Wnba 2025 playoff: program, format, how to watch and more
The WNBA playoffs of 2025 is aimed at Sunday 14 September With a capodruino all day starting from 13:00 et and which runs in the afternoon until the final game starts at 22:00 et.
The top eight teams create the WNBA playoffs based on the general classification rather than the conference. Before 2022, the post-installation presented a format in which the first two seeds received hello in the first round and the opening rounds included single elimination games.
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Starting from 2022, the League has adopted a new format that has eliminated the byes rounds and single elimination. The playoffs now consist of three rounds, with each round played as a series.
The teams that advance from the first round of the game in the semifinal and those who win their series of semifinals move on to the Wnba finals, which for the first time in the history of the League will be a better series.
Below is your official guide to follow the post-stage of the WNBA of 2025, which will present the most post-stage matches in the history of 29 years of the League.
How long do the WNBA playoffs of 2025 last?
Wnba playoffs start with the first round Sunday 14 September And it takes place until Friday 19 September when the third games will be played, if necessary.
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The semifinals begin Sunday 21 September And that best series of five takes place until Tuesday 30 September with both five to five expected that Tuesday.
The Wnba finals begin Friday 3 October And for Friday 17 October, which provides the last two teams standing two weeks exactly to fight through the final series if the first series of seven games in the history of the League is really far away.
Which teams are in the WNBA playoffs of 2025?
Minnesota Lynx (34-10)
Las Vegas axes (30-14)
Atlanta Dream (30-14)
Phoenix Mercury (27-17)
New York Liberty (27-17)
Indian fever (24-20)
Seattle Storm (23-21)
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Valchias of the Golden State (23-21)
Was the sowing of the WNBA playoffs be determined?
Yes, finally! Although the sowing descended to the thread with only the lynx (seed n. 1), mercury (seed n. 4) and freedom (seed n. 5) with their sowing blocked before the last evening of the regular season on Thursday.
After the 103-75 victory of the Aces on the Sparks, A’ja Wilson And the company has gained seed n. 2 and the dream fell to seed n. 3
Lynx will avoid playing the storm, a team that has had their number twice during the regular season. By defeating Valkyries 72-53 Thursday evening, Lynx will play the Valkyries in the first round. Consequently, the fever has gained seed n. 6 and will face the dream while the storm slot in seed n. 7 to play the axes.
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Although Storm and Valkyries have the same exact records to finish the season, the storm has the 3-1 tiebreaker on the Valkyries thanks to the 74-73 victory on Tuesday evening, who conquered their playoff place.
What does the WNBA playoff band have?
First round
Seed n. 1 Lynx vs. n. 8 seeds Valkyries
Seed n. 2 Axes vs. n. 7 seed Storm
Seed n. 3 Dream vs. n. 6 seed Fever
Seed n. 4 Mercury vs. n. 5 seeds Freedom
Round semifinal
The winner of Lynx VS. Valkyries plays the winner of Mercury vs. Liberty
The winner of Aces VS. Storm plays the winner of Dream Vs.
Wnba finals
The winners of the series of two semifinals face each other in the best finals WNBA, the first series of seven games in the history of the League. In a series of seven games, the first four wins will be crowned as a 2025 WNBA champion.
How does the advantage of the house camp work during each round?
HomeCourt Advantage goes to the team that had the best record of the regular season. In the first round, the first four seeds have the advantage of the home field, which means that game 1 and game 3 (if necessary) of the first round are played in the team arena with the home field.
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The semifinals begin with the first two games played in the team arena with the best record of the regular season and a higher seeding. Games 3 and 4, if necessary, are played in the team arena without the advantage of homecourt and therefore game 5, if necessary, returns to the same place where games 1 and 2 have been played.
The Wnba finals will begin with the first two games played in the team with the advantage of HomeCourt, followed by Game 3 and 4 that are played in the other team arena. But then the games 5, 6 and 7 all if necessary will be played in a 1-1-1 format in which the highest seed will host games 5 and 7 in addition to the 1 and 2 games.
What is the post -wnba installation program?
First round
Sunday 14 September
Game 1: Lynx vs. Valkyries at 13:00 et (Espn)
Game 1: Fever Vs. Dream at 15:00 et (ABC)
Game 1: Liberty vs. Mercury at 17:00 et (Espn)
Game 1: Storm vs. Aces at 10:00 et (Espn)
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Tuesday 16 September
Game 2: Dream VS. Fever at 19:30 et (Espn)
Game 2: Aces vs. Storm at 9:30 pm et (Espn)
Wednesday 17 September
Game 2: Mercury vs. Liberty 20:00 ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Valkyries vs. Lynx at 22:00 et (Espn)
Thursday 18 September
Game 3^: fever vs. Dream 7:30 pm et (Espn2)
Game 3^: Storm vs. Aces 9:30 pm et (Espn2)
Friday 19 September
Game 3^: Lynx vs. Valkyries 7:30 pm et (Espn2)
Game 3^: Mercury vs. Liberty 9:30 pm et (Espn2)
^ If necessary
Semifinals
Sunday 21 September
Tuesday 23 September
Game 2: 7:30 pm et (Espn)
Game 2: 9:30 pm et (ESPN)
Friday 26 September
Game 3: 7:30 pm et (Espn2)
Game 3: 9:30 pm et (Espn2)
Sunday 28 September
Game 4^: 8 PM ET (ESPN)
Tuesday 30 September
Game 5^: 20:00 et (Espnu)
Game 5^: 10: 00 PM et (Espnu)
^ If necessary
Wnba finals
Friday 3 October
Sunday 5 October
Wednesday 8 October
Friday 10 October
Sunday 12 October
Wednesday 15 October
Game 6^: 8 PM ET (ESPN)
Friday 17 October
Game 7^: 8 PM ET (ESPN)
^ If necessary
How do the challengers’ challengers work during the WNBA playoffs?
They will work in the same way they do during the regular season. A challenge of a coach is when a coach calls a timeout and then reports by rotating a index finger.
A coach can use up to two challenges during a game. If a coach uses a challenge and then he wins their challenge, they receive Another timeout as well as another challenge. If the call is not overturned and the coach’s challenge is not successful, the team that defined the challenge loses a timeout and does not have a second opportunity to challenge any other point during the game.
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What do you wait for extraordinary during the WNBA playoffs?
For all WNBA games, the extraordinary periods are five more minutes and each team receives two timeouts during the periods of five minutes as well as a restoration timeout.
Just as in the regulation and in particular in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, the teams can call a Restore the timeout This is when a team advances the ball in the middle of the field to make replacements. Huddles are not allowed. These restore timeout can be taken during the last two minutes of any extraordinary period.