Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

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Hong Kong Eastern
NicknameHK Eastern
Leagues
Southorn Stadium
Capacity2,000
LocationHong Kong
Head coachMensur Bajramović
OwnershipEastern Sports Club
Championships3 Hong Kong A1 Division
2 ASEAN Basketball League
Websiteeasternsportsclub.com
Hong Kong Eastern basketball team
Hanyu Pinyin
Dōngfāng Lóngshī Lánqiú Duì
Yue: Cantonese
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The Eastern Sports Club basketball team (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club.[1] The team also known as Chinese: 東方男籃; lit. 'Eastern Men's Basketball' and Hong Kong Eastern for sponsorship reason.

Eastern competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division,[2][3] and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016.[4] It has won the Hong Kong A1 championship three times, in 1956, 2017 and 2023.

History

Second logo of the basketball team

Eastern basketball team is a section of Eastern Sports Club (officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won Hong Kong A2 Division Championship [zh] and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship.[2] The team became fully professional in 2016.[2][3] In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).[5]

They won the

2023 with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the Chinese Basketball Association in the future.[5]

Hong Kong Eastern won its second A1 Division championship in 2024.[6]

Home arenas

Season by season

Champions Season champions Runners-up Playoff berth
Season League Regular season Playoffs Head coach
Finish Played Wins Losses Win%
2016–17 ABL 1st 20 16 4 .800 Won Semifinals (Heat) 2–0
Won ABL Finals (Slingers) 3–1 		Edu Torres
2017 HKA1 2nd 7 6 1 .857 Lost Semifinals (Winling) 1–2
2017–18 ABL 2nd 20 14 6 .700 Lost Semifinals (Alab Pilipinas) 0–2
2018 HKA1 3rd 7 5 2 .714 Won Semifinals (Winling) 2–1
Won HKA1 Finals (South China) 3–2
2018–19 ABL 7th 26 13 13 .500 Won Quarterfinals (Alab Pilipinas) 2–0
Lost Semifinals (Slingers) 0–2
2019 HKA1 4th 9 6 3 .667 Won Quarterfinals (Fukien) 1–0
Lost Semifinals (South China) 0–2
2019–20 ABL 9th 10 3 7 .300 Season cancelled* Jordan Brady
2021–22 HKA1 4th 9 6 3 .667 Won Quarterfinals (Pegasus) 1–0
Won Semifinals (Tycoon) 2–0
Lost HKA1 Finals (South China) 0–3 		Željko Pavličević
2023
 ABL 2nd 14 10 4 .714 Won Semifinals (
NS Matrix) 2–0
Won ABL Finals (Heat
) 2–1

*Note: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Current roster

2024 BCL Asia qualifiers roster

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

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G
 		0 Hong Kong Tsun Ng, Chung 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
G
 		2 Hong Kong Yin Wong, Ho 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F
 		5 United States Eisendorf, Isaiah 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
F
 		7 Hong Kong Yung Chu, Tsz 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G
 		8 Hong Kong Siu Wing, Chan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G
 		9 Hong Kong Lung Cheung, Yin 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
C 13 Hong Kong Yeung Pok, Yuet 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
C 19 Canada McLaughlin, Chris 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
F
 		23 Hong Kong Hin Marco Leung, Ka 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F
 		33 Hong Kong Ho Chan, Ka 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F
 		69 Hong Kong Pong Yip, Yiu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
F
 		88 Australia Gilbert, Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2024

Past roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

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

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G/F 8 Hong Kong Siu Wing, Chan (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1993-04-26)26 April 1993
G
 		23 Hong Kong Leung, Ka Hin Marco 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
G
 		24 Hong Kong United States Xu, Oliver 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1996-12-19)19 December 1996
G
 		2 Hong Kong Wong, Ho Yin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (2000-10-24)24 October 2000
G
 		9 Hong Kong Cheung, Yin Lung 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 24 – (1999-11-29)29 November 1999
G
 		0 Hong Kong Ng, Chung Tsun 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 27 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996
G
 		27 Hong Kong Philippines Veloso, Austin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 27 – (1996-09-26)26 September 1996
G
 		35 Hong Kong Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
F
 		16 Hong Kong United States Xu, Adam (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993
F
 		5 United States Eisendorf, Isaiah (WI) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996
F
 		69 Hong Kong Yip, Yiu Pong 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1999-01-18)18 January 1999
F
 		33 Hong Kong Chan, Ka Ho 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
F
 		7 Hong Kong Chu, Tsz Yung 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996
F
 		28 Hong Kong Philippines De Villa, Joshua 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-01-11)11 January 1995
F
 		88 Croatia Gilbert, Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996
C 30 Hong Kong Wu, Cheuk Pan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993
C 13 Hong Kong Pok, Yuet Yeung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000
C 19 Canada Chris, Mclaughlin (WI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 31 – (1992-07-30)30 July 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Hong Kong Yu Chi Kit
  • Hong Kong Wong Ka Kit, Thomas
Team manager
  • Hong Kong Lee Shu Wing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (WI) World import
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 1 Apr 2024

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
  • Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Local players

Import players

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c 東方來季組香港史上首支全職籃球隊！. sportsroad.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional basketball team in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Hong Kong Eastern target ABL success to boost bid to join Chinese competition". South China Morning Post. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. ^ "A1 Division Basketball 2023-2024, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Asean Basketball League season cancelled without a winner". The New Paper. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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