tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163518982024-03-13T21:01:00.027+08:00Taiwan HoopsBasketball in Taiwan: Taiwanese Basketball News, Scores, Teams, Standings, Players, William Jones Cup, Asian competitions, SBL.Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1957125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-14125987753939311992014-07-10T10:38:00.000+08:002014-08-14T18:33:58.192+08:00An official good-byeThis blog has been a collection of my reporting on Taiwanese basketball
between 1999 and 2012. Due to personal reasons, I had stopped updating
this blog since October 2012. It's been a memorable 13 years. Thank you
all for your support.Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-58440211517985406662012-10-26T16:11:00.001+08:002012-10-26T16:11:39.876+08:002012 Asian University Men's Basketball Championship roster (Part One)Roster of Taiwan and China's Tianjin Polytechnic University not yet available. Hong Kong(No., Name, Position, DOB, School, Height, Weight)4 潘嘉駿 Pun Ka Chun 前鋒 1990.4.30 香港理工大學 188cm 88kg5 盧致誠 Lo Chi Shing 前鋒 Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-6950712507212105152012-10-26T16:00:00.001+08:002012-10-26T16:00:35.464+08:002012 Asian University Men's Basketball Championship schedule Preliminary roundOct. 3015:00 Mongolia vs. Hong Kong17:00 China vs. Korea18:50 Opening ceremony19:30 Taiwan vs. PhilippinesOct. 3115:00 Mongolia vs. China17:00 Philippines vs. Korea19:00 Taiwan vs. Hong KongNov. 115:00 Philippines vs. Mongolia17:00 China vs. Hong Kong19:00 Korea vs. TaiwanNov. 215:00 Hong Kong vs. Philippines17:00 Mongolia vs. Korea19:00 Taiwan vs. ChinaNov. 314:00 Korea Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-41966362052085753022012-10-17T10:30:00.001+08:002012-10-17T10:30:40.366+08:00Shanghai wins 2012 Straits Cup invitational Shanghai Sharks defeated Pure Youth Construction 80-62 on Monday and won the four-team 2012 Straits Cup Invitational with a 3-0 record. Shanghai only led by one at the half but limited PY to 9 points in the third period with the help of strong defense from Tseng Wen-ting, who had 5 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals, and Zhang Zhaoxu, who tallied 15 points, 12 boards and 4 blocks. PY was led by Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-13082509751232258002012-10-17T10:28:00.001+08:002012-10-17T10:28:21.081+08:00Su Yi-chieh signs with XinjiangLocal media reported that Su Yi-chieh, who played with Taiwan Mobile last season, has signed with China’s Xinjiang and became the sixth Taiwanese player to play in China next season. Su tested with Xinjiang two years ago but did not sign with the team. Xinjiang made the semifinal round in the Chinese pro league CBA last season. The six Taiwanese players to play in China next year are Su, Lin Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-80904281077194234122012-10-14T09:06:00.001+08:002012-10-14T09:06:42.818+08:002012 Straits Cup: screen capturesChris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-68439848846744378902012-10-14T08:59:00.001+08:002012-10-14T08:59:49.740+08:002012 Straits Cup: Shanghai vs. Dacin highlightsChris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-41188169096628204522012-10-14T08:54:00.001+08:002012-10-14T08:54:03.781+08:00Taiwan Mobile’s ambitious signingTaiwan Mobile almost revamped its entire starting roster with the signing of four national team members and looked like a team capable of contending for the championship in the new season. Wu Tai-hao, who played for China’s Zhejiang last season, signed with the ambitious team. Wu was followed by Ho Shou-cheng, Cheng Jen-wei and Chen Shih-nian. Other notable newcomers included Wu Yong-jen, who Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-24467044482170111902012-10-14T08:41:00.001+08:002012-10-14T08:41:14.421+08:00Shanghai 2-0 in 2012 Straits Cup invitational[Lin Chih-chieh, left. Tseng and Tien, right.] Shanghai Sharks beat Zhejiang 58-53 on Saturday in the central Taiwan city of Taichung and led the four-team 2012 Straits Cup invitational tournament at 2-0. Dacin Tigers defeated Pure Youth Construction 82-76 on the same day for a revenge of a 4-0 sweep by PY in the SBL Finals earlier this year. Chang Chia-jung led Dacin