2023 EASL Champions Week

The 2023 EASL Champions Week will be the pre-season tournament for 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, in 2023.[1][2]The Champions Week will be held from 1 to 5 March 2023.[3]

2023 EASL Champions Week
CountryJapan
Dates1–5 March 2023
Season2023 East Asia Super League
Teams8
Defending championsNone

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.[4]

Team allocation

The eight teams which qualified for the then-2022–23 EASL season qualified for the Champions Week.[5] Four leagues are represented for the 2023 EASL. The champions and runners-up of the Japan B.League and the Korean Basketball League[6] as well as the champions of Taiwan's P. League+[7] Hong Kong based Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes, a franchise team not part of any domestic league will also participate. The league considers the P. League+ champions and the Phoenixes as representatives of "Greater China".[4] For the Philippines, the top two finishing teams of the 2022 PBA Philippine Cup qualified.[8]

LeagueCountry or RegionBerths
EASL (franchise team) Hong Kong1
P. League+ Chinese Taipei1
B.League Japan2
Korean Basketball League South Korea2
Philippine Basketball Association Philippines2

Qualified teams
TeamDomestic league standing
Bay Area DragonsN/A (EASL franchise)
Taipei Fubon Braves2021–22 P. League+ champions
Utsunomiya Brex2021–22 B.League champions
Ryukyu Golden Kings2021–22 B.League runners-up
Seoul SK Knights2021–22 Korean Basketball League champions
Anyang KGC2021–22 Korean Basketball League runners-up
San Miguel Beermen2022 PBA Philippine Cup champions
TNT Tropang Giga2022 PBA Philippine Cup runners-up

Venues

Games will be held in Japan, on the home venues of the two qualified Japanese teams – Utsunomiya Brex and the Ryukyu Golden Kings. There will be ten games in total. Utsunomiya will host six of the eight group stage games, while Ryukyu will host the remaining two games, as well as the third place game and final.[9]

Arena City Capacity
Okinawa Arena Okinawa City 10,000
Brex Arena Utsunomiya Utsunomiya 2,900

Draw

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.[10][11] For the Champions Week the groupings will be retained.[5]

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.[8][12] 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.[5]

Group stage

On 10 January 2023, EASL released the full schedule for the tournament.[13]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Anyang KGC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final
2 Taipei Fubon Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place game
3 Ryukyu Golden Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 San Miguel Beermen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 1 March 2023. Source: EASL
1 March 2023
17:00
Taipei Fubon Braves vs. Anyang KGC
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
2 March 2023
19:30
Ryukyu Golden Kings vs. San Miguel Beermen
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
4 March 2023
16:00
Anyang KGC vs. San Miguel Beermen
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
4 March 2023
19:00
Ryukyu Golden Kings vs. Taipei Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Seoul SK Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final
2 Utsunomiya Brex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place game
3 Bay Area Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TNT Tropang Giga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 1 March 2023. Source: EASL
1 March 2023
19:30
Utsunomiya Brex vs. TNT Tropang Giga
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
2 March 2023
17:00
Seoul SK Knights vs. Bay Area Dragons
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
3 March 2023
17:00
TNT Tropang Giga vs. Seoul SK Knights
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
3 March 2023
19:30
Utsunomiya Brex vs. Bay Area Dragons
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Final round

Third place game
5 March 2023
16:00
A2 vs. B2
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Final
5 March 2023
19:00
A1 vs. B1
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

References
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  2. Naredo, Camille (2 December 2021). "PBA wants to prove it is best in Asia through EASL". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. Ulanday, John Bryan (8 December 2022). "EASL tuloy na sa Marso sa Japan" [EASL resumes in March in Japan]. Pilipino Star Ngayon (in Filipino). Philippine Star. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  4. "East Asia Super League Debuts Season 1 of Premier Home-and-Away Pan-Regional League in 2022". East Asia Super League. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. The newly formed Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes and the championship team from Chinese Taipei's P.LEAGUE+, are the Greater China representatives.
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  6. "Super League shakes up Asian hoops". China Daily. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. "P.League+ winner to play in East Asian tournament – Taipei Times". Taipei Times. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  8. Henson, Joaquin (16 June 2022). "EASL draw set in Manila". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. "EASL Champions Week to be held in Japan". The Manila Times. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  10. "EASL sets June 28 draw in Manila". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  11. "East Asia Super League unveils group draw for debut season". South China Morning Post. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. Giongco, Mark (28 June 2022). "PBA Philippine Cup champion grouped with Taipei, Anyang, Ryukyu". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. "East Asia Super League Reveals EASL Champions Week Matchups and Game Schedule". East Asia Super League. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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