The 2023–24 T1 League season was the third season of the

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 2022–23 season, the T ...

, with the

Kaohsiung Aquas The Kaohsiung Aquas ( zh, 高雄全家海神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aqua ...

New Taipei CTBC DEA The New Taipei CTBC DEA ( zh, 新北中信特攻) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in New Taipei City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021-22 season, and play their home games at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium. T ...

Tainan TSG GhostHawks The Tainan TSG GhostHawks ( zh, 臺南台鋼獵鷹) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Chia Nan University of ...

, Taipei Mars, and the Taiwan Beer Leopards participating in this competition. The regular season started on October 28, 2023 and ended on April 28, 2024. The semifinals series started on May 4 and ended on May 14. The finals series started on May 24 and ended on June 1. On June 1, the Taiwan Beer Leopards defeated the Taipei Mars, 4–0, winning the 2023–24 season championship.

Teams

Season format

* Each team plays against another seven times. And each team plays 28 matches total in the regular season. * Semifinals series: Best-of-five series. Matchup is decided by seeding in regular season. The first seed plays against the fourth seed, and the second seed plays against the third seed. The winners can qualify for the finals series. * Finals series: Best-of-seven series. The series are contested by the winners of semifinals series.

Import players restrictions

* Each team is able to register 3 or 4 general import players. * Each team is able to select 2 or 3 import players into active roster in each match. * 8-imports-in-4-quarters rule: each quarter can have 2 import players on the court.

Import players

Transactions

Retirement

* On April 16, 2023, Lung Hung-Yuan announced his retirement from professional basketball. * On November 4, 2023, Peng Chun-Yen announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Draft

The

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was held on July 14, 2023, at

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Warehouse 1 in Taipei City.

Coaching changes

Off-season

* On June 29, 2023, the

Taichung Suns The Taichung Suns ( zh, 臺中太陽) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taichung City, Taiwan. They compete in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home game at the National Taiwan University of Sport Gymna ...

announced that Chris Gavina left the team. * On July 1, 2023, the

named Anthony Tucker as their new head coach. * On August 14, 2023, the TaiwanBeer Leopards named

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as their new head coach. * On September 14, 2023, the

Taipei Taishin Mars The Taipei Taishin Mars ( zh, 臺北台新戰神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taipei City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2023–24 season, and play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnas ...

named Brian Adams as their new head coach. * On October 13, 2023, the news reported that Anthony Tucker left the

In-season

* On December 31, 2023, the Taipei Mars announced that Brian Adams resigned from head coach. * On January 3, 2024, the Taipei Mars assistant coach, Hsu Hao-Cheng was named as their interim head coach. * On January 9, 2024, the

announced that

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resigned from head coach, and named Lin Yu-Cheng, the

assistant coach, as their interim head coach. * On January 13, 2024, the Taiwan Beer Leopards announced to terminate contract relationship with

, and named Chou Chun-San, the Taiwan Beer Leopards consultant, as their interim head coach. * On January 29, 2024, the

named

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as their new head coach. * On February 15, 2024, the Taiwan Beer Leopards assistant coach, Charles Dube-Brais was named as their head coach.

2023 interleague play

Only 1 team, the

, participated in these invitational games.

Preseason

The preseason started on October 13, 2023 and ended on October 15. The

held the preseason matches at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium.

Regular season

The regular season started on October 28, 2023 and ended on April 28, 2024. On October 28, the 2023–24 season opening game, matched by the

and the

, was played at Xinzhuang Gymnasium.

League table

Results

Rescheduled games

* Two

home games (against the Taiwan Beer Leopards on February 24, and against the Taipei Mars on February 25) was rescheduled to March 3 and February 28 due to the

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. * Two

home games (against the Taipei Mars on February 28, and against the

on April 13) was rescheduled to April 13 and March 9 due to the second home arena application of

. * Two Taiwan Beer Leopards home games (against the Taipei Mars on April 13, and against the

on April 20) was rescheduled to April 20 and 13 due to the second home arena application of

Playoffs

* Semifinals Series: The top four seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series. The winners can qualify the finals series. * Finals Series: The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series.

Bracket

Bold Series winner
''Italic'' Team with home-court advantage

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistic leaders

Awards

Yearly awards

* All-T1 League First Team: **

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( Taiwan Beer Leopards) **

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( Taiwan Beer Leopards) ** Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (

) ** Hu Long-Mao (

) **

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( Taiwan Beer Leopards) * All-Defensive First Team: ** Lin Ping-Sheng ( Taipei Mars) **

( Taiwan Beer Leopards) ** Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga (

) ** Hu Long-Mao (

) **

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(

)

Statistical awards

Finals awards

MVP of the Month

MVP of the Month awards were only for local players.

Import of the Month

Import of the Month awards were only for import players.

