European North Basketball League Basketball League (European North Basketball League) History
North European Basketball League was created in 1998

League name history

1998-2003: North European Basketball League 
2021 until now: European North Basketball League  2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
Until 2003
Since 2021

Title holders

Championships by club

TitlesClubYears
1Anwil 2021-22
1CSKA 1999-00
1Stal 2022-23
1Zalgiris 1998-99
1Rytas 2001-02
1Ural Great 2000-01
1UNICS 2002-03
1Bakken Bears 2023-24
1Voluntari 2024-25

Finals year-by-year

SeasonChampionResultRunner-Up
1998-99Zalgiris Kaunas83-81ASK Broceni/LMT Riga
1999-00CSKA Moscow95-77Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
2000-01Ural Great Perm88-81Zalgiris Kaunas
2001-02Lietuvos rytas Vilnius79-74Ural Great Perm
2002-03UNICS Kazan93-90Lietuvos rytas Vilnius
SeasonWinnerResultFinalistRegular Season Champ
2020-21Not held
2021-22WTK Anwil Wloclawek90-79BC Siauliai-7betWTK Anwil Wloclawek
2022-23Arged BM Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski70-66BC Wolves Vilnius
2023-24Bakken Bears Aarhus81-85CSO Voluntari
2024-25CSO Voluntari95-82Newcastle EaglesNewcastle Eagles

Finals participants

ClubWLTotal
Rytas123
Zalgiris112
Ural Great112
Voluntari112
Anwil101
CSKA101
Stal101
Skonto011
Newcastle E.011
Siauliai011
UNICS101
Bakken Bears101
Wolves011

Final Four participants

Club1st2nd3rd4th
Voluntari1100
Anwil1000
Stal1000
Bakken Bears1000
Siauliai0101
Wolves0100
Newcastle E.0100
Brno0010
Start0010
Liege0010
Dziki0010
Tartu0001
King0001
Slovan0001

Players with the most appearances in the European North Basketball League Finals

PlayerFinals AppearancesYears
Kestutis Sestokas31999, 2002, 2003
Robertas Javtokas32000, 2002, 2003
Valeri Daineko32000, 2002, 2003
Andrius Slezas32000, 2002, 2003
Alexander Okunsky32000, 2002, 2003
Arvydas Macijauskas32000, 2002, 2003
Ramunas Siskauskas32000, 2002, 2003
Anthony Bowie21999, 2002
Giedrius Gustas21999, 2001
Tomas Masiulis21999, 2001

Players with the most European North Basketball League titles

PlayerCountYears Won
Kestutis Sestokas21999, 2002
Valeri Daineko22000, 2003
Igor Kudelin22000, 2003