2022 T1 League playoffs

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2022 T1 League playoffs
Tournament details
DatesMay 22 – June 4, 2022
Season2021–22
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsKaohsiung Aquas (1st title)
Runner-upTaichung Wagor Suns
Semifinalists
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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]

Format[edit]

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[edit]

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
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[edit]

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[edit]

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

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Semifinals[edit]

(1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears[edit]

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

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

(2) Taichung Wagor Suns vs. (3) New Taipei CTBC DEA[edit]

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

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

T1 League Finals: (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (2) Taichung Wagor Suns[edit]

Main article: 2022 T1 League Finals
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]
Fengshan Gymnasium, Kaohsiung
Referees: Yu Jung, Ho Chang-Jen, Su Yu-Yen
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]
Fengshan Gymnasium, Kaohsiung
Referees: Chen Ying-Cheng, Wei Sheng-Hsuan, Lin Chien-Hung
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

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

Statistical leaders[edit]

Category Game High Average
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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