Kaohsiung Aquas
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Professional basketball team in Taiwan
| Kaohsiung Aquas | |
|---|---|
| 2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season | |
| Kaohsiung Aquas logo | |
| Leagues | Taiwan Professional Basketball League |
| Founded | May 26, 2021[1] |
| History | Kaohsiung Aquas 2021–2024 (T1) 2024–present (TPBL) |
| Arena | Kaohsiung Arena |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Location | Kaohsiung City, Taiwan |
| Team colors | Deep indigo, Blue, Green |
| Main sponsor | FamilyMart |
| CEO | Li Wei-Cheng |
| President | Hou Chia-Chi |
| Head coach | Mathias Fischer |
| Ownership | Kuo Yang Construction |
| Championships | 1 T1: 1 (2022) |
| Website | ktown-aquas |
The Kaohsiung Aquas (Chinese: 高雄全家海神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aquas became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season since the 2021–22 season, and became one of the seven teams of the inaugural TPBL season since the 2024–25 season.
Franchise history
[edit ]On August 4, 2021, the Aquas traded their 1st round pick to New Taipei CTBC DEA for 1.5 million NTD. In the 2021 draft, they drafted I-Shou swingman Su Wen-Ju in the second round.[2]
The Aquas have a copartnership with Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology, signed multi-players originally play in the team.[3] Jeoutai Tech is a semi-professional basketball team competes in the Super Basketball League (SBL), another league in Taiwan.
On April 17, 2022, the Aquas announced that they would play their playoff home games at Fengshan Arena.[4] On June 4, the Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.[5]
On July 9, 2024, the Kaohsiung Aquas announced to join the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).[6]
Facilities
[edit ]Home arenas
[edit ]| Arena | Location | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Fengshan Arena [4] [7] [8] | Kaohsiung City | 2022 2024 |
| Kaohsiung Arena [9] | Kaohsiung City | 2021–present |
Current roster
[edit ]Further information: Kaohsiung Aquas all-time roster and List of Kaohsiung Aquas head coaches
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Personnel
[edit ]General managers
[edit ] Name
Tenure
Ref.
Wang De-Yao
2021–2022
[10]
Head coaches
[edit ]| Name | Tenure | Totals | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | ||
| Australia Brendan Joyce [11] | 2021–2024 | 101 | 61 | 40 | .604 | 88 | 54 | 34 | .614 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 |
| Germany Mathias Fischer [12] | 2024–present | 19 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 19 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Totals | 120 | 72 | 48 | .600 | 107 | 65 | 42 | .607 | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | |
Season-by-season record
[edit ]| T1 League | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Coach | Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| 2021–22 | Brendan Joyce | 23 | 7 | .767 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Semifinals vs TaiwanBeer HeroBears, 2–0 Won Finals vs Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0 |
| 2022–23 | Brendan Joyce | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3rd | 2 | 3 | .400 | Lost Semifinals to Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 2–3 |
| 2023–24 | Brendan Joyce | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3rd | 0 | 3 | .000 | Lost Semifinals to Taiwan Beer Leopards, 0–3 |
| Totals | 54 | 34 | .614 | – | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3 Playoff Appearances | |
| Taiwan Professional Basketball League | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Coach | Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| 2024–25 | Mathias Fischer | 11 | 8 | .579 | |||||
| Totals | 11 | 8 | .579 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 Playoff Appearances | |
Notable players
[edit ]- Local players
- Taiwan Hu Long-Mao (胡瓏貿) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League Finals MVP (2022)
- Taiwan Li Han-Sheng (李漢昇) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Taiwan Lin Jen-Hung (林任鴻) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Taiwan Tang Wei-Chieh (唐維傑) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Taiwan Wu I-Ping (吳怡斌) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Taiwan Wu Siao-Jin (吳曉謹) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Taiwan Yu Huan-Ya (于煥亞) – Chinese Taipei national team player
- Type-III players
- Philippines United States Jason Brickman – ABL Finals MVP (2016), TBL MVP (2018)
- Import players
- United States Xavier Alexander – TBL MVP (2019)
- Netherlands Terrence Bieshaar – Netherlands national team player
- Jordan United States John Bohannon – Jordan national team player
- United Kingdom Iran Aaron Geramipoor – Iran national team player
- United States Perry Jones – NBA player
- United States Craig Sword – NBA player, United States national team player
- Lithuania Edgaras Želionis – Lithuania national team player
References
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- ^ "高雄海神與蘇文儒簽約 盼扮演得分刺客". Central News Agency. August 19, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "高雄海神、九太隊線上聯合開訓 于煥亞有期待". Central News Agency. June 15, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "季後賽不在巨蛋打!海神新主場拍板". United Daily News. April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "T1史上首座年度總冠軍出爐 海神3連勝強勢封王". ETtoday. June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "新職籃確定命名TPBL 台灣職業籃球大聯盟7隊聯合聲明開打". ETtoday. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 高雄全家海神例行賽/主場賽程表". Facebook. 高雄全家海神隊 Kaohsiung Aquas. October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "高雄全家海神連3季挺進季後賽 主視覺、口號正式公佈". ETtoday. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "T1籃球聯盟高雄海神隊成軍 主場高雄巨蛋". Central News Agency. May 26, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "高雄海神宣告進軍T1 League職籃 高雄巨蛋將成主場". ETtoday. May 26, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ "Ballarat Miners coach Brendan Joyce set to lead Kaohsiung Aquas in the T1 Basketball League in Taiwan". The Courier. August 8, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "全家海神公布新主帥! 前德國男籃二隊教頭費雪掌兵符". ETtoday. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
