{"id":4598,"date":"2026-05-07T05:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:32:13","slug":"b1-league-playoffs-schedule-and-how-to-watch-in-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/b1-league-playoffs-schedule-and-how-to-watch-in-southeast-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"B1 League Playoffs: Schedule and how to watch in Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025-26 B1 League regular season delivered another fiercely contested campaign, with eight teams securing their spots in the championship playoffs after months of action across Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Utsunomiya Brex and 2025 runners-up Ryukyu Golden Kings are back in the postseason, while Nagasaki Velca enter the playoffs as the team with the best regular season record.<\/p>\n<p>The playoff field is completed by Chiba Jets, Gunma Crane Thunders, Alvark Tokyo, Seahorses Mikawa and Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, setting up four best-of-three series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUatR7vDZHC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by SPOTV Indonesia (@spotv.indonesia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The quarter-finals run from May 7-11, with Game 3s to be played if required. The semi-finals will follow from May 15-19, before the Finals are staged at Yokohama Arena from May 23-26.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball fans across Southeast Asia including Malaysia and Indonesia can watch all the action live on SPOTV NOW. Below is the schedule for the quarter-finals, with all times listed in GMT+8 (subject to change).<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 49%; border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left;\">Match-up<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17%; border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left;\">Game 1<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17%; border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left;\">Game 2<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 17%; border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px; text-align: left;\">Game 3<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Nagasaki Velca vs Alvark Tokyo<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 7<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 8<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 10<br \/>\n4:05PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Seahorses Mikawa vs Ryukyu Golden Kings<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 8<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 9<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 11<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Chiba Jets vs Gunma Crane Thunders<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 9<br \/>\n12:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 10<br \/>\n12:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 11<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">Utsunomiya Brex vs Nagoya Diamond Dolphins<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 9<br \/>\n4:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 10<br \/>\n4:05PM<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #fff; padding: 8px;\">May 11<br \/>\n6:05PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025-26 B1 League regular season delivered another fiercely contested campaign, with eight teams securing their spots in the championship playoffs after months of action across Japan. Defending champions Utsunomiya Brex and 2025 runners-up Ryukyu Golden Kings are back in the postseason, while Nagasaki Velca enter the playoffs as the team with the best regular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/b1-league-playoffs-schedule-and-how-to-watch-in-southeast-asia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">B1 League Playoffs: Schedule and how to watch in Southeast Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[946],"class_list":["post-4598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popular","category-top-stories","tag-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4608,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions\/4608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spotvnow.com\/read\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}