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Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

Basketball team in Hong Kong


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.

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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 2016–17 ABL season, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is scheduled to resume in 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
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*Note: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Current roster

2024 BCL Asia qualifiers roster

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Past roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

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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

  • Hong Kong Lam Man Chun (2018–21)
  • Hong Kong Siu Kin Fan Jon (2018–20)
  • Hong Kong Canada Daniel Onwugbonu (2018–19)
  • Hong Kong Chan Yik Lun (2018–22)
  • Hong Kong Ng Chung Tsun (2018-22, 2024-)
  • Hong Kong Ip Chun Fung (2019–22)
  • Hong Kong United States Adam Xu (2017–)
  • Hong Kong Chu Tsz Yung (2023-)
  • Hong Kong Chen Wan Tin (2021)
  • Hong Kong So Sheung Ying (2017–20)
  • Hong Kong Muhammad Sulaiman Sheikh (2019-)
  • Hong Kong Wong Ho Yin (2023-)
  • Hong Kong Cheung Yin Lung (2023-)
  • Hong Kong Pok Yuet Yeung (2019-)
  • Hong Kong So Chi Lok Jolin (2017–20)
  • Hong Kong Ip Chun Kit (2016–18)
  • Hong Kong Lee Shu Wing (2017–18)
  • Hong Kong Lau Tsz Lai (2015–20)
  • Hong Kong Chung Chun Sing (2016–19)
  • Hong Kong Wu Cheuk Pan (2016–)
  • Hong Kong Ricky Yang (2015–22)
  • Hong Kong Leung Ka Hin Marco (2019-)
  • Hong Kong Yip Yiu Pong (2024-)
  • Hong Kong Chan Ka Ho (2024-)
  • Hong Kong Cheung Pan Yin (2019–20)
  • Hong Kong Tang Chi Hang (2015–21)
  • Hong Kong Ma Kong San Jeff (2019, 2021)
  • Hong Kong Chan Siu Wing (2015–)
  • Hong Kong Lee Ki (2015–22)
  • Hong Kong United States Oliver Xu (2022–)
  • Hong Kong Ngan Wing Fai (2016–18)
  • Hong Kong Poon Chi Ho (2015–17)
  • Hong Kong Fong Shing Yee (2015–17)
  • Hong Kong Cheng Kam Hing (2015–17)
  • Hong Kong Wong Lut Yiu (2013–14, 2015–16)
  • Hong Kong Lau Hoi To (2015–16)
  • Hong Kong Heung Chun Keung (2015–16)
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong Wu Kwok Fung (1992–94, 2014–15)

Import players

Footnotes


    References

    1. "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
    2. 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. "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
    4. "Hong Kong Eastern target ABL success to boost bid to join Chinese competition". South China Morning Post. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
    5. "Asean Basketball League season cancelled without a winner". The New Paper. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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