The 2022 T1 League playoffs was the postseason tournament of the T1 League's 2021–22 season. The play-in series was played on May 22. The semifinals series started on May 24 and ended on May 28. The finals series started on May 31 and ended on June 4. On June 4, the Kaohsiung Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 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. The winners of the semifinals series played the best-of-seven finals series. The semifinals series changed to a best-of-three series, which was in a 1-1-1 format. The finals series changed to a best-of-five series, in a 2-2-1 format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan.
Playoff qualifying On April 17, 2022, the Kaohsiung Aquas clinched the regular season title. On May 18, the Taoyuan Leopards became the first team to qualify the play-in series. On May 19, the New Taipei CTBC DEA 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 May 22, the TaiwanBeer HeroBears won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.
Seed Team Record ClinchedPlay-inberth Semifinalsberth Best recordin T1 1 Kaohsiung Aquas 23–7 — April 10 April 17 2 Taichung Wagor Suns 20–10 — April 24 — 3 New Taipei CTBC DEA 17–13 — May 19 — 4 TaiwanBeer HeroBears 16–14 May 19 May 22 — 5 Taoyuan Leopards 8–22 May 18 — —
Bracket
Bold: Series winner Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears vs. (5) Taoyuan Leopards
Regular-season series Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (4) TaiwanBeer HeroBears
Regular-season series Tied 3–3 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Taichung Wagor Suns vs. (3) New Taipei CTBC DEA
Regular-season series The Suns won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
T1 League Finals: (1) Kaohsiung Aquas vs. (2) Taichung Wagor Suns
Regular-season series The Aquas won 4–2 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 Troy Williams Taoyuan Leopards 47 Troy Williams Taoyuan Leopards 47.0 1 Rebounds Diamond Stone TaiwanBeer HeroBears 18 Marlon Johnson New Taipei CTBC DEA 12.0 3 Assists Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 14 Jason Brickman Kaohsiung Aquas 11.6 5 Steals Marlon JohnsonTyler Lamb New Taipei CTBC DEATaiwanBeer HeroBears 5 Troy Williams Taoyuan Leopards 3.0 1 Blocks Diamond StoneMindaugas Kupšas TaiwanBeer HeroBearsKaohsiung Aquas 3 Lo Chen-Feng Taoyuan Leopards 2.0 1
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