2025 Women's Basketball League Asia
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | China |
| City | Dongguan |
| Dates | 23–28 September |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue | 1 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Guangdong Vermilion Birds (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Fujitsu Red Wave |
| Third place | Busan BNK Sum |
| Fourth place | Ulaanbaatar Amazons |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 11 |
| MVP | Yang Shuyu[1] (Guangdong Vermilion Birds) |
| Top scorer | Chennedy Carter (Al-Ula) (29.0 ppg) |
| Top rebounds | Queen Egbo (Al-Ula) (13.7 rpg) |
| Top assists | Rui Machida (Fujitsu Red Wave) (9.5 apg) |
| Official website | |
| 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia | |
The 2025 Women's Basketball League Asia is the second edition of the premier Asian women's basketball club competition organised by FIBA Asia. The tournament will be held at the Dongguan Sports Center in Dongguan, China from 23 to 28 September.
Sichuan Yuanda Meile were the defending champions, but were not defend their crown after failing to win the 2024–25 WCBA.
Guangdong Vermilion Birds won the tournament after defeating Fujitsu Red Wave 95–67 in final.[2]
Format
6 teams, up from the 4 that took part in the inaugural edition, will compete in 2 groups of three. After round robin play, the top two from each group advance to the semifinals, where the winners will play the final.
Teams
The following teams qualified to the main tournament.[3]
| Team | Appearances |
|---|---|
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds (1st) | 1st |
| Cathay Life Tigers (1st) | 2nd |
| Fujitsu Red Wave (1st) | 2nd |
| Busan BNK Sum (1st) | 1st |
| Ulaanbaatar Amazons (1st) | 1st |
| Al-Ula (1st) | 1st |
Venue
On 12 August 2025, it was announced that the Dongguan Sports Center in Chengdu, China would host the tournament. The arena has a capacity of 16,133.
| Dongguan |
|---|
| Dongguan Sports Center |
| Capacity: 16,133 |
Group phase
The schedule and grouping was announced on 27 August 2025.[4] The timings of some of the games were adjusted due to Typhoon Ragasa hiting the host city, Dongguan, during the tournament.[5]
- All times are local (UTC+08:00)
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 136 | +29 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ulaanbaatar Amazons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 162 | 172 | −10 | 3 | |
| 3 | Cathay Life Tigers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 163 | −19 | 2 | 5–6 classification match |
Source: WBL Asia 2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
23 September 2025
11:15 |
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 90–74 | Ulaanbaatar Amazons |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 28–16, 21–14, 16–16 | ||
| Pts: Collier 22 Rebs: Chen 11 Asts: Yang L.W. 7 |
Pts: Robinson, My Truong 25 Rebs: Onolbataar 13 Asts: My Truong 5 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 100 Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ) |
25 September 2025
19:30 |
| Ulaanbaatar Amazons | 88–82 | Cathay Life Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 18–24, 28–19, 26–15 | ||
| Pts: Robinson 30 Rebs: Robinson 10 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: Han 22 Rebs: Han 6 Asts: Lo 5 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 2,222 Referees: Preeda Muongmee (THA), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ) |
26 September 2025
19:30 |
| Cathay Life Tigers | 65–72 | Guangdong Vermilion Birds |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 15–23, 10–23, 25–16 | ||
| Pts: Han 15 Rebs: Potter 10 Asts: Han, Lo 3 |
Pts: Yang 18 Rebs: Ejiofor 15 Asts: three players 4 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ) |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fujitsu Red Wave | 2 | 2 | 0 | 229 | 97 | +132 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Busan BNK Sum | 2 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 185 | −40 | 3 | |
| 3 | Al-Ula | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 219 | −92 | 2 | 5–6 classification match |
Source: WBL Asia 2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
23 September 2025
09:00 |
| Fujitsu Red Wave | 128–43 | Al-Ula |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 31–16, 32–13, 37–8 | ||
| Pts: Hayashi, Miyazawa 22 Rebs: Miyazawa, Fujimoto 8 Asts: Machida 11 |
