ASEAN Basketball League

The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a men's basketball competition in Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong,  Taiwan, and Macau. Six teams compete, all from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Teams that participated in the first season were the Philippine Patriots, Thailand Tigers, SM BritAma, Kuala Lumpur Dragons, Brunei Barracudas and former National Basketball League (Australasia) team the Singapore Slingers. Similar to the Euroleague in Europe, the ABL has its own set of rules in terms of its roster and salary  Teams are allowed two players of non-ASEAN citizenship and two ASEAN imports. Teams are allowed to have a team of all local players if they want. The KL Dragons were renamed the Westports KL Dragons and the Thailand Tigers were renamed Chang Thailand Slammers at the start of the 2nd (2010) season. ABL CEO Kuhan Foo said that 3 teams may be a part of the ABL for the next season.

Current clubs
 Team City / Region Arena Capacity Founded Joined ABL Head coach  CLS Knights Indonesia Surabaya GOR Kertajaya Surabaya 3,000 1946 2017  Koko Heru Setyo Nugroho  Hong Kong Eastern Wan Chai, Hong Kong Southorn Stadium 2,000 1932 2016  Eduard Torres  Formosa Dreamers Changhua Changhua Stadium 57432017  Dean Murray   Macau Black Bears Macau University of Macau Sports Complex  Nanhai Gymnasium, Nanhai TBC 2017  Charles Dubé-Brais  Mono Vampire Bangkok Stadium 29 5,000 2014 2015  Douglas Clark Marty  Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Arena 2,500 2011 2012  Kyle Julius San Miguel Alab PilipinasMetro Manila Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 25,000 2016 Jimmy Alapag Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan 5,500 Baliuag, Bulacan  Baliwag Star Arena N/A Santa Rosa  City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex 5,700 Antipolo Ynares Center 7,500   Singapore Slingers Kallang, Singapore OCBC Arena 3,000 2006 2009  Neo Beng Siang  Westports Malaysia Dragons Kuala Lumpur MABA Stadium 2,500 2009 Jamie Pearlman  Zhuhai Wolf Warriors ZhuhaiJinan University 2,500 2018 TBD

 Former teams 
CountryTeamYearsFromToBrunei Barracudas20092011Indonesia Warriors20122014Laskar Dreya South Sumatra2014Satria Muda BritAma20092011AirAsia Philippine Patriots20092012Pilipinas MX3 Kings20152016San Miguel Beermen20122013Bangkok Cobras 2012Hi-Tech Bangkok City20092016Kaohsiung Truth20162017

 References 

Category:Basketball leagues
Category:Sport in Asia
Category:ASEAN