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Kaohsiung Aquas

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Kaohsiung Aquas
2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season
Kaohsiung Aquas logo
LeaguesTaiwan Professional Basketball League
FoundedMay 26, 2021[1]
HistoryKaohsiung Aquas
2021–present
ArenaKaohsiung Arena
Capacity15,000
LocationKaohsiung City, Taiwan
Team colorsDeep indigo, Blue, Green
     
Main sponsorFamilyMart
CEOLi Wei-Cheng
PresidentHou Chia-Chi
General managerWang De-Yao
Head coachMathias Fischer
OwnershipKuo Yang Construction
Championships1
T1: 1 (2022)
Websitektown-aquas.com

The Kaohsiung Aquas (Chinese: 高雄たかおぜんいえ海神わたつみ) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena. The Aquas became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season.

The Aquas have a copartnership with Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology, signed multi-players originally play in the team.[2] Jeoutai Tech is a semi-professional basketball team competes in the Super Basketball League (SBL), another league in Taiwan.

On April 17, 2022, The Aquas announced that they would play their playoff home games at Fengshan Stadium.[3] On June 4, the Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.[4]

Franchise history

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2021: Team creation

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On August 4, 2021, the Aquas traded their 1st round pick to New Taipei CTBC DEA for 1.5 million NTD. In the 2021 draft, they drafted I-Shou swingman Su Wen-Ju in the second round.[5]

Home arenas

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Current roster

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Kaohsiung Aquas roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From
G 0 Taiwan Vietnam Wei Liang-Che 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 22 – (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 NKNU
PG 5 Philippines United States Jason Brickman (I) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 32 – (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 LIU Brooklyn
SG 7 Taiwan Yu Huan-Ya 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 NTNU
SG 8 Taiwan Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-12-08)8 December 1999 ISU
PF 10 Taiwan Hu Long-Mao 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 Chaminade
SF 11 Taiwan Tang Wei-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 VMI
SF 12 Taiwan Lin Jen-Hung 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 NTNU
C 14 Netherlands Terrence Bieshaar (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 27 – (1997-07-28)28 July 1997 Netherlands
PF 18 Taiwan Wu I-Ping 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-08-29)29 August 1992 ISU
C 21 Taiwan Lu Wei-Ting 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 ISU
F/C 22 United States Italy Anthony Morse (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 30 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 Tennessee Tech
SG 24 Taiwan Su Wen-Ju 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 ISU
SG 28 Taiwan Yu Chun-An (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 NTNU
F/C 34 United States Kaleb Wesson (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 25 – (1999-07-27)27 July 1999 Ohio State
SF 57 Taiwan Wu Siao-Jin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 NKNU
PG 66 Taiwan Chen Huai-An 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 NTUA
C 85 Taiwan Chin Ming-Ching 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 29 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 NTNU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Taiwan Zhu Yong-Hong
  • Taiwan Yu Chia-Chieh
  • Taiwan Peng Te-Hsuan
Athletic trainer(s)
  • Taiwan Liao Hsuan-Yi
Team manager
  • Taiwan Wang De-Yao

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured

Updated: August 2, 2024

Personnel

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General managers

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Name Tenure Ref.
Wang De-Yao 2021–present [9]

Head coaches

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Name Tenure Totals Regular season Playoffs
G W L PCT G W L PCT G W L PCT
Australia Brendan Joyce[10] 2021–2024 101 61 40 .604 88 54 34 .614 13 7 6 .538
Germany Mathias Fischer[11] 2024–present 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 101 61 40 .604 88 54 34 .614 13 7 6 .538

Season-by-season record

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T1 League
Season Coach Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
2021–22 Brendan Joyce 23 7 .767 1st 5 0 1.000 Won Semifinals vs TaiwanBeer HeroBears, 2–0
Won Finals vs Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0
2022–23 Brendan Joyce 16 14 .533 3rd 2 3 .400 Lost Semifinals to Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 2–3
2023–24 Brendan Joyce 15 13 .536 3rd 0 3 .000 Lost Semifinals to Taiwan Beer Leopards, 0–3
Totals 54 34 .614 7 6 .538 3 Playoff Appearances
Taiwan Professional Basketball League
Season Coach Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
2024–25 Mathias Fischer 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 Playoff Appearances

Notable players

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Local players
Type-III players
Import players

References

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  1. ^ "せき於海しん". Kaohsiung Aquas. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  2. ^ "高雄たかお海神わたつみ、九太隊線上聯合開訓 于煥ゆう期待きたい". Central News Agency. June 15, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "さい不在ふざいきょ蛋打!海神わたつみしんあるじじょう拍板びんざさら". United Daily News. April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "T1史上しじょう首座しゅざ年度ねんどそうかんむりぐん 海神わたつみ3連勝れんしょうきょういきおいふうおう". ETtoday. June 4, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "高雄たかお海神わたつみあずかぶん儒簽やく 盼扮えんじ得分とくぶん刺客しかく". Central News Agency. August 19, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "T1籃球聯盟れんめい高雄たかお海神わたつみたいなりぐん おもじょう高雄たかおきょ蛋". Central News Agency. May 26, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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  8. ^ "高雄たかおぜんいえ海神わたつみれん3挺進ていしんさい ぬし視覺しかくくちごう正式せいしきこう佈". ETtoday. April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  9. ^ "高雄たかお海神わたつみ宣告せんこく進軍しんぐんT1 Leagueしょく高雄たかおきょ蛋將なりぬしじょう". ETtoday. May 26, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Ballarat Miners coach Brendan Joyce set to lead Kaohsiung Aquas in the T1 Basketball League in Taiwan". The Courier. August 8, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "ぜんいえ海神わたつみ公布こうふしんしゅそちぜんとく國男くにお籃二隊教頭費雪掌兵符". ETtoday. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
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