T1 League
The T1 League is a Taiwanese men's professional basketball league founded in 2021. It is the third professional basketball league in Taiwan after the Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) and the P. League+ (PLG). In the 2021-22 season, the T1 League consists of six teams, the Kaohsiung Aquas, the New Taipei CTBC DEA, the Taichung Wagor Suns, the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, the TaiwanBeer HeroBears, and the Taoyuan Leopards. History. On May 10, 2021, Kuan Kuang-Chung, the former National Basketball Association Taiwan region general manager, served as the sponsor of the new professional basketball league. And there  were four corporations willing to join the league. On May 24, the name of new league was announced as T1 League. There were four teams came from Kaohsiung City, New Taipei City, Taichung City, and Taipei City applied to join the league. On May 26, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the T1 League. On June 19, the Taichung Suns was established formally. On July 30, the New Taipei CTBC DEA was established formally to be the new team of the T1 League. On August 6, the T1 League announced that Chien Wei-Chuan was the commissioner of the league . Besides, the Taoyuan Leopards and Tainan team would join the league. On August 9, the T1 League held the first draft. There were 58 players participated in the draft, and 17 players were chosen in 5 rounds. On September 2, Taiwan Beer basketball team announced to join the league as the TaiwanBeer HeroBears. On September 30, the name of Tainan team was announced as the Tainan TSG GhostHawks. On November 25, the Taichung Suns changed the name to the Taichung Wagor Suns. On November 27, the 2021–22 season opening game, matched by TaiwanBeer HeroBears and Kaohsiung Aquas, was played at  Tianmu Campus, University of Taipei Gymnasium. Rules and Regulations. Games. Each quarter plays 12 minutes. Each game totally plays 48 minutes. (1) Naturalized players Players. (2) Asian import players Regular season. In the 2021–22 season, each team plays against another six times, three at home and three on the road, respectively. Each team plays 30 matches totally in regular season. Playoffs. Playoffs. In the 2022 playoffs, the fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three wild-card series. And the winner of wild-card series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semi-final series. Finals . The winners of the semi-final series play the best-of-seven final series.