The 2019–20 CBA season was the 25th season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The regular season began on 1 November 2019 with the Guangdong Southern Tigers hosting the Liaoning Flying Leopards.
The CBA regular season was suspended since 1 February 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The season was resumed on 20 June 2020. The regular season was concluded on 27 July 2020. The playoffs started on 31 July 2020 and concluded on 15 August 2020.
Team changes
Name changes The CBA changed the name of the following five teams as a part of an ongoing plan. Beikong Fly Dragons changed their name to Beijing Royal Fighters in May 2019. Guangzhou Long-Lions changed their name to Guangzhou Loong Lions in May 2019. Shandong Golden Stars changed their name to Shandong Heroes in May 2019. Shenzhen Leopards changed their name to Shenzhen Aviators in May 2019. Tianjin Gold Lions changed their name to Tianjin Pioneers in May 2019.
Venues Listed below are the home arenas for the 2019–20 CBA season.
Note: Venues in italics denote the ones will be used from 20 June 2020 to the end of the season.
TeamHome cityArena Capacity Bayi Rockets Nanchang Nanchang International Sports Center Gymnasium 11,000 Beijing Ducks Beijing Cadillac Arena 18,000 Beikong Royal Fighters Beijing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium 6,300 Fujian Sturgeons Jinjiang Zuchang Gymnasium 6,000 Guangdong Southern Tigers Dongguan Nissan Sports Centre 14,730 Guangzhou Loong-Lions Guangzhou Tianhe Gymnasium 8,628 Jiangsu Dragons Suzhou Suzhou Sports Center Gymnasium 6000 Jilin Northeast Tigers Changchun Changchun Gymnasium 4,150 Liaoning Flying Leopards Shenyang Liaoning Gymnasium 12,000 Nanjing Monkey Kings Nanjing Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park 22,000 Qingdao Eagles Qingdao Guoxin Gymnasium 12,500 Shandong Heroes Jinan Shandong Arena 8,800 Shanghai Sharks Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium 5,000 Shanxi Loongs Taiyuan Shanxi Sports Centre Gymnasium 8,000 Shenzhen Aviators Shenzhen Shenzhen Dayun Arena 18,000 Sichuan Blue Whales Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium 9,200 Tianjin Pioneers Tianjin Dongli Gymnasium 3,000 Xinjiang Flying Tigers Ürümqi Hongshan Arena 3,800 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Hangzhou Binjiang Gymnasium 6,000 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions Zhuji Zhuji Sports Centre Gymnasium 5,136
Head coaches Listed below are the head coaches for the 2019–20 CBA season.
TeamHead CoachReplaced During Season Bayi Rockets Wang Zhizhi Beijing Ducks Yannis Christopoulos Beikong Royal Fighters Stephon Marbury Fujian Sturgeons Aleksandar Kesar Zhu Shilong Guangdong Southern Tigers Du Feng Guangzhou Loong-Lions Juan Antonio Orenga Jiangsu Dragons Memi Becirovic Jilin Northeast Tigers Wang Han Liaoning Flying Leopards Guo Shiqiang Alejandro Martínez Nanjing Monkey Kings Cui Wanjun Qingdao Eagles Wu Qinglong Shandong Heroes Gong Xiaobin Shanghai Sharks Li Qiuping Shanxi Loongs Wang Fei Shenzhen Aviators Wang Jianjun Sichuan Blue Whales Zhou Jinli Ying Kui Tianjin Pioneers Liu Tie Manolo Hussein Xinjiang Flying Tigers Adiljan Suleyman Zhejiang Golden Bulls Liu Weiwei Zhejiang Guangsha Lions Li Chunjiang
Draft The 2019 CBA Draft, the fifth edition of the CBA draft, took place on 29 July 2019 in Shanghai. 16 players were selected in the draft.
