The 2025–26 East Asia Super League was the third regular season of the East Asia Super League, an international basketball club competition involving teams from Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, South Korea, Philippines and Taiwan. The season began on 8 October 2025 and ended on 22 March 2026.
The Utsunomiya Brex won their first title after defeating the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in the final.
Teams Allocation The 2025–26 East Asia Super League featured twelve teams, up from ten in the previous season.
Taiwan's (Chinese Taipei) P. League+ (PLG), Japan's B.League and South Korea's Korean Basketball League (KBL) each have two slots allocated for the finalists of their respective leagues. On 13 May 2025, a third slot was given to the B.League, allocated for the champion of the Emperor's Cup. On 24 July, the EASL also gave Chinese Taipei a third slot, which was given to the New Taipei Kings, champions of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).
The Philippines' Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was allocated one slot, down from two in previous seasons. This is due to the PBA assessment that sending two teams would be difficult considering its busy schedule for the 2025–26 season. The allocation process for the lone Philippine representative was to be confirmed since the PBA has multiple conferences or tournaments for its 2024–25 season. Champions TNT Tropang Giga and San Miguel Beermen opted out from participating. On 30 July, the PBA announced that the Meralco Bolts would be the representative for the Philippines, a decision determined through a vote.
On 24 January 2025, the EASL announced that Mongolia's The League would be represented in the league for the first time. The League was given one slot for the league champions.
Continuing from the previous season, Macau and Hong Kong would each have one team joining the EASL. Hong Kong Eastern in particular are contracted to participate regardless of placing in the domestic league. The Macau Black Bears would also return.
League Country or region Berths B.League 3 P. League+ 2 Korean Basketball League 2 The League 1 Philippine Basketball Association 1Others 1 1 1
Qualified teams Team Domestic league standing Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 2024–25 P. League+ champion Taipei Fubon Braves 2024–25 P. League+ runner-up New Taipei Kings 2024–25 Taiwan Professional Basketball League champion Utsunomiya Brex 2024–25 B.League champion Ryukyu Golden Kings 2024–25 B.League runner-up Alvark Tokyo 2025 Emperor’s Cup runner-up Changwon LG Sakers 2024–25 Korean Basketball League champion Seoul SK Knights 2024–25 Korean Basketball League runner-up Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos 2024–25 The League champion Meralco Bolts 2025 PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinalists Hong Kong Eastern 2024–25 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship fourth place Macau Black Bears
Foreign and heritage players The EASL allows a maximum of two foreign players or imports. Additionally teams are allowed to have one additional heritage and naturalized player.
Club Imports Asian heritage player Naturalized player Former players Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Will Artino Taipei Fubon Braves Aaron Geramipoor Bennie Boatwright Troy Gillenwater New Taipei Kings Sina Vahedi Quincy Davis Sani Sakakini Utsunomiya Brex Gavin Edwards Ryukyu Golden Kings Alex Kirk Alvark Tokyo Michael Ou Ryan Rossiter Ira Brown Stephen Zack Changwon LG Sakers Assem Marei Micheal Eric Carl Tamayo Seoul SK Knights Jameel Warney Darryl Monroe Arvin Tolentino Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos Ian Miller Jordy Tshimanga Freddie Lish Wataru Igari Efe Odigie Meralco Bolts Ismael Romero Cady Lalanne Justin Brownlee Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Ange Kouame Sina Vahedi Hong Kong Eastern Alexandre Gavrilovic Cameron Clark Jamal Mayali Ryan Watkins Macau Black Bears Samuel Deguara Torrence Watson JD Miller
Group stage The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams each for the group stage. The top two teams from each group advanced to postseason. The top two overall seeds received a bye.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Finals The finals was held in Macau, China.
Quarterfinals Note: All times are Macau Standard Time (UTC+8)
Semifinals
Third place game
Championship game
Qualification for 2026 Basketball Champions League Asia
On 15 December 2025, the FIBA announced that EASL became the official qualifier for Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia). The top performing EASL teams representing B.League, Korean Basketball League and the Philippine Basketball Association would secure direct qualification to BCL Asia. On September 3, 2026, the FIBA announced that 2026 Basketball Champions League Asia was cancelled.
TeamQualified onQualified as Meralco Bolts 15 December 2025 2025–26 EASL PBA top performing team Seoul SK Knights 28 January 2026 2025–26 EASL KBL top performing team Utsunomiya Brex 20 March 2026 2025–26 EASL B.League top performing team
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References
External links Official website