The 2026–27 TPBL season is the third season of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL), with the Formosa Dreamers, Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, New Taipei Kings, Taipei Taishin Mars, and the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season starts on October 17, 2026 and is scheduled to end on May 16, 2027.
Teams
Team Chinese name Location Arena Map Formosa Dreamers 福爾摩沙夢想家 Taichung City Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 新竹御嵿攻城獅 Hsinchu County Hsinchu County Stadium Kaohsiung Aquas 高雄全家海神 Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung Arena New Taipei CTBC DEA 新北中信特攻 New Taipei City Xinzhuang Gymnasium New Taipei Kings 新北國王 New Taipei City Xinzhuang Gymnasium Taipei Taishin Mars 臺北台新戰神 Taipei City Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 桃園台啤永豐雲豹 Taoyuan City Taoyuan Arena
Season format Each team plays against another six times, three at home and three on the road, respectively. Each team plays 36 matches total in the regular season. Play-in series: Best-of-three series. The series are contested by the teams that finished the regular season as the fourth seed and fifth seed. The fourth seed is awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify to the semifinals series. Semifinals series: Best-of-five series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the winner of play-in series, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series. Finals series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.
Import players restrictions Each team is able to register 3 to 4 import players. Each team is able to register 1 naturalised player as local player when naturalised player stayed in the same team for three years after finishing naturalisation. Each team is able to select 2 to 3 import players into active roster in each match. 8-Imports-In-4-Quarters Rule: each quarter can have 2 import players on the court. Player loan system is allowed between the teams in TPBL and different league.
Import players Team Import playersFormer players Formosa Dreamers Trey Thompkins Ben Bentil Aric Holman Brandon Gilbeck Stanton Kidd Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers Drew Pember Cheick Diallo Sim Bhullar Justin Alston Kaohsiung Aquas Hunter Maldonado Rosco Allen Grant Basile Gabriel Galvanini New Taipei CTBC DEA Marvin Jones Vladimír Brodziansky Clay Mounce Nemanja Nenadić New Taipei Kings Craig Sword Tanner Groves Kendall Lewis Thomas Welsh Jason Washburn Taipei Taishin Mars Tyrus McGee Marin Marić Bryan Griffin Aleksandar Marelja Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards Malcolm Miller Brock Motum Thomas Wimbush Humphery Gabriel
Transactions
Retirement On October 5, 2025, Austin Daye announced that he would retire at the end of the 2025–26 season. On May 3, 2026, New Taipei Kings held the retirement ceremony for Austin Daye. On August 2, 2026, Chin Ming-Ching was named as the strength and conditioning coach of the Kaohsiung Aquas, ending his playing career. On August 31, 2026, Lu Cheng-Ju announced his retirement from professional basketball. On September 16, 2026, Dar Tucker announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Draft The 2026 TPBL draft was held on July 16, 2026, at Taipei 101 The One in Taipei City.
Coaching changes + Coaching changes Team 2025–26 season 2026–27 seasonOff-season Kaohsiung Aquas Zhu Yong-Hong (interim) Zico Coronel Taipei Taishin Mars Milan Stevanovic (interim) Gianluca Tucci New Taipei CTBC DEA Momir Ratković Mathias Fischer New Taipei Kings Hung Chih-Shan (interim) Hung Chih-Shan
Off-season On June 9, 2026, the Kaohsiung Aquas hired Zico Coronel as their new head coach. On July 1, 2026, the Taipei Taishin Mars announced that Milan Stevanovic left the team after contract expired. On July 15, 2026, the New Taipei CTBC DEA announced that Momir Ratković stepped down as the head coach. And the New Taipei CTBC DEA hired Mathias Fischer as their new head coach. On July 22, 2026, the New Taipei Kings interim head coach, Hung Chih-Shan was promoted to the new head coach. On September 24, 2026, the Taipei Taishin Mars hired Gianluca Tucci as their new head coach.
Preseason The Taiwan Professional Basketball League holds the preseason games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium on October 9 to 11, 2026.
Game log
Regular season
The regular season starts on October 17, 2026 and is scheduled to end on May 16, 2027.
League table
Results
Playoffs
Play-in series: The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify the semifinals series. Semifinals Series: The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series. Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game Blocks per game Turnovers per game Fouls per game Minutes per game FG% 3P% FT%
Individual game highs Category Player Team Statistic Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Turnovers Three pointers
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Rebounds per game Assists per game Steals per game Blocks per game Turnovers per game Fouls per game FG% 3P% FT%
Awards Yearly awards + 2026–27 TPBL awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Import Defensive Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Most Improved Player Most Popular Player of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Social Justice Award Coach of the Year General Manager of the Year Home-Court of the Year Cheerleading Team of the Year Most Popular Cheerleader of the Year Most Popular Mascot of the Year Plays of the Year Clutch Play of the Year Dunk of the Year Assist of the Year Block of the Year
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Statistical awards + 2026–27 TPBL statistical awards Award Recipient Team Statistic Ref. Points Leader Rebounds Leader Assists Leader Steals Leader Blocks Leader Three-Point Leader
Finals awards + 2027 TPBL Finals awards Award Recipient Team Ref. Champion Finals MVP
Player of the Week WeekRecipientTeamRef. 1
Player of the Month MonthLocal playerImport playerRef.RecipientTeamRecipientTeam 2026 October & November December 2027 January & February March April & May
Media The games will be broadcast on television via VL Sports, MOMOTV, Sportcast, and online via YouTube, VL Sports APP, DAZN and AXN Asia.
Notable occurrences On July 1, 2026, the TPBL announced that Yang He-Ping resigned from deputy secretary for career decision. On October 7, 2026, the TPBL announced a sponsorship with the Shopee. On October 7, 2026, the player loan system was allowed between the teams in TPBL and different league.
See also 2026–27 Formosa Dreamers season 2026–27 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers season 2026–27 Kaohsiung Aquas season 2026–27 New Taipei CTBC DEA season 2026–27 New Taipei Kings season 2026–27 Taipei Taishin Mars season 2026–27 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards season
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