2025–26 European North Basketball League

The 2025–26 European North Basketball League will be the fifth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA.

In the 2025–26 season, between 18 and 27 teams will participate. The exact amount of teams is still to be announced.^[1]

Due to the high interest of Croatian clubs in the ENBL and only three spots available for Croatian teams, the Croatian Basketball Federation decided to play a tournament deciding which clubs were allowed to participate in the ENBL. Participating teams are:

• Kvarner 2010
• Dubrava
• GKK Šibenka
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Zabok
• Alkar Sinj

The two best ranked teams from this tournament will participate in the ENBL. If Dubrava is not among the top two, it will still participate in this competition, as it is the first club to independently negotiate entry into the Northern League. Thus either two or three Croatian teams will participate in the ENBL.^[2]

On September 19, two finalists of "Liburnia cup" were Dinamo Zagreb and Alkar, thus qualified for the ENBL.^[3][4]

Donar

Opava

Voluntari

Dziki

MBC

Brussels

Bulls

Spartak

Flyers

Valmiera

Tindastóll

Zelli

TalTech

Slovan

Peja

Prishtina

Zagreb

MCR

Olomoucko

Eagles

Iraklis

Keila

Alkar

Bergen

Bergen teams
Fyllingen Lions
Gimle Basket

Zagreb teams
Dubrava
Dinamo

Location of teams in 2025–26 European North Basketball League

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships
• TH - Title holder
• QT: Qualifying tournament winner

Regular season
Newcastle Eagles (5th)	Dubrava (9th)	Olomoucko (3rd)	Rigas Zelli (3rd)
Manchester (4th)	Dinamo Zagreb (6th)QT	Opava (6th)	Valmiera Glass ViA (4th)
Bristol Flyers (7th)	Alkar Sinj (7th)QT	TalTech (4th)	Dziki Warsaw (10th)
Fyllingen Lions (1st)	KB Prishtina (3rd)	Keila Coolbet (6th)	Spartak Pleven (4th)
Gimle Basket (3rd)	KB Peja (5th)	Brussels (5th)	Hefte Helfen Bulls (8th)
CSO Voluntari (4th)TH	Donar (4th)	Slovan Bratislava (2nd)	Iraklis Thessaloniki (2nd)2nd
Tindastóll (2nd)	Mitteldeutscher BC (8th)

The exact setup and the group distribution of the 2025-26 format was discussed during the Technical Meeting of the league in Riga in the weekend of 16 and 17 August, to which each team sent a representative.^[5]

The format entails three groups of 9 teams, bringing the total of 27 teams. Teams will all play in the regular season, in which they will play four home games and four away games. The groups were determined based on the following criteria:^[6]

1. Team positions in the ENBL 2024–2025 season
2. Geographic limitations – no more than one team from each country in group, if possible
3. Subjective opinion to make groups as equal as possible

Out of these matches, an overall ranking will be made. Out of this ranking, the best 16 will progress to the Round of 16. There, one match will determine which team progresses to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals will consist of two matches, a home and an away match, and determine who progresses to the final four.^[7][8]

On 17 October it was announced that the season will only entail 26 teams from 17 countries. The 27th team from the 18th country could not proceed to participate in the League. A replacement could not be found and therefore the decision was made to progress with only 26 teams. This meant that in group 3, some teams meet each other twice to guarantee the 4 home and 4 away games.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mitteldeutscher BC	8	7	1	729	598	+131	15	Round of 16
2	Iraklis BC	8	7	1	728	598	+130	15
3	CSO Voluntari	8	7	1	734	644	+90	15
4	Dinamo Zagreb	8	6	2	731	708	+23	14
5	Manchester Basketball	8	6	2	733	662	+71	14
6	Tindastóll	8	6	2	785	715	+70	14
7	Dziki Warsaw	8	5	3	716	622	+94	13
8	Donar	8	5	3	713	667	+46	13
9	BK Opava	8	5	3	705	677	+28	13
10	Valmiera Glass ViA	8	5	3	721	718	+3	13
11	Rigas Zelli	8	5	3	664	661	+3	13
12	KK Dubrava	8	4	4	649	632	+17	12
13	Sigal Prishtina	8	4	4	602	587	+15	12
14	Slovan Bratislava	8	4	4	662	655	+7	12
15	TalTech	8	4	4	617	616	+1	12
16	BK Olomoucko	8	4	4	498	583	−85	12
17	Brussels Basketball	8	3	5	638	622	+16	11
18	Newcastle Eagles	8	3	5	628	620	+8	11
19	Bristol Flyers	8	3	5	659	674	−15	11
20	Spartak Pleven	8	3	5	655	687	−32	11
21	Alkar	8	3	5	581	648	−67	11
22	Hefte Helfen Bulls	8	1	7	645	700	−55	9
23	Keila Coolbet	8	1	7	541	648	−107	9
24	Gimle Basket	8	1	7	611	734	−123	9
25	Fyllingen Lions	8	1	7	611	745	−134	9
26	KB Peja[a]	8	1	7	412	547	−135	6[b]	Disqualified

