The 2026 TPBL playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League's (TPBL) 2025–26 season. The play-in series started on May 5 and ended on May 6. The semifinals series started on May 9 and ended on May 17. The finals series started on May 24 and ended on June 6. On June 6, the Formosa Dreamers defeated the New Taipei Kings, 4–3, winning the 2025–26 season championship.
Format Five teams participated in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualified for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds played the best-of-three play-in series, which was in a 1-1-1 format. The fourth seed was awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the play-in series and the top three seeds played the best-of-five semifinals series, which is in a 2-2-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series, which was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.
Playoff qualifying On April 19, 2026, the Formosa Dreamers became the first team to clinch the semifinals series. On April 26, the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards clinched the regular season title. On April 29, the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the New Taipei Kings to the play-in series. On May 6, the New Taipei Kings won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.
Seed Team Record ClinchedPlay-inberth Semifinalsberth Best recordin TPBL 1 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 23–13 — April 25 April 26 2 Formosa Dreamers 22–14 — April 19 — 3 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 22–14 — April 29 — 4 New Taipei CTBC DEA 20–16 April 29 — — 5 New Taipei Kings 19–17 April 29 May 6 —
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Bold: Series winner Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) New Taipei CTBC DEA vs. (5) New Taipei Kings
Regular-season series The DEA won 5–1 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals (1) Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards vs. (5) New Taipei Kings
Regular-season series Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Formosa Dreamers vs. (3) Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers
Regular-season series The Dreamers won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
TPBL Finals: (2) Formosa Dreamers vs. (5) New Taipei Kings
Regular-season series The Kings won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders Category Game high Average Player Team High Player Team Avg. Points Jalen Harris New Taipei Kings 41 Lasan KromahChris McCullough Taoyuan Taiwan Beer LeopardsTaoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 24.0 42 Rebounds Ben Bentil Formosa Dreamers 17 Nemanja Radović New Taipei CTBC DEA 11.5 2 Assists Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 12 Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 10.3 4 Steals Tsai Cheng-KangLasan KromahChiang Yu-AnLin Yan-TingBen Bentil Hsinchu Toplus LioneersTaoyuan Taiwan Beer LeopardsFormosa DreamersNew Taipei KingsFormosa Dreamers 4 Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 3.5 4 Blocks Jason Washburn New Taipei Kings 4 Brandon Gilbeck Formosa Dreamers 1.9 7
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