Tournament details | |
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Country | Japan |
Dates | 1–5 March 2023 |
Season | 2023 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Anyang KGC |
Runner-up | Seoul SK Knights |
Third place | Bay Area Dragons |
Fourth place | Ryukyu Golden Kings |
Tournament statistics | |
Best player | Omari Spellman (Anyang) [1] |
The 2023 EASL Champions Week was the first regular season of the East Asia Super League, an international basketball club competition involving teams from domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Taiwan, as well as a franchise team representing Greater China. [2] [3] The Champions Week was held from 1 to 5 March 2023. [4]
The Champions Week was conceptualized after the regular season was postponed. The regular season was originally scheduled to be held from 12 October 2022 to February 2023, under a home and away format and a Final Four knockout stage. [5]
The winners received USD 250,000, while the runners-up and third-place teams received USD 100,000 and USD 50,000, respectively. [6] [7]
Originally held as a preseason tournament, it was retroactively designated as the first season by its organizers with the succeeding league tournament as the second season. [8]
The eight teams which qualified for the then-2022–23 EASL season qualified for the Champions Week. [9] Four leagues are represented for the 2023 EASL. The champions and runners-up of the Japan B.League and the Korean Basketball League [10] as well as the champions of Taiwan's P. League+ [11] Hong Kong based Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes, a franchise team not part of any domestic league also participated. The league considers the P. League+ champions and the Phoenixes as representatives of "Greater China". [5] For the Philippines, the top two finishing teams of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup qualified. [12]
League | Country or region | Berths |
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EASL (franchise team) | Hong Kong | 1 |
P. League+ | Chinese Taipei [lower-alpha 1] | 1 |
B.League | Japan | 2 |
Korean Basketball League | South Korea | 2 |
Philippine Basketball Association | Philippines | 2 |
Team | Domestic league standing |
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Bay Area Dragons | N/A (EASL franchise) |
Taipei Fubon Braves | 2021–22 P. League+ champions |
Utsunomiya Brex | 2021–22 B.League champions |
Ryukyu Golden Kings | 2021–22 B.League runners-up |
Seoul SK Knights | 2021–22 Korean Basketball League champions |
Anyang KGC | 2021–22 Korean Basketball League runners-up |
San Miguel Beermen | 2022 PBA Philippine Cup champions |
TNT Tropang Giga | 2022 PBA Philippine Cup runners-up |
Each team can select two foreigners into active roster in each game, [13] plus an Asian heritage import or naturalized player. [14]
Games were held in Japan, on the home venues of the two qualified Japanese teams – Utsunomiya Brex and the Ryukyu Golden Kings. There were ten games in total. Utsunomiya hosted six of the eight group stage games, while Ryukyu hosted the remaining two games, as well as the third place game and final. [15] [16]
Okinawa City | Utsunomiya | |
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Okinawa Arena | Nikkan Arena Tochigi | |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
The official draw for the 2022–23 EASL season was held on 28 June 2022 at the Shangri-La at the Fort, Manila in Taguig. [17] [18] For the Champions Week the groupings were retained. [9]
The teams were drawn in two groups. A coin flipping mechanic was used; each champion in each domestic league was to choose a coin side. The winner of the coin flip was placed on Group A while the other placed in Group B. [12] [19] The identity of the Philippine representatives were yet to be determined at the time of the draw.
Another draw was held to determine the schedule of the games. [9]
On 10 January 2023, EASL released the full schedule for the tournament. [20] Each team in each of the two groups would face only two of three of the other teams in their group unlike in a traditional round robin format. [21]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Anyang KGC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 236 | 156 | +80 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | Final |
2 | Ryukyu Golden Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 179 | 146 | +33 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | Third place game |
3 | Taipei Fubon Braves | 2 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 177 | −30 | 2 | |
4 | San Miguel Beermen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 238 | −83 | 2 |
1 March 2023 17:00 |
Taipei Fubon Braves | 69–94 | Anyang KGC |
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 17–25, 21–22, 12–23 | ||
Pts: Zaytsev 20 Rebs: Singletary 15 Asts: Singletary 6 | Pts: Spellman 22 Rebs: Monroe 25 Asts: Monroe 7 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
2 March 2023 19:30 |
Ryukyu Golden Kings | 96–68 | San Miguel Beermen |
Scoring by quarter:24–17, 25–11, 21–20, 26–20 | ||
Pts: Cooley, Imamura 20 Rebs: Cooley, Durham 16 Asts: Durham 7 | Pts: Clark 25 Rebs: Tautuaa 10 Asts: Enciso 6 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
4 March 2023 16:00 |
Anyang KGC | 142–87 | San Miguel Beermen |
Scoring by quarter:40–20, 29–16, 40–29, 33–22 | ||
Pts: Spellman 53 Rebs: Monroe 17 Asts: Monroe 14 | Pts: Clark 35 Rebs: Clark 10 Asts: Perez 5 |
4 March 2023 19:00 |
Ryukyu Golden Kings | 83–78 | Taipei Fubon Braves |
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 25–25, 23–8, 15–25 | ||
Pts: Cooley 24 Rebs: Cooley 13 Asts: Kishimoto 7 | Pts: Johnson 28 Rebs: Johnson 9 Asts: Chou, Zaytsev 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Seoul SK Knights | 2 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 153 | +19 | 4 | Final |
2 | Bay Area Dragons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 182 | −2 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | Third place game |
3 | Utsunomiya Brex | 2 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 162 | +27 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | TNT Tropang Giga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 179 | −44 | 2 |
1 March 2023 19:30 |
Utsunomiya Brex | 99–66 | TNT Tropang Giga |
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 32–8, 22–21, 20–11 | ||
Pts: Scott 24 Rebs: Scott 14 Asts: Hiejima 6 | Pts: Hudson 28 Rebs: Ochefu 9 Asts: Oftana 3 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
2 March 2023 17:00 |
Seoul SK Knights | 92–84 | Bay Area Dragons |
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 24–27, 22–20, 28–17 | ||
Pts: Warney 30 Rebs: Warney 19 Asts: Kim, Warney 7 | Pts: Nicholson 35 Rebs: Nicholson 15 Asts: Powell 8 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
3 March 2023 17:00 |
TNT Tropang Giga | 69–80 | Seoul SK Knights |
Scoring by quarter:28–25, 14–16, 13–16, 14–23 | ||
Pts: Oftana 16 Rebs: Ochefu 12 Asts: M. Williams 4 | Pts: Kim, Warney 21 Rebs: Williams 21 Asts: Warney 11 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
3 March 2023 19:30 |
Utsunomiya Brex | 90–96 | Bay Area Dragons |
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 32–24, 16–26, 25–23 | ||
Pts: Jerrett 22 Rebs: Scott 12 Asts: Hiejima 7 | Pts: Nicholson 26 Rebs: Nicholson 12 Asts: Powell 10 |
Nikkan Arena Tochigi, Utsunomiya |
5 March 2023 19:00 |
Anyang KGC | 90–84 | Seoul SK Knights |
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 24–10, 17–24, 24–23 | ||
Pts: Monroe 21 Rebs: Monroe 16 Asts: Byeon, Monroe 5 | Pts: Kim 25 Rebs: Williams 10 Asts: Kim, Oh 6 |
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此外,每支隊伍每場可登錄2名洋將,另開放亞洲外援,至於洋將之外的華裔球員、外籍生都算是本土球員。
Despite ending up undefeated, however, Ryukyu was relegated to the battle for third place due to a lower point differential with Anyang KGC.
The Dragons ended up in a tie with the Brex, but they advanced to the battle-for-third due to the winner-over-the-other tiebreak rule.