The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) was an international professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia, composed of eight teams from Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), in addition to Hong Kong and Macau.
The league was proposed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and launched its inaugural season on 1 October 2009.
[2] In the same season, San Miguel Beermen and Bangkok Cobras joined the league along with Saigon Heat.
[6] In September 2017, ABL confirmed four new teams for the 2017–18 season: CLS Knights Indonesia, Formosa Dreamers, the returning Mono Vampire Basketball Club,[7] and the Nanhai Kung Fu after the Kaoshiung Truth disbanded after the seventh season of ABL.
[10] Fubon Braves secured the best record in the Super Basketball League and capped it off with the SBL championship after sweeping the Finals series in four games.
However, an ABL co-owner dispelled such rumors, stating that they plan to hold the eleventh season in 2021.
[11] Plans to resume the league were postponed again with the new starting date for the season initially being in February 2022.