Chinese Basketball Association

For the national basketball association of China, see Chinese Basketball Association (organisation). For the former American professional men's basketball minor league, see Continental Basketball Association. For other uses, see CBA.

Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 CBA season
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Sport	Basketball
Founded	1995
First season	1995–96
Claim to fame	"The pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Asia"
No. of teams	20
Country	China
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Beijing Ducks (3rd title)
Most titles	Bayi Rockets Guangdong Southern Tigers (8 titles each)
Level on pyramid	1
Official website	CBA

Chinese Basketball Association
Traditional Chinese	中國男子籃球職業聯賽
Simplified Chinese	中国男子篮球职业联赛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Zhíyè Liánsài Wade–Giles Chungkuo Nantzu3 Lanch'iu Chihyeh Liensai IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒ nǎntsɹ̩̀ lǎntɕʰjǒʊ ʈʂɻ̩̌jê ljɛ̌nsâɪ]

The Chinese Basketball Association (simplified Chinese: 中国男子篮球职业联赛; traditional Chinese: 中國男子籃球職業聯賽; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Zhíyè Liánsài), often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Asia.

The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this initialism is often used even in Chinese. There is also a Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) for women.

The CBA should also not be confused with the National Basketball League (NBL), which is a professional "Division 2" minor league.

A few Chinese CBA players, such as Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Mengke Bateer, Yi Jianlian, Yi Hung Chen, and Sun Yue, have also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Conversely, a limited number of foreign players are allowed for each CBA team. Notable players include NBA All-Stars Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Gilbert Arenas, Tracy McGrady, Al Harrington and Metta World Peace, as well as NBA players who were CBA All-Stars Kenyon Martin, J. R. Smith, Aaron Brooks, and Shavlik Randolph. Emmanuel Mudiay was drafted in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft as well, which made him the first foreign player to have been drafted right out of the CBA.

Background

The league began play in 1994. However, the CBA as the name of a league should not be confused with the "Chinese Basketball Association" organisation, which was founded in June 1956 [1]. In 1996 James Hodges became one of the first Americans to play in the CBA. Today, the regulating body for basketball in China is the Chinese Basketball Management Center (simplified Chinese: 国家体育总局篮球管理中心; traditional Chinese: 國家體育總局籃球管理中心; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyù Zǒngjú Lánqiú Guǎnlǐ Zhōngxīn).

Other Chinese basketball leagues include the National Basketball League (NBL), the Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) and the Chinese High School Basketball League (CHBL) [2]. At one time there was a league called the Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA) [3], one of whose teams was the Beijing Sea Lions, but it lasted only one season (1996–97) [4].

Team names

For a full list of teams, see Category:Chinese Basketball Association teams.

The full name of each team usually consists of three parts, in the following order:

1. A geographic designation (except in the case of the Bayi or "August First" team). Currently all of these are province-level designations (either a province or a Chinese municipality).
2. A corporate sponsor name; this sponsor may change from year to year or perhaps even in mid-season.
3. A nickname, such as the name of an animal. This rarely changes.

This can sometimes lead to confusion about what name to use in English because many variants may be seen. Team names are usually abbreviated (in Chinese or English), so that either the corporate sponsor name or the nickname is used interchangeably (rarely both). Also, the nickname can sometimes be translated into English in more than one way; also the corporate sponsor name can change frequently over time.

Changes in nickname are rare, but occasionally happen, as when the Shandong team changed their nickname from the "Flaming Bulls" to the "Lions".

In previous years, the title of the league itself was available for corporate naming sponsorship. In 1999–2000 and 2000–2001 it was known as the "Hilton League", in 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 it was the "Motorola League", and in 2003–2004 it was sponsored by China Unicom. However, this corporate league title was not always used in the news media, and this sponsorship practice was discontinued at the start of the 2004–2005 season. [5]

Current clubs

Beijing

Chongqing

Jilin

Liaoning

Qingdao

Shandong

Shanxi

Sichuan

Tianjin

Xinjiang

Bayi

Shenzhen

Fujian

Foshan

Guangdong

Jiangsu

Tongxi

Shanghai

Zhejiang

Guangsha

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Location of the CBA teams.

