# 2024–25 European North Basketball League

2024–25 European North Basketball League is the fourth season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronized by FIBA.

## Teams

Record-breaking 18 teams will participate in 2024–25 season. For the first time in leagues history, previous season champions Bakken Bears will return to defend their championship.
This season will mark the debut of the teams from Germany, Norway and Slovakia.
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. – positions in national championships.
* TH - Title holder
Regular season :
| Bakken Bears (1st)$^{TH}$ | Newcastle Eagles (4th) | Dinamo București (7th) | Bamberg Baskets (11th) |
| Opava (5th) | Bristol Flyers (7th) | Spišski Rytieri (2nd) | Valmiera Glass ViA (6th) |
| Brno (6th) | Legia Warszawa (5th) | Inter Bratislava (7th) | Donar (3rd/4th) |
| Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits (2nd) | Dziki Warsaw (10th) | Spartak Pleven (4th) | Fyllingen Lions (1st) |
| Keila Coolbet | CSO Voluntari (3rd) |

## Format

18 teams are divided into two groups of nine teams each for the regular season. The draw for the regular season groups took place on July 24.
Clubs are guaranteed eight games in the main tournament – four at home and four away. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the playoffs (A1-B4, A2-B3, A3-B2, A4-B1). The winners of the quarterfinals will be determined by the sum of two games, with the second game being played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. The Final Four will take place in April 2025.

## Regular season
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EAG | VOL | DZI | VAL | OPA | TAR | DON | SPA | SPI |
| 1 | Newcastle Eagles | 8 | 7 | 1 | 643 | 572 | +71 | 15 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 84–80 | — | — | 84–69 | — | 67–63 | 75–61 | — |
| 2 | CSO Voluntari | 8 | 6 | 2 | 778 | 625 | +153 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | 103–83 | 83–84 | — | 113–64 | — | — | 104–80 |
| 3 | Dziki Warsaw | 8 | 6 | 2 | 695 | 614 | +81 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | 70–79 | — | — | 85–73 | — | — | 95–79 | — | 102–70 |
| 4 | Valmiera Glass ViA | 8 | 6 | 2 | 719 | 668 | +51 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | 87–84 | — | — | — | 96–97 | — | 81–78 | — | 93–69 |
| 5 | BK Opava | 8 | 5 | 3 | 650 | 674 | −24 | 13 | | — | 67–88 | 68–83 | — | — | — | 88–86 | 83–68 | — |
| 6 | Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits | 8 | 2 | 6 | 611 | 694 | −83 | 10 | | 58–79 | — | 65–79 | 83–101 | 80–86 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Donar | 8 | 2 | 6 | 634 | 661 | −27 | 10 | | — | 83–89 | — | — | — | 70–89 | — | 87–84 | 88–68 |
| 8 | Spartak Pleven | 8 | 1 | 7 | 633 | 738 | −105 | 9 | | — | 80–118 | 77–98 | 89–104 | — | 75–85 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Spišskí Rytieri | 8 | 1 | 7 | 639 | 756 | −117 | 9 | | 84–91 | — | — | — | 89–92 | 91–87 | — | 88–99 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | INT | BAM | LEG | BAK | BRI | BRN | DIN | KEI | FYL |
| 1 | Inter Bratislava | 8 | 8 | 0 | 731 | 690 | +41 | 16 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 88–83 | 89–83 | — | — | — | — | 94–79 | 90–88 |
| 2 | Bamberg Baskets | 8 | 7 | 1 | 677 | 577 | +100 | 15 | Advance to Playoffs | — | — | — | 87–81 | — | 90–70 | 93–78 | 84–58 | — |
| 3 | Legia Warsaw | 8 | 6 | 2 | 687 | 637 | +50 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs | — | 73–87 | — | 88–79 | — | — | — | 80–72 | 102–72 |
| 4 | Bakken Bears | 8 | 4 | 4 | 665 | 609 | +56 | 12 | Advance to Playoffs | 81–87 | — | — | — | 83–72 | 89–92 | 83–65 | — | — |
| 5 | Bristol Flyers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 637 | 632 | +5 | 12 | | 80–84 | 69–79 | 79–86 | — | — | — | 76–58 | — | — |
| 6 | Brno | 8 | 3 | 5 | 664 | 690 | −26 | 11 | | 101–103 | — | 71–84 | — | 89–93 | — | — | — | 68–72 |
| 7 | Dinamo București | 8 | 2 | 6 | 649 | 693 | −44 | 10 | | 95–96 | — | 88–91 | — | — | 68–79 | — | — | 105–89 |
| 8 | Keila Coolbet | 8 | 1 | 7 | 602 | 681 | −79 | 9 | | — | — | — | 48–82 | 77–82 | 91–94 | 86–92 | — | — |
| 9 | Fyllingen Lions | 8 | 1 | 7 | 600 | 703 | −103 | 9 | | — | 60–74 | — | 70–87 | 76–86 | — | — | 73–91 | — |

## Playoffs

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

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Newcastle Eagles | 177–160 | Bakken Bears | 84–87 | 93–73 |
| CSO Voluntari | 197–168 | Legia Warsaw | 95–81 | 102–87 |
| Bamberg Baskets | – | Dziki Warsaw | 74–95 | 19 Mar |
| Inter Bratislava | 190–162 | Valmiera Glass ViA | 105–83 | 85–79 |

### Final Four

The 2025 Final Four will take place on April 8–9. The location will be announced immediately after the playoffs.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| 8 April | 8 April |
| | | 9 April | 9 April |
| 8 April | 8 April | | |
| | | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 9 April | 9 April |

## Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 European North Basketball League.

### Season awards

| Award | Player | Team | Ref. |
| Regular season MVP | Isaiah Cousins | Inter Bratislava | |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Dontay Caruthers | Inter Bratislava | |