For the current top flight of Japanese basketball, see B.League .
Japan Basketball League Founded 2007 First season Folded 2013 Country Japan Confederation FIBA Asia (Asia )Number of teams 8 Level on pyramid 1 Relegation toJBL2 Last champions Aisin SeaHorses (4th title)Most championships Aisin SeaHorses (4)Website jbl.or.jp/ (Archived)
The Japan Basketball League (JBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan . It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside the bj league , Japan's other basketball competition, with no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.
The JBL was composed of two divisions, the JBL (Division 1, formerly JBL Super League ) and the JBL2 (Division 2, formerly Japan League ).
In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.
History [ ]
The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League , which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses , Hitachi SunRockers , Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins , OSG Phoenix , Panasonic Super Kangaroos , Toshiba Red Thunders , Toyota Alvark ), and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido .[1] [2]
List of champions [ ]
Season
Regular season champion
Finals champion
Series
Runner-up
[2]
Aisin SeaHorses
Aisin SeaHorses
3–2
Toyota Alvark
[3]
Aisin SeaHorses
Aisin SeaHorses
3–1
Hitachi SunRockers
[4]
Aisin SeaHorses
Link Tochigi Brex
3–0
Aisin SeaHorses
[5]
Aisin SeaHorses
No winner (league discontinued due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami )
[6]
Aisin SeaHorses
Toyota Alvark
3–1
Aisin SeaHorses
[7]
Aisin SeaHorses
Aisin SeaHorses
3–2
Toshiba Brave Thunders
Award winners [ ]
Regular season MVP [ ]
J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a row
Season
MVP
Team
2007–08
Shinsuke Kashiwagi [2]
Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09
Kosuke Takeuchi [3]
Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10
Kosuke Takeuchi [4] (2×)
Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11
J. R. Sakuragi [5]
Aisin SeaHorses
2011–12
J. R. Sakuragi [6] (2×)
Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13
J. R. Sakuragi [7] (3×)
Aisin SeaHorses
Finals MVP [ ]
Season
MVP
Team
2007–08
Shinsuke Kashiwagi [2]
Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09
Kosuke Takeuchi [3]
Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10
Yuta Tabuse [4]
Link Tochigi Brex
2010–11
No winner (playoffs not played)[5]
2011–12
[6] [8]
Toyota Alvark
2012–13
J. R. Sakuragi [7]
Aisin SeaHorses
Statistical leaders [ ]
Top scorers [ ]
Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasons
Season
Player
Team
2007–08
[2] [9]
OSG Phoenix
24.9
2008–09
Takuya Kawamura [3] [10]
Link Tochigi Brex
20.4
2009–10
Takuya Kawamura [11] [12] (2×)
Link Tochigi Brex
20.5
2010–11
Takuya Kawamura [5] [13] (3×)
Link Tochigi Brex
19.3
2011–12
Takuya Kawamura [6] [14] (4×)
Link Tochigi Brex
20.4
2012–13
Nick Fazekas [7] [15]
Toshiba Brave Thunders
21.6
Rebounding leaders [ ]
Season
Player
Team
2007–08
[2] [9]
OSG Phoenix
16.0
2008–09
[16]
Toshiba Brave Thunders
11.0
2009–10
Kosuke Takeuchi [11] [12]
Aisin SeaHorses
11.4
2010–11
Joji Takeuchi [5] [13]
Hitachi SunRockers
12.2
2011–12
J. R. Sakuragi [14] [17]
Aisin SeaHorses
12.0
2012–13
J. R. Sakuragi [7] [15] (2×)
Aisin SeaHorses
12.5
Assists leaders [ ]
Season
Player
Team
2007–08
Cliff Hawkins [2] [9]
OSG Phoenix
7.5
2008–09
Yuta Tabuse [10] [16]
Link Tochigi Brex
5.6
2009–10
Shinsuke Kashiwagi [11] [12]
Aisin SeaHorses
4.1
2010–11
J. R. Sakuragi [5] [13]
Aisin SeaHorses
3.9
2011–12
Takuya Kawamura [14] [17]
Link Tochigi Brex
4.5
2012–13
J. R. Sakuragi [7] [15] (2×)
Aisin SeaHorses
4.4
Steals leaders [ ]
Blocks leaders [ ]
Clubs [ ]
The playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013
The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:[19]
JBL [ ]
JBL2 [ ]
References [ ]
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^ a b c d e f g h "Japan Basketball League 2007-2008" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "Japan Basketball League 2008-2009" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ a b c d "Japan Basketball League 2009-2010" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g "Japan Basketball League 2010-2011" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "Japan Basketball League 2011-2012" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Japan Basketball League 2012-2013" . asia-basket.com . Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (April 23, 2012). "High-energy Alvark outplay Sea Horse, capture JBL championship" . The Japan Times . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "Ranking" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
^ a b c d "JAPAN - B1 LEAGUE BASKETBALL (JAP-1) Leaders for 2008-2009 season" . proballers.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "JAPAN - B1 LEAGUE BASKETBALL (JAP-1) Leaders for 2009-2010 season" . proballers.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c d "Match Record / Leaders (JBL 2009-2010)" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "JAPAN - B1 LEAGUE BASKETBALL (JAP-1) Leaders for 2010-2011 season" . proballers.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "JAPAN - B1 LEAGUE BASKETBALL (JAP-1) Leaders for 2011-2012 season" . proballers.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c d e "JAPAN - B1 LEAGUE BASKETBALL (JAP-1) Leaders for 2012-2013 season" . proballers.com . Retrieved March 31, 2020 .
^ a b c "Leaders" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
^ a b c "Leaders" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
^ "Leaders" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 19, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
^ "Schedule" . jbl.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
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