2023 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]

2023 T1 League finals

Team Coach Wins New Taipei CTBC DEA Lee Yi-Hua 4 Tainan TSG GhostHawks Liu Meng-Chu 0
Dates	May 13 – 21, 2023
MVP	Lin Wei-Han (New Taipei CTBC DEA)
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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

Main article: 2022–23 New Taipei CTBC DEA season

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Main article: 2022–23 Tainan TSG GhostHawks season

Road to the finals

Further information: 2022–23 T1 League season and 2023 T1 League playoffs

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.

October 30, 2022

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Tainan TSG GhostHawks

98–101

New Taipei CTBC DEA

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

November 12, 2022

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New Taipei CTBC DEA

107–104

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City

December 18, 2022

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Tainan TSG GhostHawks

93–101

New Taipei CTBC DEA

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

January 14, 2023

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New Taipei CTBC DEA

116–111

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City

April 16, 2023

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New Taipei CTBC DEA

114–105

Tainan TSG GhostHawks

Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science Shao Tsung Gymnasium, Tainan City

April 22, 2023

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Tainan TSG GhostHawks

102–114

New Taipei CTBC DEA

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

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

Eleven Sports ELTA TV

May 13, 2023 14:00 (UTC+8)

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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

Eleven Sports ELTA TV

May 15, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8)

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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

VL Sports ELTA TV

May 19, 2023 19:00 (UTC+8)

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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)

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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 Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 27 – (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 SHU C 1 Edgaras Želionis (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 36 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 Lithuania PG 2 Liu Jen-Hao 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 29 – (1995-11-10)10 November 1995 UCH SG 3 Lin Ping-Sheng 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-12-26)26 December 1996 CCU PF 4 Liu Min-Yan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 NKNU PG 6 Lee Hsueh-Lin (C) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 41 – (1984-01-31)31 January 1984 TPEC PG 7 Wei Chia-Hao 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 25 – (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 FJU SG 8 Tung Fang Yi-Kang 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 28 – (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 NYCU C 9 Kristijan Krajina (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 34 – (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 Mount St. Mary's SG 10 Hsieh Ya-Hsuan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 26 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH PF 11 Zhou Cheng-Rui 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 CCU PF 12 Jonah Morrison 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (2000-06-02)2 June 2000 UBC PF 13 Chen Yu-An 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (2000-05-26)26 May 2000 UT C 14 Kaspars Bērziņš (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 40 – (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 Latvia PG 16 Lin Wei-Han 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 35 – (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 FJU SF 30 Liu Weir-Chern 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 36 – (1988-11-27)27 November 1988 MDU F 55 Nick King (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1995-08-05)5 August 1995 Middle Tennessee C 76 Tseng Wen-Ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 41 – (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 TPEC	Head coach Lee Yi-Hua Assistant coach(es) Momir Ratkovic Strength & conditioning coach(es) Mu Chien-Hung Athletic trainer(s) Li Kuo-Yi Fan Hsiang-Yu Team manager Liu Chih-Wei Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player 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 Chang Wei-Hsiang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1996-05-15)15 May 1996 NTUA SG 2 Chien Wei-Ju 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 NTNU PG 3 Ku Mao Wei-Chia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 25 – (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 UCH PG 4 Li Han-Sheng 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 30 – (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 NTNU SF 6 Liu Chun-Ting 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 26 – (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 UCH G 9 Wu Yen-Lun 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 28 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 ISU F 10 Tsai Chien-Yu 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 CKU PF 12 Hu Kai-Hsiang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 34 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991 CCU C 13 Samuel Deguara (I) 2.30 m (7 ft 7 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 34 – (1991-06-21)21 June 1991 FIU SG 16 Lin Tzu-Feng 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 26 – (1998-10-30)30 October 1998 UCH C 18 Wu Hung-Hsing 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 36 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 SRHS PF 21 Lu Kuan-Ting 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1992-10-13)13 October 1992 NTUA SF 23 Chen Ching-Huan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 39 – (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 FJU PF 29 Han Chieh-Yu 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-12-17)17 December 1999 NTSU C 35 Sim Bhullar (I) 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) 140 kg (309 lb) 32 – (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 New Mexico State SF 50 Marcus Weathers (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 28 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997 SMU C 54 Wu Tai-Hao (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 40 – (1985-02-07)7 February 1985 BYU-Hawaii C 55 Robert Upshaw (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 31 – (1994-01-05)5 January 1994 Washington	Head coach Liu Meng-Chu Assistant coach(es) Ma I-Hung Strength & conditioning coach(es) Kuo Han-Po Athletic trainer(s) Lin Te-Min Physiotherapist(s) Kuei Shan-Yu Team manager Chien Wei-Cheng Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player 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

• Reference：^[10]