Where to look at WNBA qualifiers: calendar, scores, television channel for Liberty against Mercury, Lynx vs Valkyries

The first round of the 2025 WNBA qualifiers continues on Wednesday evening, and the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx will try to become the first two teams to reach the second round. They have 1-0 lead against the Phoenix Mercury and Golden State Valkyries, respectively, and will try to close the series of best three in match 2.

The Seattle storm and Indiana fever have maintained their seasons alive with home victories in match 2 Tuesday evening. The storm broke the sequence of 17 consecutive wins of Las Vegas Aces with a return victory. The seventh seeded storm used a solid fourth quarter to force a decisive match 3, obtaining a combined point of 50 points from Skylar Diggins and Nneka Ogwumike.

The fever, on the other hand, avoided the elimination against Atlanta’s dream. The fever has won at home To maintain their season plagued by injuries, forcing a decisive match in Atlanta on Thursday evening.

The first round of the best of the three will end on Friday or early, and the semi-finals for the best of five will start on Sunday (September 21).

The lynx entered the playoffs as a seeded n ° 1 after being the most dominant team in the WNBA throughout the regular 44 -game season. The lynx, looking for the fifth championship in the history of the team and their first since 2017,, will have a home advantage throughout the playoffs.

You will find below an overview of the clashes in the first round and the complete calendar of the 2025 qualifiers.

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Here are the four first -round clashes and sowing:

• N ° 1 Lynx vs n ° 8 Valkyries
• N ° 2 aces vs. n ° 7 storm
• N ° 3 Dream vs no. 6 fever
• N ° 4 Mercury vs no. 5 Liberty

The teams will face a series of three best in the first round, a series of five best in the semi -finals and – in a new change this year – a case of seven best in the final.

In 2024, the first round had a 2-1 format, which meant that the upper seeded obtained the first two home games, while the lower seed only takes care of if they arrived in match 3. This year, it will be a 1-1-1 format, with matches 1 and 3 hosted by the higher seed while the lower seeded will organize play 2.

All games on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 broadcast on FUBO (try for free).

First round schedule, scores (to the best of three)

All time is

Sunday September 14

Tuesday September 16

Wednesday September 17

• Game 2: N ° 4 Mercury at n ° 5 Liberty, 8:00 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO
• Game 2: N ° 1 Lynx at n ° 8 Valkyries, 10 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Thursday September 18

• Game 3: N ° 6 fever at Dream n ° 3, 7:30 p.m. – ESPN2 / FUBO
• Match 3: N ° 7 Storm at AS n ° 2, 9:30 p.m. – ESPN2 / FUBO

Friday September 19

• * Game 3: N ° 8 Valkyries at N ° 1 Lynx, TBD – ESPN2 / FUBO
• * Game 3: N ° 5 Liberty at n ° 4 Mercury, TBD – ESPN2 / FUBO

Semi-finals schedule (the best of five)

Sunday September 21

• Game 1: TBD VS TBD, 3 p.m. – ABC / FUBO
• Game 1: TBD VS TBD, 17 pm – ESPN / FUBO

Tuesday September 23

• Game 2: TBD VS TBD, 7:30 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO
• Game 2: TBD VS TBD, 9:30 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Friday September 26

• Game 3: TBD VS TBD, 7:30 p.m. – ESPN2 / FUBO
• Game 3: TBD VS TBD, 9:30 p.m. – ESPN2 / FUBO

Sunday September 28

• * Game 4: TBD VS TBD, 13 or 5 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO
• * Game 4: TBD VS TBD, 3 p.m. – ABC / FUBO

Tuesday September 30

• * Game 5: TBD VS TBD, TBD
• * Game 5: TBD VS TBD, TBD

Finals schedule (best of seven)

Friday October 3

• Match 18 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Sunday October 5

• Match 23 p.m. – ABC / FUBO

Wednesday October 8

• Match 38 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Friday October 10

• Match 48 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Sunday October 12

• * Game 53 p.m. – ABC / FUBO

Wednesday October 15

• * Match 68 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

Friday October 17

• * Match 78 p.m. – ESPN / FUBO

* If necessary