2024–25 European North Basketball League

Second season of the European North Basketball League

European North Basketball League
Season	2024–25
Number of teams	18
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 European North Basketball League will be the fourth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA.

Teams

As the League continues its expansion, a record-breaking 18 teams will participate in 2024–25 season. For the first time in history Champions returned for another campaign with Bakken Bears continuing its journey.^[1] As Germany becomes 19th country respresented in the League, it will feature the most titled German club of the 21st century, Bamberg Baskets.^[2]

This season will also mark the debut of the teams from Norway and Slovakia.^[3]^[4]^[5]

1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships.

TH - Title holder

Regular season^[6]
Bakken Bears (1st)^TH	Newcastle Eagles (4th)	Dinamo București (7th)	Bamberg Baskets (11th)
Opava (5th)	Bristol Flyers (7th)	Spišski Rytieri (2nd)	Valmiera Glass ViA (6th)
Brno (6th)	Legia Warszawa (5th)	Inter Bratislava (7th)	Donar (3rd/4th)
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd)	Dziki Warsaw (10th)	Spartak Pleven (4th)	Fyllingen (1st)
Keila Coolbet (6th)	CSO Voluntari (3rd)

Format

18 teams are divided into two groups of nine teams each for the regular season. The draw for the regular season groups took place on July 24.^[7]

Clubs are guaranteed eight games in the main tournament – four at home and four away. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1). The winners of the quarterfinals will be determined by the sum of two games, with the second game being played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. The Final Four will take place in April 2025.^[8]

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification	DON	DZI	EAG	OPA	SPA	TAR	VAL	VOL
1	Donar	Advance to Playoffs	—
2	Dziki Warsaw			—
3	Newcastle Eagles				—
4	BK Opava					—
5	Spartak Pleven						—
6	Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits							—
7	Valmiera Glass ViA								—
8	CSO Voluntari									—

Source: enbleague.eu

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification	BAK	BAM	BRI	BRN	DIN	FYL	INT	LEG
1	Bakken Bears	Advance to Playoffs	—
2	Bamberg Baskets			—
3	Bristol Flyers				—
4	Brno					—
5	Dinamo București						—
6	Fyllingen BBK							—
7	Inter Bratislava								—
8	Legia Warsaw									—

Source: enbleague.eu

References

^ Return of the Champions: welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus
^ Freak City checks in: welcome, Bamberg Baskets
^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-10). "Norwegian champions join the parade: welcome, Fyllingen Basket!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
^ Noviks, Māris (2024-06-07). "First team from Slovakia: welcome, Inter Bratislava!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
^ Noviks, Māris (2024-07-02). "Knights from the High Tatras: welcome, Spišski Rytieri!". ENBL. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
^ Osborne, Joel (2024-07-22). "ENBL 2024/25 line-up confirmed". Bristol Flyers. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
^ 18 teams from 12 countries: ENBL regular season groups revealed
^ Eiropas Ziemeļu līgai pievienojas deviņkārtējā Vācijas čempione