The Japan Professional Basketball League revealed which divisions the remaining 25 clubs have been allocated to for the new men's professional circuit, which tips off in 2016, at a Tokyo news conference on Saturday.
Assignments for 20 clubs had already been announced in late July, and now all 45 teams have been given their destinations.
The 12 clubs that were placed in the first division last month were joined by six more; the Hitachi Sunrockers (currently in the NBL), Niigata Albirex BB ( bj-league), Shiga Lakestars (bj-league), Levanga Hokkaido (NBL), Toyama Grouses (bj-league) and Yokohama B-Corsairs (bj-league).
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