Home openers for Olomoucko and Go+ Peja, Brussels to host Manchester

Māris Noviks
12 hours ago
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Three games are to be played on Tuesday, October 28. Czech bronze medalists BK Olomoucko will face the 2025 ENBL bronze medalists Dziki Warszawa. Brussels Basketball are looking for the first win in a home stand against Manchester Basketball. Go+ Peja will return to their home court with a game against undefeated Spartak Pleven.

BK Olomoucko vs Dziki Warszawa

Series history: BK Olomoucko (0-1) will face Dziki Warszawa (1-1) for the first time.

Olomoucko lost at Spartak Pleven, 84-91, in their ENBL opener on October 15.

Dziki Warszawa lost against Riga Zelli, 91-93, and rebounded with a convincing 91-68 win at the Newcastle Eagles on October 21.

National championships: BK Olomoucko are 3-3 at the Kooperativa NBL.

Olomoucko are 2-1 on the home floor but lost to USK Praha, 69-82, on October 18.

Dziki are 1-3 at the Orlen PLK.

The Wild lost at GTK Gliwice, 82-88, on October 26.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Michal Scholze (Czechia) – FIBA referee from 2023, Kooperativa NBL referee, has worked at the 2022 ENBL Final Four, including first final.

Umpire 1: Mateusz Skorek (Poland) – FIBA referee from 2021, Orlen PLK referee, has worked at the 2022 ENBL Final Four and U20 European Championships for Women.

Umpire 2: Robin Petrak (Czechia) – Kooperativa NBL referee from 2021, including a playoff game, has participated at the 2019 Kuba Zamojski`s referee camp in Radom and the 2020 Survival camp Poland.

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

ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDPEwsOmGk0

Live stats: https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/ENBL/2707129/

Brussels Basketball vs Manchester Basketball

Series history: Brussels Basketball (0-2) will face Manchester Basketball (1-1) for the first time in the ENBL.

Brussels Basketball lost their home opener against SIGAL Prishtina, 75-80, on October 8, and suffered a 60-69 defeat at the hands of Opava, 60-69, on October 15.

Manchester Basketball won their home opener against Keila Coolbet, 84-80, on September 30, and then lost against Slovan Bratislava, 78-90, on October 15.

National championships: Brussels Basketball are 3-2 at the BNXT league.

Recently team won at Zwolle, 91-79, on October 19, and lost against Oostende, 81-96, on October 23.

Manchester Basketball are 2-2 at the Super League basketball.

They dropped a home game against Surrey, 90-95, on October 26.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Ridouan Elaachouch (Belgium) – referee from 2005, BNXT referee from 2021, has worked in the ENBL games from 2022.

Umpire 1: Dāvis Graudiņš (Latvia) – has participated at the 2022 Baltic Sea Cup clinic, Latvian Cup referee from 2020, has worked at the Latvian Women`s basketball league playoffs and the 2024-2025 ENBL season.

Umpire 2: Pierre Gillis (Belgium) – FIBA referee from 2021, Belgium top league referee from 2017.

Observer (at the video): Mareks Voļskis (Latvia).

ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jn0THNmXYI

Live stats: https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/ENBL/2707128/

Go+ Peja vs Spartak Pleven

Series history: Go+ Peja (0-2) will face Spartak Pleven (2-0) for the first time.

Go+ Peja played their home opener – a 72-83 loss against Riga Zelli – at Prishtina on October 14.

Eight days later they lost at Dubrava Zagreb, 83-98.

Spartak Pleven prevailed over Dubrava Zagreb, 83-82, on October 1.

Todor Todorov and his men defeated Olomoucko, 91-84, on October 15.

National championships: Go+ Peja are 3-0 at the Kosovo league.

They won at Bora, 96-94, on October 25.

Spartak Pleven are 2-1 at the Sesame NBL.

They suffered first defeat of the season at the hands of Minjor 2015 Pernik, 85-88, on October 26.

Know your referees

Crew chief: Elldin Uglar (Kosovo) – national referee from 2013, FIBA referee from 2023, has worked at the Kosovo Cup Final Four and the Kosovo finals, has worked at the FIBA Europe Cup, EuroCup Women and EuroLeague Women.

Umpire 1: Vladimir Zanev (Bulgaria) – FIBA referee from 2017, has been officiating in Greece and Cyprus before moving to Bulgaria in 2022, regular referee at FIBA competitions.

Umpire 2: Arian Kurtalani (Kosovo) – first league referee from 2019, Kosovo Top league referee from 2022, Liga Unike – Kosovo and Albania – referee from 2024.

Observer (at the video): Tanel Suslov (Estonia).

ENBL access: follow the game on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU5yROPdnMA

Live stats: https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/ENBL/2707130/

ENBL standings as of October 27, 2025 | without tie-breakers

CSO Voluntari 3-0, +65

Syntainics MBC 2-0, +70

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