2022 T1 League playoffs
Professional basketball tournament to determine the 2022 champion of the T1 League
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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]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | May 22 – June 4, 2022 |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kaohsiung Aquas (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Taichung Wagor Suns |
| Semifinalists | |
Format
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
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
| Play-in | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Taoyuan Leopards | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kaohsiung Aquas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Taichung Wagor Suns | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Taichung Wagor Suns | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | New Taipei CTBC DEA | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears vs. (5) Taoyuan Leopards
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 22, 2022 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 128–110 | Taoyuan Leopards |
| 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] | ||
| Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals
(1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 25, 2022 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| TaiwanBeer HeroBears | 91–114 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| 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] | ||
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 27, 2022 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 99–93 | TaiwanBeer HeroBears |
| 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 |
| Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Taichung Wagor Suns vs. (3) New Taipei CTBC DEA
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 24, 2022 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 96–102 | Taichung Wagor Suns |
| 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) |
| Taichung Wagor Suns | 96–118 | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| 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] | ||
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 28, 2022 14:00 (UTC+8) |
| New Taipei CTBC DEA | 75–80 | Taichung Wagor Suns |
| 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 |
| The Suns won 4–2 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
T1 League Finals: (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (2) Taichung Wagor Suns
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
May 31, 2022 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taichung Wagor Suns | 99–101 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| 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] | ||
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
June 2, 2022 19:00 (UTC+8) |
| Taichung Wagor Suns | 82–112 | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| 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] | ||
Eleven Sports ELTA TV |
June 4, 2022 14:00(UTC+8) |
| Kaohsiung Aquas | 103–100 | Taichung Wagor Suns |
| 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 |
| The Aquas won 4–2 in the regular-season series | ||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders
| 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 |