AUBL CEO says next season likely to feature 15-16 teams playing home and away matches, ending with ‘Elite Eight’ knockout event in one city
Taiwan’s National Chengchi University, the NCCU Griffins, were crowned champions of the Asian University Basketball League in Hangzhou on Sunday after they beat mainland China’s Tsinghua University to the first pan-regional intercollegiate title.
The 82-79 win at Binjiang Gymnasium marked the end of the inaugural event, which saw 12 universities from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mongolia pitted against one another in 24 matches across seven days, but the league’s chief said more teams would play when the competition returns next year.
“We’re going to have more teams and more groups. We’re looking to have 15 or 16 teams,” said Jay Li Jintian, chief executive of AUBL, on Sunday. “The new season, the first to have home and away matches, will start in late 2026.
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