The Eastern Sports Club (), also known as Hong Kong Eastern (), is a professional men's

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team of the

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. The team also known as (). Eastern competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division, and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016. It has won the Hong Kong A1 championship three times, in 1956, 2017 and 2023.

History

In 2015, the team won and promoted to 2016

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. The team became fully professional in 2016. In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). They won the

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, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the

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. It is scheduled to resume in

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with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the

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in the future. Hong Kong Eastern won its second A1 Division championship in 2024. In 2024, Eastern joined the

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as a guest team for the 2024–25 Commissioner's Cup. They also simultaneously played games at the Hong Kong A1 Division Championship and the

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Home arenas

* Southern Stadium (2016–present)

Season by season

''*Note: Season cancelled due to

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Current roster

2024-25 East Asia Super League Roster 2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup Roster

Past roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

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Notable players

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game at any time.

Local players

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(2018–22) *{{flagicon, HKG Siu Kin Fan (2018–20) *{{flagicon, HKG {{flagicon, CAN Daniel Onwugbonu (2018–19) *{{flagicon, HKG Chan Yik Lun (2018–22) *{{flagicon, HKG Ng Chung Tsun (2018-22, 2024) *{{flagicon, HKG Ip Chun Fung (2019–22) *{{flagicon, HKG {{flagicon, USA Adam Xu (2017–) *{{flagicon, HKG

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(2023-25) *{{flagicon, HKG Chen Wan Tin (2021) *{{flagicon, HKG So Sheung Ying (2017–20) *{{flagicon, HKG

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(2019-25) *{{flagicon, HKG Leung Shiu Wah (2024-25) *{{flagicon, HKG Lam Man Kei (2025-) *{{flagicon, HKG

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(2024) *{{flagicon, HKG Chan Ka Ho (2024) *{{flagicon, HKG Chan Ho Kim (2025-) *{{flagicon, HKG Cheung Pan Yin (2019–20) *{{flagicon, HKG Tang Chi Hang (2015–21) *{{flagicon, HKG

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(2019, 2021) *{{flagicon, HKG Chan Siu Wing (2015–) *{{flagicon, HKG

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Imports

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(2019, 2019–20) *{{flagicon, USA O'Darien Bassett (2019, 2022–23) *{{flagicon, COL Tonny Trocha-Morelos (2022–23) *{{flagicon, USA Isaiah Eisendorf (2024) *{{flagicon, USA Cameron Clark (2024-) *{{flagicon, MLT {{flagicon, ITA Samuel Deguara (2018–19) *{{flagicon, USA Eric Ferguson (2018) *{{flagicon, USA

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(2017–18) *{{flagicon, USA Josh Boone (2017) *{{flagicon, USA Jasonn Hannibal (2017–19) *{{flagicon, THA {{flagicon, USA

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(2016–18) *{{flagicon, TPE {{flagicon, FRA Steven Guinchard (2016–17, 2019–20, 2024-) *{{flagicon, USA Patrick Sullivan (2016–17) *{{flagicon, USA Marcus Elliott (2016–19) *{{flagicon, BAH

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Footnotes

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References

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External links

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