2023–24 European North Basketball League

European North Basketball League
Season2023–24
Duration19 September 2023 – 10 April 2024
Games played68
Teams16
Regular season
Season MVP Rickey McGill
Finals
Champions Bakken Bears (1st title)
Runners-up CSO Voluntari
Third place Royal Liege Basket
Fourth place Šiauliai
Statistical leaders
Points Seneca Knight 20.7
Rebounds Geoffrey Groselle 9.5
Assists Ángel Rodríguez 8.3
Records
Biggest home winTartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 83–41 Svendborg Rabbits
(9 January 2024)
Biggest away winSvendborg Rabbits 62–102 Polski Cukier Start Lublin
(8 November 2023)
Highest scoringEnea Zastal Zielona Gora 106–100 Valmiera Glass ViA
(31 October 2023)
Winning streak6 games
Uniclub Casino Juventus
Losing streak7 games
Valmiera Glass ViA

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 the Gaza war.

Regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JUV BAK TAR FLY HAM LUB RAB SPA
1 Uniclub Casino Juventus 7 6 1 640 536 +104 13 Advance to Playoffs — 87–95 88–63 — 84–56 — 110–92 —
2 Bakken Bears 7 5 2 609 544 +65 12 — — — — 52–56 91–98 — 87–70
3 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 7 4 3 551 529 +22 11 — 71–94 — 79–72 — — 83–41 83–71
4 Bristol Flyers 7 4 3 581 519 +62 11 75–76 83–87 — — 68–56 — — —
5 Landstede Hammers 7 4 3 502 534 −32 11 — — 78–97 — — — 77–62 86–80
6 Polski Cukier Start Lublin 7 3 4 629 632 −3 10 73–103 — 85–75 85–107 91–93 — — —
7 Svendborg Rabbits 7 1 6 482 638 −156 8 — 79–103 — 63–86 — 62–102 — 83–77
8 Spartak Pleven 7 1 6 554 616 −62 8 82–92 — — 73–90 — 101–95 — —
Source: enbleague.eu

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SIA VOL EAG LIE ZZG KEI BRN VAL
1 Šiauliai 7 6 1 658 578 +80 13 Advance to Playoffs — 85–77 94–92 — — 107–79 88–70 —
2 CSO Voluntari 7 6 1 596 509 +87 13 — — 84–76 89–68 97–77 — — —
3 Newcastle Eagles 7 5 2 623 589 +34 12 — — — 100–92 86–80 — 87–81 —
4 Royal Liege Basket 7 4 3 624 587 +37 11 74–97 — — — 102–79 — — 97–68
5 Enea Zastal Zielona Gora 7 4 3 632 633 −1 11 109–83 — — — — 95–91 86–74 106–100
6 Keila 7 2 5 589 636 −47 9 — 53–82 84–92 92–96 — — — —
7 Brno 7 1 6 522 598 −76 8 — 72–75 — 62–95 — 73–93 — 90–74
8 Valmiera Glass ViA 7 0 7 562 676 −114 7 77–104 78–92 74–90 — — 91–97 — —
Source: enbleague.eu

Playoffs

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

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uniclub Casino Juventus 180–182 Royal Liege Basket 84–95 96–87
CSO Voluntari 168–152 Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 76–83 92–69
Bakken Bears 188–179 Newcastle Eagles 92–87 96–92 (OT)
Šiauliai 174–155 Bristol Flyers 84–76 90–79

Final Four

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

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
9 April[23]
 
 
 Royal Liege Basket79
 
10 April[25]
 
 CSO Voluntari80
 
 CSO Voluntari81
 
9 April[24]
 
 Bakken Bears85
 
 Šiauliai77
 
 
 Bakken Bears90
 
Third place game
 
 
10 April[26]
 
 
 Royal Liege Basket83
 
 
 Šiauliai73

References

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  14. ^ "Lineup completed: welcome Keila KK!". ENBL. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
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  22. ^ Announcement
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  26. ^ Noviks, Maris. "Anosike and Rodriguez break records, first bronze for Liège Basket". enbleague.eu. ENBL. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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