2022–23 European North Basketball League

Second season of the European North Basketball League
European North Basketball League
Season2022–23
Duration22 November 22–12 April 2023
Number of games59
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)Best4Sport TV, Emocje.tv
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Zac Cuthbertson
Finals
ChampionsPoland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
(1st title)
  Runners-upLithuania BC Wolves
Third placePoland Start Lublin
Fourth placePoland King Szczecin
Finals MVPPoland Damian Kulig
Records
Biggest home winKalev/Cramo 105–69 TalTech/Optibet
(22 December 2022)
Biggest away winValmiera Glass Via 78–108 Valmiera Glass Via
(28 December 2022)
Highest scoringTrefl Sopot 92–100 Ironi Ness Ziona
(1 December 2022)
Winning streakKing Szczecin 6 games
Losing streakValmiera Glass VIA 7 games

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.[1][2][3]

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
Poland Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (5th) Poland Polski Cukier Start Lublin (12th) Lithuania Šiauliai (4th) Kosovo Sigal Prishtina (3rd)
Poland Zastal Zielona Góra (6th) Estonia Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits(2nd) Lithuania Wolves Latvia Valmiera Glass Via (5th)
Poland King Szczecin (8th) Estonia Kalev/Cramo (3rd) Czech Republic Brno (3rd) Serbia Dunav (12th)
Poland Trefl Sopot (10th) Estonia TalTech/Optibet (4th) Israel Ironi Ness Ziona (10th) Ukraine Budivelnik (2nd)

NOTE: KK Dunav from Serbia withdrew due to internal political reasons.[4]

Regular season

Group A

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

Group B

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

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 Israel 155–170 Poland Start Lublin 77–90 78–80
Wolves Lithuania 167–162 Ukraine Budivelnyk 80–83 87–79
Zielona Góra Poland 177–195 Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 97–94 80–101
Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 142–149 Poland King Szczecin 64–64 78–85

Ironi Ness Ziona vs. Start Lublin

Ironi Ness Ziona Israel v Poland Start Lublin
8 March 2023 Ironi Ness Ziona Israel 77–90 Poland Start Lublin Ness Ziona
18:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 20-17, 18–28, 20–28
Pts: Bey 28
Rebs: Bey 11
Asts: Cooper 11 		Box Score Pts: Melvin 22
Rebs: Čavars 8
Asts: Smith 6 		Arena: Lev Hamoshava
Attendance: 700
Start Lublin Poland v Israel Ironi Ness Ziona
20 March 2023 Start Lublin Poland 80–78 Israel Ironi Ness Ziona Lublin
18:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 17-23, 13–21, 23-16
Pts: Smith, DeVoe 14
Rebs: Čavars 14
Asts: Smith 4 		Box Score Pts: Buchanan 21
Rebs: Bey, Harrell 7
Asts: Cooper 12 		Arena: Globus Arena
Attendance: 600
Referees: A. Petrovs, M. Skorek, J. Brūveris

Wolves vs. Budivelnyk

Wolves Lithuania v Ukraine Budivelnyk
11 March 2023 Wolves Lithuania 80–83 Ukraine Budivelnyk Alytus
17:20 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 18-20, 20-23, 21–22, 21-18
Pts: Caver 24
Rebs: Miniotas 7
Asts: Juškevičius 7 		Box Score Pts: Bliznyuk 20
Rebs: Bliznyuk 11
Asts: Goodwin 5 		Arena: Alytus Arena
Attendance: 2411
Referees: O. Lucis, A. Urbanovic, D. Povoroznyuk
Budivelnyk Ukraine v Lithuania Wolves
18 March 2023 Budivelnyk Ukraine 79–870(OT) Lithuania Wolves Veroli
19:30 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 17-22, 23-15, 14–16, 17-21, Overtime: 8-13
Pts: Bliznyuk 23
Rebs: Grant 11
Asts: Bliznyuk 4 		Box Score Pts: Caver 28
Rebs: Buckner 16
Asts: Caver 5 		Arena: Pala Coccia
Attendance: 500
Referees: G. Saliņš, A. Borusas, O. Dotsenko

Zielona Góra vs. Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski

Zielona Góra Poland v Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
12 March 2023 Zielona Góra Poland 97–94 Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Zielona Góra
16:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 24-23, 16-25, 21-15, 36-31
Pts: Alford 27
Rebs: Zečević 8
Asts: Alford 13 		Box Score Pts: Đurišić 17
Rebs: Šķēle, Kulig 7
Asts: Šķēle 19 		Arena: CRS Hall
Attendance: 1557
Referees: P. Pastusiak, M. Chrakowiecki, B. Podkowińska
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland v Poland Zielona Góra
21 March 2023 BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland 101–80 Poland Zielona Góra Ostrów Wielkopolski
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 34-23, 16-26, 31-14, 20-17
Pts: Đurišić 18
Rebs: Đurišić, Zębski 7
Asts: Šķēle 12 		Box Score Pts: Alford 26
Rebs: Hadžibegović, Wójcik 8
Asts: Żołnierewicz 4 		Arena: Arena Ostrów
Attendance: 2559
Referees: T. Trawicki, E. Matuszewska, M. Dębowski

