The Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL, zh, 台灣職業籃球大聯盟) is a

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in Taiwan composed of 7 teams. It is the fourth Taiwanese professional basketball league after the

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(CBA; 1994–1999), P. League+ (PLG; founded in 2020), and

T1 League The T1 League is a Taiwanese men's professional basketball league founded in 2021. It is the third professional basketball league in Taiwan after the Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) and the P. League+ (PLG). In the 2022–23 season, the T ...

(2021–2024).

History

2024

On June 22, 2024, Walter Wang, the chairman of the New Taipei Kings, announced that the new league would be established. And there were four teams of the P. League+ (the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers, and the New Taipei Kings) and five teams of the

(the

Kaohsiung Aquas The Kaohsiung Aquas ( zh, 高雄全家海神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aqua ...

New Taipei CTBC DEA The New Taipei CTBC DEA ( zh, 新北中信特攻) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in New Taipei City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021-22 season, and play their home games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium. T ...

Tainan TSG GhostHawks The Tainan TSG GhostHawks ( zh, 臺南台鋼獵鷹) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Chia Nan University of ...

Taipei Taishin Mars The Taipei Taishin Mars ( zh, 臺北台新戰神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2023–24 season, and play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnas ...

, and the

Taiwan Beer Leopards The Taiwan Beer Leopards ( zh, 台啤永豐雲豹) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Taoyuan Arena. The ...

) submitted the letter of intent to join the new league. There was a Southeast Asia basketball team would join the league. On June 24, the new league preparation committee announced that the new season would start on November. On June 26, the P. League+ announced that two leagues aimed to merge for 2024–25 season.

announced that the five teams of the

would organize the new league for 2024–25 season. The new league preparation committee announced that the eleven teams of the two leagues would organize the new league. On July 1, Chang Shu-Jen, the general manager of the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, was temporarily named as the spokesman of the new league. And the new league preparation committee announced that P. League+ and

would jointly hold the united draft on July 15. On July 8,

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was named as the commissioner of the new league. And the Taipei Fubon Braves,

Taoyuan Pauian Pilots Taoyuan Pauian Pilots (Chinese: 桃園璞園領航猿) is a professional basketball team based in Taoyuan, Taiwan. They have been part of P. League+ since the 2020–21 season. In 2020, following the establishment of P. League+, Super Basketb ...

, and the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers announced to quit the new league preparation for the new season of the P. League+. On July 9, the

announced to quit the new league preparation for the new season of the P. League+. And the

, New Taipei Kings,

, Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Formosa Dreamers, and the

announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League. On July 23, the TPBL held the

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. There were 33 players participated in the draft, and 11 players were chosen in 3 rounds. On August 1, the TPBL announced that

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, former secretary general of the

, and the Yang He-Ping, former chief operating officer of the P. League+, were the deputy secretaries of the league.

Teams

Rules and regulations

Players

* Each team is able to register ''4 import players''. * Each team is able to select 3 import players into active roster in each match. * 8-Imports-In-4-Quarters Rule : each quarter can have 2 import players on the court. * Foreign student player status is ineligible for the TPBL rules thus players currently under contract can play until 2025–26 season. Teams without foreign student players can sign a foreign student player as reserved import player.

Regular season

Ranking

Broadcast partners

Mottos

Note

References

External links

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