Japan Basketball League

The Japan Basketball League (JBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan. It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside the bj league, Japan's other basketball competition, with no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.

The JBL was composed of two divisions, the JBL (Division 1, formerly JBL Super League) and the JBL2 (Division 2, formerly Japan League).

In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.

History
The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League, which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses, Hitachi SunRockers, Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins, OSG Phoenix, Panasonic Super Kangaroos, Toshiba Red Thunders, Toyota Alvark), and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido.

Clubs
The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:

JBL

 * Aisin SeaHorses
 * Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins
 * Levanga Hokkaido
 * Toyota Alvark
 * Hitachi SunRockers
 * Toshiba Brave Thunders
 * Panasonic Trians
 * Link Tochigi Brex

JBL2

 * Hitachi Cable Bulldogs
 * Big Blue Tokyo
 * Kuroda Electric Bullet Spirits
 * Ishikawa Blue Sparks
 * Toyota Tsusho Fighting Eagles
 * Aisin AW Areions Anjo
 * Toyoda Gosei Scorpions
 * Renova Kagoshima
 * TGI D-Rise
 * Hyogo Storks