Sigal Prishtina vs. King Szczecin

Sigal Prishtina Kosovo v Poland King Szczecin
8 March 2023 Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 64–64 Poland King Szczecin Prishtina
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 9-8, 21-19, 21–24
Pts: Gach 19
Rebs: Thomas 9
Asts: four players 2 		Box Score Pts: Kostrzewski 18
Rebs: Cuthbertson 7
Asts: Mazurczak 10 		Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports
Attendance: 2500
Referees: N. Shabani, T. Langowski, M. Scholze
King Szczecin Poland v Kosovo Sigal Prishtina
20 March 2023 King Szczecin Poland 85–78 Kosovo Sigal Prishtina Szczecin
18:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 20-25, 23-12, 21–24
Pts: Cuthbertson 18
Rebs: Fayne 9
Asts: Andrzej Mazurczak 10 		Box Score Pts: Thomas 17
Rebs: Thomas, Debisschop 6
Asts: Gach, Thomas 4 		Arena: Netto Arena
Attendance: 1712
Referees: A. Aunkrogers, E. Binders-Čoders, P. Gajdosz

Final Four

Final Four will take place in Arena Ostrów on April 11–12.

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
11 April
 
 
Poland King Szczecin55
 
12 April
 
Lithuania BC Wolves58
 
Lithuania BC Wolves66
 
11 April
 
Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski70
 
Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski86
 
 
Poland Start Lublin74
 
Third place game
 
 
12 April
 
 
Poland King Szczecin62
 
 
Poland Start Lublin86

Semifinals

King Szczecin Poland v Lithuania BC Wolves
11 April 2023 King Szczecin Poland 55–58 Lithuania BC Wolves Ostrów Wielkopolski
16:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 17–19, 13–12, 13–16
Pts: Brown, Meier 12
Rebs: Fayne 7
Asts: Mazurczak 5 		Box Score Pts: Caver 19
Rebs: Žukauskas 11
Asts: Caver 3 		Arena: Arena Ostrów
Attendance: 200
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LVA) , Michal Chrakowiecki (POL), Gabrielius Simonavičius (LTU)
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland v Poland Start Lublin
11 April 2023 BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Poland 86–74 Poland Start Lublin Ostrów Wielkopolski
19:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 17–22, 22–21, 25–19
Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Kulig 10
Asts: Šķēle 11 		Box Score Pts: Barnies 21
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Smith 4 		Arena: Arena Ostrów
Attendance: 2354
Referees: Marcin Kowalski (POL), Mihkel Manniste (EST), Bartlomiej Kucharski (POL)

Third place game

King Szczecin Poland v Poland Start Lublin
12 April 2023 King Szczecin Poland 62–86 Poland Start Lublin Ostrów Wielkopolski
16:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 17–21, 23–4, 21–22
Pts: Brown 15
Rebs: Cuthbertson 7
Asts: Brown, Hamilton 4 		Box Score Pts: Griciūnas 13
Rebs: Griciūnas 12
Asts: Smith 6 		Arena: Arena Ostrów
Attendance: 100
Referees: Michał Chrakowiecki (POL), Mihkel Manniste (EST), Bartlomiej Kucharski (POL)

Final

BC Wolves Lithuania v Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
12 April 2023 BC Wolves Lithuania 66–70 Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski
19:00 (GMT)
Pts: Miniotas 13
Rebs: Miniotas, Taylor 10
Asts: Caver 5 		Box Score Pts: Garbacz 22
Rebs: Đurišić 8
Asts: Šķēle 8 		Arena: Arena Ostrów
Attendance: 2367
Referees: Marcin Kowalski (POL), Oskars Lucis (LVA), Gabrielius Simonavičius (LTU)

Awards

Season awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Regular Season MVP United States Zac Cuthbertson Poland Wilki Morskie Szczecin [5]
Finals MVP Poland Damian Kulig Poland BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski [6]

References

  1. ^ Media, Wirtualna Polska (2022-07-06). "5 mln budżetu i... 3-letni plan naprawczy! Znana przyszłość polskiego klubu". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. ^ "Enea Zastal BC zagra w ENBL League!". www.basketzg.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  3. ^ marisnoviks (2022-11-06). "The saga begins: ENBL schedule is OUT". ENBL. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  4. ^ marisnoviks (2022-11-04). "ENBL announcement on November 4, 2022". ENBL. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  5. ^ "Zac Cuthbertson – MVP of the regular season". enbleague.eu. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Golden shot for Aigars Šķēle, BM Stal Ostrów claim the trophy". enbleague.eu. April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

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