{"id":214827,"date":"2025-09-10T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214827\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T06:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:30:13","slug":"wnba-playoff-schedule-2025-postseason-tips-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/214827\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA playoff schedule 2025: Postseason tips Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"


The 2025 WNBA playoffs open Sunday. While all the seeds won’t be determined until the regular season wraps up Thursday, the eight teams that will compete in the postseason<\/a> have been decided. TheSeattle Storm<\/a> clinched the eighth and final berth on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Sky<\/a>, Connecticut Sun<\/a>, Dallas Wings<\/a>, Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> and Washington Mystics<\/a> have been eliminated from the playoff race.<\/p>\n

The best-of-three first round is a 1-1-1 format, with the higher seed hosting Game 1 and, if necessary, Game 3. The semifinals, a best-of-five format, are 2-2-1, with the higher seed hosting Games 1, 2 and 5.<\/p>\n

For the first time, the WNBA Finals will expand to a best-of-seven series and will have a 2-2-1-1-1 structure, in which the higher seed would host Games 1, 2, 5 and 7.<\/p>\n

Track the playoff race with our WNBA standings page. We’ll update playoff matchups as they’re decided. The regular season wraps up Sept. 11.<\/p>\n

Which teams have clinched a spot in the playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Seeds that have been determined<\/p>\n

No. 1 seed:<\/strong> Minnesota Lynx<\/a><\/p>\n

No. 4 seed:<\/strong> Phoenix Mercury<\/a> (will play New York in first round)<\/p>\n

No. 5 seed:<\/strong> New York Liberty<\/a> (will play Phoenix in first round)<\/p>\n

First Round<\/p>\n

Sunday, Sept. 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, Sept. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, Sept. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thursday, Sept. 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday, Sept. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

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* If necessary<\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/p>\n

Sunday, Sept. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, Sept. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday, Sept. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sunday, Sept. 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, Sept. 30<\/strong><\/p>\n

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* If necessary<\/p>\n

WNBA Finals<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 1: <\/strong> 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 2:<\/strong> 3 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 3:<\/strong> 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 4:<\/strong> 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Oct. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 5*:<\/strong> 3 p.m. ET (ABC)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Oct. 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 6*:<\/strong> 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Friday, Oct. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Game 7*:<\/strong> 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)<\/p>\n

* If necessary<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 WNBA playoffs open Sunday. While all the seeds won’t be determined until the regular season wraps…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":214828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[117412,1503,11806,5723,2473,234,4144,1519,1520,1502,1494,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-214827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-117412","9":"tag-atlanta-dream","10":"tag-daily","11":"tag-espn","12":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","13":"tag-indiana-fever","14":"tag-las-vegas-aces","15":"tag-minnesota-lynx","16":"tag-new-york-liberty","17":"tag-phoenix-mercury","18":"tag-seattle-storm","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115178598000394576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}