Home \ Away	SIN	FLY	VOL	DON	FYL	BUL	MBC	TAL	VAL
Alkar Sinj	—	76–81	—	—	—	81–65	52–69	—	104–94
Bristol Flyers	—	—	—	69–70	82–91	—	76–93	70–76	—
CSO Voluntari	92–72	99–85	—	97–91	—	—	87–83	—	—
Donar	90–71	—	—	—	88–80	—	—	93–71	88–92
Fyllingen Lions	72–74	—	64–104	—	—	—	64–107	71–89	—
Hefte Helfen Bulls	—	78–90	80–85	81–89	108–94	—	—	—	—
SYNTAINICS MBC	—	—	—	106–104	—	98–89	—	84–57	89–69
TalTech	85–51	—	88–93	—	—	61–55	—	—	90–99
Valmiera Glass ViA	—	91–106	81–77	—	93–75	102–89	—	—	—

Source: enbleague.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Home \ Away	OPA	BRU	DIN	GIM	KEI	MCB	PRI	SLB	TIN
BK Opava	—	69–60	94–69	103–85	—	—	—	—	95–68
Brussels Basketball	—	—	92–95	—	95–70	66–79	75–80	—	—
Dinamo Zagreb	—	—	—	81–69	98–73	88–91	—	108–105	—
Gimle Basket	—	65–86	—	—	76–75	72–94	—	77–80	—
Keila Coolbet	84–94	—	—	—	—	—	92–90	79–95	—
Manchester Basketball	112–92	—	—	—	84–80	—	99–74	78–90	—
Sigal Prishtina	102–75	—	80–82	90–79	—	—	—	—	98–104
Slovan Bratislava	97–83	66–72	—	—	—	—	73–78	—	56–80
Tindastóll	—	98–92	104–110	125–88	—	100–96	—	—	—

Source: enbleague.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Home \ Away	OLO	DZI	IRA	PEJ	DUB	EAG	RIG	SPA
BK Olomoucko	—	55–101	82–109	20–0	82–73	—	—	—
Dziki Warsaw	—	—	—	103–81	72–67	—	91–93	94–77
Iraklis BC	—	87–75	—	122–80	—	85–71	—	72–69
KB Peja	0–20	—	—	—	—	0–20	72–83	96–81
KK Dubrava	—	94–89	72–67	98–83	—	—	86–74	—
Newcastle Eagles	128–68	68–91	80–108	—	82–77	—	—	—
Rigas Zelli	81–87	—	69–78	—	—	96–88	—	83–78
Spartak Pleven	91–84	—	—	—	83–82	95–91	81–85	—

Source: enbleague.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Sixteen teams advanced to the 2026 ENBL playoffs. Eightfinals will feature a single elimination game at a higher seed between 4–12 March 2026. Quarterfinals will offer “best-of-two” home and away series between 17 March–2 April 2026. The winners advance to the Final Four, to be held on 21–23 April 2026.

	Round of 16 4–12 March 2026					Quarterfinals 17 March–2 April 2026							Semifinals 21 April 2026					Final 23 April 2026
	1	SYNTAINICS MBC
	16	BK Olomoucko
	8	Donar
	9	BK Opava
	4	Dinamo Zagreb
	13	Sigal Prishtina
	5	Manchester Basketball
	12	KK Dubrava
	2	Iraklis BC
	15	TalTech
	7	Dziki Warsaw
	10	Valmiera Glass ViA
	3	CSO Voluntari
	14	Slovan Bratislava
	6	Tindastóll
	11	Rigas Zelli

The Round of 16 will be played on 4–12 March 2026.

Home team	Score	Away team
SYNTAINICS MBC	Mar 11	BK Olomoucko
Iraklis BC	Mar 11	TalTech
CSO Voluntari	Mar 10	Slovan Bratislava
Dinamo Zagreb	Mar 12	BK Olomoucko
Manchester Basketball	Mar 10	KK Dubrava
Tindastóll	Mar 11	Rigas Zelli
Dziki Warsaw	Mar 4	Valmiera Glass ViA
Donar	Mar 10	BK Opava

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