The European North Basketball League (ENBL) is regional professional men's club
basketball
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league in northern, central and eastern
Europe
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; it has been organised since 2021. ENBL format is based on the European Youth Basketball league (founded in 1998) –
FIBA
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approved international competition for girls and boys which recently featured around 300 teams from 29 countries.
History
European North Basketball league (ENBL) has been founded in summer 2021 for professional men's clubs from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It's designed for the clubs who wish to compete internationally at a high level.
The first season will feature eight teams from Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Russia, including several national medalists with wide regional and international experience.
Competition format
A round robin tournament – at least seven games in three stages (3+2+2), followed by the Final Four in Spring of 2022. There will be no games during FIBA international windows for the National teams (November 22–30, 2021; February 21-March 1, 2022).
Future expansion
The league eye a further expansion in 2022 to create a 16 team tournament with two groups – Baltic Sea division/North Sea division, by adding teams from Nordic and Benelux countries.
About us
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Venues and locations
Finals
Titles by club
Titles by country
See also
*North European Basketball League
The North European Basketball League, or Northern European Basketball League (NEBL), was a short-lived regional professional basketball league. It was founded in 1998, by Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Dmitry Buriak. The league was the first commerc ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Men's professional basketball leagues
Multi-national professional sports leagues
Multi-national basketball leagues in Europe
2021 establishments in Europe
Sports leagues established in 2021