The Japan Professional Basketball League (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Shimada Shinji hereinafter referred to as “B.LEAGUE”) is pleased to announce that all matches for the Resona Group B.LEAGUE 2024-25 season have been completed with the “Resona Group B.LEAGUE FINALS 2024-25” held at Yokohama Arena (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) from Saturday, May 24th to Tuesday, May 27th, 2025.
In addition, the number of visitors in the Resona Group B.LEAGUE 2024-25 season was 4,845,109, bringing the largest number of customers to arenas across the country since the 2016-17 season when B.LEAGUE began.
Next season, we will work together to ensure that many people can enjoy the “heart-hearted” matches and live sports entertainment through the arena, broadcast and streaming.
In addition, the clubs affiliated with B1 and B2 for the Resona Group B.LEAGUE 2025-26 season have also been decided as follows:
(★ mark: Promotional club)
[B1]26 Clubs
(East Region)
Hokkaido, Sendai, Akita, Ibaraki, Utsunomiya, Gunma, Koshigaya, ★A Chiba, Chiba J, A Tokyo, SR Shibuya, Kawasaki, Yokohama BC
(Western Region)
★Toyama, Sanen, Mikawa, FE Nagoya, Nagoya D, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Shimane, Hiroshima, Saga, Nagasaki, Ryukyu
[B2]14 Clubs
(East Region)
Aomori, ★Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, ★Yokohama EX, Fukui, Shinshu
(Western Region)
Shizuoka, Kobe, Nara, Ehime, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima
[Comment by B.LEAGUE Chairman Shimada Shinji]
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all our stakeholders, including fans, partners, and government for their support and cooperation this season.
This year's Resona Group B.LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2024-25 was a breathtaking, heated battle worthy of the B.LEAGUE summit. Congratulations to everyone at Utsunomiya Brex, who won't know what will happen until the very end, and after a fierce battle that condenses the charm of the B League, and successfully won the championship.
With the feelings of the late Headmaster Kevin Braswell, he achieved first place in the championship, and also showed his overwhelming strength in winning the championship, making new history, moving many people. Although unfortunately they didn't reach the championship, the members of the Ryukyu Golden Kings also achieved the feat of “advancing to the finals for four consecutive years,” showing off their unshakable strength. The high-level offense and defense that both teams woven together gave us a lot of excitement and excitement. The 2025-26 season marks the 10th anniversary of B.LEAGUE's opening year, and will be the last season before B. Innovation. We will continue to strive to become familiar, inspiring, and proud to the world for more people. We look forward to your continued support of B.LEAGUE.
