2026 TPBL playoffs
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | May 5 – May 19, 2026 |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 5 |
The 2026 TPBL playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League's (TPBL) 2025–26 season. The play-in series starts on May 5 and is scheduled to end on May 6.[1] The semifinals series starts on May 9 and is scheduled to end on May 19.[1]
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-five semifinals series, which is in a 2-2-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series, which is in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.[2][3]
Playoff qualifying
On April 19, 2026, the Formosa Dreamers became the first team to clinch the semifinals series.[4] On April 26, the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards clinched the regular season title.[5] On April 29, the Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the New Taipei Kings to the play-in series.[6][7]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
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| Play-in berth | Semifinals berth | Best record in TPBL | |||
| 1 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | 23–12 | — | April 25[8] | April 26[5] |
| 2 | Formosa Dreamers | 22–14 | — | April 19[4] | — |
| 3 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | 20–14 | — | April 29[6] | — |
| 4 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 19–16 | April 29[7] | — | |
| 5 | New Taipei Kings | 18–16 | April 29[7] | — | |
Bracket
| Play-in | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | – | ||||||||||||
| TBD | – | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TBD | – | |||||||||||||
| TBD | – | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Formosa Dreamers | – | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | – | ||||||||||||
Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) 4th seed in regular season vs. (5) 5th seed in regular season
May 5, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| 4th seed in regular season | vs. | 5th seed in regular season |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 6, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| 5th seed in regular season | vs. | 4th seed in regular season |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
| The DEA won 4–1 in the regular-season series |
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This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals
(1) Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards vs. (TBD) Winner of Play-in
May 10, 2026 17:00 (UTC+8) |
| Winner of Play-in | vs. | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 13, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Winner of Play-in | vs. | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 15, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | vs. | Winner of Play-in |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 17, 2026 17:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards | vs. | Winner of Play-in |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 19, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Winner of Play-in | vs. | Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
| The XX won X–X in the regular-season series |
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This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Formosa Dreamers vs. (3) Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers
May 9, 2026 17:00 (UTC+8) |
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | vs. | Formosa Dreamers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City |
May 12, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | vs. | Formosa Dreamers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City |
May 14, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Formosa Dreamers | vs. | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 16, 2026 17:00 (UTC+8) |
| Formosa Dreamers | vs. | Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
May 18, 2026 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers | vs. | Formosa Dreamers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City |
| The Dreamers won 4–2 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
TPBL Finals: (TBD) High rank of Semifinals vs. (TBD) Low rank of Semifinals
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| Low rank of Semifinals | vs. | High rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| Low rank of Semifinals | vs. | High rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| High rank of Semifinals | vs. | Low rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| High rank of Semifinals | vs. | Low rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| Low rank of Semifinals | vs. | High rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| High rank of Semifinals | vs. | Low rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
XX, 2026 XX:XX (UTC+8) |
| Low rank of Semifinals | vs. | High rank of Semifinals |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – | ||
| The XX won X–X in the regular-season series |
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This will be the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