Arenas

* The TaiwanBeer Leopards announced that they would play their home games at the Taoyuan Arena in this season. * The Taipei Taishin basketball team announced that they would play their home games at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in this season. * The

announced that their home games on April 27 and 28, 2024 would change to

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. * The

announced that their home games on April 13 and 14, 2024 would change to

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in Taipei City. And the

would be the co-home arena of the

and Taipei Mars. * The Taipei Mars announced that they would play their home games in semifinals at the

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. * The

announced that they would play their home games in semifinals at the

Media

* The games will be broadcast on television via VL Sports and ELTA TV, and online via YouTube and Twitch.

Notable occurrences

* On June 26, 2023, the

announced that the Taishin Sports Entertainment Co., Ltd. took over the participation rights of the

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. * On July 4, 2023, the Taoyuan Leopards announced to cooperate with the Taiwan Beer basketball association, and the Taoyuan Leopards were renamed to the TaiwanBeer Leopards. * On July 12, 2023, the TaiwanBeer Leopards became the first team to have the first and second overall draft picks of one draft in Taiwanese professional basketball history. * On July 14, 2023,

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became the first player of the first overall

draft picks. * On August 18, 2023, the

announced that Chang Shu-Jen, the secretary general of the league, left the league. * On August 21, 2023, the

announced that

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was the new secretary general of the league. * On August 24, 2023, the name of Taipei Taishin basketball team was announced as the

. * On September 15, 2023, the

announced that the 2023–24 season participation rights of the

was cancelled due to financial qualification. * On October 11, 2023, the

announced that the play-in series of the 2023–24 season was cancelled. * On October 12, 2023, Tsai Shang-Hua, the strategic marketing director of the

, announced to leave the league. * On October 16, 2023, the

announced to fold officially. * On October 28, 2023, the

announced that Lo Chen-Feng, former player of the Taiwan Beer Leopards, was issued a permanent ban due to involving in gambling. * On December 2, 2023,

of the Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 1000

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career. * On December 3, 2023,

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of the

recorded 100 steals in his career. * On December 10, 2023,

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of the

recorded 1000

in Taiwan career. * On December 16, 2023, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga of the

recorded 200 assists in his career. * On December 17, 2023, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga of the

recorded 100 steals in his career. * On December 18, 2023,

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, the four-time NBA All-Star, signed with the Taiwan Beer Leopards. * On December 23, 2023,

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of the

recorded 1000

career. * On January 6, 2024, Lin Ping-Sheng of the Taipei Mars recorded 100 three pointers in

career. * On January 6, 2024,

of the

recorded 100 blocks in

career. * On January 6, 2024,

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of the Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 200

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career. * On January 12, 2024, Hu Long-Mao of the

recorded 1000

career. * On January 20, 2024,

of the

recorded 200 assists in his career. * On January 21, 2024, Lin Ping-Sheng of the Taipei Mars recorded 200 assists in

career. * On January 27, 2024,

of the Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 100 assists in

career. * On February 18, 2024,

of the

became the first player to record 1500

history. * On February 18, 2024, Yu Huan-Ya of the

recorded 500 three pointers in his career. * On March 13, 2024, the

announced that their home games on April 13 and 14, 2024 would change to

in Taipei City, and held the 2024 Metro Battle with Taipei Mars. These games would be the first professional basketball games held in

. * On March 16, 2024, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga of the

recorded 1500

in his career. * On March 16, 2024,

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of the

recorded 100 assists in

career. * On March 23, 2024,

of the Taiwan Beer Leopards recorded 100 assists in his career. * On March 30, 2024, Wei Chia-Hao of the

recorded 100 steals in his career. * On April 6, 2024, Hu Long-Mao of the

recorded 2000

in his career. * On April 13, 2024, the

defeated the Taipei Mars, 88–81, winning the first victory in

. And there was 15,600 people watching the match, with the largest crowd in Taiwanese professional basketball history. * On April 27, 2024, the

became the team to win the two straight regular season first seeds in

history. * On April 28, 2024, Yu Huan-Ya of the

recorded 1000

career. * On April 28, 2024, Chang Po-Sheng of the

recorded 3500

in his career. * On May 4, 2024, the game matched by the Taipei Mars and the

became the first overtime semifinals game in

history. * On May 8, 2024,

of the Taiwan Beer Leopards and Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga of the

became the players to award the three straight All-T1 League First Team awards in

history. * On May 9, 2024, Lin Ping-Sheng of the Taipei Mars and Hu Long-Mao of the

became the players to award the three straight All-Defensive First Team awards in

history. * On May 14, 2024, Taipei Mars became the first team to qualify finals series with lower seed in

history. * On May 21, 2024,

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of the

became the first coach to award the two straight Coach of the Year awards in

history. * On May 22, 2024,

became the first team to award the three straight Best Home-Court of the Year in

history. * On June 12, 2024, Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga of the

became the first player to award the two straight Most Valuable Player awards in

history.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 T1 League season Season T

Teams

Season format

Import players restrictions

Import players

Transactions

Retirement

Draft

Coaching changes

Off-season

In-season

2023 interleague play

Preseason

Regular season

League table

Results

Rescheduled games

Playoffs

Bracket

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistic leaders

Awards

Yearly awards

Statistical awards

Finals awards

MVP of the Month

Import of the Month

Arenas

Media

Notable occurrences

See also

References

External links