2022–23 European North Basketball League

European North Basketball League
European North Basketball League
Season	2022–23
Duration	22 November 22–12 April 2023
Games played	59
Teams	15
TV partner(s)	Best4Sport TV, Emocje.tv
Regular season
Season MVP	Zac Cuthbertson
Finals
Champions	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski; (1st title)
Runners-up	BC Wolves
Third place	Start Lublin
Fourth place	King Szczecin
Finals MVP	Damian Kulig
Records
Biggest home win	Kalev/Cramo 105–69 TalTech/Optibet; (22 December 2022)
Biggest away win	Valmiera Glass Via 78–108 Valmiera Glass Via; (28 December 2022)
Highest scoring	Trefl Sopot 92–100 Ironi Ness Ziona; (1 December 2022)
Winning streak	King Szczecin 6 games
Losing streak	Valmiera Glass VIA 7 games
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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
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.^[4]

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		—	—	—	85–62	—	—	73–59
3	Zastal Zielona Góra	6	4	2	488	478	+10	10		—	63–74	—	75–89	—	78–73	—
4	Sigal Prishtina	6	2	4	434	468	−34	8		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	—

Source: enbleague.eu

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		56–72	—	—	92–76	88–65	84–65	—	—
3	Wolves	7	5	2	572	531	+41	12		87–84	85–75	—	—	—	—	—	89–60
4	Ironi Ness Ziona	7	5	2	630	570	+60	12		—	—	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	—

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	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

Ironi Ness Ziona vs. Start Lublin

8 March 2023	Ironi Ness Ziona	77–90	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

20 March 2023	Start Lublin	80–78	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

11 March 2023	Wolves	80–83	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

18 March 2023	Budivelnyk	79–87(OT)	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

12 March 2023	Zielona Góra	97–94	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

21 March 2023	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	101–80	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

8 March 2023	Sigal Prishtina	64–64	King Szczecin	Pristina
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

20 March 2023	King Szczecin	85–78	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.

Semifinals		Championship game

11 April

King Szczecin	55
		12 April
BC Wolves	58
		BC Wolves	66
11 April
		BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	70
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	86

Start Lublin	74
		Third place game

		12 April

		King Szczecin	62

		Start Lublin	86

Semifinals

11 April 2023	King Szczecin	55–58	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)

11 April 2023	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	86–74	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

12 April 2023	King Szczecin	62–86	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

12 April 2023	BC Wolves	66–70	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	Zac Cuthbertson	Wilki Morskie Szczecin	^[5]
Finals MVP	Damian Kulig	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	^[6]

References

^ 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.
^ "Enea Zastal BC zagra w ENBL League!". www.basketzg.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
^ marisnoviks (2022-11-06). "The saga begins: ENBL schedule is OUT". ENBL. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
^ marisnoviks (2022-11-04). "ENBL announcement on November 4, 2022". ENBL. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
^ "Zac Cuthbertson – MVP of the regular season". enbleague.eu. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
^ "Golden shot for Aigars Šķēle, BM Stal Ostrów claim the trophy". enbleague.eu. April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

External links

Official website

[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] risnoviks (2022-11-06). "The saga begins: ENBL schedule is OUT". ENBL. Retrieved 2022-11-11.

[4] risnoviks (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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