The 2025 European North basketball league playoffs will finish on Wednesday, March 19, at the Brose Arena in southern Germany. Bamberg Baskets need to win by 22 points against Dziki Warszawa to advance to the Final Four.
Series history: Bamberg Baskets and Dziki Warszawa will face each other for the second time.
Dziki Warszawa posted a 95-74 upset win on March 5, at the Hala Kolo in Polish capital.
Bamberg Baskets are 4-0 on the home floor.
Dziki Warszawa are 3-1 on the road.
The winner of the series will face the best team from the quarterfinal match-up between Newcastle Eagles and Bakken Bears.
Key matchup: Ronaldo Segu averages 13.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists for Bamberg.
The University of Buffalo point guard shoots 60.9 percent from the two point line and 27.8 percent from the three point line.
Nikola Radicevič averages 13.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists for Dziki Warszawa.
Serbian-Spanish point guard joined Dziki in mid-January after playing for Andorra at the ACB league – just like Swedish star Denzel Andersson.
Radicevič was drafted by Denver Nuggets at the 2015 NBA draft with number 57.
National championships: Bamberg Baskets are 10-14 at the Bundesliga, one win behind the play-in zone.
After returning from Polish capital, Bamberg posted two home wins against Frankfurt Skyliners, 92-85, on March 8, and Euroleague side Bayern Munich, 69-68, on March 11.
Anton Gavel and his men lost at Telekom Baskets Bonn, 77-87, on March 15.
Dziki Warszawa are 10-11 at the PLK, sharing the eighth place with Arriva Polski Cukier Torun and Slask Wroclaw.
Krzysztof Szablowski and his men are on a three game winning streak.
Dziki won at Gornik Walbrzych, 82-63, on March 7, and defeated Tauron Gliwice, 90-80, on March 15.
Alijah Comithier debuted for Dziki on Saturday.
Emporia State University graduate guard started his first professional season at the KTP Basket Kotka in Finland.
Know your referees
Crew chief: Jan Baloun (Czechia) – Kooperativa NBL referee from 2009, FIBA referee from 2017, first appearance in ENBL.
Umpire 1: Hendrik Laas (Estonia) – Estonian and Optibet Estonia-Latvia league referee from 2016; has worked at the 2024 Pafbet league Final Four and Estonian finals.
Umpire 2: Lukasz Jankowski (Poland) – PLK referee from 2015, FIBA referee from 2019; has worked at the Polish championship, Cup and Supercup finals for Men and Women; regular FIBA Europe Cup and EuroLeague Women referee.
Observer (on the spot): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).
ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube
ENBL playoffs 2025 (local time only)
(A1) Newcastle Eagles – Bakken Bears (B4)
Game one: Tuesday, March 11, Bakken Bears win 87-84
Game two: Tuesday, March 18, Newcastle 19:30 (CET 20:30)
(A2) CSO Voluntari – Legia Warszawa (B3)
Game one: Wednesday, March 5, CSO Voluntari win 81-95
Game two: Tuesday, March 18, Bucharest 19:00 (CET 18:00)
(A3) Dziki Warszawa – Bamberg Baskets (B2)
Game one: Wednesday, March 5, Dziki win 95-74
Game two: Wednesday, March 19, Bamberg 20:00
(A4) Valmiera Glass ViA – Inter Bratislava (B1)
Game one: Saturday, March 1, Inter win 83-105
Game two: Tuesday, March 18, Bratislava 18:00
The 2025 Final Four location will be announced immediately after the playoffs.
Final Four 2025
Tuesday, April 8
Semifinal one: Winner A1/B4 – Winner A3/B2
Semifinal two: Winner B1/A4 – Winner B3/A2
Wednesday, April 9
Medal games
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