The B League is a professional basketball league that started in 2016. The regular season runs from October to May, followed by playoffs, and the B-League is divided into the B1 League (22 teams), the B2 League (14 teams), and the B3 League (11 teams).
The B1 league is divided into the East and West conference with 11 teams each. In the playoffs, the top three teams from each division and two wild card teams compete for the championship.
2021-2022 Season: B League Participating Teams / Home Arena
b1
b2
| Teams | Prefecture | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Aomori Wat's | Aomori | Maeda Arena |
| Yamagata Wyvans | Yamagata | Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium |
| Fukushima Firebonds | Fukushima | Horaiya Koriyama General Gymnasium |
| Altiri Chiba | Chiba | Kashiwa-no-ha Park Baseball Stadium |
| Toyama Grouses | Toyama | Toyama City Gymnasium |
| Fukui Blowinds | Fukui | Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium |
| Shinso Brave Warriors | Nagano | White Ring |
| Veltex Shizuoka | Shizuoka | Shizuoka City Central Gymnasium |
| Kobe Storks | Hyogo | World Memorial Hall |
| Bambitious Nara | Nara | Rohto Arena |
| Ehime Orange Vikings | Ehime | Matsuyama City General Community Center |
| Rising Zephyr Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Teriha Sekisui House Arena |
| Kumamoto Volters | Kumamoto | Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium |
| Kagoshima Rebnais | Kagoshima | Nishihara Shokai Arena |
b3
| Teams | Prefecture | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Iwate Big Bulls | Iwate | Morioka Takaya Arena |
| Saitama Broncos | Saitama | Saiden Chemical Arena |
| Earth Friends Tokyo Z | Tokyo | Ota City General Gymnasium |
| Tokyo Hachioji Bee Trains | Tokyo | Esforta Arena Hachioji |
| Shinagawa City Basketball Club | Tokyo | |
| Tokyo United Basketball Club | Tokyo | Ariake Arena |
| Tachikawa Dice | Tokyo | Arena Tachikawa Tachihi |
| Yokohama Excellence | Kanagawa | Yokohama Budokan |
| Shonan United BC | Kanagawa | |
| Niigata Albirex BB | Niigata | City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka |
| Kanazawa Samuraiz | Ishikawa | Kanazawa City General Gymnasium |
| Gifu Swoops | Gifu | OKB Gifu Seiryu Arena |
| Toyoda Gosei Scorpions | Aichi | Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium Entrio |
| Veertien Mie Basketball | Mie | |
| Trihoop Okayama | Okayama | Zip Arena Okayama |
| Yamaguchi Patsfive | Yamaguchi | Tawarada Memorial Gymnasium |
| Tokushima Gambarous | Tokushima | Tokugin Tomony Arena |
| Kagawa Five Arrows | Kagawa | Takamatsu City Gymnasium |
Japan Professional Basketball League (B.LEAGUE)
Schedule
The 2020-2021 season schedule is uncertain due to the Coronavirus, let's look at the schedule for 2018-2019 for your reference.
*Currently, games are being played as scheduled for the 2020-2021 season. (as of March, 2021)
Schedule for the 2018-2019 season
Regular Season
October 4, 2018 to April 19, 2019
Post Season
April 26, 2019 to May 11, 2019
Quarterfinals
April 26, 2019 (Friday) to April 29, 2019 (Monday)
Semifinals
Saturday, May 4, 2019 to Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Final
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Venue: Yokohama Arena
All-Star Game
January 19, 2019
Venue: Toyama City General Gymnasium
All Japan Basketball Championship Tournament (Emperor's Cup)
The All Japan Basketball Championship Tournament is a knockout tournament separate from the B League games. The first place in Japan will be decided in a knockout tournament among B1 B-League teams, college teams, company-sponsored teams, and high school teams that have won their respective regional block qualifiers.
The first round starts in September, and the winning team will be decided at the Grand Final in March of the following year.
The venue for the final round (quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) will be the Saitama Super Arena.