# 2022–23 European North Basketball League

2022–23 European North Basketball League was the second season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA.
In this season were 15 teams from 8 countries (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Kosovo and Israel). They were divided into two groups.
Ukraine, Israel and Kosovo had a debutant in this competition, while Russian and Belarus teams were banned from competition this season, due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## Teams

1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. - positions in national championships.
Regular season :
| Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (5th) | Polski Cukier Start Lublin (12th) | Šiauliai (4th) | Sigal Prishtina (3rd) |
| Zastal Zielona Góra (6th) | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits(2nd) | Wolves | Valmiera Glass Via (5th) |
| King Szczecin (8th) | Kalev/Cramo (3rd) | Brno (3rd) | Dunav (12th) |
| Trefl Sopot (10th) | TalTech/Optibet (4th) | Ironi Ness Ziona (10th) | Budivelnik (2nd) |
NOTE: KK Dunav from Serbia withdrew due to internal political reasons.

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LUB | BUD | ZZG | SIG | KAL | ŠIA | TTO |
| 1 | Polski Cukier Start Lublin | 6 | 5 | 1 | 505 | 447 | +58 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 82–68 | 88–94 | — | — | 83–75 | 83–68 |
| 2 | Budivelnyk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 472 | 415 | +57 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 85–62 | — | — | 73–59 |
| 3 | Zastal Zielona Góra | 6 | 4 | 2 | 488 | 478 | +10 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 63–74 | — | 75–89 | — | 78–73 | — |
| 4 | Sigal Prishtina | 6 | 2 | 4 | 434 | 468 | −34 | 8 | Advance to Playoffs | 69–89 | — | — | — | 50–61 | — | 73–91 |
| 5 | Kalev/Cramo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 455 | 436 | +19 | 8 | | 73–80 | 76–84 | 69–74 | — | — | — | 105–69 |
| 6 | Šiauliai | 6 | 2 | 4 | 453 | 492 | −39 | 8 | | — | 73–88 | — | 67–91 | 79–71 | — | — |
| 7 | TalTech/Optibet | 6 | 1 | 5 | 453 | 524 | −71 | 7 | | — | — | 85–104 | — | — | 81–86 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZC | OST | WOL | INZ | TRE | TAR | BRN | VAL |
| 1 | King Szczecin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 584 | 533 | +51 | 13 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 89–86 | 81–77 | 78–73 | — | — |
| 2 | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 7 | 5 | 2 | 569 | 493 | +76 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | 56–72 | — | — | 92–76 | 88–65 | 84–65 | — | — |
| 3 | Wolves | 7 | 5 | 2 | 572 | 531 | +41 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | 87–84 | 85–75 | — | — | — | — | — | 89–60 |
| 4 | Ironi Ness Ziona | 7 | 5 | 2 | 630 | 570 | +60 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | 90–84 | — | — | — | 94–80 | 87–55 |
| 5 | Trefl Sopot | 7 | 4 | 3 | 600 | 582 | +18 | 11 | | — | — | 89–86 | 92–100 | — | — | 93–77 | — |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 7 | 2 | 5 | 552 | 568 | −16 | 9 | | — | — | 77–79 | 78–97 | 72–76 | — | 77–75 | 110–79 |
| 7 | Brno | 7 | 1 | 6 | 515 | 576 | −61 | 8 | | 78–87 | 59–80 | 56–62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Valmiera Glass Via | 7 | 0 | 7 | 502 | 671 | −169 | 7 | | 76–93 | 71–94 | — | — | 78–108 | — | 83–90 | — |

## Playoffs

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

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ironi Ness Ziona | 155–170 | Start Lublin | 77–90 | 78–80 |
| Wolves | 167–162 | Budivelnyk | 80–83 | 87–79 |
| Zielona Góra | 177–195 | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 97–94 | 80–101 |
| Sigal Prishtina | 142–149 | King Szczecin | 64–64 | 78–85 |

#### Sigal Prishtina vs. King Szczecin
## Final Four

Final Four will take place in Arena Ostrów on April 11–12.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| 11 April | 11 April |
| King Szczecin | 55 |
| King Szczecin | 55 | 12 April | 12 April |
| BC Wolves | 58 | 12 April | 12 April |
| BC Wolves | 58 | BC Wolves | 66 |
| 11 April | 11 April | | BC Wolves | 66 |
| 11 April | 11 April | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 70 |
| BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 86 | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 70 |
| Start Lublin | 74 | | |
| Start Lublin | 74 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 12 April | 12 April |
| | | King Szczecin | 62 |
| | | Start Lublin | 86 |

### Final
## Awards
### Season awards

| Award | Player | Team | Ref. |
| Regular Season MVP | Zac Cuthbertson | Wilki Morskie Szczecin | |
| Finals MVP | Damian Kulig | BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | |