T1 League

The T1 League (Chinese: T1聯盟) is a Taiwanese men's professional basketball league founded in 2021.[2] The league is composed of six teams. It is the third professional basketball league after the now-defunct Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA; 1994–1999) and P. League+ (PLG; founded in 2020) in Taiwan.

T1 League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 T1 League Finals
SportBasketball
FoundedMay 24, 2021[1]
FounderKuan Kuang-Chung
Inaugural season2021–22
COOHsieh Chih-Cheng
CommissionerChien Wei-Chuan
MottoWelcome To T1 Universe
No. of teams6
CountryTaiwan
Most recent
champion(s)		Kaohsiung Aquas
(1st title)
Most titlesKaohsiung Aquas
(1 title)
TV partner(s)Eleven Sports
VL Sports
ELTA TV
Official websitet1league.basketball

History

2021
1st Season Logo

On May 10, 2021, Kuan Kuang-Chung, the former National Basketball Association (NBA) Taiwan region general manager, served as the sponsor of the new professional basketball league. And there were four corporations willing to join the league.[3] On May 24, the name of the new league was announced as T1 League.[4] There were four teams came from Kaohsiung City, New Taipei City, Taichung City, and Taipei City applied to join the league.[5] On May 26, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the T1 League.[6] On June 19, the Taichung Suns was established formally.[7] On July 30, the New Taipei CTBC DEA was established formally to be the new team of the T1 League.[8]

On August 6, the T1 League announced that Chien Wei-Chuan was the commissioner of the league. Besides, the Taoyuan Leopards and the Tainan team would join the league.[9] On August 9, the T1 League held the first draft. There were 58 players participated in the draft, and 17 players were chosen in 5 rounds.[10] On September 2, the Taiwan Beer basketball team announced to join the league as the TaiwanBeer HeroBears.[11] On September 6, the T1 League announced that Chang Yun-Chih was the secretary general of the league.[12] On September 30, the name of Tainan team was announced as the Tainan TSG GhostHawks.[13] On November 25, the Taichung Suns changed the name to the Taichung Wagor Suns.[14] On November 27, the 2021–22 season opening game, matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the TaiwanBeer HeroBears, was played at University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium.[15]

2022

On June 4, 2022, the Kaohsiung Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.[16] On July 12, the T1 League held the second draft. There were 44 players participated in the draft, and 14 players were chosen in 3 rounds.[17] On September 5, the T1 League announced that Liu Yi-Cheng served as the vice commissioner of the league. Hsieh Chih-Cheng was the new chief operating officer, and Chang Shu-Jen, the general manager of the New Taipei CTBC DEA, was the new secretary general of the league. The former secretary general and chief operating officer, Chang Yun-Chih and Chia Fan, would transfer to senior consultant and tournament consultant, respectively.[18] On September 29, the T1 League announced that Tsai Shang-Hua served as the strategic marketing director of the league.[19] On October 29, the 2022–23 season opening game, matched by the Kaohsiung Aquas and the New Taipei CTBC DEA, was played at Xinzhuang Gymnasium.[20]

2023

On February 28, 2023, the T1 League held the first All-Star Game at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.[21][22]

Teams
TeamChinese NameLocationArena
(2022–23 season)		FoundedJoinedMap
Kaohsiung Aquas高雄全家海神Kaohsiung CityKaohsiung Arena2021
New Taipei CTBC DEA新北中信特攻New Taipei CityXinzhuang Gymnasium2021
Taichung Suns臺中太陽Taichung CityNational Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium2021
Tainan TSG GhostHawks臺南台鋼獵鷹Tainan CityChia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium2021
TaiwanBeer HeroBears台灣啤酒英熊Taipei CityUniversity of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium		2021
Taoyuan Leopards桃園永豐雲豹Taoyuan CityNational Taiwan Sport University Multipurpose Gymnasium2021

Rules and regulations

Games

Each quarter plays 12 minutes. Each game totally plays 48 minutes.[23]

Players
  • Each team can select 12 or 13 players to active roster in each match.[23]
  • Each team is able to register 9 to 14 local players, 2 or 3 general import players and 1 type-III player.[23]
  • Each team is able to select 2 to 3 import players (including at least 1 type-III player) into active roster in each match.[23]
  • 8-Imports-In-4-Quarters Rule : each quarter can have 2 import players or 1 import player and 1 type-III player on the court.[24]
  • Type-III player eligibility:[23]
(1) Naturalized players
(2) Asian import players[lower-alpha 1]
(3) Foreign students
(4) Overseas compatriots
  • Since December 31, 2022, each team was able to register 3 or 4 general import players, and the T1 League cancelled type-III player.[25]

Regular season

Each team plays against another six times, three at home and three on the road, respectively. Each team plays 30 matches total in the regular season.[23]

Ranking
SeasonsFirst placeSecond placeThird placeFourth placeFifth placeSixth placeMVPRef.
2021–22 Kaohsiung Aquas
23–7		 Taichung Wagor Suns
20–10		 New Taipei CTBC DEA
17–13		 TaiwanBeer HeroBears
16–14		 Taoyuan Leopards
8–22		 Tainan TSG GhostHawks
6–24		 Chiang Yu-An
(HeroBears)		 [26][27][28]
2022–23 New Taipei CTBC DEA
25–5		 Tainan TSG GhostHawks
19–11		 Kaohsiung Aquas
16–14		 TaiwanBeer HeroBears
16–14		 Taichung Suns
8–22		 Taoyuan Leopards
6–24
()		 [29]

Playoffs

Play-in

The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series. The fourth seed is awarded a one-win advantage. The winner can qualify the semifinals series.[23]

YearsQualifiersResultEliminatedRef.
2022 TaiwanBeer HeroBears 2–0 Taoyuan Leopards [30]
2023 Taichung Suns 2–1 TaiwanBeer HeroBears [31]

Semifinals

The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series.[23] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the 2022 semifinals series changed to best-of-three series.[32]

YearsQualifiersResultEliminatedRef.
2022 Kaohsiung Aquas 2–0 TaiwanBeer HeroBears [33]
Taichung Wagor Suns 2–1 New Taipei CTBC DEA [34]
2023 New Taipei CTBC DEA 3–0 Taichung Suns [35]
Tainan TSG GhostHawks 3–2 Kaohsiung Aquas [36]

Finals

The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.[23] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the 2022 finals series changed to best-of-five series.[32]

YearsChampionsResultRunners-upFMVPRef.
2022 Kaohsiung Aquas (1) 3–0 Taichung Wagor Suns Hu Long-Mao (Aquas) [16][37]
2023 –

All-Star Game
YearWinResultLossAMVPThree-Point Contest ChampionSlam Dunk Contest ChampionRef.
2023 Team Infinity 179–124 Team Beyond Dwight Howard (Leopards) Lu Kuan-Hsuan (Suns) Liu Chun-Ting (GhostHawks) [22][38][39]

Broadcast partners
SeasonsTelevisionOnlineRef.
2021–22Eleven Sports、ELTA TV17LIVE、Twitch (2022)、Facebook (Since January 28, 2022)、Line Today (Since Play-in)[40][41][42][43]
2022–23Eleven Sports、VL Sports、ELTA TVYouTube、Camerabay (Since December 16, 2022)[44][45]

Mottos
SeasonsMottosRef.
2021–22More Than One[46]
2022–23Welcome To T1 Universe[47]

See also

Note
  1. Since the 2021–22 season, the T1 League allowed players from Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam to play as Asian import players.[23]

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