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2026 TPBL finals
TeamCoachWins
Formosa Dreamers Douglas Creighton 4
New Taipei Kings Hung Chih-Shan 3
DatesMay 24 – June 6, 2025
MVPBen Bentil
(Formosa Dreamers)
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TPBL finals

The 2026 TPBL finals was the championship series of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL)'s 2025–26 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven final series was played by the winners of the semifinals series.[1][2] The finals series started on May 24 and ended on June 6.[3][4] The series was matched by Formosa Dreamers and New Taipei Kings.[5] On June 6, the Formosa Dreamers defeated the New Taipei Kings, 4–3, winning the 2025–26 season championship.[4] Ben Bentil of the Formosa Dreamers was named the Finals MVP.[6]

Bracket

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Play-in Semifinals Finals
         
1 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 1
5 New Taipei Kings 3
4 New Taipei CTBC DEA 1
5 New Taipei Kings 2
5 New Taipei Kings 3
2 Formosa Dreamers 4
2 Formosa Dreamers 3
3 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 1

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Background

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Formosa Dreamers

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Main article: 2025–26 Formosa Dreamers season

New Taipei Kings

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Main article: 2025–26 New Taipei Kings season

Road to the finals

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Further information: 2025–26 TPBL season and 2026 TPBL playoffs
Formosa Dreamers (2nd seed) New Taipei Kings (5th seed)
Team GP W L PCT GB
Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 36 23 13 .639 —
Formosa Dreamers 36 22 14 .611 1.0
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 36 22 14 .611 1.0
New Taipei CTBC DEA 36 20 16 .556 3.0
New Taipei Kings 36 19 17 .528 4.0
Taipei Taishin Mars 36 11 25 .306 12.0
Kaohsiung Aquas 36 9 27 .250 14.0
Regular season
Team GP W L PCT GB
Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 36 23 13 .639 —
Formosa Dreamers 36 22 14 .611 1.0
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 36 22 14 .611 1.0
New Taipei CTBC DEA 36 20 16 .556 3.0
New Taipei Kings 36 19 17 .528 4.0
Taipei Taishin Mars 36 11 25 .306 12.0
Kaohsiung Aquas 36 9 27 .250 14.0
No need to play play-in series Play-in Defeated the 4th seed New Taipei CTBC DEA, 2–1
Defeated the 3rd seed Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers, 3–1 Semifinals Defeated the 1st seed Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards, 3–1

Regular season series

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The Kings won 4–2 in the regular-season series.

January 17, 2026
New Taipei Kings 96–116 Formosa Dreamers
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
January 31, 2026
New Taipei Kings 114–97 Formosa Dreamers
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
March 27, 2026
New Taipei Kings 90–107 Formosa Dreamers
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City

Series summary

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Game Date Away Team Result Home Team
Game 1 May 24 New Taipei Kings 91–90 (1–0) Formosa Dreamers
Game 2 May 26 New Taipei Kings 90–99 (1–1) Formosa Dreamers
Game 3 May 29 Formosa Dreamers 84–109 (1–2) New Taipei Kings
Game 4 May 31 Formosa Dreamers 93–96 (1–3) New Taipei Kings
Game 5 June 2 New Taipei Kings 69–105 (3–2) Formosa Dreamers
Game 6 June 4 Formosa Dreamers 91–88 (3–3) New Taipei Kings
Game 7 June 6 New Taipei Kings 78–90 (3–4) Formosa Dreamers

Game summaries

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Game 1

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VL Sports
Sportcast
May 24, 2026
17:00 (UTC+8)
New Taipei Kings 91–90 Formosa Dreamers
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 12–21, 28–25, 28–21
Pts: Harris 41
Rebs: Washburn 14
Asts: J. Lin 5		 Pts: Holman 24
Rebs: Bentil 17
Asts: Bentil 5
Kings leads series, 1–0 [7]
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Lin Yuan-Dian, Huang Chen-Feng, Lo Kuo-Hsien

Game 2

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VL Sports
Sportcast
May 26, 2026
19:00 (UTC+8)
New Taipei Kings 90–99 Formosa Dreamers
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 19–22, 23–26, 28–23
Pts: Washburn 16
Rebs: Washburn, Daye 9
Asts: Harris 7		 Pts: Holman 22
Rebs: Bentil 12
Asts: Bentil 9
Series tied, 1–1 [8]
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Hsieh Wen-Wei, Lai Chien-Hao, Hsieh Shang-Chien