Pts: Carter 13 Rebs: Egbo 13 Asts: Khayyat 4 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 122 Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP) |
25 September 2025
16:30 |
| Al-Ula | 84–91 | Busan BNK Sum |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 18–31, 24–34, 29–10 | ||
| Pts: Carter 45 Rebs: Egbo 19 Asts: Egbo 6 |
Pts: Lee 23 Rebs: Kim S. 7 Asts: An 12 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Zhang Xiao (CHN), Suebpong Wichaiphin (THA), Jiang Wenan (CHN) |
26 September 2025
16:30 |
| Busan BNK Sum | 54–101 | Fujitsu Red Wave |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 15–23, 10–32, 16–18 | ||
| Pts: Kim 13 Rebs: Byun, Park 4 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Fujimoto 19 Rebs: Fujimoto 7 Asts: Machida 10 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP) |
Final phase
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 91 | |||||
| 28 September | ||||||
| Busan BNK Sum | 56 | |||||
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 95 | |||||
| 27 September | ||||||
| Fujitsu Red Wave | 67 | |||||
| Fujitsu Red Wave | 107 | |||||
| Ulaanbaatar Amazons | 83 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 28 September | ||||||
| Busan BNK Sum | 79 | |||||
| Ulaanbaatar Amazons | 74 | |||||
5–6 classification match
27 September 2025
13:30 |
| Cathay Life Tigers | 138–52 | Al-Ula |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 26–22, 34–8, 46–3 | ||
| Pts: Hsu 26 Rebs: Hsiao 12 Asts: Huang 9 |
Pts: Carter 29 Rebs: Egbo 9 Asts: Egbo 2 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Referees: Zhang Xiao (CHN), Suebpong Wichaiphin (THA), Jiang Wenan (CHN) |
Semifinals
27 September 2025
16:30 |
| Fujitsu Red Wave | 107–83 | Ulaanbaatar Amazons |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–20, 16–20, 32–26, 27–17 | ||
| Pts: Hayashi 29 Rebs: Miyazawa 6 Asts: Miyazawa, Fujimoto 6 |
Pts: Robinson 26 Rebs: Robinson 10 Asts: My Truong 7 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS) |
27 September 2025
19:30 |
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 91–56 | Busan BNK Sum |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 28–17, 17–11, 20–19 | ||
| Pts: Chen 17 Rebs: Ejiofor 9 Asts: Yang, Shen 7 |
Pts: Kim S. 21 Rebs: Kim M. 4 Asts: Sim, An 3 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP) |
Third place game
28 September 2025
16:00 |
| Busan BNK Sum | 79–74 | Ulaanbaatar Amazons |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 20–16, 22–21, 22–11 | ||
| Pts: Lee 30 Rebs: Kim S. 9 Asts: Kim, An 5 |
Pts: Robinson 29 Rebs: Onolbataar 12 Asts: My Truong 8 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP) |
Final
28 September 2025
19:00 |
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 95–67 | Fujitsu Red Wave |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 23–11, 25–15, 29–25 | ||
| Pts: Yang 23 Rebs: Chen 10 Asts: Chen 7 |
Pts: Miyazawa 18 Rebs: Machida, Akagi 5 Asts: Machida 12 | |
Dongguan Sports Center, Dongguan
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS) |
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Vermilion Birds | 4–0 | |
| Fujitsu Red Wave | 3–1 | |
| Busan BNK Sum | 2–2 | |
| 4th | Ulaanbaatar Amazons | 1–3 |
| 5th | Cathay Life Tigers | 1–2 |
| 6th | Al-Ula | 0–3 |
Awards
The awards were announced after the final on 28 September.[1]
| 2025 Women's Basketball League Asia winner |
|---|
Guangdong Vermilion Birds 1st title |
| Most Valuable Player |
|---|
| Yang Shuyu |
All-Star Five
| Pos | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| G | Yang Shuyu (MVP) | Guangdong Vermilion Birds |
| F | Huang Sijing | Guangdong Vermilion Birds |
| C | Aki Fujimoto | Fujitsu Red Wave |
| F | Yuki Miyazawa | Fujitsu Red Wave |
| G | Sonia Ursu-Kim | Busan BNK Sum |
References
- ^ a b "Yang Shuyu earns MVP honors, headline All-Star Five". www.fiba.basketball. 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Dongguan New Century capture WBL Asia 2025 crown champions". www.fiba.basketball. 29 September 2025.
- ^ "Dongguan to host Women's Basketball League Asia 2025". FIBA. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Groupings, schedule confirmed for WBL Asia 2025". FIBA. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "FIBA WBL Asia 2025 schedule adjusted due to typhoon". FIBA. 22 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.