East Asia Super League

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East Asia Super League
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Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 East Asia Super League
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Sport Basketball
Founded2016
First season 2023–24
MottoWhere Champions Clash
No. of teams10
CountryFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Continent FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Japan.svg Chiba Jets (1st title)
Most titles (1 title) [a]
Official website easl.basketball
  1. Excluding the pre-season tournaments era prior to 2023
  2. Official name in other languages
  3. 1 2 Taiwan, officially Republic of China. The organizers of the EASL [21] and FIBA uses the designation of "Chinese Taipei".

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East Asia Super League
Traditional Chinese 東亞超級聯賽
Simplified Chinese 东亚超级联赛
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