East Asia Super League Unveils 2024-25 Season Schedule

The schedule for the much-anticipated 2024-25 Season of the East Asia Super League was finally revealed, with the campaign set to tip off on October.

A double-header at the SM Mall of Asia Arena will serve as the league opener, called the EASL Tipoff and will feature the two Filipino squads.

Opening things up at 610pm is the matchup between the San Miguel Beermen and the Suwon KT Sonic Boom, followed by the Meralco Bolts against the Macau Black Bears at 810pm.

Overall, there are 34 matchups set to place across the region until February next year, which also will include the EASL Mid-Season Classic scheduled to take place in Macau on December 11. This particular doubleheader is highlighted by the Black Bears hosting the New Taipei Kings, with the matchup between the Sonic Boom and the Taoyuan Pilots preceding it.

The schedule was tweaked with the addition of two new squads in Macau and Hong Kong Eastern. As a result, there will be thirty games involved for each team, with virtually all group stage matches scheduled on a Wednesday. They also accommodated the upcoming FIBA international windows, which will the league will push pause for in mid-November and mid-February. It will also take a break to commemorate the Lunar New Year at the end of January.

League CEO Henry Kerins shares about the schedule, "The 34-game EASL season is the ultimate test in Asian club basketball. After an incredible performance during our first season in 2023-24, this is now understood by teams, players and fans alike. The EASL is ‘Where Champions Clash’, the pinnacle of professional basketball in Asia."

He adds, "Fans all across Asia, whether in person or via our expanded broadcast coverage for the 2024-25 season, will all get to experience the highest level of basketball played in Asia today; EASL's thrilling competition to become champion."

The ten teams are split into two groups of five teams.

Group A has B.LEAGUE champion Hiroshima Dragonflies, Korean Basketball League (KBL) ,runner-up Suwon KT Sonicboom, P. LEAGUE+ runner-up Taoyuan Pauian Pilots, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup champion San Miguel Beermen, and the HKSAR champion Hong Kong Eastern

Group B has B.LEAGUE runner-up Ryukyu Golden Kings, KBL champion Busan KCC Egis, P.LEAGUE+ champion New Taipei Kings, PBA Philippines Cup champion Meralco Bolts, and Macau SAR champion Black Bears.

The two best teams of each group will advance to into the EASL Final Four championship weekend taking place this coming March 7-9, 2025.