2021–22 European North Basketball League

2021–22 European North Basketball League was the first season of the European North Basketball League, a regional basketball competition patronised by FIBA. The tournament began on October 19, 2021.[1][2][3]

European North Basketball League
Season2021–22
Duration19 October 2021–7 April 2022
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Best4Sport TV
Finals
ChampionsAnwil Włocławek
  Runners-upŠiauliai
Third placeBrno
Fourth placeTartu Ulikool Maks & Moorits
Records
Biggest home winAnwil Włocławek 116–55 Liepāja
(9 February 2022)
Biggest away winLiepāja 64–104 Brno
(2 March 2022)
Highest scoringBC Šiauliai 104–107 BC Brno
(28 December 2021)
Winning streak7 games
Anwil Włocławek
Losing streak5 games
Valmiera Glass ViA

Competition format edit

A round robin tournament – at least seven games in three stages (3+2+2), followed by the Final Four in Spring of 2022. There was no games during FIBA international windows for the National teams (November 22–30, 2021; February 21-March 1, 2022). Final Four tournament was held at Włocławek. [4]

Teams edit

Team Home city Arena Capacity
  Anwil Włocławek Włocławek Hala Mistrzów 4200
  Brno Brno Sportovní hala Sokola Brno 1100
  Borisfen Mogilev Olympic Stadium 2740
  Enisey Krasnoyarsk Arena Sever 4100
  Liepāja Liepāja Liepāja Olympic Center 2542
  Šiauliai Šiauliai Šiauliai Arena 5700
  Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Tartu University of Tartu Sports Hall 1650
  Valmiera Glass VIA Valmiera Vidzeme Olympic Center 1500

Regular season edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification or relegation
1   Anwil Włocławek 5 5 0 468 346 +122 1.000 Advance to Final 4
2   Brno 5 4 1 459 412 +47 .800
3   Šiauliai 5 3 2 438 436 +2 .600
4   Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 5 2 3 333 358 −25 .400
5   Liepāja 5 1 4 335 433 −98 .200
6   Valmiera Glass VIA 5 0 5 355 403 −48 .000
7   BC Enisey1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
8   Borisfen1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: enbleague.eu

1Participation of Russian and Belarusian teams suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thus, according to article D.5.1 of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, all their results in the relevant phases were annulled.[5]

Final Four edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 Apr
 
 
  Anwil Włocławek 80
 
7 Apr
 
  Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 74
 
  Anwil Włocławek 90
 
6 Apr
 
  Šiauliai79
 
  Brno 73
 
 
  Šiauliai 84
 
Third place game
 
 
7 Apr
 
 
  Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits 76
 
 
  Brno80

References edit

  1. ^ "Лига ENBL — БК Борисфен — Официальный сайт". bcborisfen.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ Wloclawek, Anwil. "Anwil Włocławek - Anwil Włocławek w European North Basketball League". Anwil Włocławek (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ^ archynewsy (2021-07-17). "A new international league in European basketball: the participation of Lithuanian clubs is also announced / News". Archynewsy. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. ^ Anwill official Twitter account
  5. ^ "ENBL announcement on March 1, 2022". European North Basketball League. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.