2023 T1 League Finals

2023 edition of the T1 League Finals between the New Taipei CTBC DEA and Tainan TSG GhostHawks
2023 T1 League Finals
TeamCoachWins
New Taipei CTBC DEA Lee Yi-Hua 4
Tainan TSG GhostHawks Liu Meng-Chu 0
DatesMay 13 – 21, 2023
MVPLin Wei-Han
(New Taipei CTBC DEA)
← 2022 T1 League Finals

The 2023 T1 League Finals was the championship series of the T1 League's 2022–23 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven final series was played by the winners of the semifinals series.[1][2] The finals series started on May 13 and ended on May 21.[3][4] The series was matched by New Taipei CTBC DEA and Tainan TSG GhostHawks.[5] On May 21, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.[4] Lin Wei-Han of the New Taipei CTBC DEA was named the Finals MVP.[6]

Bracket

Play-in Semifinals Finals
         
1 New Taipei CTBC DEA 3
5 Taichung Suns 0
4 TaiwanBeer HeroBears 1
5 Taichung Suns 2
1 New Taipei CTBC DEA 4
2 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 0
2 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 3
3 Kaohsiung Aquas 2

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Background

New Taipei CTBC DEA

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Road to the Finals

New Taipei CTBC DEA (1st seed) Tainan TSG GhostHawks (2nd seed)
Team GP W L PCT GB
New Taipei CTBC DEA 30 25 5 .833 —
Tainan TSG GhostHawks 30 19 11 .633 6
Kaohsiung Aquas 30 16 14 .533 9
TaiwanBeer HeroBears 30 16 14 .533 9
Taichung Suns 30 8 22 .267 17
Taoyuan Leopards 30 6 24 .200 19
Regular season
Team GP W L PCT GB
New Taipei CTBC DEA 30 25 5 .833 —
Tainan TSG GhostHawks 30 19 11 .633 6
Kaohsiung Aquas 30 16 14 .533 9
TaiwanBeer HeroBears 30 16 14 .533 9
Taichung Suns 30 8 22 .267 17
Taoyuan Leopards 30 6 24 .200 19
No need to play play-in series Play-in No need to play play-in series
Defeated the 5th seed Taichung Suns, 3–0 Semifinals Defeated the 3rd seed Kaohsiung Aquas, 3–2

Regular season series

The DEA won 6–0 in the regular-season series.

November 12, 2022
boxscore
New Taipei CTBC DEA 107–104 Tainan TSG GhostHawks
January 14, 2023
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New Taipei CTBC DEA 116–111 Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Series summary

Game Date Away Team Result Home Team
Game 1 May 13 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 110–117 (0–1) New Taipei CTBC DEA
Game 2 May 15 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 98–108 (0–2) New Taipei CTBC DEA
Game 3 May 19 New Taipei CTBC DEA 112–96 (3–0) Tainan TSG GhostHawks
Game 4 May 21 New Taipei CTBC DEA 120–93 (4–0) Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Game summaries

Game 1

May 13, 2023
14:00 (UTC+8)
boxscore
Tainan TSG GhostHawks 110–117 New Taipei CTBC DEA
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 25–30, 28–29, 32–28
Pts: Upshaw 23
Rebs: Upshaw 17
Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 9		 Pts: Krajina 25
Rebs: Krajina 14
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 12
DEA leads series, 1–0 [7]
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 4,059
Referees: Yu Jung, Glenn Cornelio, Hsieh Shang-Chien

Game 2

May 15, 2023
19:00 (UTC+8)
boxscore
Tainan TSG GhostHawks 98–108 New Taipei CTBC DEA
Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 30–34, 27–23, 13–28
Pts: Bhullar 22
Rebs: Bhullar 18
Asts: Hu Kai-Hsiang 5		 Pts: Krajina 24
Rebs: King 12
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 11
DEA leads series, 2–0 [8]
Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 3,622
Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Lan Wei-Hsiung, Lai Chien-Hao

