Beijing Ducks

Beijing Ducks
League CBA
Founded 1956
History Beijing Basketball Team
(1956–95)
Beijing Ducks
(1995-present)
Arena LeSports Center, 18,000 capacity
Location Beijing, China
Team colors Steel Blue, Black, White
              
Main sponsor Shougang Steel
(1988-03)
Wanfeng Aote
(2003-04)
Jinyu Group
(2004-11)
Shougang Steel
(2011-present)
Head coach China Min Lulei
Championships 3 (2012, 2014, 2015)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Beijing Ducks
Chinese 北京金隅鸭

The Beijing Shougang Ducks (simplified Chinese: 北京鸭篮球俱乐部, pinyin: běijīng yā lánqiú jùlèbù, meaning "Beijing Ducks Basketball Club") or Beijing Shougang or Beijing Ducks (北京首钢, běijīng shougang) are a professional basketball team based in Beijing, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Shougang Corporation is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a duck.

The team was formerly known as the Beijing Jinyu Ducks or Beijing Jinyu (北京金隅, běijīng jīnyü). The name change was due to a change in corporate sponsorship. This organization should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, a different club, which was founded in 1955.

For at least part of the 2003–04 CBA season, the Ducks were known as Beijing Wanfeng Aote (北京万丰奥特, běijīng wànfēng àotè). Their naming rights were then assumed by the Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. (北京金隅集团有限责任公司), a prominent construction materials conglomerate in China.

History

The Beijing Ducks were initially formed as the Beijing Men's Basketball Team in 1956. In October of that same year, the National Basketball League's season was held in Chongqing. Beijing's club, with only 7 players registered on its roster, won the championship of that NBL edition. The team managed a third-place finish in the same competition when the tournament was held in Hangzhou in 1961.[1]

In 1988, the club was first sponsored by the Shougang Corporation, and was renamed Beijing Shougang. When the duck was confirmed as the team's mascot in 1995, the club participated in the inaugural season of the Chinese Basketball Association as the Beijing Shougang Ducks Basketball Team. In October 1997, the Shougang Corporation moved to once again rebrand the club as the Beijing Shougang Basketball Team, in an ultimately fruitless attempt to give the corporate name greater popular precedence than the mascot.[1]

The club had a formidable frontcourt duo in the early days of CBA competition with Mengke Bateer, who debuted for Beijing at the age of 18, and Shan Tao, who was considered to be one of the top Chinese centers at that time. The two helped the Ducks to a third-place finish in the team's CBA debut season.[1]

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the Ducks finished in second place in the North Division, but lost in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs to the South Division's Bayi Rockets. In 2008, the team visited the United States, training at Marquette University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Wisconsin, as well as visiting Philadelphia, Madison, Wisconsin, and Eugene, Oregon.[2]

Beijing started the 2011-12 season with a 13-game winning streak, and eventually finished second in the regular season. The club then advanced to its first CBA Finals match-up, thanks largely to the play of former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. They won their first CBA title by defeating the Guangdong Southern Tigers 4 games to 1. The Ducks are the first-ever CBA team to earn the title without any previous trips to the CBA Finals, as well as the league's fourth different club to win a championship.

After being eliminated in the Semi-Finals of the 2013 CBA Playoffs, Beijing returned to the Finals at the end of the 2013-14 campaign and won their second trophy. The Ducks then repeated as champions in 2014-15, making it three titles in four years.

Trophies

Roster

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Beijing Ducks roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 3 United States Stephon Marbury 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 39 – (1977-02-20)20 February 1977
G 5 China Zhang Qingpeng 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1981-03-28)28 March 1981
G 6 China Wang Xu 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 20 – (1995-07-15)15 July 1995
F 7 China Li Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – (1985-11-15)15 November 1985
G 8 China Fang Shuo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990
G 9 China Sun Yue (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1985-01-06)6 January 1985
F 11 China Xia Yutong 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 22 – (1993-05-10)10 May 1993
F 13 China Zhu Yanxi  2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 25 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990
F 16 China Zhang Tsering 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 21 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995
F 20 China Zhai Xiaochuan 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (1993-03-24)24 March 1993
G 21 China Chen Shidong 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 27 – (1989-01-05)5 January 1989
F 25 China Yin Tianren 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1989-12-29)29 December 1989
G 31 China Wang Xinlei 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 24 – (1992-02-09)9 February 1992
C 32 United States Randolph Morris 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – (1986-01-02)2 January 1986
G 33 China Wang Xiaohui 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 25 – (1990-03-20)20 March 1990
F 34 China Huang Haibei 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 33 – (1982-09-06)6 September 1982
C 35 China Zhang Songtao 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 30 – (1985-06-17)17 June 1985
F 51 China Ji Zhe 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1986-10-14)14 October 1986
Head coach
  • China Min Lulei
Assistant coach(es)
  • China Jin Dong Zhang
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 6 March 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Randolph Morris Zhang Songtao
PF Zhai Xiaochuan Huang Haibei Yin Tianren
SF Ji Zhe Zhang Tsering
SG Sun Yue Fang Shuo Wang Xiaohui
PG Stephon Marbury Zhang Qingpeng Wang Xu Wang Xinlei

Notable players

Current

Former

Season by season

Season Pos.
1995–96 3
1997–98 4
1998–99 7
1999–00 5
2001–02 3
2002–03 4
2003–04 9
2004–05 6
2005–06 3
2006–07 9
2007–08 9
2008–09 9
2009–10 15
2010–11 8
2011–12 1
2012–13 3
2013–14 1
2014–15 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 , Beijing Ducks. Retrieved: 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/29431744.html

External links

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