First ENBL game in Sinj, semifinal re-match in Newcastle

Māris Noviks
Oct 21
3 min read

Two games are to be played on Tuesday, October 21. Alkar Sinj will face the Bristol Flyers, while the 2025 ENBL silver medalists Newcastle Eagles are hosting a bronze team Dziki Warszawa.

Alkar Sinj vs Bristol Flyers

Series history: Alkar Sinj (0-1) will face Bristol Flyers (1-1) for the first time.

Alkar Sinj traveled to Bucharest for their ENBL debut and lost against the 2025 champions CSO Voluntari, 72-92.

Bristol Flyers won at Hefte Helfen Bulls, 90-78, on September 23, and then suffered a heartbreak 69-70 loss against Donar Groningen on October 9.

National championships: Alkar Sinj are 3-1 at the Premijer liga.

Damir Milacic and his team opened domestic campaign with three consecutive wins against Dubrava Zagreb, Šibenka and Dinamo Zagreb.

Alkar lost at Split, 62-79, on October 17.

Bristol Flyers are 4-1 at the Super League Basketball, trailing only to Eurocup side London Lions.

Andreas Kapoulas and his team won at the Caledonia Gladiators, 93-91, on October 17.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Marko Stankovic (Croatia) – has worked 12 seasons at the Premijer liga, has been refereeing at the Croatian finals in 2023, 2024 and 2025, ABA 2 league referee 2016-2022.

Umpire 1: Rihards Baumanis (Latvia) – Latvia and Estonia league referee from 2023, FIBA prospect from 2024.

Umpire 2: Dino Vukusic (Croatia) – Premijer liga referee from 2019.

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

ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLUavWpeRFY

Live stats: https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/ENBL/2750871/

Newcastle Eagles vs Dziki Warszawa

Series history: Newcastle Eagles will face Dziki Warszawa (0-1) for the third time.

The Eagles lead the series, 2-0.

Newcastle won at Dziki, 79-70, on November 26, 2024.

Both teams met at the 2025 Glasora Final Four on April 8 at the Gopass arena in Bratislava.

Newcastle won, 80-67, and advanced to the final.

Dziki opened the 2025-2026 season with a 91-93 home loss against Riga Zelli.

National championships: Newcastle Eagles are 2-4 at the Super League basketball, after a roller coaster start.

The Eagles won first two games against Caledonia Gladiators, 109-104, and at the Cheshire Phoenix, 88-70.

A string of four consecutive losses followed.

The Eagles fell at home against the undefeated London Lions, 77-82, and suffered three losses on the road against Sheffield Sharks, 73-78, Leicester Riders, 77-91, and Cheshire Phoenix, 85-91.

Newcastle will play its third game in five days.

Dziki Warszawa are 1-2 at the Orlen Basket league.

The Wild won at Krosno, 95-80, on October 4, before falling at the hands of Trefl Sopot, 80-86, on October 11, and Gornik, 69-71, on October 18.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Eduard Uhrin (Slovakia) – FIBA referee from 2021, Slovakia top division referee from 2018.

Umpire 1: Michal Kuzia (Poland) – Orlen PLK referee from 2017, FIBA referee from 2023; has worked at the Alpe Adria Cup (AAC) from 2018.

Umpire 2: Michel Kricheli (Austria) – Austrian national referee from 2010, Superliga referee from 2015, has worked in multiple Austrian finals and Austrian cup Final Fours.

Observer (at the video): Paul Valentin (Austria).

ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XofhP8Z7M

Live stats: https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/ENBL/2707124/

ENBL standings as of October 20, 2025 | without tie-breakers

CSO Voluntari 2-0, +60

BK Opava 2-0, +36

Valmiera Glass/ViA 2-0, +22

Sigal Prishtina 2-0, +16

Riga Zelli 2-0, +13

Spartak Pleven 2-0, +8

Tindastoll 2-1, +34