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HGL Season 6 Playoff-post:

Playoff-post will be updated when teams entering Season 6 HGL Playoffs have been confirmed.

Please remember to organize new Playoff matches every single week, if you keep on winning (or lose in semifinals) and are still participating on this Season's Playoffs!

Please note this:
Official match time during Season 6 Playoffs will be your local equivalent of 15.30 a.k.a. 3.30PM EET DST (Eastern European Time, Daylight Savings Time a.k.a. Summer Time).
(So for instance in Poland and France, which are 1 hour behind of EET, Playoffs match time on Season 6 will be 02.30PM their local time).
This time should be the same that you see on your BB schedule page on this Season; for example in my teams' schedule HGL matches seem to take place at 15.30, a.k.a. 03.30PM (don't accept match if it doesn't seem to take place at the time you are supposed to play all your HGL matches).

Daylight Savings Time, DST, will be changed exactly at the same day as the HGL final and bronze match is being played (Oct 25th). Due to that it might then appear at different time in your team calendar on and after Oct 25th, but we should be able to retain to organizing Season 6 Playoff matches at the same time for the whole duration of Season 6 Playoffs.

Also remember, Playoff matches are played on Sundays only!

When organizing matches for Playoffs, please remember to be especially accurate with correct match court balance (always home/away for Playoffs matches!) as I can not verify that before match has started; remember that scores on wrong court balance will not be accepted!


Official Regular Season Rankings (ORSR) for Season 6 Playoffs match organizing purposes:

NOTE: This ORSR-table will be used throughout the Playoffs to determine which team will meet which, and it will be published after RS Round 17. To find out easily how teams are ranked in the case of equal wins-situations, see League table posts on either of Official HGL Threads (and if necessary, check rules-posts and/or ask questions on HGL Threads).

ORSR Team W L PTS FORFEITS
*TBA after RS Round 17*


Teams included in ORSR-comparison,
who had equal number of wins during HGL Regular Season:

*TBA after ORSR are published*



Playoffs (PO) match days for Season 6 of HGL:
(Attention: all playoff matches organized every single week.
All playoff matches are played on home/away court only.
Official match times are same as during Regular Season; see your BB schedule for times if you're unsure)!
Note: Publish your Playoff match links as soon as match has been organized!

PO Round 1 (teams ranked 5-12th; 8 teams play) Sunday, October 4th, 2026
(Note: teams ranked from 1st to 4th on a league table after Regular Season has ended will earn "a free ticket" to PO Round 2, and will not play on October 4th).

PO Round 2 (Quarterfinals; 8 teams play) Sunday, Oct 11th, 2026

PO Round 3 (Semifinals; 4 teams play) Sunday, Oct 18th, 2026

PO Round 4 (Final and Bronze match; 4 teams play): Sunday, Oct 25th, 2026

Last edited by Wagner at 8/3/2026 9:27:22 AM

HGL Statistics glossary/legend/term explanation post

HGL Team Statistics-post (Season 4) are found from here:
Post 1/3: (329502.16)
Post 2/3: (329502.17)
Post 3/3: (329502.18)

Note: OPP or DEF in stats category name means it’s teams’ opponents statistic, in other words ’defensive statistics’.

Total REB % = team has been able to get this %-value of total rebounds available in a match
Off REB % = team has been able to get this %-value of offensive rebounds available for them in a match
AST/TO = teams’ assist to turnover ratio; relation of teams own assists vs. Own ball handling errors (turnovers)
ST+BL/TO = teams’ steals+blocks to turnover ratio; teams’ own defensive contribution vs. Own ball handling errors (turnovers)
ST+BL/FL = teams’ steals+blocks to committed fouls-ratio; teams’ ability to produce positive defensive contributions without fouling
FLS aver. = teams’ fouls per match
Opp. FLS = teams’ opponents fouls per match

Score margin = teams’ scored points minus conceded points, average per match
Scoring OFF = scoring offense; average scored points per match
Scoring DEF = scoring defense; average allowed points per match

FGA/match = teams’ FG a.k.a. field goal attempts per match
FG% = teams’ success percentage in field goals (FG)
OPP. FG-% = teams’ opponents success percentage in field goals (FG), a.k.a. defensive FG-%

2P FG att/game = number of teams’ 2 point field goal attempts in a match (average)
2P FG rate(%) = teams’ tendency to shoot 2 point field goals (FG); percentage of 2 point shot attempts out of all field goal attempts
2P FG-% = = teams’ success percentage in 2 point field goals (FG)
OPP. 2P-% = teams’ opponents success percentage in 2 point field goals (FG), a.k.a. defensive 2 point FG-%

3FG att = number of teams’ 3 point field goal attempts in a match (average)
3FG rate(%) = teams’ tendency to shoot 3 point field goals (FG); percentage of 3 point shot attempts out of all field goal attempts
3FG-% = teams’ success percentage in 3 point field goals (FG)
OPP 3FG rate = teams’ opponents’ tendency to shoot 3 point field goals (FG); percentage of opponents’ 3 point shot attempts out of all opponents’ field goal attempts
OPP. 3FG-% = teams’ opponents success percentage in 3 point field goals (FG), a.k.a. defensive 3 point FG-%

FTA/match = teams’ FT a.k.a. free throw attempts per match (average)
FT-% = teams’ success percentage in free throws (FT)
OPP. FT-% = teams’ opponents success percentage in free throws (FT)
FTA/FGA = teams’ free throw attempts per field goal attempt; shows teams’ ability to produce FT opportunities in offence

