Proliga 2025 Final Four Tickets, Last Day Determines Fate

PALEMBANG, SATURDAY — There is still one ticket left for each men's and women's team to go to the final four of the 2025 Proliga. Unlike the previous six tickets whose owners are already known in advance, this last ticket must go through a regular round of competition until it truly enters the final stage.

The fate of which team must be content with their journey coming to an end and which team can continue to fight in the final four phase will only be known on Sunday (23/2/2025). On the third day of the seventh week of Proliga 2025 at the PSCC Sports Hall in Palembang, Jakarta Livin’ Mandiri will face Bandung bjb Tandamata, while Jakarta Garuda Jaya will compete against Palembang Bank SumselBabel.

Jakarta Livin’ Mandiri must win the last match of the regular round in order to advance to the final four. A win over Bandung bjb Tandamata, who has been eliminated from the competition for the top four, will end Gresik Petrokimia Pupuk Indonesia’s hopes of overtaking them.

In the current standings, Jakarta Livin’ Mandiri is ranked fourth with a total of 18 points. With both having only one match to play, Gresik Petrokimia trails in fifth place with 16 points. Therefore, Petrokimia must win when facing Yogya Falcons in the last match, Saturday (22/2/2025) while hoping that Livin’ Mandiri loses the next day.

Meanwhile, the host Palembang Bank SumselBabel also had to fight until the last day to win a ticket to the top four. In fact, Bank SumselBabel had the opportunity to win a ticket earlier when facing Surabaya Samator, Friday (21/2/2025). However, Sigit Ardian and his friends lost to Surabaya Samator 0-3 (23-25, 23-25, 20-25)

Bank SumselBabel assistant coach, Memet Tarmizi admitted that the match was beyond the team's expectations. They came into the match against Samator with the belief that they could win, even though in the first meeting they had suffered a 1-3 defeat (23-25, 25-19, 15-25, 20-25).

"We seem to have a burden playing at home. On the other hand, the kids are also too confident they can win," said Memet.

With the defeat from Samator, Bank SumselBabel must win against Jakarta Garuda Jaya to seal a ticket to the final four. To face the match, said Memet, the coaching team will conduct maximum evaluation so that the nightmare at home does not happen again.

Three tickets for the men's team to the final four have been won first by Jakarta LavAni Livin' Transmedia, Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, and Surabaya Samator. LavAni has even secured a place in the final four since the fourth week, the end of January 2025.

Victory over Surabaya Samator, 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-17), ensured LavAni reaped positive results in five consecutive matches. Their collection of 15 points at that time was impossible to be caught by the lowest ranked team, Jakarta Garuda Jaya who had only collected 1 point.

Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi then followed in the fifth week after achieving four consecutive wins. At that time, the club collected 12 points to strengthen its position in second place and its points acquisition was also no longer possible to be chased by Jakarta Garuda Jaya.

Samator also ensured their qualification to the final four in the fifth week, precisely after defeating Jakarta Garuda Jaya with a score of 3-2 (25-19, 20-25, 25-14, 24-26, 15-12). This victory confirmed Samator in third place in the standings.

In the women's sector, the teams that have qualified for the final four are Jakarta Popsivo Polwan, Jakarta Electric PLN, and Jakarta Pertamina Enduro. Electric PLN and Pertamina Enduro secured their way to the final four after defeating their respective opponents on the first day of the seventh week, Friday (21/2/2025).

Electric PLN secured their place in the final four after defeating Bandung bjb Tandamata with a landslide score of 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-23). With this victory, Electric PLN has collected seven wins from 11 matches with 20 points. The result of the last match against Jakarta Pertamina Enduro, Saturday (22/2/2025), no longer has any effect on Agustin Wulandari and friends.

Electric PLN assistant coach, Wem Suparman, admitted to being satisfied with the victory from bjb Tandamata. Even so, Wem said his team remained focused on the last match because they were targeting a clean sweep in Palembang from two matches.

Meanwhile, for bjb Tandamata, the defeat to Electric PLN has closed their chances of reaching the final four. The team coached by Samsul Jais has only collected four wins from 11 matches and 13 points. With one match remaining, it is impossible for bjb Tandamata to catch up on the five-point gap from Jakarta Livin’ Mandiri who are in fourth place in the standings or the final four zone limit.

Meanwhile, Pertamina Enduro qualified for the final four after defeating Jakarta Popsivo Polwan with a score of 3-1 (32-30, 16-25, 25-16, 25-18). Pertamina Enduro also stopped Popsivo Polwan's winning streak in 10 matches.