with 15 points while Lin Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-58941971711419473972012-10-07T10:39:00.001+08:002012-10-07T10:39:40.816+08:00Taiwan 4th place in FIBA Asia U18 women’s championship Taiwan U18 women’s NT lost to South Korea 61-42 in the bronze medal game of the 2012 FIBA Asia U18 Women’s Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia yesterday and failed to win a ticket to the World Championship. Taiwan defeated South Korea 88-71 in its last preliminary game, but the team obviously was still in a slump yesterday after suffering a 113-55 defeat against Japan in the semifinal. The Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-32439855262187060802012-10-06T11:49:00.001+08:002012-10-06T11:49:44.286+08:00Asian University Men’s Basketball Championship to take place once again in Taiwan According to the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF), the 4th Asian University Men’s Basketball Championship (AUMBC) will be held during Oct. 30 - Nov. 4 in New Taipei City, Taiwan, the fourth time that Taiwan hosts this event since 2006, but for the first time in New Taipei City. New Taipei City, with a population of 3.9 million, is located beside Taipei City. The venue will be Sinjhuang Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-65506695978816918362012-09-24T07:22:00.001+08:002012-09-24T07:22:56.547+08:00Four Asian teams to meet in ABA Three Goodness ChampionshipFour teams from Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea will meet in the ABA Three Goodness Championship which begins today in the southern city of Kaohsiung, the second largest city in Taiwan. The invitational tournament is co-organized by former FIBA Asia chairman Cheng Man-ky of Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhism organization. All the games will be played at I-Shou University Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-69602704405613957852012-09-23T05:58:00.001+08:002012-09-23T05:58:45.331+08:00Taiwan finishes sixth place in 2012 Asia Cup Taiwan missed two jumpers in the last 15 seconds that could have tied the game and lost to China 67-63 in the classification round on Saturday, finishing for the sixth place in the 2012 Asia Cup tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Trailing 29-24 at the half and 49-47 at the end of the third quarter, Taiwan mounted the final comeback in the final period. Lee hsueh-lin’s three tied the game at 63-63 with Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-53316949378664336822012-09-21T16:53:00.001+08:002012-09-21T16:53:56.917+08:00Taiwan to meet China for fifth placeTaiwan beat Uzbekistan 86-70 in the classification round on Friday and set up a clash with China for the fifth place of the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup tournament at Tokyo, Japan. China defeated Lebanon 78-63 in the other matchup. Uzbekistan and Lebanon will play off for the seventh place. Chen Shih-chieh led Taiwan with 13 points and Lee Hsueh-lin had 12. Tseng Wen-ting, Tien Lei and Lu Cheng-ju scored Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-38863717501107344192012-09-21T08:32:00.001+08:002012-09-21T08:32:42.524+08:00Lin Yu-ting leads Taiwan U-18 women’s NT in Malaysia With experiences at the U16 and U18 Asian championship as well as the U19 World Championship, 180cm versatile forward Lin Yu-ting will be Taiwan NT’s leader at the FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women at Johor Baru, Malaysia. Lin will be one of the few players who was able to participate in two U18 Asia events because she made the NT roster at a very young age. And her goal would be the same -- Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-61372190112538725332012-09-21T07:54:00.001+08:002012-09-21T07:54:39.379+08:00Taiwan lost to Philippines in Asia Cup quarterfinal Taiwan lost to the Philippines 75-68 on Thursday in the quarterfinal game of the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup at Tokyo, Japan and will have to play in the classification round for 5-8 placings. It is scheduled to meet Uzbekistan today. Led by Marcus Douthit, who had 13 points and 11 rebounds at the half, the Philippines managed to maintain a small lead in the first three period, but Taiwan was not far Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-84181519503772515752012-09-19T01:34:00.001+08:002012-09-19T01:34:44.075+08:00Taiwan NT final roster for 2012 Asia Cup No. Given Name Family Name DOB Ht.