2022 T1 League playoffs

Professional basketball tournament to determine the 2022 champion of the T1 League

2022 T1 League playoffs

Tournament details
Dates| May 22 – June 4, 2022
Season| 2021–22
Teams| 5
Final positions
Champions| Kaohsiung Aquas (1st title)
Runner-up| Taichung Wagor Suns
Semifinalists|

* TaiwanBeer HeroBears
* New Taipei CTBC DEA

2023 ->

The 2022 T1 League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the T1 League's 2021–22 season. The play-in series was played on May 22.[1][2] The semifinals series started on May 24 and ended on May 28.[1][3] The finals series started on May 31 and ended on June 4.[1][4] On June 4, the Kaohsiung Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.[4]

## Format

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Five teams will participate in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualify for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series, which is in a 1-1 format. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.[5] The semifinals series change to best-of-three series, which is in a 1-1-1 format. And finals series change to best-of-five series, which is in a 2-2-1 format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.[1]

## Playoff qualifying

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On April 17, 2022, the Kaohsiung Aquas clinched the regular season title.[6] On May 18, the Taoyuan Leopards became the first team to qualify the play-in series.[7] On May 19, the New Taipei CTBC DEA became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the TaiwanBeer HeroBears to the play-in series.[8][9] On May 22, the TaiwanBeer HeroBears won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.[2]

Seed | Team | Record | Clinched

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Play-in
berth | Semifinals
berth | Best record
in T1
1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 23–7 | — | April 10 | April 17[6]
2 | Taichung Wagor Suns | 20–10 | — | April 24 | —
3 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 17–13 | — | May 19[8] | —
4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 16–14 | May 19[9] | May 22[2] | —
5 | Taoyuan Leopards | 8–22 | May 18[7] | — | —

## Bracket

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| Play-in | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| | | | 1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 2 | |
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| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 2 |

| 5 | Taoyuan Leopards | 0 |
| | 1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 3 |
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Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

## Play-in: (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears vs. (5) Taoyuan Leopards

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Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 22, 2022
14:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 128-110 | Taoyuan Leopards

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Scoring by quarter: 29–28, 34–31, 35–31, 30–20
Pts: Lamb, Stone 31
Rebs: Deguara 10
Asts: Chiang Yu-An 12 |  | Pts: Williams 47
Rebs: Williams 9
Asts: Williams 6
HeroBears wins series, 2–0 [2]

Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City
Referees: Ho Chang-Jen, Chen Ying-Cheng, Huang Yung-Chu

Regular-season series  Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series

December 12, 2021

boxscore

Taoyuan Leopards | 93-102 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

March 6, 2022

boxscore

Taoyuan Leopards | 113-115 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

March 12, 2022

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 96-101 | Taoyuan Leopards

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Chung Yuan Christian University Gymnasium, Taoyuan City

April 5, 2022

boxscore

Taoyuan Leopards | 88-120 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

April 23, 2022

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 134-135 | Taoyuan Leopards

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Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium, Taipei City

May 19, 2022

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 104-110 | Taoyuan Leopards

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Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

## Semifinals

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### (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 25, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 91-114 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Scoring by quarter: 35–32, 18–14, 19–33, 19–35
Pts: Stone 29
Rebs: Deguara 8
Asts: Chiang Yu-An 5 |  | Pts: Kupšas 24
Rebs: Alexander 10
Asts: Brickman 8
Aquas leads series, 1–0 [10]

Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung City
Referees: Chen Ying-Cheng, Wu Chien-Wu, Lai Chien-Hao

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 27, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 99-93 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 21–22, 30–35, 21–20
Pts: Kupšas 27
Rebs: Alexander 9
Asts: Brickman 14 |  | Pts: Stone 31
Rebs: Stone 18
Asts: Chiang Yu-An 5
Aquas wins series, 2–0 [11]

University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City
Referees: Yu Jung, Su Yu-Yen, Lin Chien-Hung

Regular-season series  Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series

November 27, 2021

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 107-106 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

December 31, 2021

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 113-114 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

January 30, 2022

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 100-94 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

February 26, 2022

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 125-131 (OT) | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

March 26, 2022

boxscore

TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 99-92 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

May 20, 2022

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 124-107 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears

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University of Taipei Tianmu Campus Gymnasium, Taipei City

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

### (2) Taichung Wagor Suns vs. (3) New Taipei CTBC DEA

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Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 24, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

New Taipei CTBC DEA | 96-102 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 29–20, 26–28, 26–26
Pts: Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 20
Rebs: Allen 12
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 6 |  | Pts: Sakakini 33
Rebs: Sakakini, Tucker 10
Asts: Ting Sheng-Ju 6
Suns leads series, 1–0 [12]

