EASL launched the region’s first professional basketball league with clubs with the aim of revitalizing the sports world throughout East Asia. The first tournament is scheduled to be held in October of this year, and the top eight teams gathered from Asian countries to win the title of Asian champion with a prize of about 1 million dollars (100 million yen) will have a fierce battle. Unfold. Created to keep track of this historic tournament, this feature-length documentary series will be a long-term EASL 2022-23 season with interviews with competitors and other stakeholders working towards the success of this tournament. I will continue to interview. The highlight is the human drama woven by players and coaches from different cultures and nationalities gathered from Asian countries, which can only be seen on the stage of EASL, the highest basketball league in Asia.
Director Lee Jae-han is a well-known Korean film director who has a history of working on the blockbuster movie “A Moment to Remember” and has won awards. Lee is the director of CTRL Media owned by Steve Nash, the head coach of Brooklyn Nets, who has made a name for himself in the history of the NBA by collaborating with Korean video production company Studio IGNITE! Ezra Holland, founder and CEO of Salty Pictures, will be executive producer. In addition, Studio IGNITE! Has a wealth of experience in producing reality programs specializing in sports such as soccer and football, and this time as well, expectations are high for images that make full use of that expertise.
Director Lee Jae-han commented as follows.
“We will share a realistic human drama with the best teams in a way we have never seen or done before. In the world of basketball, set in the East Asia Super League, Asia’s premier tournament. It will be a deep and diverse documentary of all 10 episodes. “
EASL CEO Matt Bayer commented as follows.
“EASL is honored to be able to collaborate with Studio IGNITE !, Salty Pictures, and CTRL Media production companies. This project was something I had been thinking about for a long time, so I can finally start producing it and leave it as a work. I am very pleased to hear that. Through this documentary series, I would like to convey to everyone in the world the mission that EASL values and the wonderfulness of basketball in Asia. “
Director Lee Jae-han participated in the group lottery for the EASL 2022-23 season held in Manila, Philippines on June 28, 2022, including Shinji Shimada, the chairman of B.LEAGUE. We interviewed league commissioners, top players, coaches, influencers and more. While each team is currently preparing for the start of the season in October, shooting and video production are being done in parallel, and the project has already started for the release in the summer of 2023.
- About East Asia Super League (EASL)
The mission of the East Asia Super League (EASL), established in 2016, is to boost regional sports as the Premier Basketball League in Asia. EASL is the region’s first professional basketball league to operate with the approval of FIBA Asia, with a 10-year exclusive contract with FIBA, the world’s leading basketball organization. The winning team and runner-up team of the previous season participated from “B.LEAGUE” in Japan, “KBL” in South Korea, and “PBA” in the Philippines, respectively, and the newly formed “Bay Area Dragons” from Greater China. The winning team of Chinese Taipei’s “P. LEAGUE +” will participate. Eight teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each and will play in a brute force format. Each team will play six home-and-away games during the group stage from October 2022 to February 2023, with a total of 24 games each Wednesday night on his EASS group stage. The top two teams from each group will advance to Phi’s Null 4 and fight in a tournament format for their first EASL victory in March 2023.
EASL is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Guangzhou, Macau, Manila, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo. For more information on the East Asia Super League, please visit www.easl.basketball.
