Newcastle Eagles and Dziki Warszawa battling for first European final
- Māris Noviks
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The 2025 European North Basketball league`s Glasora Final Four presents second semifinal between Newcastle Eagles and Dziki Warszawa.
Series history: Newcastle Eagles and Dziki Warszawa will face each other for the second time.
The Eagles won at Dziki, 79-70, on November 26, 2024.
Two Dziki players – Rickey McGill and Nick McGlynn – transfered to the UK and Greece shortly after, while Denzel Andersson wasn`t available on that night.
Newcastle Eagles won the Group A with a 7-1 record, split the series with Bakken Bears and won on aggregate, 177-160.
Dziki Warszawa finished third in the Group A with a 6-2 record and stunned nine time German champions Bamberg Baskets in the quarterfinals, 167-165.
Polish club won the home game by 21 points, and lost by 19 at the Freak City.
Leaders: Seneca Knight averages 13.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists for Newcastle.
Trey Pulliam has averaged 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in his first two ENBL games.
Josh Ward-Hibbert averages 9.9 points and 7.1 rebounds.
Mike Okauru has 14.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
Nikola Radicevič averages 12.7 points and 6.0 assists for Dziki Warszawa.
Janari Joesaar has 11.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
Denzel Andersson averages 9.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
Alijah Comithier had 18 points and four steals in his ENBL debut.
National championships: Newcastle Eagles recently split series with Sheffield Sharks (80-67 win at home on March 28, and a 73-80 loss on the road two days later).
Tyneside boys hosted Surrey and suffered a 81-88 loss on April 4.
Six more games await until curtain falls on the regular season.
Dziki Warszawa traveled to Szczecin and fell at the hands of 2023 Polish champion King, 100-105, on April 5.
The regular season will finish on May 7.
Final Four nominations
Tuesday, April 8, semifinals
17.30 Inter Bratislava – CSO Voluntari
Crew chief: Andris Aunkrogers (Latvia)
Umpire 1: Michal Sosin (Poland)
Umpire 2: Josh Bowe (United Kingdom)
Observer: Oskars Lucis (Latvia)
20.30 Newcastle Eagles – Dziki Warszawa
Crew chief: Peter Ženiš (Slovakia)
Umpire 1: Marius Ciulin (Romania)
Umpire 2: Serafim Petrov (Bulgaria)
Observer: Mareks Voļskis (Latvia)
Wednesday, April 9, medal games
17.30 Bronze medal game
20.30 Final
22.30 Award ceremony
2025 Glasora Final Four schedule, Central European Time
Tuesday, April 8, semifinals
17.30 Inter Bratislava – CSO Voluntari
20.30 Newcastle Eagles – Dziki Warszawa
Wednesday, April 9, medal games
17.30 Bronze medal game
Live stats
20.30 Final
Live stats
Ticketing information
Tickets available for purchase on www.gopassarena.sk .
Final Four history
Wloclawek 2022: Anwil Wloclawek, Šiauliai, Basket Brno, Tartu University
Ostrów Wielkopolski 2023: BM Stal Ostrów, BC Wolves, Start Lublin, King Szczecin
Aarhus 2024: Bakken Bears, CSO Voluntari, Liège Basket, Šiauliai
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