PTS/FGA = points per field goal attempt; expected points per FG attempt when team shoots FG’s
FG AS-% = field goals assist-%; how large percentage of teams’ field goals (FG) have been assisted; higher value usually means better offensive flow and/or high passing skills
EffectiveFG% = eFG% Measures field goal percentage adjusting for scored 3-point field goals being 1.5 times more valuable than scored 2-point field goals; eFG% gives better idea of teams’ actual shooting efficiency in one number (as also shot amounts from 2 and 3 point distances are considered), as opposed to FG% and 3FG%-values
OPP Eff.FG% = same explanation as above; team’s opponents’ effective field goal shooting percentage; a.k.a. defensive eFG%

Block rate = how large percentage of opponents’ two point attempts team has been able to block

*=Note:
- steal rate,
- turnover rate,
- possessions/game and
- opponent possessions/game
are close estimates/approximations!

*Steal rate = how often (percentage of opponents’ offences) team is able to steal the ball when opponent has the ball possession.
*Turnover rate = how large percentage of teams’ ball possessions end up in a turnover.
*Possessions = teams’ possessions per game.
*OPP. Possess. = teams’ opponents’ possessions/game.

Last edited by Wagner at 8/3/2026 9:33:56 AM

TBA #11
(Season 6 Team Stats Post 1/3)

Until the publishing of Season 6 HGL Team Stats, you may refer to Season 4 HGL Team Stats posts, here:
Post 1/3: (329502.16)
Post 2/3: (329502.17)
Post 3/3: (329502.18)

Last edited by Wagner at 8/3/2026 9:33:22 AM

TBA #12
(Season 6 Team Stats Post 2/3)


Until the publishing of Season 6 HGL Team Stats, you may refer to Season 4 HGL Team Stats posts, here:
Post 1/3: (329502.16)
Post 2/3: (329502.17)
Post 3/3: (329502.18)

Last edited by Wagner at 8/3/2026 9:34:58 AM

TBA #13
(Season 6 Team Stats Post 3/3)

Until the publishing of Season 6 HGL Team Stats, you may refer to Season 4 HGL Team Stats posts, here:
Post 1/3: (329502.16)
Post 2/3: (329502.17)
Post 3/3: (329502.18)

Last edited by Wagner at 8/3/2026 9:35:15 AM

TBA #14
(For possible 4th HGL Team Stats-post)

TBA #15
(Team stats, team or player records for season/match, all time medal table of HGL, part 1 of 3) (or other use)

TBA #16
(Team stats, team or player records for season/match, all time medal table of HGL, part 2 of 3) (or other use)

TBA #17
(Team stats, team or player records for season/match, all time medal table of HGL, part 3 of 3) (or other use)

TBA #18 (Match Times for each team and links to team pages-post)

Match Times for each team and links to team pages:
03.30PM Wagner College (172501) WAG
02.30PM Les Gueux du Marais (86508) LGM
02.30PM Elan Demars (87312) ED
03.30PM BC Eos (122340) EOS
03.30PM Vilniaus „Vilkai“ (95372) VIV
02.30PM Madrid Chotis (76877) (MAD)
02.30PM WiMaOlca (35977) WMO
02.30PM Rajdersi (237760) RAJ
02.30PM Freccia Azzurra (27107) FRE
03.30PM M.L.S. REICH (39615) MLS
03.30PM Lielupes Melnās Sirdis (146915) LMS
03.30PM Alanurmon Rikkaat (59111) ALA
02.30PM Virtus Portici (47391) VPO
02.30PM KK Stihija (44662) KKS
02.30PM Vindicta (84697) VDT
02.30PM San Fernando VR (77070) SAN
07.30PM?* Homegrown Kings (197075) HGK
03.30PM BC Rajaleidjad (122619) BCR

Please note that these times in front of your team name are official HGL match times for HGL Season 6, which must be followed exactly.

Official match time is your local equivalent of 03.30PM a.k.a. 15.30 Eastern European Time, Daylight Savings Time.

In other words, when you send a Pickup match challenge, you need to make sure you send it at aa correct time.
(Or when you accept match challenge, that it shows in your friendly matches page as that same time that is visible in front of your team name).
As a repeat: correct, official match time for your team is what you see in front of your team name.
(Anyone, if you spot any clear errors in my list, please contact me ASAP).

Example: to myself (Wagner College) official match time for Season 6 is 03.30PM, and same goes for 6 other teams too like you can see.
But to 10 teams, including new teams MLS and SAN for example, the correct time is 02.30PM, because their team resides in time zone which is 1 hour behind EET time zone.



?*=@MrJ: As there are seemingly 6 different time zones in Australia, so please contact me if you don't reside in a same time zone anymore or if you notice some mistake in that time above (which is intended to be your local equivalent of 3.30PM EET Daylight Savings Time).
I believe last time you were playing in HGL time difference to Eastern European Time (EET) was 6 hours, but as we learned earlier, Daylight Savings Time also works differently "down under" than it does in Europe, and everything affects everything. To make matters even more complicated, it seems to me that some parts of Australia observe DST, while some parts/territories do not.
Also if you'd please inform me on what time does our RS meeting on Season 6 show to be played at when you look at your BB schedule (when I've sent you match challenge), it would give me an added confirmation that info that I provide about your team to others is correct.

Last edited by Wagner at 7/29/2026 8:48:54 AM