The NBL Play-In & Finals Schedule & Format 2025

Jeremy Darke

Feb 17

2 min read

The NBL Play-In & Finals Schedule & Format 2025

The NBL Finals Schedule & Format 2025

The NBL Semifinals and Championship series will be played after the FIBA Break which will end on the 25th of February.

Times, dates and venues for the NBL25 Finals matches

Semifinal 1 (3 Game Series)

Illawarra Hawks (1st) vs South East Melbourne Phoenix (4th)

Game 1: Friday, February 28, 7:30PM (AEDT) at WIN Entertainment Centre

Game 2: Sunday, March 2, 2:30PM (AEDT) at John Cain Arena

Game 3: Wednesday, March 5, 7:30PM (AEDT) at WIN Entertainment Centre (If required)

Semifinal 2 (3 Game Series)

Melbourne United (2nd) vs Perth Wildcats (3rd)

Game 1: Thursday, February 27, 7:30PM (AEDT) at John Cain Arena

Game 2: Saturday, March 1, 8:00PM (AEDT) at RAC Arena

Game 3: Tuesday, March 4, 7:30PM (AEDT) at John Cain Arena (If required)

Championship Series (5 Game Series)

Winner of Semifinal 1 vs Winner of Semifinal 2

(Times, Dates & Venues to be confirmed)

The NBL Play-In & Finals Schedule & Format 2025

The NBL25 regular season is behind us and the postseason is now in front of us as the league gets into the real nitty-gritty to find out who will be the new Champion of the National Basketball league.

The NBL postseason will begin on the 13th of February and will be played out until the end of March with a FIBA Break between the 18th-25th of February for international qualifying.

Below is a breakdown of the format of the NBL Play-In and Finals schedule & format 2025 and the expected times and dates for each game and series.

The NBL Play-in Schedule & Format 2025

The NBL Play-in tournament is set to be played before the FIBA Break between the dates of the 13th-17th of February.

The play-in will consist of a one-off match between the 3rd-placed Perth Wildcats playing the 4th-placed South East Melbourne Phoenix in the Seeding Qualifier on Tuesday, February 11. The winner advancing directly to the semifinals, playing Melbourne United as the 2nd-placed team.

On Thursday, the Sydney Kings (5th place) will play the Adelaide 36ers (6th place) in a one-off match. The loser will be eliminated and the winner will play the loser of the above Seeding Qualifier.

The final game of the play-in will see the loser of the Seeding Qualifier (2nd v 3rd) play the winner of the Play-In Qualifier (5th v 6th). The victorious team in what is officially dubbed as the Play-In Game will advance to the semifinals and take on the top-ranked team the Illawarra Hawks, who finished the regular season on top of the NBL25 ladder.