National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City
Referees: Yu Jung, Lin Chien-Hung, Su Yu-Yen

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 26, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 96-118 | New Taipei CTBC DEA

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Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 26–26, 22–33, 23–29
Pts: Sakakini 25
Rebs: Sakakini 14
Asts: Sakakini 6 |  | Pts: Johnson 31
Rebs: Johnson, Epps 17
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 7
Series tied, 1–1 [13]

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Referees: Wu Chien-Wu, Ho Chang-Jen, Lan Wei-Hsiung

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 28, 2022
14:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

New Taipei CTBC DEA | 75-80 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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Scoring by quarter: 11–24, 25–16, 22–16, 17–24
Pts: Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 23
Rebs: Johnson 12
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 4 |  | Pts: Sakakini, Tucker 17
Rebs: Tucker 13
Asts: Sakakini 5
Suns wins series, 2–1 [3]

National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City
Referees: Chen Ying-Cheng, Wei Sheng-Hsuan, Hsieh Shang-Chien

Regular-season series  The Suns won 4–2 in the regular-season series

January 1, 2022

boxscore

New Taipei CTBC DEA | 95-85 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City

January 23, 2022

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 99-92 | New Taipei CTBC DEA

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Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

March 5, 2022

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 113-105 (OT) | New Taipei CTBC DEA

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Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

March 26, 2022

boxscore

New Taipei CTBC DEA | 97-116 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City

April 16, 2022

boxscore

New Taipei CTBC DEA | 99-109 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung City

May 1, 2022

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 106-110 | New Taipei CTBC DEA

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Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

## T1 League Finals: (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (2) Taichung Wagor Suns

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Main article: 2022 T1 League finals

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

May 31, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 99-101 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 30–32, 22–33, 23–8
Pts: Tucker 33
Rebs: Geramipoor 12
Asts: Tucker 9 |  | Pts: Hu Long-Mao 26
Rebs: Kupšas 10
Asts: Brickman 14
Aquas leads series, 1–0 [14]

Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung
Referees: Yu Jung, Ho Chang-Jen, Su Yu-Yen

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

June 2, 2022
19:00 (UTC+8)

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 82-112 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 29–26, 22–30, 16–23
Pts: Sakakini, Su Yi-Chin 19
Rebs: Sakakini 10
Asts: Tucker 7 |  | Pts: Hu Long-Mao 38
Rebs: Alexander 8
Asts: Brickman 13
Aquas leads series, 2–0 [15]

Fengshan Arena, Kaohsiung
Referees: Chen Ying-Cheng, Wei Sheng-Hsuan, Lin Chien-Hung

Eleven Sports
ELTA TV

June 4, 2022
14:00(UTC+8)

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 103-100 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 31–27, 23–30, 26–21
Pts: Brickman 23
Rebs: Kupšas 11
Asts: Brickman 9 |  | Pts: Tucker 34
Rebs: Geramipoor 8
Asts: Tucker, Su Yi-Chin 3
Aquas wins series, 3–0 [4]

National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung
Referees: Wu Chien-Wu, Yu Jung, Chen Ying-Cheng

Regular-season series  The Aquas won 4–2 in the regular-season series

December 19, 2021

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 81-92 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung

December 26, 2021

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 88-93 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung

January 28, 2022

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 104-89 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung

February 12, 2022

boxscore

Taichung Wagor Suns | 71-87 | Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung

February 28, 2022

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 122-113 (OT) | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung

March 13, 2022

boxscore

Kaohsiung Aquas | 98-81 | Taichung Wagor Suns

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National Taiwan University of Sport Gymnasium, Taichung

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

## Statistical leaders

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Category | Game High | Average

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Player | Team | High | Player | Team | Avg. | GP
Points | Troy Williams | Taoyuan Leopards | 47  | Troy Williams | Taoyuan Leopards | 47.0 | 1
Rebounds | Diamond Stone | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 18  | Marlon Johnson | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 12.0 | 3
Assists | Jason Brickman | Kaohsiung Aquas | 14  | Jason Brickman | Kaohsiung Aquas | 11.6 | 5
Steals | Marlon Johnson
Tyler Lamb | New Taipei CTBC DEA
TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 5  | Troy Williams | Taoyuan Leopards | 3.0 | 1
Blocks | Diamond Stone
Mindaugas Kupšas | TaiwanBeer HeroBears
Kaohsiung Aquas | 3  | Lo Chen-Feng | Taoyuan Leopards | 2.0 | 1

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