The postseason image is ready and the 2026 WNBA playoffs are upon us, tipping off on Sunday, Sept. 27, and working by Saturday, Oct. 31 if the Finals go the gap.
This would be the second season of the WNBA’s expanded, seven-game Finals schedule, although final yr’s sequence went solely 4 video games because the Las Vegas Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury. The sequence encompasses a 2-2-1-1-1 construction, with the upper seed internet hosting Video games 1, 2, 5 and seven, and the decrease seed internet hosting Video games 3, 4 and 6. The semifinals are five-game sequence, whereas the primary spherical is a best-of-three.
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The seeding shuffle went right down to the wire, with the ultimate 4 groups locking of their seed numbers throughout the remaining seconds of the ultimate regular-season video games on Thursday night time. The matchups are listed beneath:
First-round matchups
First spherical schedule, watch
Sunday, Sept. 27, Recreation 1s
Liberty vs. Lynx, 2 p.m. ET (ABC)
Fever vs. Aces, 4 p.m. ET (ABC)
Mystics vs. Dream, 7 p.m. ET (Amazon Prime)
Wings vs. Valkyries, 9 p.m. ET (USA/CNBC)
Tuesday, Sept. 29, Recreation 2s
Aces vs. Fever, 6:30 p.m. ET (Amazon Prime)
Lynx vs. Liberty 8:30 p.m. ET (USA/CNBC)
Wednesday, Sept. 30, Recreation 2s
Dream vs. Mystics 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)
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Valkyries vs. Wings 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Thursday, Oct. 1, Recreation 3s (if needed)
*Liberty vs. Lynx, TBD
*Fever vs. Aces, TBD
Friday, Oct. 2, Recreation 3s (if needed)
*Mystics vs. Dream, TBD
*Wings vs. Valkyries, TBD
Semifinals
Sunday, Oct. 4
Recreation 1: TBD (ABC)
Recreation 1: TBD (NBC/Peacock)
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Recreation 2: TBD (ESPN)
Recreation 2: TBD (Peacock/NBCSN)
Friday, Oct. 9
Recreation 3: TBD (ESPN2)
Recreation 3: TBD (Peacock/NBCSN)
Sunday, Oct. 11
*Recreation 4: TBD (ABC)
*Recreation 4: TBD (NBC/Peacock)
Wednesday, Oct. 14
*Recreation 5: TBD (ESPN)
*Recreation 5: TBD (Peacock/NBCSN)
Finals
Recreation 1: Saturday, Oct. 17 at 3:30 p.m. ET (NBC/Peacock)
Recreation 2: Monday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ET (USA/Peacock)
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Recreation 3: Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. ET (USA/Peacock)
Recreation 4: Saturday, Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m. ET (NBC/Peacock)
*Recreation 5: Monday, Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. ET (USA/Peacock)
*Recreation 6: Thursday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. ET (USA/Peacock)
*Recreation 7: Saturday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET (USA/Peacock)
