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The 2024–25 East Asia Super League is the third regular season of the East Asia Super League, an international basketball club competition involving teams from Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Philippines and Taiwan.

Five cities outside the Philippines have signified interest to host the Final Four segment of the 2024–25 EASL.

Teams

Allocation

Like the previous season, the 2024–25 East Asia Super League will have eight teams.If precedent would serve as basis for the team allocation, the finalist of the Taiwan's (Chinese Taipei) P. League+, Japan's B.League and South Korea's Korean Basketball League are expected to qualify and take part for the 2024–25 season alongside two teams from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

The allocation process for Philippine teams was not immediately known since the PBA has two conferences or tournaments for its 2023–24 season. The PBA decided to send the champions of those two conferences.

On 14 August 2024, a team each from Hong Kong and Macau were announced as expansion teams.

League	Country or region	Berths
P. League+	Chinese Taipei	2
B.League	Japan	2
Korean Basketball League	South Korea	2
Philippine Basketball Association	Philippines	2
Expansion teams	Hong Kong	1
	Macau	1

Qualified teams

Team	Domestic league standing
New Taipei Kings	2023–24 P. League+ champions
Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	2023–24 P. League+ runners-up
Hiroshima Dragonflies	2023–24 B.League champions
Ryukyu Golden Kings	2023–24 B.League runners-up
Busan KCC Egis	2023–24 Korean Basketball League champions
Suwon KT Sonicboom	2023–24 Korean Basketball League runners-up
San Miguel Beermen	2023–24 PBA Commissioner's Cup champions
Meralco Bolts	2024 PBA Philippine Cup champions
Hong Kong Eastern	2023–24 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship champions
Macau Black Bears	2024 Macau Senior Category of the Silver Medal Basketball Tournament champions

Foreign and heritage players

The EASL allows a maximum of two foreign players or imports. Additionally teams are allowed to have one additional heritage or naturalized player.

Club	Imports		Asian heritage player	Naturalized player	Former players
New Taipei Kings			Sani Sakakini
Taoyuan Pauian Pilots
Hiroshima Dragonflies
Ryukyu Golden Kings
Busan KCC Egis	Deonte Burton	Leon Williams	Calvin Epistola
Suwon KT Sonicboom	Rayshaun Hammonds	Jeremiah Tilmon	—	—
San Miguel Beermen	EJ Anosike	Quincy Miller	—	—
Meralco Bolts	DJ Kennedy	Akil Mitchell	—	Ange Kouame	Allen Durham
Hong Kong Eastern	Cameron Clark	Chris McLaughlin	—	—
Macau Black Bears	Jeantal Cylla	Samuel Deguara	Chun Hong Ting Jamal Mayali	Will Artino

Draw

The result of the draw for the group stage of the 2024–25 season was announced in April 2024 at the time when only the Korean Basketball League qualifying teams are already known; but the champions and runner-up Korean teams are still to be determined. For the placeholder teams team 1 would be the champions, and team 2 would be the runners-up. For the Philippines' case it was the PBA Commissioner's Cup champions which was designated as Team 1 and the PBA Philippine Cup champions as Team 2.

The Hong Kong and Macau team were belatedly added to Group A and Group B respectively.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	3	3	0	292	219	+73	1.000	Advance to semifinals
2	Hiroshima Dragonflies	3	2	1	244	222	+22	.667
3	Suwon KT Sonicboom	4	2	2	301	350	−49	.500
4	Hong Kong Eastern	3	1	2	213	228	−15	.333
5	San Miguel Beermen	3	0	3	228	259	−31	.000

2 October 2024	San Miguel Beermen	81–87	Suwon KT Sonicboom	Pasay
18:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 23–16, 19–29, 19–19
	Pts: Anosike 34 Rebs: Fajardo 9 Asts: Anosike, Ross 4	Boxscore	Pts: Hammonds 39 Rebs: Hammonds 14 Asts: Heo 9	Arena: Mall of Asia Arena

