Hong Kong Eastern

Hong Kong Eastern
Nickname	HK Eastern
Leagues	A1 Division Hong Kong
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Arena	Southorn Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Location	Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Team colors	Black, blue, white
Head coach	Mensur Bajramović
Ownership	Eastern Sports Club
Championships	3 Hong Kong A1 Division 2 ASEAN Basketball League
Website	easternsportsclub.com

Hong Kong Eastern basketball team
Traditional Chinese	香港東方籃球隊
Simplified Chinese	香港东方篮球队
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngfāng Lóngshī Lánqiú Duì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dung1 fong1 lung4 si1 laam4 kau4 deoi6*2

The Eastern Sports Club (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), also known as Hong Kong Eastern (Chinese: 香港東方), 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').

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.

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In 2015, 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]

In 2024, Eastern is also looking to play in the Philippine Basketball Association as a guest team in the 2024–25 Commissioner's Cup. It also plans to join the East Asia Super League.^[7][8]

• Southern Stadium (2016–present)

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
2023–24	HKA1	2nd	9	10	0	1.000	Won HKA1 Finals (Tycoon) 3–1	Mensur Bajramović
2024–25	PBA (Commissioner's)	To be determined

*Note: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

2024-25 East Asia Super League Roster

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 2 Ho Yin, Wong 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 7 Tsz Yung, Chu 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) G 8 Siu Wing, Chan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 9 Yin Lung, Cheung 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 11 Yang, Glen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 13 Yuet Yeung, Pok 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) C 19 McLaughlin, Chris 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) F 21 Clark, Cameron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G 22 Lam, Kobey 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) F 23 Ka Hin, Leung 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 33 Ka Ho, Chan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G 35 Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 25 – (1999-03-19)19 March 1999 F 69 Yiu Pong, Yip 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) G 80 Guinchard, Steven 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb)	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) James Chan Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: September 30, 2024

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup Roster

Hong Kong Eastern roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 0 Blankley, Hayden 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 2000–07–04 West Texas A&M F 3 Cao, Ramon 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 1997–11–04 Florida College F 6 Shiu Wah, Leung 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1994–03–25 F 7 Tsz Yung, Chu 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1996–06–28 G/F 8 Siu Wing, Chan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1992–04–26 CityU G 9 Yin Lung, Cheung 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1999–11–29 G 11 Yang, Glen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1996–08–30 Mount Royal C 13 Yuet Yeung, Pok 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 2000–06–07 C 15 Hao, Zhu 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1999–04–19 F 16 Xu, Adam 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–16 NYU F 21 Clark, Cameron (CI) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1991–09–16 Oklahoma G/F 22 Lam, Kobey 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 2000–03–02 Charleston G 23 Ka Hin, Leung 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 2000–02–01 G 35 Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1999–03–19 G/F 80 Guinchard, Steven 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1993–07–14 Emmanuel	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) Lui Ho Yin Peter Wong Ka Kit Yu Chi Kit Team manager Ho Chung Lit Lobo BJ Manalo Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) G/F 8 Siu Wing, Chan (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1993-04-26)26 April 1993 G 23 Ka Hin, Leung 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 G 22 Lam, Kobey 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) G 9 Cheung, Yin Lung 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 24 – (1999-11-29)29 November 1999 G 35 Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 G 24 Glen, Yang 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 F 16 Xu, Adam (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 G/F 80 Guinchard, Steven 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 G/F 6 Leung, Shiu Wah 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 G/F 0 Blankley, Hayden 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (2000-07-04)4 July 2000 F 3 Cao, Ramon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 F 21 Cameron Clark 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 F 7 Chu, Tsz Yung 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 F 28 De Villa, Joshua 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-01-11)11 January 1995 F 88 Gilbert, Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 C 15 Zhu, Hao 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 25 – (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 C 30 Wu, Cheuk Pan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 C 13 Pok, Yuet Yeung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 C 19 McLaughlin, Chris (WI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 32 – (1992-07-30)30 July 1992	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) Yu Chi Kit Wong Ka Kit Team manager Lee Shu Wing Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import Injured Roster Updated: 21 Nov 2024

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