2025 TPBL playoffs


The 2025 TPBL playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Taiwan [Professional Basketball League]'s 2024–25 season. The play-in series started on May 23 and ended on May 25. The semifinals series started on May 29 and ended on June 8. The finals series started on June 16 and ended on June 29. On June 29, the New Taipei Kings defeated the Kaohsiung Aquas, 4–3, winning the 2024–25 season championship.

Format

Five teams will participate in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualify for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series, which is in a 1-1-1 format. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-seven semifinals series, which is in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series, which is in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.

Playoff qualifying

On April 19, 2025, the New Taipei Kings became the first team to clinch the semifinals series. On April 29, the Formosa Dreamers became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket. On May 3, the New Taipei Kings clinched the regular season title. And the Taipei Taishin Mars became the first team to qualify the play-in series. On May 18, the Taoyuan [Taiwan Beer Leopards] became the final team to qualify the play-in series. On May 25, the Taipei Taishin Mars won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.

Bracket

Bold Series winner

Italic Team with home-court advantage

Play-in: (4) [Taipei Taishin Mars] vs. (5) [Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards]

The Mars won 4–2 in the regular-season series


This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Semifinals

(1) [New Taipei Kings] vs. (4) [Taipei Taishin Mars]

The Kings won 4–2 in the regular-season series


This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

(2) [Formosa Dreamers] vs. (3) [Kaohsiung Aquas]

The Dreamers won 4–2 in the regular-season series


This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

TPBL Finals: (1) [New Taipei Kings] vs. (3) [Kaohsiung Aquas]

The Kings won 5–1 in the regular-season series


This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.