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The 2023–24 East Asia Super League was the first regular season of the East Asia Super League, an international basketball club competition involving teams from domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Taiwan. [2] [3] The season started on 11 October 2023, and ended on 10 March 2024.
The 2024–25 East Asia Super League has ten teams, two more compared the last season. Like the last season, the finalist of the Taiwan's (Chinese Taipei) P. League+, Japan's B.League and South Korea's Korean Basketball League qualified and took part for the 2024–25 season alongside two teams from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The East Asia Super League was co-founded by Matt Beyer and Henry Kerins [1] as the Asia League as a response to what the founders deem as a lack of high-level international tournaments featuring basketball clubs in the region [2] also taking into account the population in the region, about 2 billion, which could be a potential market for a regional inter-club tournament.
Almost 20 years ago the ACC raided the original Big East. Now Mike Tranghese, the Big East commissioner at the time, feels a sense of empathy for the league that led to the demise of his own.
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The WNBA also recently announced the creation of expansion franchises in Toronto and Portland for a total of 15 teams. The Portland and Toronto franchises won't began playing until the 2026 season.
The latest expansion, Wingspan Asia, focuses on birds from China, India, and Japan and was published in late 2022. This new expansion includes 90 new bird cards, 14 bonus cards, 18 Automa cards, and two more ways to play: Duet mode (stand-alone variant for 2 players) and Flock mode allowing up to 7 players.
The EASL Champions Week was a pre-season tournament of the East Asia Super League, an international basketball club competition involving teams from domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Taiwan, as well as a franchise team representing Greater China. [2] [3] The Champions Week was held from 1 to 5 March 2023. [4]