2023–24 European North Basketball League Explained

Season:2023–24
Teams:16
Games:68
Champions: Bakken Bears (1st title)
Runners Up: CSO Voluntari
Third Place: Royal Liege Basket
Fourth Place: Šiauliai
Mvp:DeAndre Pinckney
Mvp N:USA
Top Scorer:Seneca Knight
Ppg:20.7
Ppg N:USA
Rebounds Leader:Geoffrey Groselle
Rpg:9.5
Rpg N:USA
Assists Leader:Ángel Rodríguez
Apg:8.3
Apg N:PUR
Highest Scoring:
(31 October 2023)
Winning Streak:6 games
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Losing Streak:7 games
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Biggest Home Win:
(9 January 2024)
Biggest Away Win:
(8 November 2023)
Nextseason:2024–25

2023–24 European North Basketball League was the third season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA. It was won by Bakken Bears, after defeating CSO Voluntari in the final 85–81.

Teams

There were 16 teams participating from 11 countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania and UK) and the regular season was divided into two groups. Four teams from each group advanced to play-offs.

There were new teams added to the league – Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania and UK all debuted in this competition, while Russian and Belarusian teams were still banned, due to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] [2]

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

Regular season
Bakken Bears (1st) Uniclub Casino Juventus (5th)[3] Bristol Flyers (3rd)[4] Brno (5th)[5]
Svendborg Rabbits (5th)[6] Šiauliai (9th)[7] Newcastle Eagles (8th)[8] Valmiera Glass ViA (15th)[9]
Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd)[10] Enea Zastal Zielona Gora (9th)[11] Royal Liege Basket (9th)[12] Landstede Hammers (5th)[13]
Keila Coolbet (7th)[14] Polski Cukier Start Lublin (13th)[15] Spartak Pleven (5th)[16] CSO Voluntari (5th)[17]
Hapoel Be'er Sheva-Dimona (8th)[18] [19] KB Prishtina
KB Prishtina[20] was originally supposed to participate in this tournament, however they were excluded from the competition, due to the unfulfilled financial obligations.[21] Hapoel Be'er Sheva withdrew due to ongoing war in Israel.

Regular season

Group B

Playoffs

Each tie in the quarter-finals phase is played over two legs. The winning teams qualify for the Final Four tournament.

Quarterefinals

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Final Four

Final Four took place in Sparekassen Danmark Basketball Center, Aarhus on April 9–10.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Петрова . Виктория . 2023-07-23 . Богдан Петков: Нивото в Европейската северна лига е доста високо . 2023-07-23 . BBALL . bg-BG.
  2. Web site: מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל באר שבע תשחק בליגה הצפון אירופית . 2023-07-25 . basket.co.il.
  3. Web site: 2023-08-16 . Native town of Jonas Valančiūnas: welcome Uniclub Casino – Juventus Utena! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  4. https://www.enbleague.eu/post/north-by-northwest-welcome-bristol-flyers North by Northwest: welcome Bristol Flyers
  5. Web site: 2023-07-12 . New head coach, same captain: welcome Basket Brno! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  6. Web site: marisnoviks . 2023-10-09 . Denmark rising: welcome Svendborg Rabbits! . 2023-10-11 . ENBL . en.
  7. Web site: 2023-08-11 . Sun City reloaded: welcome Šiauliai! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-06-23 . The Eagles are coming: welcome Newcastle! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  9. Web site: In the name of the father: welcome Valmiera Glass ViA! . 2023-08-17 . www.enbleague.eu.
  10. Web site: 2023-07-05 . European Capital of Culture stays with us: welcome Tartu Ülikool Maks&Moorits! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  11. Web site: 2023-08-04 . Here we go again: welcome Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  12. Web site: 2023-08-02 . Belgium checks-in: welcome Royal Liège Basket! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  13. Web site: Sailing into new waters: welcome Landstede Hammers! . 2023-08-17 . www.enbleague.eu.
  14. Web site: 2023-08-16 . Lineup completed: welcome Keila KK! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  15. Web site: 2023-06-28 . European Youth Capital back at it: welcome Polski Cukier Start Lublin! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  16. Web site: 2023-07-14 . Bulgaria enters the chat: welcome Spartak Pleven! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  17. Web site: 2023-05-10 . We the South: welcome CSO Voluntari! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  18. Web site: 2023-07-25 . The capital of Negev: welcome Hapoel Beer Sheva-Dimona! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  19. Web site: Noviks . Maris . 27 November 2023 . Thanks, Hapoel Beer Sheva-Dimona. Welcome, Bakken Bears Aarhus! . 30 November 2023 . European North Basketball League.
  20. Web site: 2023-08-09 . Aiming for another playoff run: welcome KB Prishtina! . 2023-08-17 . ENBL . en.
  21. Web site: marisnoviks . 2023-09-29 . ENBL announcement on September 29, 2023 . 2023-10-11 . ENBL . en.
  22. https://twitter.com/ENBLeague/status/1771146288781746244 Announcement