Super Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition: 2012–13 SBL season | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| No. of teams |
Men: 7 Women: 6 |
| Country |
 Republic of China |
| Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
M: Pure Youth Construction (4th title) W: Cathay Life (21st title) |
| Most titles |
M: Pure Youth Construction Yulon Luxgen Dinos (4 titles each) W: Cathay Life (21 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Official website | SBL (Chinese) |
For the semi-professional men's and women's basketball leagues in Western Australia, see State Basketball League.
The Super Basketball League (Chinese: 超級籃球聯賽; pinyin: Chāojí lánqiú liánsài), often abbreviated to the SBL, is the top-tier men's semi-professional basketball league in Taiwan. It was founded in 2003 and considered by many as the successor organization to the short-lived Chinese Basketball Alliance (Chinese: 中華職業籃球聯盟; CBA), a men's professional basketball league that existed from 1994 to 1999 in Taiwan.
Current clubs
Currently there are seven teams competing in the SBL. They are as follows:
- Bank of Taiwan (台灣銀行)
- Dacin Tigers (達欣工程)
- Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (金門酒廠)
- Pure-Youth Construction (璞園建築)
- Taiwan Beer (台灣啤酒)
- Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards (台灣大雲豹)
- Yulon Luxgen Dinos (裕隆納智捷)
Champions
Champions and other postseason finishes are listed below:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-2004 | Yulon Dinos | Sina Lions [1] | ||
| 2004-2005 | Yulon Dinos | Dacin Tigers | ||
| 2005-2006 | Yulon Dinos | Taiwan Beer | Dacin Tigers | Bank of Taiwan |
| 2006-2007 | Taiwan Beer | Dacin Tigers | Videoland Hunters [2] | Yulon Dinos |
| 2007-2008 | Taiwan Beer | Yulon Dinos | dMedia Genies [3] | Pure Youth |
| 2008-2009 | Dacin Tigers | Taiwan Beer | ||
| 2009-2010 | Yulon Luxgen Dinos | Dacin Tigers | ||
| 2010-2011 | Taiwan Beer | Dacin Tigers | ||
| 2011–2012 | Pure Youth | Dacin Tigers | ||
| 2012–2013 | Pure Youth | Dacin Tigers | ||
| 2013–2014 | Pure Youth | Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards |
League MVP
The winner of the Super Basketball League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is chosen by reporters. The recipients of the award are listed below:
| Season | Regular Season MVP | Championship Series MVP |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-2004 | Tien Lei (田壘) Dacin Tigers | Chen Hsin-An (陳信安) Yulon Dinos |
| 2004-2005 | Tien Lei Dacin Tigers | Tseng Wen-Ting (曾文鼎) Yulon Dinos |
| 2005-2006 | Tien Lei Dacin Tigers | Tseng Wen-Ting Yulon Dinos |
| 2006-2007 | Lin Chih-Chieh (林志傑) Taiwan Beer | Lin Chih-Chieh Taiwan Beer |
| 2007-2008 | Chen Hsin-An Yulon Dinos | Lin Chih-Chieh Taiwan Beer |
| 2008-2009 | Chang Chih-Feng (張智峰) Dacin Tigers | Chang Chih-Feng Dacin Tigers |
| 2009-2010 | Tseng Wen-Ting Yulon Dinos | Chen Chih-Chung (陳志忠) Yulon Dinos |
| 2010-2011 | Rashad Jennings Pure Youth | Yang Jing-Min (楊敬敏) Taiwan Beer |
| 2011-2012 | ||
| 2012-2013 | Tsai Wen-Cheng (蔡文誠) Pure Youth | Tsai Wen-Cheng (蔡文誠) Pure Youth |
| 2013-2014 |
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 (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) [4]
- Tien Lei (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 steal champion
- Noel Felix
- Marcus Fizer
- Taylor King, Former McDonald's All-American and Duke basketball player
Centres
- 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
- Solomon Alabi
Women's Super Basketball League
There is also a Women's Super Basketball League (WSBL) in Taiwan, which comprises the following six teams:
- Applause RD
- Cathay Life (國泰)
- Chunghwa Telecom (中華電信)
- Fo Guang
- Taipower (台電)
- Tai Yuan Textile (台元)
See also
- A-League (second tier)
- Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA)
- Sport in Taiwan
References
- ↑ Sina Lions are the precursor organization to Pure Youth.
- ↑ Videoland Hunters are the precursor organization to Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards.
- ↑ dMedia Genies are the precursor organization to Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor.
- ↑ 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 sportsmanship 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 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.
External links
- Yulon Dino Official Site
- SBL official site
- Taiwan Beer official site
- Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopard official site
- YMY official site
- Taiwan Hoops
- Asia Basket
- High flying hoop dreams: A brief history of the development of basketball in Taiwan (in English)
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