Japan Basketball League


The Japan Basketball League 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 and the JBL2.
In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League 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, and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido.

List of champions

Award winners

Regular season MVP

SeasonMVPTeam
2007–08 Shinsuke KashiwagiAisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Kosuke TakeuchiAisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Kosuke Takeuchi Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 J. R. SakuragiAisin SeaHorses
2011–12 J. R. Sakuragi Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 J. R. Sakuragi Aisin SeaHorses

Finals MVP

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

SeasonPlayerTeam
2007–08 Marquis EstillOSG Phoenix24.9
2008–09 Takuya KawamuraLink Tochigi Brex20.4
2009–10 Takuya Kawamura Link Tochigi Brex20.5
2010–11 Takuya Kawamura Link Tochigi Brex19.3
2011–12 Takuya Kawamura Link Tochigi Brex20.4
2012–13 Nick FazekasToshiba Brave Thunders21.6

Rebounding leaders

Assists leaders

Steals leaders

Blocks leaders

Clubs

The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:

JBL