Game 3

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ELTA TV
May 19, 2023
19:00 (UTC+8)
boxscore
New Taipei CTBC DEA 112–96 Tainan TSG GhostHawks
Scoring by quarter: 38–29, 28–23, 29–18, 17–26
Pts: King 26
Rebs: Želionis 13
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 7		 Pts: Upshaw, Weathers 18
Rebs: Weathers 14
Asts: Upshaw 5
DEA leads series, 3–0 [9]
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City
Attendance: 2,065
Referees: Yu Jung, Chan Owe Shiong, Chen Chien-Lin

Game 4

VL Sports
ELTA TV
May 21, 2023
14:00 (UTC+8)
boxscore
New Taipei CTBC DEA 120–93 Tainan TSG GhostHawks
Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 29–32, 36–15, 24–20
Pts: Želionis 35
Rebs: Želionis 9
Asts: Lin Wei-Han 12		 Pts: Upshaw 20
Rebs: Bhullar 14
Asts: Ku Mao Wei-Chia 9
DEA wins T1 League Finals, 4–0 [4]
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City
Attendance: 2,065
Referees: Chan Owe Shiong, Lin Chien-Hung, Joenard Garcia

Rosters

New Taipei CTBC DEA

2022–23 New Taipei CTBC DEA roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
SF 0 Taiwan Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 SHU
C 1 Lithuania Edgaras Želionis (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 34 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 Lithuania
PG 2 Taiwan Liu Jen-Hao 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 28 – (1995-11-10)10 November 1995 UCH
SG 3 Taiwan Lin Ping-Sheng 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 CCU
PF 4 Taiwan Liu Min-Yan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 NKNU
PG 6 Taiwan Lee Hsueh-Lin (C) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 40 – (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 TPEC
PG 7 Taiwan Wei Chia-Hao 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 24 – (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 FJU
SG 8 Taiwan Tung Fang Yi-Kang 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 26 – (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 NYCU
C 9 Croatia Kristijan Krajina (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 Mount St. Mary's
SG 10 Taiwan Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 25 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH
PF 11 Taiwan Zhou Cheng-Rui 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 CCU
PF 12 Taiwan United Kingdom Jonah Morrison 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 23 – (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 UBC
PF 13 Taiwan Chen Yu-An 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – (2000-05-26)26 May 2000 UT
C 14 Latvia Kaspars Bērziņš (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 38 – (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 Latvia
PG 16 Taiwan Lin Wei-Han 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 33 – (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 FJU
SF 30 Taiwan Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 35 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MDU
F 55 United States Nick King (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – (1995-08-05)5 August 1995 Middle Tennessee
C 76 Taiwan Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 39 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC
Head coach
  • Taiwan Lee Yi-Hua
Assistant coach(es)
  • Serbia Momir Ratkovic
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Taiwan Mu Chien-Hung
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Li Kuo-Yi
  • Taiwan Fan Hsiang-Yu
Team manager
  • Taiwan Liu Chih-Wei
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: February 21, 2023

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

2022–23 Tainan TSG GhostHawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
SF 0 Taiwan Chang Wei-Hsiang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1996-05-15)15 May 1996 NTUA
SG 2 Taiwan Chien Wei-Ju 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 32 – (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 NTNU
PG 3 Taiwan Ku Mao Wei-Chia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 24 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 UCH
PG 4 Taiwan Li Han-Sheng 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 29 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 NTNU
SF 6 Taiwan Liu Chun-Ting 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 UCH
G 9 Taiwan Wu Yen-Lun 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 26 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 ISU
F 10 Taiwan Tsai Chien-Yu 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 CKU
PF 12 Taiwan Hu Kai-Hsiang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991 CCU
C 13 Malta Italy Samuel Deguara (I) 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 32 – (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 FIU
SG 16 Taiwan Lin Tzu-Feng 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH
C 18 Taiwan Wu Hung-Hsing 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 34 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 SRHS
PF 21 Taiwan Lu Kuan-Ting 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1992-10-13)13 October 1992 NTUA
SF 23 Taiwan Chen Ching-Huan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 38 – (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 FJU
PF 29 Taiwan Han Chieh-Yu 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 24 – (1999-12-17)17 December 1999 NTSU
C 35 Canada Sim Bhullar (I) 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) 140 kg (309 lb) 31 – (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 New Mexico State
SF 50 United States Marcus Weathers (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997 SMU
C 54 Taiwan Wu Tai-Hao (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 39 – (1985-02-07)7 February 1985 BYU-Hawaii
C 55 United States Robert Upshaw (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 30 – (1994-01-05)5 January 1994 Washington
Head coach
  • Taiwan Liu Meng-Chu
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Ma I-Hung
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Taiwan Kuo Han-Po
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Lin Te-Min
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Taiwan Kuei Shan-Yu
Team manager
  • Taiwan Chien Wei-Cheng
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: March 25, 2023