16 October 2024	Hiroshima Dragonflies	78–67	Hong Kong Eastern	Fukuyama
19:10 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 17–12, 15–18, 21–19
	Pts: Blackshear 17 Rebs: Blackshear 11 Asts: Blackshear 5	Boxscore	Pts: Clark 24 Rebs: McLaughlin 12 Asts: Clark, Yang 2	Arena: F-PICO Arena Attendance: 864

23 October 2024	Suwon KT Sonicboom	70–91	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	Suwon
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 17–25, 20–22, 7–25
	Pts: Heo 21 Rebs: Tilmon 8 Asts: Heo 4	Boxscore	Pts: Graham 32 Rebs: Graham, Pai 11 Asts: Graham, Lu 5	Arena: Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena

30 October 2024	Hong Kong Eastern	75–88	Hiroshima Dragonflies	Wan Chai
19:40 (HKT)	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 25–17, 14–27, 17–24
	Pts: McLaughlin 24 Rebs: McLaughlin 14 Asts: Chan 6	Boxscore	Pts: Blackshear 25 Rebs: Blackshear 10 Asts: Blackshear 5	Arena: Southorn Stadium Attendance: 1,788

13 November 2024	San Miguel Beermen	85–101	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	Pasig
18:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–32, 23–26, 29–18
	Pts: Miller 32 Rebs: Fajardo 11 Asts: Perez 3	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 27 Rebs: Brown 9 Asts: Graham 7	Arena: PhilSports Arena

4 December 2024	Suwon KT Sonicboom	80–78	Hiroshima Dragonflies	Suwon
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 16–15, 23–23, 21–17
	Pts: Hammonds 23 Rebs: Hammonds 14 Asts: Choi C. 8	Boxscore	Pts: Evans 19 Rebs: Evans, Mayo 11 Asts: Mayo 8	Arena: Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena

11 December 2024	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	100–64	Suwon KT Sonicboom	Macau, China
19:10 (MST)	Scoring by quarter: 34–17, 18–13, 23–22, 25–12
	Pts: Graham 27 Rebs: Dieng 13 Asts: seven players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Hammonds 15 Rebs: Hammonds 7 Asts: Moon J. 4	Arena: Studio City Event Center

18 December 2024	Hong Kong Eastern	71–62	San Miguel Beermen	Wan Chai
20:10 (HKT)	Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 20–20, 12–14, 11–14
	Pts: Lam 19 Rebs: McLaughlin 17 Asts: McLaughlin 4	Boxscore	Pts: Jones, Fajardo 19 Rebs: Jones 11 Asts: Ross 4	Arena: Southorn Stadium

25 December 2024	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	vs.	Hiroshima Dragonflies	Taoyuan City
20:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Taoyuan Arena

7 January 2025	Hong Kong Eastern	vs.	Suwon KT Sonicboom	Wan Chai
19:10 (HKT)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Southorn Stadium

8 January 2025	Hiroshima Dragonflies	vs.	San Miguel Beermen	Hiroshima
19:10 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Hiroshima Sun Plaza

15 January 2025	San Miguel Beermen	vs.	Hong Kong Eastern	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: PhilSports Arena

22 January 2025	Hiroshima Dragonflies	vs.	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	Fukuyama
19:10 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: F-PICO Arena

5 February 2025	Taoyuan Pauian Pilots	vs.	Hong Kong Eastern	Taoyuan City
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Taoyuan Arena

12 February 2025	Suwon KT Sonicboom	vs.	San Miguel Beermen	Suwon
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification
1	Ryukyu Golden Kings	3	3	0	264	249	+15	1.000	Advance to semifinals
2	Meralco Bolts	4	2	2	320	314	+6	.500
3	New Taipei Kings	2	1	1	211	204	+7	.500
4	Macau Black Bears	5	2	3	493	501	−8	.400
5	Busan KCC Egis	4	1	3	331	351	−20	.250

2 October 2024	Meralco Bolts	97–85	Macau Black Bears	Pasay
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 19–22, 30–25, 24–21
	Pts: Newsome 18 Rebs: Durham 11 Asts: Kennedy 7	Boxscore	Pts: Artino, Cylla 23 Rebs: Artino 14 Asts: Chong-qui 4	Arena: Mall of Asia Arena