Player Team 11Beijing Royal FightersPeking University12Nanjing Monkey KingsCalifornia State University, Northridge (US NCAA)13Sichuan Blue WhalesXiamen University14Tianjin PioneersShanghai Sharks Youth15Qingdao EaglesYulon Luxgen Dinos (SBL)18Shanghai SharksFormosa Dreamers (SBL)19Zhejiang Golden BullsPeking University111Shandong HeroesShandong Heroes Youth113Fujian SturgeonsWuhan Dangdai (NBL)118Xinjiang Flying Tigers Xinjiang Flying Tigers Youth21Beijing Royal Fighters Beijing University of Technology22Nanjing Monkey Kings Anhui Jiangzhun (NBL)24Tianjin Pioneers Shanxi University25Qingdao Eagles Nanchang University211Shandong Heroes Anhui Wenyi (NBL)218Xinjiang Flying Tigers Free Agent
Foreign players policy All teams except the Bayi Rockets (a club owned by the People's Liberation Army) can have two foreign players. The bottom two teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.
Rules chart The rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart:
# Facing other teams Facing Bayi Rockets Chinese players+ No Limit No Limit Asian players++ 4 quarters collectively+++ International players 6 quarters collectively+++
+ Including players from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
++ If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.
+++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter.
Import chart This is the full list of international players competing in the CBA during the 2019–20 season. One major change is that many teams began to actively sign "reserve" imports this season to provide insurance for injuries. Players who sign contracts but are not actually playing will be listed under the heading of "Inactive Or Replaced" during the 2019–20 season. Those who never actually play in games before the end of the season will have their names removed from this list when the season ends.
Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Player Inactive Or Replaced Bayi Rockets – – - – Beijing Ducks Jeremy Lin Ekpe Udoh N/A Justin Hamilton Beikong Royal Fighters Kyle Fogg Jason Thompson Sani Sakakini - Fujian Sturgeons Pooh Jeter Dante Cunningham N/A Ty Lawson Erick Green Guangdong Southern Tigers MarShon Brooks Sonny Weems N/A - Guangzhou Loong-Lions Andrew Nicholson - N/A Marcus Georges-Hunt Keifer Sykes Jiangsu Dragons Jonathan Gibson Miroslav Raduljica N/A Antonio Blakeney Jilin Northeast Tigers Dominique Jones Eli Holman N/A - Liaoning Flying Leopards Lance Stephenson Brandon Bass N/A - Nanjing Monkey Kings Joe Young Guerschon Yabusele Hamed Haddadi Behnam Yakhchali Qingdao Eagles Darius Adams Dakari Johnson N/A Kenny Boynton (DNP YET) Shandong Heroes Lester Hudson James Mays N/A - Shanghai Sharks Ray McCallum Jr. Donatas Motiejunas N/A James Nunnally Shanxi Loongs Jamaal Franklin Eric Moreland N/A Malcolm Thomas Shenzhen Aviators Dwight Buycks Jarell Martin N/A Shabazz Muhammad Pierre Jackson Sichuan Blue Whales Courtney Fortson Tyler Hansbrough N/A Thomas Robinson Tianjin Pioneers Chasson Randle Marko Todorovic N/A - Xinjiang Flying Tigers Kay Felder Eric Mika N/A Jarnell Stokes Ian Clark (DNP YET) Zhejiang Golden Bulls Marcus Denmon Sylven Landesberg N/A - Zhejiang Guangsha Lions Dez Wells Miles Plumlee N/A Kenneth Faried
Regular Season Standings # 2019–20 CBA regular season Team 1Guangdong Southern Tigers 44 2 .957 2Xinjiang Flying Tigers 36 10 .783 3Liaoning Flying Leopards 32 14 .696 4Beijing Ducks 32 14 .6965Zhejiang Lions 30 16 .652 6Zhejiang Golden Bulls 30 16 .6527Beijing Royal Fighters 29 17 .630 8Qingdao Eagles 25 21 .543 9Shandong Heroes 24 22 .522 10Jilin Northeast Tigers 24 22 .52211Shanxi Loongs 24 22 .52212Fujian Sturgeons 24 22 .52213Shenzhen Aviators 20 26 .435 14Nanjing Monkey Kings 18 28 .391 15Jiangsu Dragons 17 29 .370 16Shanghai Sharks 16 30 .348 17Sichuan Blue Whales 11 35 .239 18Guangzhou Loong Lions 10 36 .217 19Tianjin Pioneers 8 38 .174 20Bayi Rockets 6 40 .130 + Key to colors Top 4 teams advance directly to Quarter-finals of CBA Playoffs 5th-12th place teams progress to First Round of CBA Playoffs
Playoffs Because of the format change due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Playoffs in this season will be shortened - the first two rounds will be played as one-off matches, and the last two rounds will be played in best-of-three games.