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played  MPG  Minutes per game  FG%  Field goal percentage
 3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game
 PPG  Points per game     Finals MVP

New Taipei CTBC DEA

Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 4 38:12 18.8 50.8% 38.5% 75.0% 7.0 2.5 1.5 0.3
Edgaras Želionis 4 30:43 24.0 60.7% 57.1% 80.0% 9.8 1.0 1.3 0.5
Liu Jen-Hao Did not play
Lin Ping-Sheng 4 20:02 9.0 52.0% 50.0% 50.0% 1.5 3.0 1.5 0.0
Liu Min-Yan Did not play
Lee Hsueh-Lin Did not play
Wei Chia-Hao 3 12:06 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.0
Tung Fang Yi-Kang Did not play
Kristijan Krajina 4 33:09 18.5 63.5% 45.5% 60.0% 7.8 3.0 0.8 0.3
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 4 21:39 6.0 47.4% 27.3% 60.0% 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.5
Zhou Cheng-Rui Did not play
Jonah Morrison 2 1:33 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Chen Yu-An Did not play
Kaspars Bērziņš Did not play
Lin Wei-Han 4 31:12 14.0 48.6% 50.0% 87.5% 4.0 10.5 2.3 0.0
Liu Weir-Chern 1 4:24 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nick King 4 29:23 17.0 41.4% 20.0% 36.8% 8.0 4.8 1.8 0.3
Tseng Wen-Ting 4 24:39 7.0 52.6% 46.2% 100.0% 2.0 4.8 0.5 1.3

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Player GP MPG PPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG
Chang Wei-Hsiang Did not play
Chien Wei-Ju 4 27:58 9.0 34.1% 30.4% 50.0% 3.3 2.0 0.5 0.0
Ku Mao Wei-Chia 4 27:43 12.3 36.2% 28.6% 69.2% 3.3 6.5 1.0 0.0
Li Han-Sheng 4 18:58 4.0 31.6% 25.0% 0.0% 2.3 4.0 0.5 0.0
Liu Chun-Ting Did not play
Wu Yen-Lun 1 5:32 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tsai Chien-Yu Did not play
Hu Kai-Hsiang 4 25:25 9.5 38.5% 32.0% 0.0% 2.0 3.3 1.3 0.0
Samuel Deguara 3 29:46 18.3 66.7% 0.0% 78.6% 11.7 1.3 0.7 0.0
Lin Tzu-Feng Did not play
Wu Hung-Hsing 3 2:52 2.7 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lu Kuan-Ting 2 6:45 3.0 40.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
Chen Ching-Huan 4 13:46 0.0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3 1.0 0.0 0.0
Han Chieh-Yu 4 17:58 7.3 34.4% 25.0% 100.0% 3.3 0.3 0.8 0.0
Sim Bhullar 3 34:47 16.0 66.7% 0.0% 54.1% 13.7 1.7 0.3 1.0
Marcus Weathers 3 25:30 16.3 42.5% 10.0% 77.8% 7.7 1.3 1.0 0.7
Wu Tai-Hao 3 7:41 0.7 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Robert Upshaw 3 37:15 20.3 38.8% 35.7% 72.2% 11.0 4.3 1.0 1.7

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