Game 3

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MOMOTV
Sportcast
May 29, 2026
19:00 (UTC+8)
Formosa Dreamers 84–109 New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 25–28, 13–22, 22–32
Pts: Thompkins 19
Rebs: Thompkins 10
Asts: Chiang Yu-An, Bentil 4		 Pts: Harris 25
Rebs: Washburn, Daye 8
Asts: J. Lin 7
Kings leads series, 2–1 [9]
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 6,187
Referees: Sung Ming-Lu, Lin Chien-Hung, Lin Yuan-Dian

Game 4

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MOMOTV
Sportcast
May 31, 2026
17:00 (UTC+8)
Formosa Dreamers 93–96 New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 26–29, 19–19, 27–23
Pts: Holman 23
Rebs: Gilbeck 13
Asts: Bentil 8		 Pts: Harris, Daye 19
Rebs: Washburn 13
Asts: J. Lin 7
Kings leads series, 3–1 [10]
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Huang Chen-Feng, Sung Ming-Lu, Lo Kuo-Hsien

Game 5

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MOMOTV
Sportcast
June 2, 2026
19:00 (UTC+8)
New Taipei Kings 69–105 Formosa Dreamers
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 20–26, 17–35, 13–21
Pts: Washburn 24
Rebs: Olujobi 7
Asts: J. Lin 4		 Pts: Thompkins 20
Rebs: Gilbeck 9
Asts: Bentil 5
Kings leads series, 3–2 [11]
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Lin Chien-Hung, Lin Yuan-Dian

Game 6

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VL Sports
Sportcast
June 4, 2026
19:00 (UTC+8)
Formosa Dreamers 91–88 New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 25–20, 25–19, 22–30
Pts: Thompkins 24
Rebs: Gilbeck 14
Asts: Bentil 4		 Pts: Harris 28
Rebs: Harris 6
Asts: J. Lin 5
Series tied, 3–3 [12]
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 6,648
Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Hou Chun-Jen, Wang Chang Shih-Yuan

Game 7

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VL Sports
Sportcast
June 6, 2026
17:00 (UTC+8)
New Taipei Kings 78–90 Formosa Dreamers
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 17–28, 20–15, 20–29
Pts: Daye 16
Rebs: Harris 9
Asts: J. Lin 6		 Pts: Bentil 29
Rebs: Bentil 13
Asts: Chiang Yu-An, Lin Chun-Chi 4
Dreamers wins TPBL finals, 4–3 [4]
Taichung Intercontinental Basketball Stadium, Taichung City
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Lin Yuan-Dian, Hou Chun-Jen, Yu Fu-Jung

Rosters

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Formosa Dreamers

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2025–26 Formosa Dreamers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
SG 0 Taiwan Chen Jen-Jei 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 Grand View
SF 2 Taiwan Ma Chien-Hao 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (2001-04-29)29 April 2001 Georgia State
SG 3 Taiwan Chang Tsung-Hsien (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 37 – (1988-12-27)27 December 1988 BYU–Hawaii
PG 9 Taiwan Wu Chia-Chun 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 32 – (1994-03-03)3 March 1994 NTSU
PG 11 Taiwan Lin Chun-Chi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 28 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 UCH
SG 20 Taiwan Chien Wei-Ju 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 34 – (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 NTNU
SF 24 United States Taiwan Randall Walko 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 – (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 TCNJ
C 26 Taiwan Lee Te-Wei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 CCUT
SF 27 Taiwan Shih Cheng-Ping 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1999-10-01)1 October 1999 ISU
SG 28 Taiwan Lu Kuan-Liang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 35 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 NTUA
PF 33 United States Trey Thompkins (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 36 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 Georgia
C 34 United States Taiwan Brandon Gilbeck (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 29 – (1996-12-09)9 December 1996 Western Illinois
PF 35 United States Aric Holman (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1997-07-11)11 July 1997 Mississippi State
PG 41 Taiwan Chiang Yu-An 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 34 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 NTUS
PF 50 Ghana Ben Bentil (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 31 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 Providence
C 88 Taiwan Chou Po-Chen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 35 – (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 NTNU
Head coach
  • Taiwan United States Douglas Creighton
Assistant coach(es)
  • Australia Jamie Pearlman (associate HC)
  • Taiwan Lai Po-Lin
  • South Korea Australia Daniel Kim
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Hou Yao-Hsin
  • Taiwan Chen Tzu-Chieh
Team manager
  • Taiwan Han Chun-Kai
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: April 18, 2026

