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The Super Basketball League (超級籃球聯賽), often abbreviated as the SBL, is a semi-professional men's
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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
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Current clubs

Currently, there are four teams competing in the SBL. They are as follows: * Bank of Taiwan (臺灣銀行) * Changhua BLL (彰化柏力力) *
Taiwan Beer Taiwan Beer (, or ) is a large-market beer brewed by the Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL). The brand, an icon of Taiwanese culture, is the best-selling beer in the country. History The company today known as TTL, had its origins in ...
(台灣啤酒) *
Yulon Luxgen Dinos The Yulon Luxgen Dinos are a basketball team in the Super Basketball League in Taiwan. It was founded in 1965 by Yulon Motor's (or the Taiwanese Car Manufacturer Luxgen) Chairman as a First Division amateur basketball team. It has also been membe ...
(裕隆納智捷)


Former clubs

* Dacin Tigers (達欣工程) – now competes in the
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* Fubon Braves (富邦勇士) – now competes in the P. League+ (PLG) * Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology (高雄九太科技) – club dissolved on 30 May 2022 *
Taoyuan Pauian Archiland The Taoyuan Pauian Archiland (), also translated as Taoyuan Pure-Youth Construction, is a semi-professional basketball team formerly in the Super Basketball League (SBL) of Taiwan. History The franchise derives its history from the celebrated ...
(桃園璞園建築) – playing spot on loan to Changhua BLL


Champions

Champions and other postseason standings are listed below:


Finals appearances

This is a list of the teams which have advanced to the SBL Finals and the overall win–loss records they have registered in the Championship Series.


League MVP

The winner of the Super Basketball League
Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a partic ...
(MVP) award is chosen by reporters. The recipients of the award are listed below:


Notable players


Guards

* Chang Chih-feng (張智峰): 6'0", one-time champion, one-time regular season and finals MVP, two-time All-SBL Team, one-time Defensive Player of the Year, two-time steal champion * Chen Chih-chung (陳志忠): 6'0", four-time champion, one-time finals MVP, three-time All-SBL Team, one-time Defensive Player of the Year, one-time assist champion, one-time Sixth Man of the Year * Lee Hsueh-lin (李學林): 5'9", four-time champion, one-time All-SBL Team


Forwards

* Chen Hsin-an (陳信安): 6'5", two-time champion, one-time regular season MVP, one-time finals MVP, one-time All-SBL Team, one-time scoring champion *
Lin Chih-chieh Lin Chih-chieh (; born 11 June 1982 in Hualien County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player of Amis descent. During his career with the Taiwan Beer club of the Super Basketball League (SBL), Lin has won one Regular Season mos ...
(林志傑): 6'3", two-time champion, two-time finals MVP, one-time regular season MVP, three-time All-SBL Team, two-time scoring champion * Jonathan Sanders (桑德斯): 6'7", three-time All-SBL Team, three-time rebound champion, two-time assist champion, one-time Fighter of the Year (年度最佳鬥士) The SBL Fighter of the Year award is distinct from the MVP award and is not created regularly. It is a rough equivalence to a
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award and would be given to the player who has won the most Fighter of the Week awards throughout a season when a yearly award is officially created. This has only happened in the 2003-2004 and the 2009-2010 seasons where veteran
point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run the team's offense by ...
Chou Chun-san (周俊三) and import forward Jonathan Sanders won the respective awards. The league has never explained the rationale behind its decision to create the Fighter of the Year award in certain seasons but not the others.
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Tien Lei Tien Lei (; born June 1, 1983, in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player. Considered one of the most talented offensive players in Taiwan, Tien has won multiple scoring and rebounding champions of the Super Basketball Leag ...
(田壘): 6'8", one-time champion, three-time regular season MVP, three-time All-SBL Team, three-time rebound champion, two-time scoring champion, one-time
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champion and played for
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in 2005
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* Noel Felix *
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, Former McDonald's All-American and Duke basketball player


Centers

* Tseng Wen-ting (曾文鼎): 6'9", four-time champion, two-time finals MVP, one-time regular season MVP, four-time All-SBL Team and Defensive Player of the Year, six-time block champion * Wu Tai-hao (吳岱豪): 6'8", one-time champion, one-time All-SBL Team, one-time block champion *
Patrick O'Bryant Patrick Fitzgerald O'Bryant (born June 20, 1986) is an American-Central African former professional basketball player. The , center was selected out of Bradley University by the Golden State Warriors with the 9th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draf ...
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Solomon Alabi Solomon Makafan Alabi (born March 21, 1988) is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. He attended Florida State University where he helped them to a third-place finish in the ACC standings and a trip to the NCAA Tournament where they f ...
* Garret Siler * Earl Barron


Women's Super Basketball League

There is also a Women's Super Basketball League (WSBL) in
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
, which comprises the following four teams: * Cathay Life (國泰人壽) *
Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. () (, ) is the largest integrated telecom service provider in Taiwan, and the incumbent local exchange carrier of PSTN, Mobile, and broadband services in the country. History Chunghwa Telecom was founded as ...
(中華電信) *
Taiwan Power Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
(台灣電力) * Taiyuan Textile (台元紡織)


See also

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Chinese Basketball Alliance The Chinese Basketball Alliance (; CBA) was a men's professional basketball league in Taiwan that existed from 1995 to 1999. Also abbreviated as "CBA", the defunct organization based in Taiwan was distinct from the Chinese Basketball Association ...
(CBA) *
Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team The Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team is the men's basketball team representing the Republic of China on Taiwan in international competitions, organised and run by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA; ). The team was know ...
* List of basketball leagues * P. League+ (PLG) *
Sport in Taiwan In Taiwan (Republic of China), some of the most prominent sports include badminton, baseball, basketball, football, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Martial arts such as t'ai chi ch'uan and taekwondo are also practiced by many pe ...
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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 ...
* Women's Super Basketball League (WSBL)


References


External links


SBL official website

Taiwan Beer official website

Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards official website

Yulon Luxgen Dinos official website



Taiwan Hoops

Asia-Basket - Taiwan

High flying hoop dreams: A brief history of the development of basketball in Taiwan
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