Super Basketball League

Super Basketball League (SBL)
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 Super Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2003
No. of teams	4
Country	Taiwan
Continent	FIBA Asia
Most recent; champion(s)	Yulon Luxgen Dinos (7th title)
Most titles	Yulon Luxgen Dinos (7th title)
Level on pyramid	1
Official website	SBL (in Chinese)

The Super Basketball League (超級籃球聯賽), often abbreviated as the SBL, is a men's semi-pro basketball league in Taiwan.

Teams

Current teams

Bank of Taiwan (臺灣銀行)
Changhua BLL (彰化柏力力)
Taiwan Beer (台灣啤酒)
Yulon Luxgen Dinos (裕隆納智捷)

Former teams

Dacin Tigers (達欣工程) – now competes in amateur competitions
Fubon Braves (富邦勇士) – now competes in the P. League+ (PLG)
Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology (高雄九太科技) – dissolved on May 30, 2022^[1]
Taoyuan Pauian Archiland (桃園璞園建築) – playing spot on loan to Changhua BLL^[2]

Timeline

Current team Former team

Champions

Champions and other postseason standings are listed below:

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
2003–04	Yulon Dinos	Sina Lions^[3]
2004–05	Yulon Dinos	Dacin Tigers
2005–06	Yulon Dinos	Taiwan Beer	Dacin Tigers	Bank of Taiwan
2006–07	Taiwan Beer	Dacin Tigers	Videoland Hunters^[4]	Yulon Dinos
2007–08	Taiwan Beer	Yulon Dinos	dMedia Genies^[5]	Pauian Archiland
2008–09	Dacin Tigers	Taiwan Beer
2010	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	Dacin Tigers
2010–11	Taiwan Beer	Dacin Tigers
2011–12	Pauian Archiland	Dacin Tigers
2012–13	Pauian Archiland	Dacin Tigers
2013–14	Pauian Archiland	Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards^[6]
2014–15	Pauian Archiland	Taiwan Beer
2015–16	Taiwan Beer	Pauian Archiland
2016–17	Dacin Tigers	Yulon Luxgen Dinos
2017–18	Taoyuan Pauian Archiland	Fubon Braves
2018–19	Fubon Braves	Taiwan Beer
2019–20	Taiwan Beer	Yulon Luxgen Dinos
2020–21	Taiwan Beer Yulon Luxgen Dinos ^[7]	No finals played	Bank of Taiwan	Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology
2021–22	Bank of Taiwan	Taiwan Beer	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology
2023	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	Bank of Taiwan	Taiwan Beer	Changhua BLL
2024	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	Taiwan Beer	Bank of Taiwan	Changhua BLL

Finals appearances

This is a list of the teams which have advanced to the SBL Finals and the overall win–loss records they have registered in the Championship Series.

Total	Team	Title(s)	Runners-up	Pct.	Notes
12	Taiwan Beer	6	6	.500	Made four consecutive finals appearances from 2005–06 to 2008–09. Titles included the cancelled 2021 finals (declared co-champions).
10	Yulon Luxgen Dinos	7	3	.700	Won three league titles in a row from 2003–04 to 2005–06. Titles included the cancelled 2021 finals (declared co-champions). Won three league titles in a row from 2023 to 2024
7	Taoyuan Pauian Archiland	5	2	.714	Won four league titles in a row from 2011–12 to 2014–15.
8	Dacin Tigers	2	6	.250	Made five consecutive finals appearances from 2008–09 to 2012–13.
3	Fubon Braves	1	2	.333	Won first title in 2018–19.
2	Bank of Taiwan	1	1	1.000	Won first title in 2021–22.

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 (陳信安) 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	Quincy Davis Pauian	Chen Shih-chieh (陳世杰) Pauian
2012–2013	Tsai Wen-cheng (蔡文誠) Pauian	Tsai Wen-cheng (蔡文誠) Pauian
2013–2014	Liu Cheng (劉錚) Taiwan Beer	Tsai Wen-cheng (蔡文誠) Pauian
2014–2015	Chen Shun-hsiang (陳順詳) Bank of Taiwan	Garret Siler Pauian
2015–2016	Chou Yi-hsiang (周儀翔) Dacin Tigers	Patrick O'Bryant Taiwan Beer
2016–2017	Chou Yi-hsiang (周儀翔) Dacin Tigers	Su I-chieh (蘇翊傑) Dacin Tigers
2017–2018	Lu Cheng-ju (呂政儒) Yulon Dinos	Quincy Davis Pauian
2018–2019	Chiang Yu-an (蔣淯安) Taiwan Beer	Charles Garcia Fubon Braves
2019–2020	Chiang Yu-an (蔣淯安) Taiwan Beer	Chiang Yu-an (蔣淯安) Taiwan Beer
2020–2021	Hsieh Tsung-jung (謝宗融) Bank of Taiwan	Finals cancelled due to pandemic
2021–2022	Zak Irvin Bank of Taiwan	Finals cancelled due to pandemic
2023	Ke Min-Hao (柯旻豪) Yulon Dinos	Sarr Bamba Yulon Dinos
2024	Chang Chia-he Bank of Taiwan	Chou Shih-yuan Yulon Dinos

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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) ^[8]
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 and played for Sacramento Kings in 2005 NBA Summer League
Noel Felix
Marcus Fizer
Taylor King, Former McDonald's All-American and Duke basketball player

Centers

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
Garret Siler
Earl Barron

References

^ 九太男籃宣布解散「球員失業」剩史上新低4隊 (in Chinese)
^ 快訊／SBL震撼彈　5冠勁旅璞園出借兩年參賽權至彰化縣 (in Chinese)
^ The Sina Lions are the precursor organization to the Taoyuan Pauian Archiland.
^ The Videoland Hunters are the precursor organization to the Taipei Fubon Braves.
^ The dMedia Genies are the precursor organization to the Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology.
^ The Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards are the precursor organization to the Taipei Fubon Braves.
^ No finals played due to the pandemic shutdown. The SBL declared both finalists co-champions.
^ 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

[1] 九太男籃宣布解散「球員失業」剩史上新低4隊 (in Chinese)

[2] 快訊／SBL震撼彈　5冠勁旅璞園出借兩年參賽權至彰化縣 (in Chinese)

[3] The Sina Lions are the precursor organization to the Taoyuan Pauian Archiland.

[4] The Videoland Hunters are the precursor organization to the Taipei Fubon Braves.

[5] The dMedia Genies are the precursor organization to the Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology.

[6] The Taiwan Mobile Clouded Leopards are the precursor organization to the Taipei Fubon Braves.

[7] No finals played due to the pandemic shutdown. The SBL declared both finalists co-champions.

[8] 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.

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