New Taipei Kings

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2025–26 New Taipei Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0 United States Jordan Jalen Harris (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 Nevada
G 1 United States Taiwan Joseph Lin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 33 – (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 Hamilton
G 2 Taiwan Su Pei-Kai 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1999-11-02)2 November 1999 NTUA
SF 8 Taiwan Chung Li-Hsiang 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (2003-03-16)16 March 2003 NCCU
G 9 Taiwan Lee Kai-Yan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 33 – (1993-05-06)6 May 1993 HWU
G 10 Taiwan Chien You-Che 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 UCH
C 11 Taiwan Wang Po-Chih 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 130 kg (287 lb) 29 – (1996-10-29)29 October 1996 NTSU
G 12 Taiwan Lin Yan-Ting 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (2000-10-22)22 October 2000 NCCU
SF 13 Taiwan Lu Cheng-Ju 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 40 – (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 TPEC
F 15 Jamaica United States Olufemi Olujobi (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 30 – (1996-03-05)5 March 1996 DePaul
PF 17 Taiwan Su Shih-Hsuan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 NTNU
SF 19 Taiwan Lin Chin-Pang (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 40 – (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 MU
SF 20 United States Taiwan Ryder Hsiung 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 23 – (2003-04-14)14 April 2003 Willamette
PF 25 United States Austin Daye (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 38 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 Gonzaga
SF 26 Taiwan Jonathan Smith 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 23 – (2003-05-09)9 May 2003 NTUA
C 42 United States Bulgaria Jason Washburn (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 36 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990 Utah
Head coach
  • Taiwan Hung Chih-Shan (interim)
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Taiwan Chang Chung-Hsi
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Chiu Po-Kai
  • Taiwan Wu Chung-Hao
Team manager
  • Taiwan James Mao
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 10, 2026

Player statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game     Finals MVP

Formosa Dreamers

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Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chen Jen-Jei 2 3:51 1.5 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ma Chien-Hao 7 21:29 5.4 30.0% 25.0% 72.7% 2.9 1.0 0.4 0.1
Chang Tsung-Hsien 7 28:39 8.1 33.8% 18.2% 81.8% 3.0 1.3 0.3 0.0
Wu Chia-Chun 2 3:31 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
Lin Chun-Chi 7 18:36 9.6 48.9% 26.7% 94.4% 2.6 2.7 0.6 0.0
Chien Wei-Ju 2 1:58 1.5 50.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Randall Walko 7 30:00 9.6 38.9% 38.5% 93.8% 3.4 1.0 0.4 0.4
Lee Te-Wei 3 2:41 0.3 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
Shih Cheng-Ping Did not play
Lu Kuan-Liang 7 11:19 1.9 33.3% 20.0% 100.0% 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0
Trey Thompkins 5 30:31 17.4 47.8% 30.0% 93.3% 9.0 1.6 1.0 0.0
Brandon Gilbeck 5 30:53 12.8 68.6% 50.0% 60.9% 10.6 0.4 0.8 1.8
Aric Holman 4 29:38 20.3 43.3% 35.7% 86.7% 8.0 3.0 1.0 1.0
Chiang Yu-An 7 31:14 9.4 37.3% 24.3% 70.0% 3.4 4.0 1.0 0.3
Ben Bentil 7 32:41 15.0 35.2% 19.2% 80.9% 10.9 5.4 2.3 0.0
Chou Po-Chen 3 3:09 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

New Taipei Kings

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Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Jalen Harris 6 36:44 23.2 44.2% 42.6% 84.4% 5.7 3.5 1.5 0.5
Joseph Lin 7 35:29 12.0 38.5% 28.6% 80.0% 3.1 4.9 1.0 0.3
Su Pei-Kai 3 2:57 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chung Li-Hsiang Did not play
Lee Kai-Yan 7 22:19 7.7 30.9% 40.0% 63.2% 3.0 1.6 0.7 0.4
Chien You-Che 6 7:55 1.0 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Wang Po-Chih 4 3:31 1.0 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
Lin Yan-Ting 7 25:00 7.3 35.3% 25.8% 58.3% 1.7 1.7 1.0 0.1
Lu Cheng-Ju 7 12:05 3.9 42.9% 41.2% 100.0% 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.0
Olufemi Olujobi 1 33:55 10.0 30.0% 33.3% 42.9% 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
Su Shih-Hsuan 7 22:34 5.0 37.0% 38.9% 80.0% 3.7 1.4 0.4 0.6
Lin Chin-Pang 5 1:18 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0
Ryder Hsiung 7 16:57 4.0 47.4% 43.8% 100.0% 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.3
Austin Daye 7 22:07 10.4 34.7% 24.1% 94.1% 5.6 2.1 0.4 0.0
Jonathan Smith 4 2:43 1.0 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0
Jason Washburn 7 34:32 15.1 65.2% 100.0% 61.3% 8.9 0.9 0.9 0.6

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