The 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia was the second edition of the Basketball Champions League Asia, and the 30th season of the continent's top club competition. It was held from 7 to 13 June, 2025 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates for a second consecutive year.
Utsunomiya Brex of the Japan won their first title and they earned the right to play in the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Qualification
The second BCL Asia tournament features the top eight clubs from across the continent. Champions from Japan (B.League), South Korea (KBL), China (CBA), and the Philippines (PBA) as well as the champion and runner-up of the 2024–25 FIBA West Asia Super League (WASL) are set for automatic qualification. The PBA which organizes multiple tournaments per season has the prerogative to select which team to enter. Last edition the PBA decided not to send a team for the tournament.
Two qualifying teams will be decided from the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia – East (BCL Asia – East).
The following teams qualified to the main tournament. Years in bold denote the team won the competition.
TeamQualified onQualified asParticipations Meralco Bolts 5 May 2025 2024 PBA Philippine Cup champion 1 (2018) Changwon LG Sakers 17 May 2025 2024–25 KBL champion Debut Al Riyadi 17 May 2025 2024–25 WASL champion 11 (1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024) Tabiat 17 May 2025 2024–25 WASL runner-up Debut Zhejiang Lions 20 May 2025 2024–25 CBA champion Debut Shabab Al Ahli 26 May 2025 Host 5 (2001, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2024) Utsunomiya Brex 27 May 2025 2024–25 B1 League champion Debut Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos 30 May 2025 2025 BCL Asia – East champion Debut Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 30 May 2025 2025 BCL Asia – East runner-up Debut
Venues On 21 May 2025, FIBA announced Dubai as the host city of the event for a second year in a row. The group phase will be played at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, the same arena for last year's games. The final phase will be held in the Coca-Cola Arena.
Format The nine teams play in three round-of-robin groups of three, with each playing two games. The top eight teams from overall group phase advance to the final phase, where they play single-elimination games for final classification.
Draw The group phase draw was held on 31 May 2025 at the UG Palace in Mongolia. The quarter-finals draw was held on 9 June 2025.
Group phase +Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 Utsunomiya Brex Meralco Bolts Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos Tabiat Zhejiang Lions Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Al Riyadi Changwon LG Sakers Shabab Al Ahli
Quarter-finals Pot DPot EPot FPot G Al Riyadi Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Utsunomiya Brex Tabiat Shabab Al Ahli Meralco Bolts Zhejiang Lions
Group phase Note: All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+4)
Group A
Group B
Group C
Final phase Note: All times are UAE Standard Time (UTC+4)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place game
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team Record Qualification Utsunomiya Brex 4–1 Al Riyadi 4–1 Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos 3–2 4th Shabab Al Ahli 2–3
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team(s) Statistic Points per game Deshawndre Washington Shabab Al Ahli 34.3 Rebounds per game Arman Zangeneh Tabiat 14.3 Assists per game D. J. Newbill Utsunomiya Brex 7.4 Steals per game Jordan Tolbert Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos 3.0 Blocks per game Thon Maker Al Riyadi 2.8 Minutes per game Arman Zangeneh Tabiat 42.0 FG% Wael Arakji Al Riyadi 67.7% 3P% Stedmon Lemon Tabiat 53.8% FT% Alec Brown Taoyuan Pauian Pilots 100.0%
Individual game highs Category Player Team(s) Statistic Points Deshawndre Washington Shabab Al Ahli 40 Rebounds Josh Hawley Shabab Al Ahli 20 Assists Ali Mansour Al Riyadi 12 Steals Jordan Tolbert Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos 5 Blocks Hayk Gyokchyan Al Riyadi 4Three pointers D. J. Newbill Utsunomiya Brex 7 Barry Brown Jr. Zhejiang Lions Reference：
Awards The awards were announced after the final on 13 June. 2025 Basketball Champions League AsiaUtsunomiya Brex1st title
Most Valuable Player D. J. Newbill
All-Star Five Pos Player Club G D. J. Newbill (MVP) Utsunomiya Brex G Ian Miller Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos F Finn Delany Utsunomiya Brex F Hayk Gyokchyan Al Riyadi F Thon Maker Al Riyadi
Notes
References
External links Official website