(cms) Wt.(kgs) Pos.4 I-Chieh Su 28/01/1987 182 78 PG5 Tai-Hao Wu 07/02/1985 Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-75713658987053720922012-09-19T01:32:00.001+08:002012-09-19T01:32:00.534+08:00Tien Lei's game-winning alley-oop dunk against QatarChris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-33346929271879202512012-09-19T01:29:00.001+08:002012-09-19T01:29:39.475+08:00Taiwan beat Qatar on Tien’s buzzer-beating dunk Tien Lei made a tie-breaking alley-oop dunk with 1.4 seconds left as Taiwan beat Qatar 75-73 in its last preliminary game on Tuesday in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup tournament in Tokyo, Japan. With 1.4 seconds left, Taiwan NT came out of a timeout and executed a near perfect set play by head coach Hsu Chin-tse for the surprising win. Tien came off a backdoor screen by point guard Chen Shih-chieh, who Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-48021078574986729342012-09-18T05:59:00.001+08:002012-09-18T05:59:07.631+08:00Taiwan lost to Iran but made Asia Cup quarterfinal Taiwan lost to Iran 71-63 yesterday in Tokyo, Japan and fell to 1-2 in the preliminary round of the 2012 Asia Cup but clinched a quarterfinal berth after India finishing the round with four losses. Four of the five teams in the Group A and B will make the quarterfinal, which mean Macau and India, each with a 0-4 record, will be eliminated. Tien Lei scored 11 of his team-high 17 points in the Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-78260418546707072902012-09-17T00:17:00.001+08:002012-09-17T00:17:18.509+08:00Taiwan 1-1 after two games in Asia Cup Taiwan NT beat India 113-88 on Sunday after suffering an opening setback against host Japan on Saturday and is now 1-1 after two games in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Jet Chang led Taiwan with 20 points, making four of five from the three-point range, in the India game. Tien Lei added 12 points. Indian center Amritpal Singh paced his team with 22 points. However, Taiwan Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-5427083754276150382012-09-16T22:37:00.001+08:002012-09-16T22:37:51.281+08:00Straits Cup tournament to be held in Taipei The 2012 Straits Cup basketball tournament will take place from Oct. 12-14 in Taipei and the central city of Taichung with four teams from Taiwan and China competing in the annual cross-strait tourney. Shanghai Dongfang Sharks, Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank of the Chinese pro league CBA will match up against a pair of home teams -- defending SBL champion Pure Youth Construction and Dacin Tigers, the Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-35574426778034329752012-08-27T01:56:00.001+08:002012-08-27T01:56:04.293+08:002012 Jones Cup Men final day photos Philippines vs. UPG (US) Iran vs. Jordan Taiwan vs. KGC (Korea) (Photos: CTBA) Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-76072444173501683232012-08-27T01:45:00.001+08:002012-08-27T01:45:33.390+08:002012 Jones Cup Men Final Day resultsBoxcores in .png format available for download at https://www.box.com/s/d6319f1344755683f669 Iran 87-74 Jordanhttp://2012wjc.basketball-tpe.org/files/902-1008-3068-10000.phpJapan 89-70 Lebanonhttp://2012wjc.basketball-tpe.org/files/902-1008-3055-10000.phpPhilippines 76-75 UPG (US)http://2012wjc.basketball-tpe.org/files/902-1008-3065-10000.phpTaiwan 77-72 KGC (Korea)http://Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16351898.post-74907142936696129672012-08-26T19:08:00.001+08:002012-08-26T19:08:12.204+08:00Philippines beat UPG for Jones Cup goldL.A. Tenerio made a go-ahead and winning jumper with 20 seconds left as the Philippines rallied in the second half to beat UPG 76-75 and clinch its first William Jones Cup tournament title in 14 years. The Philippines outscored the Americans 25-16 in the final period and 53-41 in the second half, with the competition became a see-saw game since the latter half of the third period and both teams Chris Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741744278825416944noreply@blogger.com