Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) 2025 playoff stage is set to begin soon after all matches of week 20, the final week of the regular season, are completed. The determination phase of this season’s IBL champion is scheduled to take place from June 28 to August 2, 2025.
The IBL 2025 playoffs will kick off with the quarter-finals or top 8, which will feature the top eight teams from the final standings of the regular season. The match-ups in this stage are determined based on the seed rankings, where the 1st seed team will face the 8th seed, 2nd seed will play against the 7th seed, 3rd seed will match up with the 6th seed, and 4th seed will compete against the 5th seed.
Following the same format as the previous season, all playoff matches will use a best-of-three system, meaning the team that first achieves two wins will advance to the next round. In this format, the higher-seeded team will have the advantage of hosting the decisive game if the score is tied 1-1 until the second game.
The complete playoff schedule consists of the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final, all of which will be held from June 28 to August 2, 2025. The match locations will follow a home-and-away system, considering the seed advantages of each team.
As the regular season draws to a close, intense competition is happening at the top of the standings. Pelita Jaya Basketball Jakarta is in the spotlight as they still have three matches left in week 20. This provides a great opportunity for Justin Tatum’s team to snatch the top spot in the standings from Dewa United Banten, who currently lead with 46 points from 25 games.
Pelita Jaya, in fourth place with 43 points from 23 matches, could potentially gather up to six additional points if they win all remaining games. Interestingly, the title-decider match of the regular season will take place this weekend when Pelita Jaya faces Dewa United directly. If Pelita Jaya wins the two previous games and loses to Dewa United, the determination of the league leader will depend on the goal difference from their two meetings this season.
Here is the list of teams entering the IBL Gopay 2025 playoff phase:
1. Dewa United Banten
2. RANS Simba Bogor
3. Satria Muda Pertamina Jakarta
4. Pelita Jaya Jakarta
5. Kesatria Bengawan Solo
6. Hangtuah Jakarta
7. Prawira Bandung
8. Tangerang Hawks
With the playoffs set to begin, all teams are now preparing optimally to compete for the IBL 2025 championship title.