Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 23 (Reporter Wu Bowen) The reporter learned from the event press conference on the 23rd that the 2025 National Men’s Basketball League (NBL) will start on June 28, with the league slogan “Infinite My City”.
A total of 8 teams participated in the 2025 NBL League. The regular season adopts a round-robin grouping of home and away games, with the top four regular seasons advancing to the playoffs, and the semi-finals and finals are both in five games and three-win system. The game time is 4 quarters, each quarter is 10 minutes. The foreign player policy is that no more than 2 foreign players in each quarter (8 people in four quarters).
Yang Yang, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, said that the NBL League is an important part of Chinese professional basketball. In the new season, the China Basketball Association will work together with participating clubs to innovate and innovate. Through systematic competition system arrangements and innovative operation concepts, the NBL League will be built into an important link connecting professional basketball and urban culture.
According to reports, the China Basketball Association is formulating a specific plan for the reconstruction of the Chinese basketball professional league system. This year, it will launch the 2025-2035 China Professional Basketball Reform and Development Plan. The China Basketball Association Club Cup will also expand its participation this year, making the China Basketball Association Club Cup gradually become a national cup for professional clubs of all levels and types, allowing more social resources and outstanding basketball reserve personnel to participate, and improving the China Basketball Association’s professional event system.
In 2025, the NBL League released the “Measures for the Assessment of High Value Games in Basketball Events” and the “Ethical Code of Practitioners of National Men’s Basketball League”, and at the same time launched the “Youth-friendly Arena (Event)” point system. On the basis of optimizing resource allocation, improving event operation efficiency, and scientifically assessing event risks, it will create a clean and upright basketball atmosphere, clarify the basic moral codes that all practitioners in the league need to abide by, build a safe, civilized and vibrant basketball viewing space, and attract more young people to watch the game on-site.
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