Ostrava! Last group stage of the 2025 season

Māris Noviks

Jan 31

Three games will be played at the Hala Ostravska Univerzita on January 31-February 2, 2025. SBŠ Ostrava will meet BC Frankivsk on Friday and Polonia Warszawa on Sunday, while Ukrainian and Polish teams will face each other on Saturday. All games available live and free on SBŠ Ostrava YouTube channel – please, see the links below and subscribe.

SBŠ Ostrava vs BC Frankivsk

Series history: SBŠ Ostrava will face BC Frankivsk for the fifth time.

Czech team leads the series, 3-1.

SBŠ Ostrava defeated Mollova less Frankivsk, 73-56, in their previous encounter on January 11, 2025, at the Centre Sportif du Rocher in Nyon, Switzerland.

Leaders: Adela Smutna (Northwest College 2021) leads SBŠ Ostrava with 13.6 points and 3.7 rebounds.

Oliana Squires (Montana State University 2021) averages 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists.

Iva Beloševič (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) averages 10.9 points and 7.7 rebounds.

Nikola Kovačikova has 7.0 points and 3.5 assists.

Anzhelika Lyashko averages 16.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists for Frankivsk.

Oksana Mollova has 11.4 points and 10.8 rebounds in eight games played.

Bohdana Lapkhan averages 8.3 points and 3.7 assists.

Olha Alekseychuk-Sivakova has 7.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists.

National championships: SBŠ Ostrava are 9-7 at the Chance ŽBL.

Iveta Raškova and her team occupy the fifth place behind EuroLeague Women clubs USK Praha and Žabiny Brno, as well as Levhartice Chomutov and Sokol Hradec Kralove.

SBŠ Ostrava erased a double digit deficit but suffered a 76-77 home loss against Žabiny Brno on January 25.

Frankivsk Prykarpattya are 7-3 at the Ukraine Superleague for Women.

It`s Day 1073 since Russia started full scale invasion and there are four teams left.

There were 12 teams playing in 2022-2023 and six teams in 2023-2024.

The other remaining teams are Kyiv Basket, Vinnytsia and InterKhim Odesa.

Frankivsk split the games at Odesa, 52-55 and 55-74, on January 18-19.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Tomasz Holubek (Czechia).

Umpire 1: Yurii Scherbak (Ukraine).

Umpire 2: Vojtech Ščurek (Czechia).

Observer (at the video): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).

BC Frankivsk vs Polonia Warszawa

Series history: BC Frankivsk will face Polonia Warszawa for the seventh time.

Polonia Warszawa lead the series, 6-0.

Black Shirts defeated their opponents, 114-67, on December 6, 2024, at the Centrum Sportu Wilanow.

It tied the second highest points tally in the EWBL games.

Žabiny Brno – a EuroLeague Women Top 12 team at the moment – defeated Liepāja/LSSS, 114-48, on January 10, 2020.

Hoptrans Sirenos Kaunas outscored second unit of Samsun Canik, 114-28, on January 13, 2018.

Lulea Basket prevailed over Dynamo Moscow, 115-69, for an all time record on October 5, 2018.

Leaders: Anzhelika Lyashko averages 16.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists for Frankivsk.

Oksana Mollova has 11.4 points and 10.8 rebounds in eight games played.

Bohdana Lapkhan averages 8.3 points and 3.7 assists.

Olha Alekseychuk-Sivakova has 7.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists.

Javyn Nicholson (University of Georgia 2024) averages 13.8 points and 7.7 rebounds for Polonia Warszawa.

Ukrainian guard Daria Dubniuk has 8.1 points, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals in 22 minutes of playing time.

Sierra Moore (Pennsylvania State University 2017) averages 11.6 points and 9.0 rebounds.

Anna Pawlowska has contributed with 11.5 points and 4.9 assists.

National championships: Frankivsk Prykarpattya are 7-3 at the Ukraine Superleague for Women.

It`s Day 1073 since Russia started full scale invasion and there are four teams left.

There were 12 teams playing in 2022-2023 and six teams in 2023-2024.

The other remaining teams are Kyiv Basket, Vinnytsia and InterKhim Odesa.

Frankivsk split the games at Odesa, 52-55 and 55-74, on January 18-19.

Polonia Warszawa share the ninth place with Bydgoszcz at the Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet.

Black Shirts have a 2-12 record.

Head coach Jerome Fournier was dismissed on December 20, 2024.

His assistant Oskar Blaskiewicz took the coaching reins, assisted by Maciej Szelagowski.

Blaszkiewicz marked his 28th birthday on January 25.

Polonia played a close game against third placed Sleza Wroclaw, 67-70, on January 20.

Gorzow surprisingly won the Polish Cup Final Six on January 25 at Sosnowiec, after replacing a former EuroLeague Women side Polkowice.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Tomasz Holubek (Czechia).

Umpire 1: Maria Tatar (Poland).

Umpire 2: Yurii Scherbak (Ukraine).

Observer (at the video): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).

Polonia Warszawa vs SBŠ Ostrava

Series history: Polonia Warszawa will face SBŠ Ostrava for the fifth time.

The Poles lead the series, 3-1.

SBŠ Ostrava posted a 75-70 road win on November 8, 2024, at the Centrum Sportu Wilanow.

Leaders: Javyn Nicholson (University of Georgia 2024) averages 13.8 points and 7.7 rebounds for Polonia Warszawa.

Ukrainian guard Daria Dubniuk has 8.1 points, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals in 22 minutes of playing time.

Sierra Moore (Pennsylvania State University 2017) averages 11.6 points and 9.0 rebounds.

Anna Pawlowska has contributed with 11.5 points and 4.9 assists.

Adela Smutna (Northwest College 2021) leads SBŠ Ostrava with 13.6 points and 3.7 rebounds.

Oliana Squires (Montana State University 2021) averages 11.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists.

Iva Beloševič (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) averages 10.9 points and 7.7 rebounds.

Nikola Kovačikova has 7.0 points and 3.5 assists.

National championships: Polonia Warszawa share the ninth place with Bydgoszcz at the Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet.

Black Shirts have a 2-12 record.

Head coach Jerome Fournier was dismissed on December 20, 2024.

His assistant Oskar Blaskiewicz took the coaching reins, assisted by Maciej Szelagowski.

Blaszkiewicz marked his 28th birthday on January 25.

Polonia played a close game against third placed Sleza Wroclaw, 67-70, on January 20.

Gorzow surprisingly won the Polish Cup Final Six on January 25 at Sosnowiec, after replacing a former EuroLeague Women side Polkowice.

SBŠ Ostrava are 9-7 at the Chance ŽBL.

Iveta Raškova and her team occupy the fifth place behind EuroLeague Women clubs USK Praha and Žabiny Brno, as well as Levhartice Chomutov and Sokol Hradec Kralove.

SBŠ Ostrava erased a double digit deficit but suffered a 76-77 home loss against Žabiny Brno on January 25.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Tomasz Holubek (Czechia).

Umpire 1: Maria Tatar (Poland).

Umpire 2: Vaclav Sykora (Czechia).

Observer (at the video): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).

STANDINGS, as of January 30, 2025

Nyon Basket 3-2, +73

SBŠ Ostrava 3-1, +17

Polonia Warszawa 2-1, +45

Frankivsk Prykarpattya 0-4, -135

Tie-breaker: Nyon vs SBŠ Ostrava (1-1, +5).