second place: Iraklis BC 6-1, 619:516, 1.1996, 85.7%
Third place: CSO Voluntari 6-1, 647:561, 1.1533, 85.7%
Fourth place: Dinamo Zagreb 5-1, 548:525, 1.0438, 83.3%
Fifth place: Dziki Warszawa 5-2, 627:528, 1.1875, 71.4%
Sixth place: Manchester 5-2, 642:574, 1.1185, 71.4%
Seventh place: BK Opava 5-2, 622:580, 1.0724, 71.4%
Eighth place: Tindastoll 5-2, 687:623, 1.1027, 71.4%
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: Riga Zelli 4-3, 581:583, 0.9966, 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: Sigal Prishtina 4-4, 692:679, 1.0191, 50.0%
Sixteenth place: TalTech Alexela 3-3, 451:447, 1.0089, 50.0%
Classification 17-26
Seventeenth: Slovan Bratislava 3-4, 565:572, 0.9877, 42.8%
Eighteenth: Bristol Flyers 3-4, 589:598, 0.9849, 42.8%
Nineteenth: Spartak Pleven 3-4, 577:604, 0.9553, 42.8%
Twentieth: Alkar Sinj 1-5, 403:482, 0.8361, 16.7%
Twenty first: Hefte Helfen Bulls 1-6, 556:602, 0.9236, 14.3%
Twenty second: Fyllingen Lions 1-6, 539:671, 0.8033, 14.3%
Twenty third: Go+ Peja 1-5, 412:507, 0.8126, 14.3%
Twenty fourth: Gimle Basket 1-7, 611:734, 0.8324, 12.5%
Twenty fifth: Keila Coolbet 1-7, 633:738, 0.8577, 12.5%
Twenty sixth: Newcastle Eagles 0-5, 398:475, 0.8379, 0.0%
Five teams – Hefte Helfen Bulls, Gimle Basket, Fyllingen Lions, Keila Coolbet, Go+ Peja – are eliminated from the playoffs.
ENBL bracketology as of January 23, 2026
(1) SYNTAINICS MBC Q
(16) TalTech/ALEXELA
vs
(8) Tindastoll Q
(9) Valmiera Glass ViA
(5) Dziki Warszawa Q
(12) Riga Zelli
vs
(4) Dinamo Zagreb Q
(13) Brussels Basketball
(6) Manchester Basketball Q
(11) BK Olomoucko
vs
(3) CSO Voluntari Q
(14) Dubrava Zagreb
(7) BK Opava Q
(10) Donar Groningen Q
vs
(2) Iraklis BC Q
(15) SIGAL Prishtina
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
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
19:00 | 19:00 Dinamo Zagreb – Manchester Basketball Re-scheduled from February 4
Wednesday, February 4
18:00 | 18:00 Slovan Bratislava – BK Opava
18:00 | 18:00 BK Olomoucko – Iraklis BC
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
19:00 | 19:00 Alkar Sinj – Valmiera Glass ViA
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
Playoffs picture as of January 16, 2026
2025-2026 ENBL format and pools
2025-2026 ENBL schedule UPD16
2025 ENBL classification
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