16 October 2024	Ryukyu Golden Kings	77–74	Meralco Bolts	Okinawa
19:40 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 28–17, 15–22, 11–17
	Pts: Cooley, Law 18 Rebs: Law 12 Asts: Kishimoto, Law 5	Boxscore	Pts: Kennedy 30 Rebs: Kennedy 12 Asts: Durham 5	Arena: Okinawa Arena Attendance: 7,347

23 October 2024	New Taipei Kings	97–109	Macau Black Bears	New Taipei City
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: 23–34, 26–21, 26–25, 22–29
	Pts: Manigault 25 Rebs: Manigault 11 Asts: Manigault 7	Boxscore	Pts: Cylla 32 Rebs: Artino 11 Asts: Chong-qui 11	Arena: Xinzhuang Gymnasium

30 October 2024	Macau Black Bears	93–96	Ryukyu Golden Kings	Cotai
20:10 (MST)	Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 25–23, 20–24, 20–24
	Pts: Chong-qui 24 Rebs: Artino 20 Asts: Chong-qui, Artino 5	Boxscore	Pts: Aluma 29 Rebs: Cooley 19 Asts: Kishimoto 12	Arena: Studio City Event Center

6 November 2024	Macau Black Bears	111–97	Busan KCC Egis	Cotai
19:10 (MST)	Scoring by quarter: 32–34, 29–22, 23–18, 27–23
	Pts: Cylla 34 Rebs: Deguara 13 Asts: Chong-qui 12	Boxscore	Pts: Burton 35 Rebs: Williams 16 Asts: Burton 11	Arena: Studio City Event Center

13 November 2024	Meralco Bolts	81–80	Busan KCC Egis	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 22–27, 21–15, 18–12
	Pts: Mitchell 33 Rebs: Mitchell 22 Asts: Kennedy 5	Boxscore	Pts: Burton 26 Rebs: Williams 13 Asts: Burton 5	Arena: PhilSports Arena

4 December 2024	Ryukyu Golden Kings	91–82	Busan KCC Egis	Okinawa
19:40 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 20–11, 26–25, 20–19
	Pts: Cooley 29 Rebs: Cooley 18 Asts: Taira 4	Boxscore	Pts: Burton 38 Rebs: Burton 5 Asts: Lee H. 6	Arena: Okinawa Arena

11 December 2024	Macau Black Bears	95–114	New Taipei Kings	Cotai
21:10 (MST)	Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 29–28, 17–35, 32–18
	Pts: Chong-qui 32 Rebs: Deguara 15 Asts: Chong-qui 11	Boxscore	Pts: Je. Lin 27 Rebs: Je. Lin 7 Asts: Je. Lin 6	Arena: Studio City Event Center

18 December 2024	Busan KCC Egis	72–68	Meralco Bolts	Busan
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 18–19, 20–19, 21–18
	Pts: Heo 31 Rebs: Burton 14 Asts: Burton 5	Boxscore	Pts: Kennedy 23 Rebs: Mitchell 18 Asts: Newsome 4	Arena: Busan Sajik Gymnasium Attendance: 1,644

25 December 2024	Ryukyu Golden Kings	vs.	New Taipei Kings	Okinawa
19:40 (JST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Okinawa Arena

8 January 2025	New Taipei Kings	vs.	Ryukyu Golden Kings	New Taipei City
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Xinzhuang Gymnasium

15 January 2025	Busan KCC Egis	vs.	Macau Black Bears	Busan
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Busan Sajik Gymnasium

21 January 2025	Busan KCC Egis	vs.	New Taipei Kings	Busan
19:10 (KST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: Busan Sajik Gymnasium

22 January 2025	Meralco Bolts	vs.	Ryukyu Golden Kings	Pasig
20:10 (PST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: PhilSports Arena

12 February 2025	New Taipei Kings	vs.	Meralco Bolts	Taipei
19:10 (TST)	Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
		Boxscore		Arena: University of Taipei, Tian-Mu Campus Gymnasium

Final round

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Notes

1. Taiwan, officially Republic of China. The organizers of the EASL and FIBA uses the designation of "Chinese Taipei".

References

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External links

• Official website

• 2024–25 in Asian basketball leagues
• East Asia Super League seasons
• Current basketball seasons