First round
(5) Zhejiang Lions vs. (12) Fujian Sturgeons
(6) Zhejiang Golden Bulls vs. (11) Shanxi Loongs
(7) Beijing Royal Fighters vs. (10) Jilin Northeast Tigers
(8) Qingdao Eagles vs. (9) Shandong Heroes
Quarter-finals
(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (8) Qingdao Eagles
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (7) Beijing Royal Fighters
(3) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (6) Zhejiang Golden Bulls
(4) Beijing Ducks vs. (12) Fujian Sturgeons
Semi-finals
(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (4) Beijing Ducks
(2) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (3) Liaoning Flying Leopards
Finals
(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (3) Liaoning Flying Leopards
Statistics Listed below are the 2019–20 CBA season's final individual and team statistical leaders. The CBA is like the NCAA, and unlike the NBA, in the practice of combining regular season statistics with playoff statistics.
Statistical leaders – individual
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Awards Listed below are the 2019–20 CBA season's weekly, monthly, and annual awards.
Yearly awards This is a list of the 2019–20 CBA season's yearly awards winners.
Award Recipient(s) Runner(s)-up/Finalists Ref. Domestic Most Valuable Player Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Han Dejun (Liaoning Flying Leopards) Hu Jinqiu (Zhejiang Guangsha Lions) Wang Zhelin (Fujian Sturgeons) Zhou Qi (Xinjiang Flying Tigers) Defensive Player of the Year Zhou Qi (Xinjiang Flying Tigers) Jeremy Lin (Beijing Ducks) Sonny Weems (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Zhai Xiaochuan (Beijing Ducks) Sixth Man of the Year Fang Shuo (Beijing Ducks) Dai Huaibo (Jilin Northeast Tigers) Lai Junhao (Zhejiang Golden Bulls) Yu Changdong (Xinjiang Flying Tigers) Zeng Lingxu (Xinjiang Flying Tigers) Most Improved Player Sun Minghui (Zhejiang Lions) Hu Mingxuan (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Yuan Shuai (Shanxi Loongs) Young Rising Star of the Year Hu Mingxuan (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Chen Ying-chun (Guangzhou Looog Lions) Cheng Shuaipeng (Zhejiang Golden Bulls) Wang Shaojie (Beijing Royal Fighters) Coach of the Year Du Feng (Guangdong Southern Tigers) Adiljan Jun (Xinjiang Flying Tigers) Alejandro Martinez (Liaoning Flying Leopards) Xie Libin (Beijing Ducks)
All-CBA First Team: F Hu Jinqiu, Zhejiang Lions F Zhai Xiaochuan, Beijing Ducks C Yi Jianlian, Guangdong Southern Tigers G Wu Qian, Zhejiang Golden Bulls G Sun Minghui, Zhejiang Lions
All-CBA Second Team: F Ren Junfei, Guangdong Southern Tigers F Jiang Yuxing, Jilin Northeast Tigers C Zhou Qi, Xinjiang Flying Tigers G Zhao Jiwei, Liaoning Flying Leopards G Zhao Rui, Guangdong Southern Tigers
Players of the Week This is a list of the 2019–20 CBA season's Player of the Week award winners.
Players of the Month This is a list of the 2019–20 CBA season's Player of the Month award winners.
Young Rising Stars of the Month This is a list of the 2019–20 CBA season's Young Rising Star of the Month award winners.
All-Star Weekend The 25th CBA All-Star Game and associated events were held in January 2020. Saturday features the Rising Stars Challenge, in which a team of CBA Rookies & Sophomores face a squad of students from the Chinese University Basketball Association, as well as the preliminaries of the Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout, and Skills Competition. Sunday features the All-Star Game, with the South hosting the North, and the finals of the three individual events taking place at halftime.
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References
External links CBA Official Website CBA China - 2019-20 Standings and Stats on Basketball-Reference.com