EASL is the championship league of East Asian professional basketball. This is where the champions face off against the top teams in the region to determine the best of the best.
Participants in the EASL qualifiers are the champions and runners-up of top basketball leagues from Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Hong Kong and Macau.
Each season has 30 group matches, held from October to February, with each of the 10 teams playing six games (three at home and three away). The four teams with the most wins in the group stage qualify for the Final Four weekend in March, where the East Asian champion will be crowned.
The EASL is organized under an exclusive agreement with the international basketball federation FIBA.
our mission
EASL’s mission is to elevate the level of basketball in Asia.
It is at the vanguard of Asia’s basketball revolution, spurred by new investment and modernization, and supported by improved infrastructure.
EASL is at the center of this story of resurgence and growth. It provides a platform where Asia’s best leagues, teams and players can compete, develop and collaborate to raise the level of the game.
EASL is a modern, sophisticated sports entertainment product designed to capture the imagination of hundreds of millions of Asian fans hungry for homegrown basketball heroes. It feeds surging demand for prime-time shows vying for regional supremacy in the region’s most popular sport.
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