Know your referees: Final 4 edition

Six referees from four countries will work at the 2022 EWBL Final Four on March 19-20 at the Diplomat arena in Pieštany, Slovakia.

Donatas Dutkus and Tomaš Holubek will work at their second EWBL Final 4.

Maria Donovalova (Slovakia):

• Attended the FIBA Camp for potential National Referees at Sarajevo, BIH in 2016

• National referee from 2016

• The best game recently – Slovak Women`s cup bronze medal game 2022

• Next goal – to work at the men`s matches, like Extraliga muži

Peter Zenis (Slovakia):

• FIBA referee from 2010

• National referee from 2005

• Has worked at numerous Extraliga muži finals, FIBA EuroChallenge, FIBA Cup and many other competitions

Donatas Dutkus(Lithuania):

• NKL referee from 2016

• Has worked at the 2017 EWBL final in Košice

• Has worked at ESBA championships 2016-2019

• Multi-years experience at the EWBL

Veronika Vavrova (Czech Republic):

• Referee license since 2000

• FIBA referee from 2017

• Czech NBL Men since 2021

• Has worked at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup for Women

Kristīne Simanoviča (Latvia)

• FIBA referee from 2019

• Has worked at several Latvia Women`s basketball league finals

• More than 10 games at FIBA tournaments in 2021-2022, including designations by the EuroLeague Women

Tomas Holubek (Czech Republic):

• Referee with a 30 years experience

• Has worked at the NBL for 12 years

• Has worked at the WNBL (ŽBL) for 17 years

• Has worked at the 2019 EWBL Final 4

FINAL FOUR 2022

Saturday, March 19, semifinals

16:00 Žabiny Brno – SBŠ Ostrava (Zenis, Dutkus, Donovalova)

18:30 Piešťanské Čajky – Kibirkštis Vilnius (Vavrova, Simanoviča, Holubek)

Sunday, March 20, medal games

13:30 Bronze medal game (tba)

16:00 Final (tba)

Final Four history

Rīga 2016: TTT Rīga, Basket 90 Gdynia, Astana Tigers, Tsmoki Minsk

Košice 2017: Good Angels Košice, TTT Rīga, Dynamo Moscow, Basket 90 Gdynia

Rīga 2018: Good Angels Košice, TTT Rīga, Dynamo Moscow, Udominate Basket

Rostov on Don 2019: TTT Rīga, Tsmoki Minsk, Rostov Don SFEDU, Žabiny Brno

Brno 2020: season five cancelled due to pandemic (Žabiny Brno-Tsmoki, Novosibirsk-Pieštany)

Maladziechna 2021: Horizont Minsk, Nika Syktyvkar, TTT Rīga, Prometey Kamianske

FORMAT

Playoffs: canceled

A1 – B4, A2 – B3, B2 – A3, B1 – A4

Final Four: March 19-20, 2022

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