# 2023–24 European North Basketball League

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

## 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 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | — | 52–56 | 91–98 | — | 87–70 |
| 3 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 7 | 4 | 3 | 551 | 529 | +22 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 71–94 | — | 79–72 | — | — | 83–41 | 83–71 |
| 4 | Bristol Flyers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 581 | 519 | +62 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | 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 | — | — |

### 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 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | 84–76 | 89–68 | 97–77 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Newcastle Eagles | 7 | 5 | 2 | 623 | 589 | +34 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 100–92 | 86–80 | — | 87–81 | — |
| 4 | Royal Liege Basket | 7 | 4 | 3 | 624 | 587 | +37 | 11 | Advance to Playoffs | 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 | — | — |

## 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.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| 9 April | 9 April |
| Royal Liege Basket | 79 |
| Royal Liege Basket | 79 | 10 April | 10 April |
| CSO Voluntari | 80 | 10 April | 10 April |
| CSO Voluntari | 80 | CSO Voluntari | 81 |
| 9 April | 9 April | | CSO Voluntari | 81 |
| 9 April | 9 April | Bakken Bears | 85 |
| Šiauliai | 77 | Bakken Bears | 85 |
| Bakken Bears | 90 | | |
| Bakken Bears | 90 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 10 April | 10 April |
| | | Royal Liege Basket | 83 |
| | | Šiauliai | 73 |