National Basketball League (China)
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2004 |
First season | 2004 |
No. of teams | Division A: 10 Division B: 6 |
Country | China |
Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
Most recent champion(s) | Shaanxi Xingda Northwest Wolves (2nd title) |
Most titles | Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey King Shaanxi Xingda Northwest Wolves (2 titles each) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Official website | NBL Template:Zh icon |
The National Basketball League (simplified Chinese: 全国男子篮球联赛; traditional Chinese: 全國男子籃球聯賽; pinyin: Quánguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Liánsài) is a professional basketball minor league in China, called Chinese Basketball League (CBL) before 2006. It is commonly known as the NBL, and this name (spelled out in letters) is often used even in Chinese.
NBL is the second-tier league to the professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Teams
Current teams
Team | City | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
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Anhui Wenyi | Hefei, Anhui | Anhui Provincial Gymnasium | 6,300 | 2013 | 2015 | Xu Changsuo |
Beijing Bucks | Shumin Gao | |||||
Chongqing Sanhai Lanling | Yiding Li | |||||
Fujian Lightning | Kaihua Liu | |||||
Guangxi Weizhuang | Dah-Tzong Chiou | |||||
Guizhou Senhang | Guodong Zhang | |||||
Hebei Xianglan | Mike McGee | |||||
Hefei Yuanchuang | Feng Chen | |||||
Henan Shedianlaojiu | Jianxin Li | |||||
Hunan Jinjian Miye | Moon Yoong Hwang | |||||
Jiangsu Guoli Xiongzhi | Jiani Gu | |||||
Lhasa Jingtu | Zikai Zhang | |||||
Shaanxi Xinda | Namkee Kim | |||||
Wuhan Dangdai | Wu Zheng |
Former teams
See also
- Sport in China
- China men's national basketball team
- China women's national basketball team
- Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
- Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA)
- Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA)