| T1 League playoffs | |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | April 25 – May 21, 2023 |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Winners: | New Taipei CTBC DEA |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Tainan TSG GhostHawks |
| Semifinal1: | Taichung Suns |
| Semifinal2: | Kaohsiung Aquas |
| Prev Season: | 2022 |
| Next Season: | 2024 |
The 2023 T1 League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the T1 League's 2022–23 season. The play-in series started on April 25 and ended on April 27. The semifinals series started on April 28 and ended on May 8. The finals series started on May 13 and ended on May 21.[1] On May 21, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.
Five teams will participate in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualify for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds play the best-of-three play-in series, which is in a 1-1 format. The fourth seed will be awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of play-in series and the top three seeds play the best-of-five semifinals series, which is in a 2-2-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series play the best-of-seven finals series, which is in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.[2] Due to the schedule of the Xinzhuang Gymnasium, the semifinals series between the New Taipei CTBC DEA and the winner of play-in series changed to a 1-1-1-1-1 format.
On March 19, 2023, the New Taipei CTBC DEA became the first team to clinch the semifinals series. On April 3, the New Taipei CTBC DEA clinched the regular season title. On April 9, the Taichung Suns became the first team to qualify the play-in series. On April 16, the Kaohsiung Aquas became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket, qualifying as the third seed and relegating the TaiwanBeer HeroBears to the play-in series. On April 27, the Taichung Suns won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play-in berth | Semifinals berth | Best record in T1 | ||||
| 1 | 25–5 | — | March 19 | April 3 | ||
| 2 | 19–11 | — | April 1[3] | — | ||
| 3 | 16–14 | — | April 16 | — | ||
| 4 | 16–14 | April 16 | — | — | ||
| 5 | 8–22 | April 9 | April 27 | — | ||
Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, but the first since the Taichung Wagor Suns renamed to the Taichung Suns in 2022, with the Suns winning the first meeting.
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
See main article: 2023 T1 League Finals.
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
| Category | Game High | Average | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | High | Player | Team | Avg. | |||
| Points | 46 | 28.8 | 5 | |||||
| Rebounds | 25 | 17.5 | 2 | |||||
| Assists | 14 | 11.0 | 2 | |||||
| Steals | 6 | 3.4 | 5 | |||||
| Blocks | 4 | 2.5 | 2 | |||||