Bob Geldof, we do like Mondays: Dziki Warszawa to host Riga Zelli
- Māris Noviks
- Sep 28, 2025
- 2 min read
Six games are to be played in week Two, as ten more teams enter action, including five newcomers from Latvia, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Croatia and Norway. Monday banger – the 2025 ENBL bronze medalists Dziki Warszawa will host the 2025 Estonia-Latvia league finalists Riga Zelli.
Series history: Dziki Warszawa will face Riga Zelli for the first time.
The wild ones have a new head coach – an Italian playcaller Marco Legovich will be assisted by Szymon Walczak, Enrico Kufuor, Rafal Piesio and Piotr Pamula.
A new look squad includes two ENBL bronze medalists – point guard Grzegorz Grochowski and shooting guard Michal Aleksandrowicz.
The 2025 ENBL Defensive Player of the Year Dontay Caruthers will run at the point.
Riga Zelli are guided by a third year coach Juris Umbraško, assisted by Dāvis Čoders and Oskars Zurkovs.
The club`s budget is forecasted to reach seven digits for the first time.
National championships: first round of the Orlen Basket Liga is to be played on October 3-5, 2025.
Dziki Warszawa will travel to Krosno on Saturday.
The PLK regular season will terminate on May 6, 2026.
The first round of the Estonia-Latvia league is to be played on September 30 – October 4, 2025.
Riga Zelli will host BK Ventspils in their new home gym on Saturday.
The regular season will finish on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
Know your referees
Crew chief: Michal Proc (Poland) – one of the Top European referees, FIBA referee from 2015, PLK referee from 2013; has worked at the 2017 Universiade, 2019 FIBA World Cup, 2022 Basketball Champions league Final Four, EuroBasket 2022 and 2025.
Umpire 1: Andris Aunkrogers (Latvia) – FIBA referee from 2005, has worked at many major events, including the 2019 FIBA World Cup and the 2023 FIBA World Cup, EuroBasket 2022 and 2025, Basketball Champions league referee from 2016, has worked at the 2022 and 2025 ENBL Final Four.
Umpire 2: Bartlomiej Kucharski (Poland) – PLK referee from 2016, FIBA referee from 2021; has worked at the Orlen Basket Liga finals in 2023 and 2025, ENBL playoffs in 2024 and 2025, ENBL Final Four in 2022 and 2023.
Observer (at the video): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).
ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube
2025-2026 ENBL format and pools
2025 ENBL classification
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