Where there`s a `ship, there`s a way: playoffs picture as of January 29, 2026
- marisnoviks
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There are 13 days left until the end of the 2025-2026 regular season.
Ten teams from ten countries – Germany, Greece, Romania, Croatia, Poland, the United Kingdom, Czechia, Iceland, Latvia and the Netherlands – have qualified for the 2026 playoffs.
Eleven teams are chasing remaining six spots.
A five multi way ties have emerged before penultimate week, including a six way tie (3-4), a five way tie (5-2), two three way ties (6-1 and 1-7) and a two way tie (2-5).
The three teams from three pools with a 6-1 record are ranked as follows – Iraklis BC 1.1996; CSO Voluntari 1.1533; Dinamo Zagreb 1.0421.
The five teams from three pools with a 5-2 record are ranked as follows – Dziki Warszawa, Manchester Basketball, BK Opava, Tindastoll, Valmiera Glass ViA.
Dziki have a better goal difference than the next four teams, while Valmiera Glass ViA have a worse goal difference than upper four 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.
The six teams from three pools with a 3-4 record are ranked as follows – Brussels Basketball 1.0420; Dubrava Zagreb 1.0221; TalTech/ALEXELA 0.9908; Slovan Bratislava 0.9877; Bristol Flyers 0.9849; Spartak Pleven 0.9553.
The two teams from two pools with a 2-5 record are ranked as follows – Newcastle Eagles 0.9058; Alkar Sinj 0.8610.
Finally, Fyllingen Lions have worse goal difference than the other two teams with a 1-7 record, while Gimle Basket own a head-to-head advantage against Keila Coolbet (1-0, +1).
ENBL classification as of January 29, 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 6-1, 643:617, 1.0421, 85.7%
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: Valmiera 5-2, 627:614, 1.0212, 71.4%
Tenth: Olomoucko 4-2, 348:346, 1.0058, 66.7%
Eleventh: Donar Groningen 5-3, 713:667, 1.0689, 62.5%
Twelfth: Riga Zelli 4-3, 581:583, 0.9966, 57.1%
Thirteenth: Sigal Prishtina 4-4, 692:679, 1.0191, 50.0%
Fourteenth: Brussels 3-4, 546:524, 1.0420, 42.8%
Fifteenth: Dubrava Zagreb 3-4, 555:543, 1.0221, 42.8%
Sixteenth: TalTech Alexela 3-4, 541:546, 0.9908, 42.8%
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: Newcastle Eagles 2-5, 500:552, 0.9058, 28.6%
Twenty first: Alkar Sinj 2-5, 477:554, 0.8610, 28.6%
Twenty second: Hefte Helfen Bulls 1-6, 556:602, 0.9236, 14.3%
Twenty third: Gimle Basket 1-7, 611:734, 0.8324, 12.5%
Twenty fourth: Keila Coolbet 1-7, 633:738, 0.8577, 12.5%
Twenty fifth: Fyllingen Lions 1-7, 611:745, 0.8201, 12,5%
Twenty sixth: Go+ Peja 1-7, 412:547, 0.7532, 11.1%
Five teams – Hefte Helfen Bulls, Gimle Basket, Keila Coolbet, Fyllingen Lions, Go+ Peja – are eliminated from the playoffs.
ENBL bracketology as of January 29, 2026
(1)SYNTAINICS MBC Q
(16)TalTech/ALEXELA
vs
(8)Tindastoll Q
(9)Valmiera Glass ViA Q
(5)Dziki Warszawa Q
(12)Riga Zelli
vs
(4)Dinamo Zagreb Q
(13)Sigal Prishtina
(6)Manchester Basketball Q
(11)Donar Groningen Q
vs
(3)CSO Voluntari Q
(14)Brussels Basketball
(7)BK Opava Q
(10)Olomoucko
vs
(2)Iraklis BC Q
(15)Dubrava Zagreb
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, 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 | 18:00 CSO Voluntari – Syntainics MBC Added on August 23
19:30 | 18:30 Riga Zelli – Spartak Pleven Added on November 5; re-located on January 29
19:00 | 19:00 Alkar Sinj – Valmiera Glass ViA
20:00 | 21:00 Bristol Flyers – TalTech/Alexela
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 24, 2026
Playoffs picture as of January 23, 2026
Playoffs picture as of January 16, 2026
2025-2026 ENBL format and pools
2025-2026 ENBL schedule UPD17
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