Qingdao Eagles

Qingdao Eagles
Qingdao Eagles
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League	CBA
Founded	2003
History	Qingdao Eagles ; (2003–present)
Arena	Guoxin Gymnasium, 12,500 capacity
Location	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Team colors	Blue, White;
Main sponsor	DoubleStar
Head coach	Gong Xiaobin
Retired numbers	1 (1)
Home	Away

The Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles (青岛双星雄鹰) or Qingdao DoubleStar or Qingdao Eagles are a professional basketball team which is based in Qingdao, Shandong, China, and plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor and its mascot is an eagle.

History

Qingdao received a great deal of attention from various media outlets around the world when former National Basketball Association All-Star Tracy McGrady spent the 2012–13 CBA season as a member of the team, but despite strong individual efforts, "T-Mac" was unable to help the club qualify for that year's CBA Playoffs. In 2015, thanks to the extra addition of Hamed Haddadi, Qingdao received their first playoff appearance with the third-best record in the league, going as far as the semi-final round before being swept by the Liaoning Flying Leopards.