The first quarterfinal matches will be held between Tuesday and Wednesday
Published 03:17, 23 Mar 2026
First-placed DevelopRes and eighth-placed Pałac will start their series on Tuesday (Photo: Tauron Liga)
The action doesn't stop in the 2025-2026 Tauron Liga, and just three days after the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the best campaigns already turn their focus to the start of the playoffs.
The first round of the postseason, the quarterfinals will have the first matches of all four best-of-three series going on during the week, two on Tuesday and another two on Wednesday.
UNI Opole, who were third in the regular season, and ITA TOOLS STAL Mielec, which finished sixth, will be the first ones to get on the court, meeting on Tuesday, at 17:30 local time (18:30 UTC). On the same day, at 20:00 (21:00 UTC), regular-season winners KS DevelopRes Rzeszów face eighth-placed Metalkas Pałac Bydgoszcz, the last team to qualify.
Wednesday's match schedule also begins at 17:30 (18:30 UTC), with the first encounter between fourth-placed BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biała and fifth-placed ŁKS Commercecon Łódź. Later, at 20:00 (21:00 UTC), second-placed PGE Budowlani Łódź and seventh-placed LOTTO Chemik Police get their series started.
The best team in the regular season, defending champions DevelopRes had 20 wins and just two losses in their campaign. American opposite Taylor Bannister, who's the league's fourth-best scorer with 312 points and leads the Tauron Liga in aces with 37, has been their main offensive weapon in the season.
Their opponents Pałac only earned their spot in the postseason in the last leg of the regular season, securing the eighth-best campaign with nine wins and 13 losses. French opposite Victoria Foucher, with 251 points, and outside hitter Pola Nowakowska, with 240, have played big roles in their qualification.
DevelopRes won both regular-season encounters in straight sets and have 28 wins and just three losses against Pałac in Tauron Liga history, having last dropped a match to their opponents back in the 2015-2016 season.
One of just two teams to defeat leaders DevelopRes in the regular season, Budowlani have the second-best campaign heading into the playoffs with 19 wins and three losses. Polish national team outside hitter Paulina Damaske scored 284 points so far for the team, which has libero Justyna Łysiak, the fourth-best in digs (281) in the Tauron Liga, and setter Alicja Grabka, who's fifth in aces (24), as other standouts.
Chemik, the 11-time national champions, made the playoffs in seventh place after finishing the regular season with 10 wins and 12 losses. Much of their offensive production comes from their outside hitter duo of Julia Orzoł (307 points) and Paris Olympian Natalia Mędrzyk (306).
Budowlani came out on top in both regular-season matches involving the teams, repeating what they had done in the 2024-2025 season. Chemik, however, have been vastly more successful in head-to-head duels, amassing 30 victories in 42 matches.
The big sensations of the regular season, UNI Opole produced the third-best campaign among the 12 teams with 16 wins and six losses. Veteran opposite Katarzyna Zaroślińska-Król is the league's top scorer with 365 points, while Mexican outside hitter Uxue Guereca ranks second in aces, with 33.
STAL Mielec made it to the postseason after earning 11 wins and 11 losses, a record good enough to get them in sixth place. Outside hitters Aleksandra Kazała (336 points) and Anna Bączyńska (324), who rank second and third in points scored in the league, and middle blocker Rozalia Moszyńska, who tops the blocking chart with 76 stops, have a big part in their campaign.
UNI Opole dominated the regular season matches between the teams, winning both at home and on the road. The teams have faced off in the Tauron Liga only in the last three seasons, with each side triumphing three times.
After registering 14 wins and eight losses, Bielsko-Biała secured homecourt advantage in the quarterfinals with the fourth-best campaign of the regular season. Estonian opposite Kertu Laak, who scored 307 points so far, is their main attacking option, while outside hitter Martyna Borowczak appears in third place among the servers with 27 aces and middle Aleksandra Gryka is fifth in blocks with 56.
Commercecon came right after their opponents, qualifying in fifth place with 13 wins and nine losses. Middle blocker Anna Obiała has been in great form for them, leading the team in points (272) and ranking second in the league in blocks (75).
Bielsko-Biała are currently in a six-match winning streak against Commercecon, having defeated their opponents at home and on the road in the last three seasons. Their overall record, however, favors the Łódź side, which has 15 victories in 26 encounters.
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