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. On May 21, the New Taipei CTBC DEA defeated the Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 4–0, winning the 2022–23 season championship.
Format Five teams participated in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualified for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds played the best-of-three play-in series, which was in a 1-1 format. The fourth seed was awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the play-in series and the top three seeds played the best-of-five semifinals series, which was in a 2-2-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series played the best-of-seven finals series, which was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. 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.
Playoff qualifying 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 ClinchedPlay-inberth Semifinalsberth Best recordin T1 1 New Taipei CTBC DEA 25–5 — March 19 April 3 2 Tainan TSG GhostHawks 19–11 — April 1 — 3 Kaohsiung Aquas 16–14 — April 16 — 4 TaiwanBeer HeroBears 16–14 April 16 — — 5 Taichung Suns 8–22 April 9 April 27 —
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Bold: Series winner Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears vs. (5) Taichung Suns
Regular-season series The HeroBears won 5–1 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals (1) New Taipei CTBC DEA vs. (5) Taichung Suns
Regular-season series The DEA won 5–1 in the regular-season series
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, and the first since the Taichung Wagor Suns renamed to the Taichung Suns in 2022, with the Suns winning the first meeting.
Previous playoff seriesSuns leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
(2) Tainan TSG GhostHawks vs. (3) Kaohsiung Aquas
Regular-season series The GhostHawks won 5–1 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
T1 League Finals: (1) New Taipei CTBC DEA vs. (2) Tainan TSG GhostHawks
Regular-season series The DEA won 6–0 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders Category Game high Average Player Team High Player Team Avg. Points Rayvonte Rice Taichung Suns 46 Rayvonte Rice Taichung Suns 28.8 5 Rebounds Hasheem Thabeet TaiwanBeer HeroBears 25 Hasheem Thabeet TaiwanBeer HeroBears 17.5 2 Assists Chiang Yu-An TaiwanBeer HeroBears 14 Chiang Yu-An TaiwanBeer HeroBears 11.0 2 Steals Rayvonte Rice Taichung Suns 6 Rayvonte Rice Taichung Suns 3.4 5 Blocks Hasheem ThabeetSim Bhullar TaiwanBeer HeroBearsTainan TSG GhostHawks 4 Hasheem Thabeet TaiwanBeer HeroBears 2.5 2
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