La Boulangère Wonderligue 2026: Playoffs and Playdowns Schedule
Playoffs La Boulangère Wonderligue 2026
Teams ranked 1st to 8th after the regular season will participate in the playoffs. The eventual winner will be crowned the La Boulangère Wonderligue 2026 French Champion and will also secure qualification for the 2026-2027 Euroleague season.
Both the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the playoffs will be contested in a two-leg (home and away) format. The return leg will always be hosted by the team that finished higher in the regular season standings. Draws are permissible in these matches, with aggregate scores determining advancement.
Quarter-finals
All matches will be broadcast live.
First Leg - Saturday, April 4th
- Lattes Montpellier (5) vs. Landerneau (4) / 4:30 PM
- Chartres (8) vs. Basket Landes (1) / 6:45 PM
First Leg - Sunday, April 5th
- Villeneuve d'Ascq (6) vs. Charleville-Mézières (3) / 3:15 PM
- Charnay (7) vs. Bourges (2) / 5:30 PM
Second Leg - Saturday, April 11th
- Landerneau (4) vs. Lattes Montpellier (5) / 6:30 PM
- Basket Landes (1) vs. Chartres (8) / 8:45 PM
Second Leg - Sunday, April 12th
- Charleville-Mézières (3) vs. Villeneuve d'Ascq (6) / 3:15 PM
- Bourges (2) vs. Charnay (7) / 5:30 PM
Semi-finals
All matches will be broadcast live.
Wednesday, April 29th (6:45 PM / 8:50 PM) and Saturday, May 2nd (6:45 PM / 8:50 PM)
- Winner of 1st/8th seed match vs. Winner of 4th/5th seed match
- Winner of 2nd/7th seed match vs. Winner of 3rd/6th seed match
Finals
Live broadcast.
- Match 1 - Saturday, May 9th at 4:15 PM
- Match 2 - Friday, May 15th at 8:45 PM
- Match 3 (if necessary) - Sunday, May 17th at 7:00 PM
The championship final will be played in a best-of-three series. The higher-ranked team from the regular season will host the second match and a potential deciding third match.
Playdowns La Boulangère Wonderligue 2026
Teams positioned 9th to 12th at the end of the regular season will enter the playdowns. An intermediate ranking has been established, taking into account the head-to-head results between these specific teams:
- Angers 9 PTS (2-2; +18 GD) | 3W-3L
- Roche Vendée 9 PTS (2-2; +7 GD) | 3W-3L
- Toulouse 9 PTS (2-2; -25 GD) | 3W-3L
- Lyon* 8 PTS | 3W-3L
*Lyon was penalized with a one-point deduction in the playdowns by the Management Control Commission.
Based on this interim ranking, the teams will compete in the playdowns in a home-and-away format.
Playdowns Schedule (subject to exemption requests)
Matchday 1 - April 4, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Lyon (4) vs. Angers (1)
- Toulouse (3) vs. Roche Vendée (2)
Matchday 2 - April 11, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Angers (1) vs. Toulouse (3)
- Roche Vendée (2) vs. Lyon (4)
Matchday 3 - April 29, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Roche Vendée (2) vs. Angers (1)
- Lyon (4) vs. Toulouse (3)
Matchday 4 - May 2, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Angers (1) vs. Lyon (4)
- Roche Vendée (2) vs. Toulouse (3)
Matchday 5 - May 6, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Toulouse (3) vs. Angers (1)
- Lyon (4) vs. Roche Vendée (2)
Matchday 6 - May 12, 2026 (8:00 PM)
- Angers (1) vs. Roche Vendée (2)
- Toulouse (3) vs. Lyon (4)
A comprehensive final ranking will then be established by combining each team's six regular season matches with their six playdown matches. The team finishing 4th in this combined ranking will be relegated to Ligue Féminine 2.
La Boulangère Wonderligue Standings
| Position | Team | Points | GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basket Landes | 41 | 22 | 19 | 3 |
| 2 | Bourges | 39 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| 3 | Charleville-Mézières | 37 | 22 | 15 | 7 |
| 4 | Lattes Montpellier | 35 | 22 | 13 | 9 |
| 5 | Landerneau | 34 | 21 | 13 | 8 |
| 6 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 33 | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | Charnay | 32 | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| 8 | Lyon | 28 | 22 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | Toulouse | 28 | 22 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | Roche Vendée | 28 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | Chartres | 27 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Angers | 27 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
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