Timeline

Current Teams Defunct Teams

CBA Championship Series

In 2005, the league unveiled the "Mou Zuoyun Cup" (simplified Chinese: 牟作云杯; traditional Chinese: 牟作雲杯; pinyin: Móu Zuòyún Bēi), which was awarded for the first time to the winning team in the finals. Mou Zuoyun (born 1913) was a member of the Chinese men's national basketball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and later served as a coach and a pioneer in building Chinese basketball. [6]

Year	Champion	Result	Runners-up	Notes
1995-96	Bayi Rockets	3 - 0	Guangdong Southern Tigers	Best of five series used for 10 years
1996-97	Bayi Rockets	3 - 0	Liaoning Hunters
1997-98	Bayi Rockets	3 - 0	Liaoning Hunters
1998-99	Bayi Rockets	3 - 0	Liaoning Hunters
1999-00	Bayi Rockets	3 - 0	Shanghai Sharks
2000-01	Bayi Rockets	3 - 1	Shanghai Sharks
2001-02	Shanghai Sharks	3 - 1	Bayi Rockets
2002-03	Bayi Rockets	3 - 1	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2003-04	Guangdong Southern Tigers	3 - 1	Bayi Rockets
2004-05	Guangdong Southern Tigers	3 - 2	Jiangsu Dragons
2005-06	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 1	Bayi Rockets	Best of seven series used
2006-07	Bayi Rockets	4 - 1	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2007-08	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 1	Liaoning Hunters
2008-09	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 1	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2009-10	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 1	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2010-11	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2011-12	Beijing Ducks	4 - 1	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2012-13	Guangdong Southern Tigers	4 - 0	Shandong Gold Golden Lions
2013-14	Beijing Ducks	4 - 2	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2014-15	Beijing Ducks	4 - 2	Liaoning Flying Leopards

CBA Finals appearances

Num	Team	W	L	PCT	Notes
12	Guangdong Southern Tigers	8	4	.667	Made every final from 2002-03 to 2012-13
11	Bayi Rockets	8	3	.727	Made every final from 1995-96 to 2003-04
3	Beijing Ducks	3	0	1.000
3	Shanghai Sharks	1	2	.333
5	Liaoning Flying Leopards	0	5	.000
4	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	0	4	.000
1	Jiangsu Dragons	0	1	.000
1	Shandong Golden Stars	0	1	.000

Records

Single Game, Individual

Record	Num.	Player	Team	Game	Date
Minutes played	67	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	Fujian Sturgeons	Fujian Sturgeons 178–177 Zhejiang Golden Bulls	February 9, 2014
Points	82	Errick McCollum	Zhejiang Golden Bulls	Zhejiang Golden Bulls 119–129 Guangdong Southern Tigers	January 30, 2015
Rebounds	38	Garth Joseph	Shaanxi Kylins	Shaanxi Kylins 139–88 Shenzhen	March 20, 2002
Assists	28	Li Qun	Guangdong Southern Tigers	Guangdong Southern Tigers 110–101 Nanjing Army	February 2, 2000
3-pointers made	15	Leon Rodgers	Jilin Northeast Tigers	Jilin Northeast Tigers 124–110 Shanxi Brave Dragons	March 11, 2009
Blocks	13	Yao Ming	Shanghai Sharks	Jilin Northeast Tigers 126–118 Shanghai Sharks	2000-2001 Season
		Herve Lamizana	Tianjin Golden Lions	Tianjin Golden Lions 113–108 Fujian Sturgeons	February 10, 2010
		Sean Williams	Fujian Sturgeons	Fujian Sturgeons 101–94 Jilin Northeast Tigers	February 26, 2010
Steals	13	Ju Weisong	Team Shandong	Team Shandong 84–70 Vanguard	1995-1996 Season
		Zhang Yongjun	Guangdong Southern Tigers	Bayi Rockets 109–81 Guangdong Southern Tigers	1996-1997 Season
		Hu Xuefeng	Jiangsu Dragons	Jiangsu Dragons 135–108 Jilin Northeast Tigers	December 1, 2004
Dunks	10	James Hodges	Liaoning Hunters	Liaoning Hunters 95–85 Shandong Lions	1998-1999 Season

Single Season, Individual

Record	Num.	Player	Team	Season
Points	1266	Anthony Myles	Dongguan Leopards	2005–06
Rebounds	727	Olumide Oyedeji	Beijing Ducks	2004–05
Assists	325	Hu Xuefeng	Jiangsu Dragons	2004–05
3-pointers	189	Yu Junkai	Yunnan Bulls	2004–05
Blocks	126	Yao Ming	Shanghai Sharks	1999–00
Steals	246	Hu Xuefeng	Jiangsu Dragons	2004–05
Dunks	140	Lorenzo Coleman	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	2005–06

Career, Individual

Statistics accurate as of end of 2010-11 season.

• points: 8387, Liu Yudong
• 3-pointers: 1095, Li Nan
• rebounds: 4548, Mengke Bateer
• dunks: 498, Jason Dixon
• assists: 1807, Hu Xuefeng
• steals: 1313, Hu Xuefeng
• blocks: 736, Wang Zhizhi

Team

• Longest game

• The longest CBA game occurred on February 9, 2014 between Fujian Sturgeons and Zhejiang Golden Bulls. Fujian beat Zhejiang 178–177 after 5 overtimes.

