The Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards ( zh, 桃園台啤永豐雲豹) are a Taiwanese professional

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Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County to the south-east, and Hsinchu County to the south-west. Taoyuan District is the seat of the municipal gove ...

. They have competed in the

Taiwan Professional Basketball League The Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL, zh, 台灣職業籃球大聯盟) is a professional basketball List of basketball leagues, league in Taiwan composed of 7 teams. It is the fourth Taiwanese professional basketball league after the ...

(TPBL) and play their home games at the

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. The Leopards became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season, and one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season.

Franchise history

On July 4, 2023, the Taoyuan Leopards announced to cooperate with the Taiwan Beer basketball association, and changed the name to the TaiwanBeer Leopards. On July 9, 2024, the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards announced to join the

(TPBL).

Facilities

Home arenas

Training facilities

The Leopards' training facility is located at the Taiwan Beer gymnasium. The Leopards previously practiced at the New Taipei City Linkou Civil Sports Center.

Current roster

Personnel

General managers

Head coaches

Season-by-season record

Notable players

;;Local players * Chang Chih-Feng (張智峰) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL MVP (2009), SBL Finals MVP (2009) * Chiang Yu-An (蔣淯安) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Finals MVP (2020), SBL MVP (2019, 2020),

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) * Gao Jin-Wei (高錦瑋) – Chinese Taipei national team player * Huang Jhen (黃鎮) – Chinese Taipei national team player * Lee Chi-Wei (李啟瑋) – Chinese Taipei national team player * Lin Sin-Kuan (林信寬) – Chinese Taipei national team player * Lin Yi-Huei (林宜輝) – Chinese Taipei national team player * Su Yi-Chieh (蘇翊傑) – Chinese Taipei national team player, SBL Final MVP (2017) * Wang Hao-Chi (王皓吉) – Chinese Taipei national team player ;;Import players *

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– Lithuania national team player * Daniel Orton –

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References

External links

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