• Most points in a game

• 178 by Fujian Sturgeons vs. Zhejiang Golden Bulls on February 9, 2014 (5 OT)

• Most combined points in a game

• 355 - Fujian Sturgeons (178) vs. Zhejiang Golden Bulls (177) in 5 overtimes on February 9, 2014

Imports

Imports that lasted more than one season in the CBA:

• David Vanterpool, Jilin Northeast Tigers 1997-99
• John Spencer, Jiangsu Nangang Dragons 1996-97, Sichuan Pandas 1997-98
• James Hodges, Liaoning Hunters 1996-97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, Jiangsu Nangang 1997-98
• Gilbert Arenas, Shanghai Sharks 2012-13, 2013–14
• Andray Blatche, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 2014, 2015
• Ernest Brown, Liaoning Hunters 2004-05, 2006–07
• Babacar Camara, Jilin Northeast Tigers 2005-06, 2006–07
• Alex Carcamo, Shenzhen Yikang 2000-01, Guangdong Southern Tigers 2001-02
• Lorenzo Coleman, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 2003-04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Peter Cornell, Zhejiang Horses 2003-04, Guangdong Southern Tigers 2004-05
• Martin Green-Werscott, Jiangsu Dragons 2004-05, 2007
• Brandon Crump, Shaanxi Kylins 2005-06, 2006–07
• Ike Diogu, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 2012, Guangdong Southern Tigers 2012-13, Dongguan Leopards 2014
• Carlos Dixon, Jiangsu Dragons 2005-06, 2006–07
• Jason Dixon, Guangdong Southern Tigers 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Marcus Douthit, Foshan Dralions 2011, 2012
• Ed Elisma, Shandong Lions 2003-04, Henan Dragons 2004-05
• Terrance Green, Guangdong Southern Tigers 2005-06, 2006–07
• Rod Gregoire, Jilin Northeast Tigers 2000-01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Simeon Haley, Jiangsu Dragons 2002-03, 2003–04, 2004–05
• Stephen Hart, Shanghai Sharks 2001-02, Jiangsu Dragons 2002-03
• Chris Herren, Beijing Ducks 2002-03, Jiangsu Dragons 2003-04
• Garth Joseph, Shaanxi Kylins 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05

• Justin Love, Beijing Aoshen Olympians 2002-03, 2003–04
• Tuck Mack, Shandong Lions 2004-05, 2006–07
• Gabe Muoneke, Beijing Aoshen Olympians 2003-04, Zhejiang Lions 2006-07, Yunnan Bulls 2008-09
• Anthony Myles, Dongguan Leopards 2005-06, 2006–07
• Reggie Okosa, Shanghai Sharks 2005-06, 2006–07
• Olumide Oyedeji, Beijing Ducks 2003-04, 2004–05, Liaoning Hunters 2007-08, Shanxi Zhongyu 2008-09, Qingdao DoubleStar 2011–12
• Chris Porter, Fujian Sturgeons 2005-06, 2006–07
• Laron Profit, Guangdong Southern Tigers 2002-03, 2003–04
• Alton Ford, Fujian Xunxing 2004-05, Xinjiang Flying Tigers 2009
• Kit Rhymer, Henan Dragons 2005-06, Fujian Sturgeons 2006-07
• Soumaila Samake, Zhejiang Horses 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Alex Scales, Jiangsu Dragons 2002-03, Shanghai Sharks 2004-05
• Shawnelle Scott, Jiangsu Dragons, Jilin Northeast Tigers 2004-05
• God Shammgod, Zhejiang Horses 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, Shanxi Brave Dragons 2006-07
• Mark Strickland, Zhejiang Horses 2002-03, 2003–04
• Damon Stringer, Shanghai Sharks 2000-01, Shaanxi Kylins 2001-02
• Andre Reid, Liaoning Hunters 1998-99, 2000–2002
• Stephon Marbury, Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons 2009-2010, Foshan Dralions 2010-11, Beijing Jinyu Ducks 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Rony Fahed, Tianjin Ronggang 2009–10, 2011–12
• Shavlik Randolph, Dongguan Leopards 2011–12, Foshan Dralions 2012–13, 2013–14, Liaoning Flying Leopards 2015–16
• Eugene Jeter, Shandong Lions 2012-13, 2013–14
• Ivan Johnson, Qingdao DoubleStar 2011, Zhejiang Golden Bulls, 2013–14
• Hamed Haddadi, Sichuan Blue Whales 2013-14, 2015-16, Qingdao DoubleStar 2014-15
• Michael Beasley, Shanghai Sharks 2014-15, Shandong Golden Stars 2015-16

See also

• Sport in China
• China men's national basketball team
• China women's national basketball team
• National Basketball League (NBL)
• Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA)
• Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA)

External links

• CBA official website Template:Zh icon
• CBA: an American experience
• Chinese league at Asia-Basket.com Template:En icon